VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 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. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. The Israel/U.S.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Pitchbook Data released a new report on the state of Private Capital in Israel 2020 , covering private equity and venture capital. In 2010, VC funds in Israel had over $10 billion of assets under management, by 2017, that number had grown to over $36 billion. Israel based startups raised $4.1 billion in 2019 and $1.5

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VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

Google I/O: It’s a startup world. To achieve the trifecta of startup success (money, talent, ideas), a vibrant startup community can make the difference between success and failure. It created awesome companies, but the army doesn’t do ecommerce, or much mobile, which are now the biggest growth engines in startups.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

From Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, and Berlin’s hip coffee shops to East London’s Silicon Roundabout , the world is well versed in the global innovation boom towns. It’s home to hot startups like leading 3D printing marketplace Shapeways , interactive education service Gynzy and real-time advertising platform Flxone.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Value of the global entertainment and media market (Source: Statista ). As a fund that covers entertainment and media tech in Israel, we at Remagine Ventures keep a close eye on interesting developments in the Creator Economy. You might also be interested in my post on the biggest startup opportunities in the Creator Economy.

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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. AMERICAN CHIPMAKER BROADCOM BUYS ISRAEL’S PROVIGENT FOR $350 MLN.

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JULY 7, 2023

I was interviewed by TheMarker (Hebrew only) on why Israeli startups haven’t been part of the mega funding rounds in AI. I thought it’s a good timing to elaborate on where I see opportunities for Israeli startups in this rapidly growing space. billion, a 73% YoY drop, according to a new report by Viola.

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MAY 28, 2020

According to Forbes magazine, the real estate industry, for example, is using VR to save the housing market from the looming crisis: “Chinese startup Beike ( Ke.com ) has developed VR to let potential buyers and renters take virtual 3D tours of homes and apartments on the market. Indeed, some AR/VR startup founders are especially optimistic.

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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 Israeli gaming startups generated $8.6

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2013

mobile health is taking off in Israel. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for mobile and digital startups to disrupt an inefficient industry. These recent regulatory changes create opportunities and challenges for mHealth and eHealth startups that are worth considering. in 2014 to reach 20% of GDP by 2021.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

However, the ex-COO of Indian wireless carrier Tata TeleServices , presenting at Axis Tel Aviv this week, has a decidely commercial objective- finding Israeli startups for investment. Although relatively few Israeli startups are focused on India, the market dynamics driving its mobile sector are worth a closer look.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2011

The open fireside chat session at The Pigeonhole Cafe , and coincidentally enough powered by questions from real-time question-and-answer conference tool Pigeonhole Live (and a Singapore-based startup, to boot), is possibly the first time a presidential hopeful faced off with members of the local startup scene.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2019

When it comes down to startups, as well as emerging businesses, they have to make efforts to succeed in getting where they want. Startups in developing economies, for instance, are addressing their issues through ingenious technologies and solutions. The question now is: what are the best markets for startups?

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

However, the shift to mobile sparked a need for similar tools that could be accessed by anyone easily and in real-time.” This round was led by the prestigious global funds of Insight Partners and Hanaco Venture Capital. Previously, content creation tools like Adobe were mainly used amongst professionals on desktops.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

billion in annualised revenue , an a myriad of new companies were born, from open source LLMs to application layer startups that were able to move fast and do much more with less. Much like mobile technology became a de facto part of every startup, AI is no longer a category but the core or a component of every product.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

As the global gaming industry continues to grow in 2020 and beyond, Quantum Tech Partners projects esports revenues will grow to $4 billion the outlook for esports revenues, as it expects the industry to reach $4 billion in revenues by 2022, much higher than predicted by Goldman Sachs ($2.96 billion) and Newzoo ($1.79

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MARCH 29, 2021

Talent mobility – should companies start looking for talent offshore? To get a sense of how my network feels about it, I polled this exact question on Twitter and LinkedIn, and while there’s still time to go it looks like most respondents agree: Startup CEOs – what model will you embrace going forward?

