VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

So much has happened in the generative AI space globally, and in Israel since we published the previous version of the Israeli generative AI landscape, back almost exactly five months ago. So far in 2023, generative AI startups raised $16 billion, according to Dealroom. billion, a 2.5x billion, a 2.5x

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

When you boil it down, the innovations around the creator economy consist of new ways to create, distribute and monetise content as well as direct to consumer models for fan engagement, monetisation and commerce. You might also be interested in my post on the biggest startup opportunities in the Creator Economy.

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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. Ironsource – Software Discovery, Distribution and Delivery Platform (Raised $123M). Image credit: Kosher OC Magazine. 150M each).

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

If you’re a pure startup and haven’t raised any money – you might change the life of every person you hire. You can also spend time with a newer startup helping them navigate the world of product management, venture capital or team building. years as a software developer I decided I wanted a change.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

APRIL 19, 2016

The Cloud has simplified and accelerated time to development, Big Data has made applications smarter and more predictive, and Microservices are changing the way we think about our application architecture. Needless to say, it’s a fun time to be a software developer. But, as with every revolution, new problems emerge. It took over 2.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

In my experience, the Silicon Valley startup model, focused on disrupting established industries, has treated the USA well and created some great global businesses. It has played almost no role in the emergence of current non-US bred startups, including Alibaba in China, Waze from Israel, Paytm in India, and many more.

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DECEMBER 27, 2022

Earlier this month I spoke at the 2022 Israel Gaming Summit by Calcalist, Playtika and Google. The event was a get together for the Israeli ecosystem: startups, corporates, investors and academics in the gaming space. Gaming in Israel in 2022. Israeli gaming startups generated $8.6 Calcalist gaming summit 2022.

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MARCH 20, 2011

Israeli startup interview series by Startup Intelligence. Wibbitz provides web developers with a plug-in which automatically transforms static web content into an interactive video. Startup Intelligence caught up with co-founders Zohar Dayan (CEO) and Yotam Cohen (VP Business Development) to find out more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

In my experience, the Silicon Valley startup model, focused on disrupting established industries, has treated the USA well and created some great global businesses. It has played almost no role in the emergence of current non-US bred startups, including Alibaba in China, Waze from Israel, Paytm in India, and many more.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Israel has been branded the “startup nation.” Frequently cited as one of the world’s most vibrant innovation hubs, Israel boasts more startups per capita than any other country in the world. The bad news is that Israeli startups are struggling to scale. That’s the good news. But is all of that changing?

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VC Cafe

MARCH 4, 2021

I first met Mark in Israel in 2003, when he offered me a job at GLG straight out of college. While it’s not the usual startup/VC post, enjoy Mark’s unique perspective on faith, business and giving. Mark Gerson is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist (see his short bio below). That’s impact.

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

IBM’s research center in Zurich, GM’s research center in Israel, Toyota in the U.S They let companies develop products to launch in world markets simultaneously. This series of posts offers companies the tools to develop an Innovation Outpost strategy: Determining whether a Corporate Innovation Outpost is necessary.

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AUGUST 25, 2011

Wanova is considered a ‘turnkey’ cloud solution, providing Distributed Desktop Virtualization solutions. According to VentureBeat , Wanova’s sales have tripled this year, and the company is planning to use the proceeds of this round to continue building its sales force and developing global sales support.

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APRIL 26, 2023

We are seeing Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta rushing to integrate generative AI features into their products for consumers, enterprises and developers, and every week we learn of new mega rounds into AI research teams looking to bring generative AI technology to every field, from health to education, commerce, entertainment, etc.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Yair Geva is a partner at Herzog Fox & Neeman , one of the leading Israeli law firms that has helped facilitate some of the major exits and deals in Israel within the past few years. For Israeli tech companies – startups and bigger companies alike – this is a rare opportunity, and it won’t last forever.

