VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2023

It’s a global phenomenon, but to be successful in AI, startup hubs require a density of AI engineers, access to data and compute power and access to capital. But it’s not only the AI startups that are active in the generative AI space. We published the first version of the landscape in February 2023 , which included 40 startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2021

Based on my experience as a business advisor, I’m convinced that most startup investors invest in the entrepreneur, as much as a solution or product. Innovate to meet future demands you foresee. In that context, I’ve long realized that some players seem to command real attention, even if their proposal sounds far-fetched or very risky.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 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. FIVE ISRAELI STARTUPS SHINE IN INNOVATION TOP 100. See the October 2010 edition after the jump.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

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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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

MARCH 22, 2021

When is the right time for a startup to bring on marketing? We asked Hila Shitrit Nissim*, an experienced CMO, to share her perspective on marketing in Israeli startups. Hila spent 12 years as the VP Marketing for Israeli venture capital fund Viola before embarking on an independent CMO career for startups. Hila Shitrit Nissim.

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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. Via Transportation – On-demand shared transit (Raised $137M). Image credit: Kosher OC Magazine.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Back in July, I wrote an essay in Geektime on “ The Anti-Israel BDS Movement Will Fail “ Little did I know how quickly that would prove true! However, Israel and the United Arab Emirates recently announced that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship. Siraj Capital.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC & Startup Resources. Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? About VC Cafe.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2016

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 rigorous, continual customer discovery process demands fortitude, students say. Would the product be considered essential, a must-have? Or just “nice to have?”

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VC Cafe

MAY 21, 2021

At the time of this writing Israel and Hamas just signed a ceasefire. I wanted to take a few moments to reflect on what was going on in Israel. Hamas is a radical islamic terror movement, which took charge of Gaza in 2007, a year after Israel unilaterally withdrew its settlers. But, this is also not exactly new to Israel.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 25, 2020

I’m not a huge fan of ‘beauty contests’ of startup ecosystems, but it’s helpful to compare ecosystems to measure progress, especially for the smaller or up and coming hubs. The top 30 global startup ecosystems ranked. Tel Aviv as the #6 top startup ecosystem globally. And, I do like stats.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A new comprehensive report on human capital in Israel by the Israel Innovation Authority and Startup Nation Central found there’s a shortage of tech employees for Israeli startups and scale ups. Israel’s high tech sector employed 321,000 people in 2019, representing 9.2% What about the solutions?

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 2, 2023

While 7,838 tech jobs were lost across 120 companies in 2022, according to an analysis by Tech12 , the demand for engineers remained high with 13,100 open engineering roles. billion according to the 2022 Israel high tech ecosystem report by Viola Ventures. Israeli startups 2022 funding summary. billion to $17.1 billion to $17.1

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2016

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 rigorous, continual customer discovery process demands fortitude, students say. Would the product be considered essential, a must-have? Or just “nice to have?”

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

I needed someone who was all in with me in Israel and wanted them to be the opposite of what I had with Mike at Blaze – I wanted someone who’d drive the technology while I could evolve as a CEO and build out the go-to-market strategy. I visited Israel and, after a bunch of meals together, they decided to join. The rest is history.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2010

S econdMarket , the marketplace for alternative investments such as company options and private company stock trading, announced yesterday that it has launched operations in Israel (the Israeli site is live already here ). Given Israel’s active private company sector, the move makes perfect sense.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

Legendary tech entrepreneurs, startup celebrities, and even the creators of Twitter itself are on the service. gazelle_CEO : Gazelle CEO Israel Ganot discusses gadget trade-in, smarter consumption, and reCommerce. plibin : Find out what Evernote CEO Phil Libin has to say about startups, tech, and of course, taking notes.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 20, 2022

There’s a new wave billion dollar of AI startups coming , and in this post, I will outline some of the positive real-world applications of these creative automation technologies. Images – companies like Rosebud AI , Persado offer advertisers images on demand for their campaigns. What new markets can be created?

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2020

We all learned about “flattening the curve” to avoid the spike in demand from a virus with exponential growth. was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. An R0 of 2.5 means one infected person infects 2.5 protocol again.

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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. The company is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel. For previous editions, click here. Oracle Corp.,

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VC Cafe

MAY 30, 2011

Gil Rozenberg – co-founder and CEO of Ineze.com , an early-stage technology startup based in Israel, shares his lessons learned on starting a tech startup for first time entrepreneurs. Don’t make a product – make a feature I wish Ineze was a one-feature startup. I don’t anymore. Why is that good?

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This mind-boggling number implies strong demand growth and demonstrates how engaged the userbase is. The greater professionalism demanded to shine in the creative world has meant greater hunger for the tools Lightricks offers as a way to stand out. Across all of their apps, Lightricks has in excess of 500 million downloads. .

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team?

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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. VC Cafe: Many Israeli startups find themselves starting in Israel and later relocating. Adir: Yes I think so.

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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. VC Cafe: Many Israeli startups find themselves starting in Israel and later relocating. Adir: Yes I think so.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 29, 2013

2013 has been quite a year for the startup community and social and technology-related businesses in particular. To find out, I asked a panel of successful entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) , the following question: What do you think will be the new “it” social- or content-related job in 2014 for startups and why?

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Israeli startup Blaze Meter , a load testing in the cloud compatible with open source Apache Jmeter, has recently raised an undisclosed round from Yoav Leitersdorf’s YL Ventures. It’s quick, it’s on demand, it’s inexpensive – there is no longer a need to compromise on quality. Alon: Well. the usual.

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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. This integrated and modular solution manages content, programming, rights, scheduling, airtimes sales and media trafficking for multi-channel and multi-platform TV, video-on-demand and other media services. Nicely done.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Greater efficiencies are really needed in this sector to deal with a growing demand and a wider consumption base. Qwilt has offices in Hod Hasharon, Israel and Redwood City, California. Video currently represents about 40% of all online traffic, growing by 400% by the year 2015. What does Qwilt mean for the consumer?

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Several Israeli companies are in the forefront of these technologies, developing products that will be in demand in the future. Watch the video: Time to Know – a very promising startup based in Israel, Time to Know is developing the next generation class room technology. if you haven’t read the news ).

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 31, 2011

Bitesize Monday on VC Cafe- the headlines that make the startup nation what it is today… Israeli startups funding rounds. Israeli startup acquisitions. A bit old but still very relevant – Questions asked about Groupon’s acquisition of Israel’s Grouper for an estimated $8 to $15 million.

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David Teten

MARCH 13, 2015

Developers and designers are in especially high demand, but our portfolio companies are also hiring in sales, marketing, operations, accounting, business development, security, media, customer service, recruiting, engineering, and QA. Education ff Venture Capital Startup' Photo credit: Wikipedia).

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Incubators, too, helped flood the markets with even more startups, and AngelList played its part too. A name like 500 Startups says it all. Multiply that by literally a couple thousand, and that’s what 2013 is going to look like in Silicon Valley, and to a lesser degree some other startup ecosystems.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2011

Zend was started in 1999 and is currently headquartered in Cupertino, CA with an R&D office in Israel. Viola Private Equity recognized the increasing demand for both growth capital and buyout, which require strong equity commitment and help with leadership that will take companies out of a stale-mode and towards an exit.

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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.

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