VC Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2011

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. ISRAEL TO TRADE FREELY WITH MERCOSUR; ARGENTINA – ISRAEL SIGN FTA.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Rosenberg comes fresh from managing the growth of Keyrus, a data consulting company, from 35 to 120 employees. Investors include Zeev Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, and Vertex Ventures Israel. He has a wealth of experience in the data vertical, having served in previous roles at companies such as Intel, AllScripts, and Vision.bi.

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Hiring Software Review Customer 172

VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2020

Israel UP 40% ( Source ) ? “VC investors did not shy away from either first or follow-on investments, bringing the number of VC deals to a record in Q2/2020″ Israel tech fundning report Q2 2020, IVC. What might explain the record breaking deal activity in Israel? Israel’s record breaking Q2 2020 ( Source ).

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

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. Israel’s index of leading economic indicators rose a preliminary 0.4%

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VC Cafe

JUNE 10, 2022

While these prices are still high compared to what we see in Israel, Investors have putting a stronger focus on revenue growth (and in particular startups that can reach substantial revenue targets) especially before series A. As layoffs in Israeli startups ramp up, a new resource for affected employees.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

I’m excited for the talent that will spin out of those companies to create the next generation of B2C stars coming out of Israel. Sorry for the humbrag, but I’m proud to see Minute Media , our Remagine Ventures portfolio company (and our only later stage investment) on this prestigious list.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 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. Foreign direct investment in Israel reached $3.8 See the March 2010 edition after the jump.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 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. ISRAEL’S STATISTICS BUREAU FORECASTS 4% GROWTH IN 2010. For previous editions, click here.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

On Monday, Kevin Baxpehler and I hosted the UK Israel Business investor delegation to Tel Aviv, and today I spent the morning with the 8200 EISP startup delegation to London where I was joined by Kirsten Connell (Cylon Lab, Managing Director) Simon Menashy (MMC Ventures, General Partner). Is there too much money?

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

” Milton Berle At the moment of publication of this post, over 95,508 tech employees from 308 companies were laid off since the beginning of 2023 according to Layoffs.fyi. In Israel, the market I actively invest in, the number stands on 2,000. “If Opportunity Doesn’t Knock, Build a Door.”

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Data by Carta (mostly US companies) reveals that although on average startups saw a 50% reduction in funding in 2023 (the impact in Israel was closer to 65%) pre-seed funding rounds rose by 51%! Sam Altman recently said that we’re not far from the day that we’ll see a billion dollar company with one or few employees.

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Valuation Software Review Generative AI Technical Review 186

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

A combination of competition for top talent and an effort to bring employees back to the office drove startups in Israel to throw extravagant parties and all-inclusive retreats abroad. The press took notice, especially since just a few months later startups were laying off employees en-masse to cut costs. Team, product, market.

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Founder Startup Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 187

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. If I’m missing any, please contact me.

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UAE United Arab Emirates Technology 60

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The global rise in venture capital didn’t skip Israel, which has been breaking new records the amount of venture capital raised by companies in 2021. Generally speaking this breakdown applies to Israel as well, with a number of huge outcomes in fintech (Melio, Rapyd, eToro, Papaya Global, etc) and of course Cybersecurity.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

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. His leadership saw UST Global grow significantly, seeing the company grow from 20 employees to more than 25,000 employees today.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Global Technology 167

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

A total of 22 Countries : from the countries present in the report, the one that is surprising is Israel. Although Israel has been appearing in various studies on innovation, it had a small part here, with only one representative, EverCompliant , which focuses on cyber risk and fraud detection.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2017

You can hire part-time employees or outsource some of your routine tasks such as bookkeeping, copywriting, and legal paperwork and contracts. When putting together a team of full-time employees, make sure to hire people with strengths that counterbalance your weaknesses. Make Excuses for Their Mistakes.

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VC Cafe

MAY 28, 2020

Its two Israeli Air Force veterans used to lead the R&D of the F-16 fighter jet simulator, and are now using VR tech to install life saving tools in hospitals in the US and Israel. A 360° Virtual Reality fly-through showing the extent of damage to the lungs (yellow) from COVID-19.

