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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

The problem was that he was still working out the lock-up period in his big company. If this idea was so big then why would they risk not being first to market, not building defensible IP for the sake of a few hundred thousand dollars extra in lock-up money at a big company? I finally called bullshit.

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The 2021 Israeli Unicorn Map

VC Cafe

But they are often hard to spot in global databases like Crunchbase, Pitchbook or CBInsights, because even though they originate from Israel, they are registered as US companies. But they are by no means a rare occurrence – according to my updated list below, there are 57 current Israeli founded Unicorns.