The Startup Magazine

MARCH 22, 2024

This is particularly evident in initiatives like Volunteers for Israel, where individuals like Marco Bitran can contribute to positive change through volunteer efforts. Enhancing Sustainable Business Practices One key way global volunteering impacts sustainable business practices is by transferring knowledge and skills.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Today there are over 1,000 unicorns globally. Scaling to $100 Million from Bessemer Venture Partners. 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. ” Bessemer. Here’s the benchmarks Bessemer uses to measure this growth.

Software Review 109

Software Review B2C Open Source 109

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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Peru Technical Review North America 96

VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

The AWS APN Global Startup Program – for startup AWS Partner Network (APN) select and advanced technology partners looking to grow their products on AWS. AWS Builder Space (Israel) – A non-equity program for early stage startups who are looking to accelerate their speed to market. Physical space.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2016

Japan is the world’s #3 economy…but not for Israel. It is not even a top 10 trading partner. In September, NEC becomes the first Japanese multinational to launch an R&D Center in Israel, focusing on cyber security. A series of high profile business delegations to Israel ensued in 2016. Our history is similar.

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Japan IP China 60

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Others in that cohort included Zviki Shimon (CFO), Yair Areli (senior VP of global sales), Nir Mandel (VP of product management), and Aviv Canaani (VP of marketing). Investors include Zeev Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, and Vertex Ventures Israel. DataRails has already raised $53.5

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Hiring Software Review Customer 138

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

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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Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 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 WEF RANKING IMPROVES TO 24TH PLACE, BOOSTED BY INNOVATION.

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United Kingdom Austria Global 96

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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Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

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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OTC Brazil Paraguay 68

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The UK continues to attract the most capital, followed by Germany, Sweden, France and Israel. In Israel there’s also been an influx of fresh capital. Grove Ventures – $120M TLV Partners – $210M (across two funds) Aleph VC – $200M Next gear ventures – $30M. Israeli VC funds launched in 2020 ??

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Europe Sweden Germany 152

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The top 20 tech billionaires globally have lost $480 billion on paper in the past year. This is largely due to several major stock market crashes and global economic uncertainties. And finally Israel, the market I cover primarily with Remagine Ventures , was also down 36%, resembling the 2020 levels. billion in 538 deals.

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Founder Technical Review Down Round Liquidation Preference 173

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Britain and Israel are inextricably linked by a profound and intimate history. In truth, the idea of growth through partnerships is nothing new to the State of Israel. With limited natural resources, Israel quickly turned to the potential of its human resource. Guest post By Daniel Saunders.

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Venture Capital Government Global 156

David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Thanks to Janet Bannister, Managing Partner, Real Ventures , and Erika Cramer , Co-Managing Member, How Women Invest, for thoughtful comments. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Technical Review 78

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Earlier this month I spoke at the 2022 Israel Gaming Summit by Calcalist, Playtika and Google. The conference took place during a challenging time for gaming startups: in the same week Playtika, the largest gaming employer in Israel, announced it was laying off 615 people globally, of which 180 are in Israel.

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Generative AI Cloud Acquisition 173

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. Tel Aviv, Israel?. What other global cities are being put on the map of innovation? But have you heard of what’s going on in Cyprus, Sweden or North Carolina?

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North Carolina Technical Review Cyprus Raleigh 168

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

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. The whole go-to-market motion is product-led and has naturally expanded globally so it’s been international from the beginning.

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Community Cofounder Security Open Source 62

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2013

mobile health is taking off in Israel. According to Susan Berson, Managing Partner for Mintz Levin (www.mintz.com) and an expert in Healthcare regulation, “Obamacare changes the equation. Tomer Levy, VP of Cardiology and CEO of McKesson Israel, discusses their first mobile product. “It in 2014 to reach 20% of GDP by 2021.

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Azure Government Mobile 133

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

News )—Stanford GSB, Harvard Business School, UPenn Wharton, Chicago Booth, MIT Sloan, Kellogg, UC Berkeley Haas, and Columbia Business School—and eight of the top ten global MBA programs , are all on the list of unicorns. Global Fashion Group (3x HBS, 2x Wharton). Of these MBA unicorns, 63 founders are represented. Shazam (GSB, Haas).