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Technical Review Cloud Forecast 164

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

They hire local employees or family. Scalable startups tend to group together in innovation clusters (Silicon Valley, Shanghai, New York, Boston, Israel, etc.) To date, Israel is only country that has engineered a successful entrepreneurship cluster from the ground up. They are anyone who runs his/her own business.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The 2022 Founders Factories report by DealRoom and Accel shines a spotlight on the startup clusters that produced most unicorns across Europe and Israel, and then tracks the alumni of those unicorns to test where the talent goes to found their next companies. In London, 27 unicorns saw 168 new startups founded by former employees.

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Europe Balance Sheet Valuation 97

VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

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. PERRIGO TO INVEST $40 MILLION IN ISRAEL.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. In addition to the one in Beijing, China has set up 53 additional industrial parks and in them are ~60,000 companies with 8 million employees. This was the area I visited in this trip to China.)

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 280

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

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 2ND LARGEST CENTER FOR TECH STARTUPS.

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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 3, 2012

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. MOODYS REITERATES “A1 – STABLE” RATING FOR ISRAEL.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2024

Spotlight on Israeli unicorns in 2024 Israel is home to 131 unicorns, over 10% of the global total. Aside from the financial outcome for the investors and employees of Unicorn companies, of which probably many have their options value ‘below water’, unicorns play an important role in training future founders.

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IPO Valuation Private Equity 88

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 18, 2009

You’ve got 8 weeks of cash left and one of your employees just asked you to fill out a form so she can buy a house. Your employees are looking in your eyes for signs of weakness and self doubt. We were strong in the UK and they were strong in Germany and Israel (where they had a development office).

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Germany Entrepreneur Merger Los Angeles 298

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

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. ISRAEL 2010 GDP GROWTH WELL ABOVE OECD AVERAGE. Israel’s GDP rose 4.5% for the year.

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Architecture Dividend Minneapolis 92

VC Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

Only three Israeli venture capital funds completed their fund raising efforts in 2009: Sequoia Capital Israel , announced final closing of Sequoia IV, a $200 million vintage 2009 fund. Other funds, including Apax Israel II, Israel Seed IV and JVP showed negative IRRs of 20-30%. as its main investor).

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IRR Venture Capital Institutional Investors 75

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Technology and viral engagement is encouraging companies to give back in more non-traditional ways and employees are jumping on board, as well. I work with the FIDF where I sponsor 13 current and former soldiers who are in need of four year scholarships to universities in Israel. Everyone should have access to a quality education.

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Chicago Management Viral 147

The Next Web

OCTOBER 25, 2013

We spoke to some of the hottest startups to hear their experiences and tips for building a space that welcomes productivity, creativity, and keeps employees happy. You may find that lots of employees love working remotely due to the coziness of their home office. Location, location, location. Open and cozy is the way to go.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2011

If completed, the deal will potentially make Anobit and its 200 employees in Herzliya the first Apple R&D center in Israel. However, perhaps this acquisition was prompted while Jobs was Apple’s legendary CEO.

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Flash SEC Acquisition 102

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. In addition to the one in Beijing, China has set up 53 additional industrial parks and in them are ~60,000 companies with 8 million employees. This was the area I visited in this trip to China.)

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 172

VC Cafe

MARCH 28, 2011

We rarely hear of such a large round amongst Internet startups in Israel, which is why Wix’s founding round is particularly interesting. Wix , the Israel-based flash website platform, has announced a D round of $40 million. Wix currently has 185 employees and plans to recruit an additional 100 in 2011. million sites.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2010

A s every month, VC Ca fe 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. Domestic demand in Israel leaped 8.7 See the March 2010 edition after the jump.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

As an employee, I never waited for instructions to do something. You need close partners in that journey and you get many sorts of partners - investors, employees etc. - I visited Israel and, after a bunch of meals together, they decided to join. That’s what I found most attractive about software development: building things.

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Community Cofounder Security Open Source 62

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

My mom organized a trip to take me to France & Israel. And Israel felt like home to me – somewhere familiar. You looked after me when I got there and treated me like a friend, not an employee. I felt I had missed out on something. From the moment we arrived at our hotel in Paris I was hooked.

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