VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

A number of investment rounds and acquisitions took place in recent weeks and it’s worth taking note. uTest has established itself as the world’s largest marketplace for software testing services, with over 25,000 testers in over 160 countries. SimpliVT , a new venture in stealth has raised $9.2

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

The founders of Quigo ( an enterprise search company based in Israel that was competing directly with AdSense ) tracked Mike down while doing a CEO search. Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer. Lesson Learned From Rejecting Acquisition Offers. The secret to the software sales process.

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Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 2, 2020

billion in exits in 2019 alone, Israel punches above its weight. What’s less discussed, is that Israel also, has one of the highest number of unicorns, aka privately owned startups worth more than $1 billion, globally. As of now, Israel has 42 Unicorns, or (technically 40, now that Lemonade and JFrog went public).

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. The communications and software sectors followed with 20% and 19% of the total investment respectively. billion in VC funding, representing a 70% increase compared to the $1.26

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Technical Review IPO Seed Stage 111

The Startup Magazine

JULY 12, 2017

The report also predicts that by that time, 30% of all internet surfing worldwide will be carried out without any screen, instead being powered by voice-activation software, such as Apple’s Siri or Google Assistant. There could be attempts at competitor buyouts, similar to the ongoing Amaya acquisition saga. The Rise of New Markets.

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Technical Review Technology Brazil Software Review 60

VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2024

Battery Ventures Open Cloud 2023 report included this comparison chart of private software unicorns (1000+) vs. Software IPOs in the past 10 years (176) which shows the juncture many companies are in. Spotlight on Israeli unicorns in 2024 Israel is home to 131 unicorns, over 10% of the global total.

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IPO Valuation Private Equity 88

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. The communications and software sectors followed with 20% and 19% of the total investment respectively. billion in VC funding, representing a 70% increase compared to the $1.26

Technical Review 60

Technical Review IPO Seed Stage 60

VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. PARADIGM IS SOLD TO APAX AND JMI FOR $1 BILLION.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2011

If completed, the deal will potentially make Anobit and its 200 employees in Herzliya the first Apple R&D center in Israel. However, perhaps this acquisition was prompted while Jobs was Apple’s legendary CEO.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 3, 2012

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. CISCO BUYS NDS FOR $5B.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 19, 2011

The image to the left is an ad created by Yehoshua TBWA, Israel for betili. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Interesting perspective by @gruber on the Google/Motorola Mobility acquisition - [link]. 10 steps to a perfect logo - [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 98

VC Cafe

JUNE 4, 2012

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. Great for them, good for Israel.

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VC Cafe

JULY 4, 2011

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. FITCH AFFIRMS ISRAEL AT “A” (OUTLOOK STABLE). DG FASTCHANNEL TO BUY ISRAEL’S MEDIAMIND.

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VC Cafe

JULY 11, 2011

The Israel Innovation Road Trip , is an effort to raise both funding and awareness. event, following 14 similar ones in Israel, Turkey and Europe. Israel Innovation Road Trip company list. You hear about them when they raise money, and then the news comes far and apart. This is the firm’s first U.S.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. ISRAEL 2010 GDP GROWTH WELL ABOVE OECD AVERAGE. Israel’s GDP rose 4.5% for the year.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Computer Software. Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Israel Minister: No Change to Egypt Deal Israels foreign minister said Israel would not agree to re-evaluate its peace deal with Egypt.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 12, 2019

Nominations are now open for the 2019 Accel Euroscape, the annual list of the top 100 cloud companies originating from Europe & Israel. Fast forward three years – Europe has proven that it can produce amazing global software companies. You can apply HERE – applications will be open until 6 th September 2019.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2010

How Yahoo’s Latest Acquisition Stole & Broke My Heart [link] [the flip side of Dapper's acquisition by RWW]. Israel: An Economy Without a Diaspora&# – BusinessWeek on the economic power of few families in Israel. Israel’s Internet Scene Comes of Age [link] [Giza blog]. Qualcomm buys iSkoot.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 8, 2011

Techcrunch broke the news on the acquisition of Poland-based Bliscy.pl by Israel-based MyHeritage.com. Bliscy will help MH increase reach as the acquisition brings MyHeritage family network to 56 million registered users and approximately 762 million profiles, 18 million family trees and 116 million photos.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The problem is widespread: creating a roster of shifts that takes into account people’s availability, hourly rates, holidays etc, can take hours from the shift manager in the business, unless the company has very expensive client software in place. Adir : I read a few articles about the shift management software.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The problem is widespread: creating a roster of shifts that takes into account people’s availability, hourly rates, holidays etc, can take hours from the shift manager in the business, unless the company has very expensive client software in place. Adir : I read a few articles about the shift management software.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The problem is widespread: creating a roster of shifts that takes into account people’s availability, hourly rates, holidays etc, can take hours from the shift manager in the business, unless the company has very expensive client software in place. Adir : I read a few articles about the shift management software.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. OCZ TECHNOLOGY BUYS ISRAEL’S SANRAD.