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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

JANUARY 20, 2014

The BUBBLE came to Israel too, with a record $4.2 While there were IPOs (notably Wix in November), most of the acquisitions were made by global technology companies with R&D Centers (and their corporate M&A teams) in Israel, including Apple, Google, EMC, AOL, Cisco, IBM and now Facebook. Seed-stage deals now require $5.1

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Francois Hollande, President of France, led a delegation this week of 260 senior French executives and government officials to Israel for the 2 nd annual France-Israel Innovation Day. The objective was to connect French companies with innovative Israeli startups. and a public approval rating of 15%.

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VC Cafe

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. Nicely done.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

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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APRIL 26, 2023

It’s a global phenomenon, but to be successful in AI, startup hubs require a density of AI engineers, access to data and compute power and access to capital. But it’s not only the AI startups that are active in the generative AI space. We published the first version of the landscape in February 2023 , which included 40 startups.

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VC Cafe

MAY 31, 2011

Busy week for Israeli startups with great exposure in Techrunch disrupt in New York, funding rounds and debate about the future of the Israeli venture capital funds. Below are the headlines: Israeli startups launches and VC rounds. The company quickly grew to have a global reach of 200 million users. Personetics Secures $6.5M

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

IBM Global Entrepreneur , the computer giant’s entrepreneurship outreach arm is looking for the smartest early stage startups around the globe that will help solve tomorrow’s problems. So who are the “Smartest&# startups in Israel? Check out the list after the jump.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 5, 2011

June 2011 kicked off with the completion of HTIA, Israel’s high tech association conference, where more than 90 (!) startups have exhibited. May has been a busy month for Israeli startups with great exposure in Techrunch disrupt in New York, funding rounds and debate about the future of the Israeli venture capital funds.

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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. billion people in 2009 to 4.9

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VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2012

I’ve been a member on AngelList for the last couple of years, and have been impressed by the growth of the platform – not only in the number of startups that join, but also in the features being added. Entrepreneurs can recruit, market, fundraise and list their skills for other startups/companies.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Israeli Startups Funding Rounds. Liberty Global, the world’s second largest cable TV operator, participated in the round. Mobile gaming company Oberon Media raised a fifth round of $16 million – some of the funds raised are from previous investors Goldman Sachs, Infinity I-China Fund and Oak Investment Partners.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T his week (Nov 15-21, 2010) is the Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), and over 10 million participants in more than 100 countries will be taking part of some 40,000 events around entrepreneurship. So without further ado: The 2010 Top European startups in 2010 (as proposed by Techcrunch). Best Hardware or Gadget Startup 2010.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T his week (Nov 15-21, 2010) is the Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), and over 10 million participants in more than 100 countries will be taking part of some 40,000 events around entrepreneurship. So without further ado: The 2010 Top European startups in 2010 (as proposed by Techcrunch). Best Hardware or Gadget Startup 2010.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2011

Calibre One, an executive recruiting firm published an illustrated report of global VC investments in Q2 2011, highlighting the number and volume of deals in Israeli startups. Onavo – reduce mobile data costs through compression. Israel's dollar volume of deals is up almost 100% compared to the previous quarter.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Recent SaaS trends and the Accel Euroscape of the 100 most promising companies in Europe and Israel This article was co-authored with my colleague Pia d'Iribarne and published initially on Tech.eu. in SaaS companies globally. Our investments in the space have followed suit. We’ve invested $2.3B and Intacct for $0.85B.

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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

APRIL 9, 2010

V enture capital funding of Israel companies opened strongly in Q1 2010, with 55 deals completed since January 1oth 2o1o, according to Capital IQ. An undisclosed round in stealth startup ToyToyToy, which offers an online service that links websites for actual toys. Israel Petroleum Company, Ltd. Cheetah Medical (Israel) Ltd.

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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 angels were represented by brothers Yaron and Gilad Carni in Israel. For example, the casual game “Flood it!

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2023

trillion to the global economy, with $6.6 The global generative AI market was valued at USD 8.12 The global generative AI market was valued at USD 8.12 It will be tough for new startups to compete on AI core technology. As startups experienced in the past, when the API gets a cold, the startups catch pneumonia.

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