VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP. The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

Not so long ago, we were all posting AI profile pictures on social media, but very quickly we’re now seeing an emergence of generative AI tools and LLM applications to assist almost every role in the organisation, across industries and verticals. Likewise, venture dollars will still funnel into startups in the space.

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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

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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

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VC Cafe

APRIL 20, 2022

Six months ago I published a post on VC Cafe titled, the state of creative automation , diving into vertical applications of AI on content creation of all sorts; from text (GPT-3 and the likes) to Synthetic video (powered by companies like HourOne). The startup takes the original voice sample of the actor (Think Samuel L.

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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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