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Flash Private Placement Los Angeles 94

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The top 100 SaaS companies in Europe and Israel The European Software-as-a-Service world changed forever when Daniel Dines, the founder of UiPath, made the cover of Forbes as ‘Boss of the Bots’ last month. Full presentation available here. Today, the landscape is very different. billion collectively. billion collectively.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Events have already been held this year in Bangalore, Austin, Barcelona and New York, and the next event on the list is taking place in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 21st. So who are the “Smartest&# startups in Israel? Seculert - provides a cloud-based security software as a service model ( SaaS ).

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Cloud Startup Security 108

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. OCZ TECHNOLOGY BUYS ISRAEL’S SANRAD.

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Flash Private Placement Los Angeles 60

VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

A s venture funds struggle to raise money in Israel, seed capital, one of the earliest and riskiest stages of investment, is becoming harder and harder to secure. So while a crash could be on the horizon in the States, I don’t see the same problem in Israel. Do you see a crash coming? VCs are investing in later stage companies.

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Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage 106

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

A s every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. ISRAEL’S STATISTICS BUREAU FORECASTS 4% GROWTH IN 2010. For previous editions, click here.

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Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

A VG, one of the largest American PC anti virus software makers with 110 million subscribers worldwide, has acquired Israeli startup DroidSecurity , maker of anti virus software for Android phones, for an estimated amount of $4.1 It has five employees in Israel. million (plus $5.3 million). million (plus $5.3

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Security Cofounder Mobile 84

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

A VG, one of the largest American PC anti virus software makers with 110 million subscribers worldwide, has acquired Israeli startup DroidSecurity , maker of anti virus software for Android phones, for an estimated amount of $4.1 It has five employees in Israel. million (plus $5.3 million). million (plus $5.3

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Security Cofounder Mobile 84

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

A VG, one of the largest American PC anti virus software makers with 110 million subscribers worldwide, has acquired Israeli startup DroidSecurity , maker of anti virus software for Android phones, for an estimated amount of $4.1 It has five employees in Israel. million (plus $5.3 million). million (plus $5.3

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Security Cofounder Mobile 84

Hunter Walker

MARCH 18, 2014

Q: How has technology played a role in customer acquisition? Q: Can you share some of the software tools you use to run your business? I also love Wix – website design and management, I think its a company that actually started in Israel, but what a heck, the guys are doing great job keeping it clean and simple!

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Technology Founder San Francisco Social Media 80

VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Chicago-based InterCall buys Unisfair , Israel’s virtual conference tool, for $35 million. Last Friday 888 announced that because the results of Wink Bingo’s acquisition were above and beyond expectations the value of the purchase will be at the maximum threshold set in the original agreement – full article.

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Venture Capital Startup Denmark 87

David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Kauffman Fellows Report (2020): “Diverse Founding Teams generate higher median realized multiples (RMs) on Acquisitions and IPOs]. First Round Capital found that among its portfolio companies, startups with female founders outperformed those without by 63%.” .

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Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Technical Review 78

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Vivek Wadwha - Campus Entrepreneurship , November 19, 2010 Best Practices for Introduction Emails - Israel Venture Capital 2.0 , March 25, 2010 Weekend Reading - The Mogul Mom , October 1, 2010 Make informal advisors part of the team. Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0

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Silicon Valley Startup Term Sheet Venture Capital 378

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2015

If you are a software engineer, you probably get this instinctively. Scale Horizontally (or “scale out”): Add more nodes to a system, such as adding a new computer to a distributed software application. Barclays (New York, South Africa and Israel). Techstars Mobility (Detroit). Techstars Berlin (Berlin).

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South Africa Vertical Los Angeles Minneapolis 70

VC Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

A s every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. ORACLE IS BUYING ISRAELI SOFTWARE MAKER CONVERGIN FOR $85 MLN. For previous editions, click here.

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IP Analytics Portfolio 68