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Programming St. Louis Cofounder India 120

VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2024

The Unicorn’s struggle is a global phenomenon There are a total of 1,224 unicorns globally, with a combined valuation of $3.7 Spotlight on Israeli unicorns in 2024 Israel is home to 131 unicorns, over 10% of the global total. trillion, according to CB Insights.

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IPO Valuation Private Equity 88

VC Cafe

JANUARY 2, 2023

That’s of course part of a global trend. On a global level, venture financing of private companies dropped 33% year over year, from a record $733B in 2021 to $490B in 2022. billion according to the 2022 Israel high tech ecosystem report by Viola Ventures. Sector funding distribution according to Greenfield Partners.

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Valuation Down Round Venture Capital 158

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. Of all the Chinese innovation programs, Torch is the one that was run like a startup – iterating and pivoting as it learned and discovered.

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 278

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. Philippe Botteri, Bessemer Venture Partners. Their Partners all come from industry, where each has held senior level executive positions delivering industry-leading products. Lodestone Innovation Partners (IP) Ltd are spin-out specialists. Guide to Super Angels - Chubby Brain.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

VC Cafe

MARCH 22, 2021

The common case in israel is founding teams flying solo without a marketer until it’s imminently necessary. These steps are vital to securing initial funding and attracting pilots, design partners, and customers. . What best practices have you seen in Israel when it comes to community building? Hila Shitrit Nissim.

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B2C Marketing Stealth 145

Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

Fred and his partners Albert, John, Andy, before Brad, now Rebecca have operated headquartered out of New York City, and have invested successfully near home (Esty, MongoDB, Kickstarter), in the Bay Area (Twitter, Coinbase) and in Europe (SoundCloud). Global and Local.

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San Francisco Silicon Valley Seattle Venture Capital 116

David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

“Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations. Summit Fellows.

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Technical Review SBIR Dilution Silicon Valley 60

VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

To put things in context, global venture funding in Q2 2023 reached $65 billion, an 18% decline quarter over quarter, and a 49% drop compared to the second quarter of 2022, when startup investors spent $127 billion, according to Crunchbase. Amidst this bleak funding environment, AI has been a saviour, reports the WSJ.

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Generative AI ChatGPT Startup 88

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

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. Browse the headlines below for more news.

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Las Vegas India San Francisco 92

VC Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2020

According to a report by Quantum Tech Partners, approximately $1 billion was invested in the eSports category in 2019, M&A transactions in esports reached $475 million in 2019, across 33 deals. Global games market is projected to grow in revenue and usage. billion in 2020, up from 148.8 billion in 2019. billion) and Newzoo ($1.79

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Philadelphia Cloud Cofounder 132

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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Latvia Lithuania Russia 109

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and representatives from the UK digital sector will officially launch the British Embassy High-Tech Hub in Israel, in a 300 people event planned for Thursday this week and followed by an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Britain can help Israeli innovation go global.”.

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Investment Bankers Global Partner 105

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ].

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Venture Capital Matching 79

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2015

However, for the past eight years, my partners and I at Foundry Group haven’t once scaled vertically (we haven’t added any partners since 2007 when we started) until we added Lindel Eakman as part of Foundry Group Next. Barclays (New York, South Africa and Israel). Techstars Mobility (Detroit). Techstars IoT (NYC).

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South Africa Vertical Los Angeles Minneapolis 70

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Earlier this week YL Ventures announced a 7-figure USD investment in Israel-based Seculert , a new non-intrusive Security-as-a-Service that comprehensively detects cyber threats affecting corporate networks. The bad news are that such a attacks are on the rise. The exact sum was not disclosed.

Cloud 74

Cloud Intellectual Property Software Review 74

Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

Based in Israel, Outbrain has been around since 2006 solely focuses on solving the content discovery problem for publishers. Outbrain can reach a global audience of over 557M unique people per month, making over 200B recommendations to consumers monthly. 8 Platforms to Supercharge your Content Marketing with Paid Advertising.

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Advertising Distribution Marketing New York City 100

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. Of all the Chinese innovation programs, Torch is the one that was run like a startup – iterating and pivoting as it learned and discovered.

Programming 170

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ].

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79