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How the pre-seed round made a comeback in 2024

VC Cafe

Pre-seed rounds accounted for 14% of all seed stage deals in 2023, up from just 5% in 2020 according to Pitchbook data and I predict it will be even higher in 2024. Therefore, software startups (it depends of course) need less money than ever before to build an MVP and get to first customers.

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Former Head of Microsoft Israel Dreams of Billion Dollar Israeli Startups

VC Cafe

Moshe Lichtman, the man once in charge of all of Microsoft’s technology development in Israel, says that the time has come to build a billion dollar Israeli company. Moshe joined Microsoft in 1991 as a product manager after a career as a software developer. In this post I break down an article by TheMarker.co.il

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McLaren Strategic Ventures Sajan Pillai Discusses the Top Five Trends for Advancing Global Technology in 2022 

The Startup Magazine

— Sajan Pillai is the CEO and Managing Partner of Season Two Ventures, an early-stage venture fund based in Southern California. He led the company’s global business operations through its centers in the US, the UK, Spain, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Mexico, Australia, Poland, and Israel.

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Middle-East-Meets-West Provides An Edge For B2B Tech Companies

YoungUpstarts

Leadspace was founded in 2010 and maintains offices in both San Francisco and just outside Tel Aviv in Hod HaSharon, Israel. The nation of Israel, on the other hand, provides an ideal pillar of technical expertise to support a growing B2B software company. In the US, most software engineers enter the workforce following college.

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Startup Opportunity – MDR LAB Accelerator for Legal Tech Startups

The Startup Magazine

Open to early stage and growth technology start-ups, applications are welcome from companies at concept through to revenue-generating stage, as long as the product or service is applicable to the legal industry. They are looking to make early-stage investments. Access funding from Mishcon de Reya and L Marks.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. The Torch program created Innovation Clusters by creating national Science and Technology Industrial Parks (STIPs), Software Parks, and Productivity Promotion Centers. The best analog for China’s InnoFund is the U.S.

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Israeli Startups Raised $2.14 Billion in 2011

VC Cafe

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. The communications and software sectors followed with 20% and 19% of the total investment respectively. Mid and later stage companies attracted $1.48