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AUGUST 18, 2011

The International Broadcast Convention (IBC) 2011 is the leading global tradeshow for broadcasting media and entertainment industry, covering the latest developments in broadcasting, mobile TV, IPTV, digital signage and forward looking R&D. The device is compact and lightweight and attaches easily to any handheld camera.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Israeli Startups Funding Rounds. C eleno Communications, developer of Wi-Fi chips for high-definition multimedia and entertainment home networking applications, has raised $12 million in a financing round. Founded in 2006, Anobit has several of Israel’s top high-tech entrepreneurs are behind it: chairman and CEO Prof.

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MARCH 20, 2011

Facebook surprised with its first acquisition in Israel today (and its second acquisition outside of the US), with the announcement that it is buying Israeli startup Snaptu (previously known as Moblica) for an estimated $60-70 million. The application works on 2,500 device models and is available to 80% of the world’s phones.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

For the last three years, I had the pleasure of being a mentor in Seedcamp, probably the largest and most established startup incubator in Europe. From a startup perspective, the network and level of engagement you will receive from seasoned executives from top corporations, is unparalleled.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

Experiences way beyond any hack-a-thon, startup blog or your current company engagement can enrich your thinking and challenge you to think more broadly about the solutions you offer in the market. As was Shel Israel. The patriarch of the family works his arse off developing expertise in making gloves for other people.

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JUNE 24, 2011

The last couple of weeks I’ve been on planes and trains, but wanted to make sure you get a round up on some of the latest technology news on Israeli startups. Facebook Expands Credits Offers to Europe Via SupersonicAds – a huge deal for the Israeli startup, perhaps thanks to its UK office? New Product launches.

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

W ibiya , the two year old on-site social toolbar provider (held by parent company Modular Patterns), has announced it is launching a developer platform and an open API which will enable third party applications on the Wibiya toolbar. The company is based in Israel and has 15 employees.

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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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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.

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APRIL 29, 2010

G oogle announced the acquisition of LabPixies , developer of widgets and games for social and mobile applications including Facebook, iGoogle, iPhone, Android and more. The acquisition is a good distribution deal for Google as it plans to expand iGoogle across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

Hot from the Techcrunch oven: Innovid , a video advertising startup, has raised $9.5 develops an interactive pre-roll advertising product, called iRoll, that allows advertisers to turn any existing pre-roll video ad into an interactive one. This investment brings Innovid’s total funding to $17 million.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

I first met Evangelos Simoudis when he ran IBM’s Business Intelligence Solutions Division and then as CEO of his first startup Customer Analytics. In the Installation Period , a great surge of technology development (Perez calls this Irruption) is followed by an explosion of investment (called the Frenzy.)

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JUNE 22, 2010

T he Commercial Office at the Embassy of Israel in London and the Israel Export Institute have organized a New Media delegation , taking place on the first week of July. In addition, Footbo has developed a stand alone fantasy football application ( 11Kicks.com ) which is available to partners as a white label product.

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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. Alon: BlazeMeter is the first testing cloud with a sole focus on load testing, designed to simplify performance and load testing for developers and QA testers.

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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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JULY 6, 2010

That is where Libox , a new Tel Aviv-based startup offering a free service to share and store photos, videos and music, wants to disrupt the industry. Israel’s largest online portal) from inception to IPO as well as Oren Nauman, formerly CEO of Mobival , who serves as deputy CEO at Libox. VC Cafe: You are co-CEOs.

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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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JANUARY 16, 2011

Israeli startups in the mobile space are once again showing impressive attendance levels, with 56 Israeli companies exhibiting in the Israeli Pavilion. Simply fill in this form provided by the Israeli Foreign Trade Administration, Matimop and the Israel Export Institute. IPgallery.

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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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DECEMBER 6, 2023

billion invested in generative AI startups globally in the first half of 2023 according to Pitchbook. From Open Source LLMs, to new APIs, both startups and tech giants continue to push the envelope on what is possible to automate and improve using generative AI technologies. It’s been a big year for AI.

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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. At each turn, these market changes were heralded as wonderful developments for entrepreneurs. Startups are scrappy, and many turn to AngelList when the money runs out.

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