VC Cafe

MAY 12, 2016

Yesterday was Israel’s 68th Independence Day, and to mark the occasion, Calcalist , a leading business publication in Israel, ranked the 50 most promising private Israeli startups. Kenshoo – Programmatic advertising in search engines and social networks (Raised $65M). Image credit: Kosher OC Magazine.

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VC Cafe

MAY 28, 2020

According to Forbes magazine, the real estate industry, for example, is using VR to save the housing market from the looming crisis: “Chinese startup Beike ( Ke.com ) has developed VR to let potential buyers and renters take virtual 3D tours of homes and apartments on the market. Indeed, some AR/VR startup founders are especially optimistic.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The startup Tracx , which provides a SaaS solution for tracking and managing marketing campaign on social networks, has received an undisclosed investment from Israeli angel Zohar Gilon. Kenshoo , the SEM automation startup and Sequoia’s darling, has raised a fourth round of $8-10 million from Sequoia. Innovid raised $4.1

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

Legendary tech entrepreneurs, startup celebrities, and even the creators of Twitter itself are on the service. todsacerdoti : As the CEO and founder of Brightroll, Tod Sacerdoti shares his insight into digital video advertising. gazelle_CEO : Gazelle CEO Israel Ganot discusses gadget trade-in, smarter consumption, and reCommerce.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Today, with the decentralising nature of the Internet, distributed cloud technology and a growing sentiment toward entrepreneurship, the global startup ecosystem has never been so dispersed. Startups range from award-winning data software Druva to telecommunication hardware Swipe. Tel Aviv, Israel?. Pune, India?.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Earlier this month I spoke at the 2022 Israel Gaming Summit by Calcalist, Playtika and Google. The event was a get together for the Israeli ecosystem: startups, corporates, investors and academics in the gaming space. Gaming in Israel in 2022. Israeli gaming startups generated $8.6 Calcalist gaming summit 2022.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 19, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The image to the left is an ad created by Yehoshua TBWA, Israel for betili. The image to the left is an ad created by Yehoshua TBWA, Israel for betili.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike Yavonditte is the founder of the “super hot&# Hashable , a startup out of NYC that has been described as a “ Mint.com for Social Capital ” Mike sold his previous company, Quigo , to Aol for $340 Million. He wanted Quigo to be in the business of letting advertisers buy directly into the system. Thank you, John.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Incredibly, the traffic is purely organic with zero paid in advertising. In Israel alone I mapped some 61 generative AI startups and that probably fails to capture companies in which generative AI isn’t their main product. Some use general data sets, and others train their models on proprietary data. Jasper, Copy.ai

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Having ads on your app is an option, but few companies have truly cracked the perfect mobile advertising strategy, so adding ads to your app will likely be an annoying, disruptive experience to the user. Eric Reiss (not to be confused with Eric Ries of Lean Startup fame) has done just that. Making money on mobile can be a tricky thing.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

At today's roundtable, we had entrepreneurs presenting from Brazil, Israel and India. Siddhesh has already validated his business and is catering to home buyers, sellers, and brokers, generating revenues from advertising and sponsorships as well as brokerage revenue sharing. Estate Lister. Overall, I saw several promising businesses.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Israeli startup interview series by Startup Intelligence. Startup Intelligence caught up with co-founders Zohar Dayan (CEO) and Yotam Cohen (VP Business Development) to find out more. Going forward, the company will also be targeting larger web publishers and is currently in talks with some Israel-based major players.

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VC Cafe

JULY 11, 2011

It’s hard to be an early stage startup. A VC jokingly said that if Techcrunch was the only tech blog he ever read, he would probably think that startups magically evaporate into the ether after they raise a seed or A round. The Israel Innovation Road Trip , is an effort to raise both funding and awareness.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Apap.tv , an Israeli startup headquartered in San Mateo, and Digiday , partnered on a report that summarizes the Internet’s Digital Video advertising market. Over 600 agencies, publishers, advertisers and online video tech providers provided their input on the poll back in September 2011.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2014

The BUBBLE came to Israel too, with a record $4.2 While there were IPOs (notably Wix in November), most of the acquisitions were made by global technology companies with R&D Centers (and their corporate M&A teams) in Israel, including Apple, Google, EMC, AOL, Cisco, IBM and now Facebook. Seed-stage deals now require $5.1

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 10, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Startups Tackle Small-Business Problems – [link]. First-Time Startup Entrepreneurs: Stop F **g Around – [link]. Startups Tackle Small-Business Problems – [link].

