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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

Gust

A quick look at the really nice sites developed in just a few months by companies like CircleUp, FundersClub, Bolstr, Seedrs, et al will show you that the base technical challenge of creating a marketplace/social network is not particularly difficult.

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What Were The Largest Trends In 2011, And What Does The Future Look Like?

YoungUpstarts

2011 was the year where global economy shaped the life for companies everywhere. The global recession has also had a massive effect on technology and start-ups, but just as often as new opportunities rather than challenges. Global finance is being remade. Local will be the new global. What is your view?

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Thoughts on Spanish Startups from La Red Innova 2011

VC Cafe

Red Innova is a technology and entrepreneurship conference held in Madrid for the third year. A few numbers about Spain. To put things in context, Spain has a population of 45.3 million businesses registered in Spain, placing the country in the 8th place worldwide – not bad [ source ]. million people, a GDP of $1.47

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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

VC Cafe

Utilizing a recently developed innovative technology, BetterView leads a revolution in the content world. Brandsforce is a plug & play social media marketing platform that generates conversations, engagements and measurable actions on social networks. Betterview - Company Website. Brandsforce - Company Website.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. ISRAEL CORP UNIT TO BUILD $680 MLN PERU POWER STATION.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

. “Provigent is a unique asset with world-class microwave backhaul technology and strong engineering talent developing innovative and highly integrated semiconductor solutions for the microwave segment.&# – Rajiv Ramaswami, executive VP at Broadcom. LEADING SECURITY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY MCAFEE ACQUIRES ISRAEL’S SENTRIGO.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – June 2012 Edition

VC Cafe

has acquired Israeli face recognition technology developer Face.com for $100 million. The two companies have collaborated for a long time, with Facebook using Face.com’s technology to help users tag the faces of friends in pictures they upload on the social network with Face.com’s Photo Tagger service. Facebook Inc.

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