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Seizing the Moment: Why Experts Believe Now is the Golden Opportunity for Investing in Israel

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Since I’ve started writing about Israeli startups in 2004, there has never been any event like October 7 and the war that followed. In the last 3 months of 2024, Israel’s GDP shrank by 20% in annualised term s and Israel’s credit rating was downgraded by Moodys.

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

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These events mean that technology is advancing fast enough to make better decisions than humans in order to accomplish a given task. Noteworthy Machine Intelligence startups in Israel ?? There’s been a proliferation of Machine Intelligence companies in Israel. What tasks are next?

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

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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. The Israel/U.S. In addition to an initial 7.5

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[Singapore][Event] Presidential Candidate Dr Tony Tan On Entrepreneurship

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He points to Israel as an example of a country with a limited population that does have a thriving startup scene. For a more comprehensive story, check out SGEntrepreneur.com’s event post. “Scale is a big problem for Singapore,&# Dr. Tan agrees, “but it is not impossible.&# So was this session then in vain?

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How the pre-seed round made a comeback in 2024

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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%! Lower valuations and follow on valuation sensitivity – fundraising is a recurring event in the life of a startup.

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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

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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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How can startups engage Amazon and AWS

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AWS Connections brings together enterprise decision-makers and startup around dedicated events with the goal of facilitating pilots, partnerships and investments. AWS Builder Space (Israel) – A non-equity program for early stage startups who are looking to accelerate their speed to market.