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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

VC Cafe

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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Korean accelerator SparkLabs showcases social and e-commerce startups at its second Demo Day

The Next Web

SparkLabs , an accelerator program in South Korea that is bringing a Silicon Valley-like approach to the Asian country’s startup ecosystem, showcased its second batch of startups to investors at Demo Day today. Here are the eight companies that presented at SparkLabs’ latest Demo Day: DesignplusD (Productivity).

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Older, Richer, More Customers: Accelerators Go Corporate

VC Cafe

The success of start-up accelerators like Y Combinator, Tech Stars and 500Startups has spawned hundreds of clones, including more than 15 in Israel. Demo Day last week at Microsoft Israel reflected some of the unique dynamics of corporate Accelerators- experienced founders, more funding, finished products and existing customers.

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

Both Sides of the Table

The founders of Quigo ( an enterprise search company based in Israel that was competing directly with AdSense ) tracked Mike down while doing a CEO search. Before they even launched, Mike and his team started bringing in hundreds of influencers from NYC’s technology ecosystem to their office to give them a private demo.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter December 2011

VC Cafe

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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AcceloWeb (known as FasterWeb) sold to Limelight Networks

VC Cafe

Following the deal, Acceloweb will become Limelight’s development center in Israel. Video demo of Acceloweb’s technology: Acceloweb was co-founded by CEO Ofer Gadish, as well as Ofir Ehrlich (previously founded Digicash), Leonid Fainberg and Gil Shai. Continue reading →

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Live Stream from the TWS 2010 Conference, 10 Startup Finalists and 2 Winners

VC Cafe

If you’re reading this on Monday the 18th, tune in to the live stream of the conference at [link] and watch the demos of the 10 startups that were chosen amongst dozens of applicants. Monetization is done through affiliates and the expert gets to keep 70% of the income.