VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2024

It’s easy to find bad news about venture capital these days. In other words, the venture capital bust has only just started. 2023 was a rough year for Venture Capital and for startups, and it might get even worse. Global venture funding fell 42% year over years to $248.8

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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats. of the global population. a leading provider of procurement intelligence, the global business intelligence market is estimated to reach $30.9

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VC Cafe

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. While ChatGPT is most famously known, there are over 750 generative AI globally. The talent pool for AI startups in Israel is deep.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

The Alexa Fund also provides up to $200 million in venture capital funding to fuel voice technology innovation. The AWS APN Global Startup Program – for startup AWS Partner Network (APN) select and advanced technology partners looking to grow their products on AWS. These efforts range from physical infrastructure to content.

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VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2020

A new report on global venture capital investment volume shows that H1 2020 investments in startups reached $129 billion (this includes all stages as well as CVC activity). Israel UP 40% ( Source ) ? What might explain the record breaking deal activity in Israel? Israel’s record breaking Q2 2020 ( Source ).

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Today there are over 1,000 unicorns globally. The term ‘Centaur’, coined by venture capital firm Bessemer, indicates companies that achieved $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR). 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.

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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

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

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. about Moshe Lichtman, and why he is one of few men or women capable of leading an Israeli startup to global billions. In this post I break down an article by TheMarker.co.il

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VC Cafe

JULY 13, 2022

IVC/Leumi Tech Israel tech review Q2 2022. Viola published their own H1-2022 Israel tech ecosystem report (you can download it as a PDF here ). billion), Israel is incredibly well positioned to be a leader in gaming tech and infrastructure. billion in revenue in 2021, 5% of global industry revenues in 2021 ($175 billion) ?

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VC Cafe

JUNE 10, 2022

For the past few week I’ve been sharing here the impact of the current downturn that started in the public markets on startups and venture capital. Dealroom shared very interesting data in the “ State of VC in 2022 ” on the slow down in Venture Capital activity in Q2 2022, particularly in the growth stage.

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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. of deal value.

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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

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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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 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. GE CHOOSES ISRAEL’S KINROT VENTURES TO JOINTLY DEVELOP NEW WATER TECHNOLOGIES.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail. NAME David Cowan.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Overall, European and Israeli venture capital funds have a lot of dry powder to fund companies in the years to come, regardless of a potential recession. 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.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice.

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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. 2021 gave us plenty of examples for bad governance in both startups and venture capital. Eynat Guez, founder and CEO of Papaya Global.

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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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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? 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. Well, we learn to invest exclusively in men, preferably white or Asian. . Of the 43 U.S.

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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. According to CB Insights there are currently 832 unicorns globally, valued at a total of $2,702 billion.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The Israeli tech ecosystem has made its mark globally since its early days somewhere in the 1990s. billion in exits in 2019 alone, Israel punches above its weight. What’s less discussed, is that Israel also, has one of the highest number of unicorns, aka privately owned startups worth more than $1 billion, globally.

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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. Red Ventures (HBS, Wharton). Global Fashion Group (3x HBS, 2x Wharton). Red Ventures (2x Wharton).

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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. But now more and more tech companies cite a pool of talent and the Irish Venture Capital Association ’s investment tendencies as reasons for the city’s appeal.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice.

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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. Companies have raised record amounts of venture capital money in 2020 and 2021.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

They’ve been thinking hard and smart about the lessons to be learned not only from Silicon Valley, but with only 16 million people, they are also looking for lessons from other small innovation clusters such as Israel, Singapore and Finland. Venture Capital. The country needs to build a deeper Venture Capital industry.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 9, 2010

T he birth of the Israeli venture capital industry was supported by government programs like Yozma. The proposal will enable investors in startups to receive tax write-offs on investments for high-tech companies who spend at least 70% of their salaries in Israel. Today, most of the LPs for Israeli funds are foreign investors.

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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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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. 2022 in Israeli tech and venture. Israeli venture funding dropped 40% compared to 2021, from $28.7 billion to $17.1

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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 $200 million vintage 2009 fund. These losses have reduced capital available for investments. Capital Raised by Israeli VC funds by Vintage Year* ($B) 2000-2010(E).

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

“Because COVID is shaking our habits and beliefs it opens the door to discussion to whether we should change our whole system,” says veteran investor Sir Ronald Cohen, chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and the man known as “the father of British venture capital” .

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! For pre-seed and seed companies based in the US and Israel with a focus on AI for social impact”. Mike Bloomberg announces an open call for solutions to global challenges facing the new economy.

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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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MARCH 11, 2013

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Boilerplate Venture Funding Documents. National Venture Capital Association â?? Raising Venture Capital. Venture Hacks equity section. About VC Cafe. Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC & Startup Resources. Seed Startups.

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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. billion, a 73% YoY drop, according to a new report by Viola.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Is it because there are more worthy companies for investment all of a sudden, or are VCs driven by the need to deploy some of their capital before the end of the calendar year? Other venture capital links. Calcalist Hebrew ]. Dear Entrepreneur, Are You Happy?

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