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Seizing the Moment: Why Experts Believe Now is the Golden Opportunity for Investing in Israel

VC Cafe

Since I’ve started writing about Israeli startups in 2004, there has never been any event like October 7 and the war that followed. Now, 150 days after October 7th, the Israeli startup ecosystem is once again in a tough spot. Sophisticated investors and tech leaders are bullish on Israel But don’t take it from me.

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How the pre-seed round made a comeback in 2024

VC Cafe

especially if the startup already has a product and revenue? While the answers are somewhat semantic, the pre-seed funding round is making a comeback in 2024 startup financing. Pre-seed round tends to be the first ‘institutional’ round of funding in a startup. A founder asked me what makes a $2M round “pre-seed”?

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Why Governments Don’t Get Startups

Steve Blank

Not understanding and agreeing what “Entrepreneur&# and “Startup” mean can sink an entire country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Six Types of Startups – Pick One. For policy makers, the first order of business is to methodically think through which of these entrepreneurial paths they want to help and grow. There are 5.7

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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

VC Cafe

There hasn’t been such a full list of Israeli startups coming to Europe since Barcelona’s World Mobile Congress. Innovate Israel 2012 aims to connect Israeli web, mobile & digital entrepreneurs & businesses with their UK & European counterparts. Applicaster - Company Website.

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In Q4 2022, founders face tough choices

VC Cafe

It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now. Mature startups with proven business models and the potential to reach the public markets within a few years will be the safest place to park any new venture capital that comes into the ecosystem. Startups, Don’t Pin Your Hopes on VC Dry Powder ( Source ).

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Fintech Companies Redesigning The Financial World

YoungUpstarts

by Caroline Capitani, VP of Business Innovation of ilegra. Our relationship with money, whether physical or virtual, is being reinvented by revolutionary startups called fintechs. The report takes into account rising private companies, financial viability indicators, growth potential, activity scope and business model.

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The State Department Meets the Lean Startup – Hacking For Diplomacy

Steve Blank

Army veterans and mid-career MBAs hailing not just from the United States but from countries including Saudi Arabia, India, France, Israel and Austria. The teaching team began with an introduction to the Mission Model Canvas , a slightly modified version of the Business Model Canvas.

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