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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

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Innovate Israel 2012 aims to connect Israeli web, mobile & digital entrepreneurs & businesses with their UK & European counterparts. The UK is Israel’s second largest export market following the US, but Israeli startups often ‘forget Europe’ when it comes to Internationalizing their product.

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Groupon Getting Pummeled Daily in the Israeli Deal Market, BUY2 Leads

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Daily deal sites like have taken root in cities all over Israel, with over 80 currently running deals. Back in January 2011, Groupon bought out Grouper.co.il , Israel’s first to market daily deal site for an estimated $8-15 million US dollars. Groupon Israel).” By Benjamin Bakhshi.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter December 2011

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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. ISRAEL’S EVATURE WINS TRAVEL INNOVATION AWARD .

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Crisis Shmisis: 40 deals, more than $400 Million raised in Q2 2010 in Israel (Deal Summary)

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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. Several of the rounds we not disclosed – perhaps the IVC report later this month will provide a bit more information. ACW GREY Israel -.

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Crisis Shmisis: Q2 2010 Closes with 40 deals and more than $400 million raised in Israel (Deal Summary)

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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. Several of the rounds we not disclosed – perhaps the IVC report later this month will provide a bit more information. ACW GREY Israel -.

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VentureGeeks Unveils Pre-Seed Investments in Five Israeli Startups

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Yaron Tal and Nitzan Maron both served at the National Center for Information Protection, are hoping to stop the growing rate of site hacking. They plan to scale by using ecommerce aggregators as affiliates. So far 500 artists signed up, mostly from Israel and the US. Lassoit – a more personal way to learn a language.

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Vikido Launched Social Network and Web Browser for Parents and Kids

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It hopes to be more than a user generated content site, by aggregating movies, games, recreational and educational activities from sources that were deemed safe for kids, operating on a Freemium model – offering free access to basic content and charging for premium media access.