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VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

T he second quarter of 2010 has come and gone and despite the depleting VC and incubator capital in Israel, the quarter has brought approximately 40 deals with over $400 million invested. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Herzlia Pituach, Israel. Infinity Israel-China Fund. The company has raised $1.1

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VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

T he second quarter of 2010 has come and gone and despite the depleting VC and incubator capital in Israel, the quarter has brought approximately 40 deals with over $400 million invested. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Herzlia Pituach, Israel. Infinity Israel-China Fund. The company has raised $1.1

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2010

A lan Patricof, a veteran venture capital investor and partner in NY based Greycroft Partners, said that “an Israeli company has to come to New York to access advertisers and content&# , during the BootCamp Ventures Innovation Marathon in his recent visit to Israel.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 5, 2011

June 2011 kicked off with the completion of HTIA, Israel’s high tech association conference, where more than 90 (!) startups have exhibited. May has been a busy month for Israeli startups with great exposure in Techrunch disrupt in New York, funding rounds and debate about the future of the Israeli venture capital funds.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 1, 2015

IBM’s research center in Zurich, GM’s research center in Israel, Toyota in the U.S Silicon Valley, Herzliya in Israel, Zhongguancun for software and Shenzen for hardware in China are examples of technology clusters, but so was Detroit for cars, Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion.). are examples.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Ybrant Media , an large Indian Media portfolio of companies, has acquired Israeli startup PicApp for an undisclosed amount. This is Ybrant Media’s second acquisition in Israel. The company has previously bought Advertising startup Oridian in 2007 ( see coverage on VC Cafe ). Congrats and good luck!

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

I found a hidden gem in Israel. A little startup that with less than 10 people and no VC funding was able to bootstrap its own ad server and 15 million daily ad impressions. The startup is AfterDownload , an eight month old advertising network based in Israel. I invested in quite a few other startups.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

I found a hidden gem in Israel. A little startup that with less than 10 people and no VC funding was able to bootstrap its own ad server and 15 million daily ad impressions. The startup is AfterDownload , an eight month old advertising network based in Israel. I invested in quite a few other startups.

Networking 111

Networking PPC Advertising 111

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

I found a hidden gem in Israel. A little startups that with less than 10 people and no VC funding was able to bootstrap its own ad server and 15 million daily ad impressions. The startup is AfterDownload , an eight month old advertising network based in Israel. I invested in quite a few other startups.

Networking 111

Networking PPC Advertising 111

Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

While we’ve often talked about organic Content Marketing, today we have guest blogger and entrepreneur, Garett Gan sharing his views on Content Marketing with paid advertising. Sometimes, paid advertising tools and platforms can be a great supplement to these more traditional means of distribution. Start with those notes already!

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VC Cafe

JULY 20, 2011

S upersonicAds , the London-based Israeli startup developing social in-game advertising solutions, has announced the completion of a $4.2 million round led by Greylock Israel. $6 SupersonicAds is headquartered in London, UK, with satellite offices in the US and Israel. million round led by Greylock Israel. $6

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 30, 2011

India and Israel pitch their businesses. Next, Yael Greenberg from Tel Aviv, Israel, pitched tapTank , a concept stage business where Yael wants to help consumers barter, collaborate, and compete on specific tasks. Last week, they won Microsoft's Indian Startup Challenge grant of $40k. directdialogs.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

For more information on the Global Entrepreneurship Week, check out the official website and the video below: With great timing (and perhaps not a coincidence), The Europas , Techcrunch’s European Startup Awards are taking place this Friday (Nov 19th) with much fanfare. Best Advertising, Marketing or Media Startup 2010.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

B ootstrapping can be really hard for some early stage startups, but Israeli startup Enigmai , makes it seem easy. Our beta process was in Israel and we’ve approached VCs only in Israel. We are thinking about making our platform free to small businesses and support it with advertising (we can get it targeted).

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

B ootstrapping can be really hard for some early stage startups, but Israeli startup Enigmai , makes it seem easy. Our beta process was in Israel and we’ve approached VCs only in Israel. We are thinking about making our platform free to small businesses and support it with advertising (we can get it targeted).

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

B ootstrapping can be really hard for some early stage startups, but Israeli startup Enigmai , makes it seem easy. Our beta process was in Israel and we’ve approached VCs only in Israel. We are thinking about making our platform free to small businesses and support it with advertising (we can get it targeted).

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

For more information on the Global Entrepreneurship Week, check out the official website and the video below: With great timing (and perhaps not a coincidence), The Europas , Techcrunch’s European Startup Awards are taking place this Friday (Nov 19th) with much fanfare. Best Advertising, Marketing or Media Startup 2010.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I sraeli startup Waze , developer of the free social GPS app for smart phones, has announced a $25 million venture round bringing the total capital raised to date to $37 million according to VentureWire. Started in 2006 by Uri Levine Ehud Shabtai and Amir Shinar, Waze has about 40 employees and is currently headquartered in Israel.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Israel Startup Network (ISN), led by Arlene Marom, one of our affiliate partners, organized the event with us. First up, David Nordell from Kfar Ya'avetz, Israel, pitched New Global Markets , a solution for making it easier for banks to offer their customers global banking facilities. New Global Markets.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2011

This year, 28 Israeli startups in mobile, media and broadcasting technology are flocking in to IBC 2011. is a start-up of a unique technology allowing Pay-TV providers (Cable, IPTV & Satellite) to harness the power of Internet advertising by applying it to non-linear TV experiences. justAdTV Ltd - justAd.TV Nicely done.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

F or all the advertising and ecommerce startups out there: the Consumer Commerce Barometer (CCB) is a great way to gain market insights into how consumers interact with the internet as a source of information for purchasing decision.

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