Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

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. Technology Business Incubators (TBIs). Innovation Clusters.

Programming 170

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2015

Leadspace was founded in 2010 and maintains offices in both San Francisco and just outside Tel Aviv in Hod HaSharon, Israel. The nation of Israel, on the other hand, provides an ideal pillar of technical expertise to support a growing B2B software company. In the US, most software engineers enter the workforce following college.

B2B 100

B2B San Francisco Semantic 100

David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Back in July, I wrote an essay in Geektime on “ The Anti-Israel BDS Movement Will Fail “ Little did I know how quickly that would prove true! However, Israel and the United Arab Emirates recently announced that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship. If I’m missing any, please contact me.

UAE 60

UAE United Arab Emirates Technology 60

VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

Our games studio has created the first RPG advergame in Israel for Bamba. To date, Calpers has invested $63 million in six Israeli funds including Carmel, Pitango, JVP, Gemini, Israel Seed and Ipax Israel. Israeli incubators are predicted to increase their investment volume (but not size) in 2010. via TheMarker ).

South Africa 89

South Africa Product Incubator 89

VC Cafe

JUNE 3, 2013

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.

Incubator 97

Incubator 97

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.

Las Vegas 92

Las Vegas India San Francisco 92

VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

Applications for various programs in Europe and Israel are open. Google Launchpad start – a one week pre-incubation program for early stage startups focused on subjects including product strategy, UX and UI, technology, marketing, business development and presentation skills.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Startup Early Stage Cloud 131

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

What’s the magic formula that helps a city to incubate innovation? Tel Aviv, Israel?. Today, with the decentralising nature of the Internet, distributed cloud technology and a growing sentiment toward entrepreneurship, the global startup ecosystem has never been so dispersed. Perhaps it’s a complex algorithm of all of the above?

North Carolina 168

North Carolina Technical Review Cyprus Raleigh 168

VC Cafe

MARCH 29, 2011

With six first investment deals Evergreen Venture Partners was the most active VC fund in Israel in 2010, according to the latest IVC Research Center report. The second place was shared by Battery Ventures Israel and Pontifax, with five investments each. Evergreen started in 1987 by Jacob Burak, as one of the first VC funds in Israel.

Venture Capital 97

Venture Capital Incubator Seed Stage 97

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2011

Professor Wong Poh Kam of the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre said that there can be too much micromanagement by bureaucrats on entrepreneurship incubators, which tends to then disincentivize them. He points to Israel as an example of a country with a limited population that does have a thriving startup scene.

Singapore 251

Singapore Non-Compete Government 251

The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2012

Just like in college, graduates of incubators are sent off to go conquer the world… with the dream of a multi-million dollar exit and dollar signs in their eyes. In life out of the incubator or accelerator bubble, why do most of these bright start-ups fail? But what about the remaining 99%? What is the missing ingredient?

Incubator 121

Incubator Turkey Estonia United States 121

David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The Aspen Tech Policy Hub is a West Coast policy incubator, training a new generation of tech policy entrepreneurs. We model ourselves after tech incubators like Y Combinator, but train new policy thinkers and focus the impact of their ideas. Some specific accelerators: 17 Incubators For Impact Entrepreneurs and Social Enterprise.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review SBIR Dilution Silicon Valley 60

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

At today's roundtable, we had entrepreneurs presenting from Brazil, Israel and India. Next, Nir Savitzki from Israel, presented JobVoyage , a social CRM service for job seekers. In fact, I was pleased to even see an entrepreneur from Kolkata, India, the city in which I was born and raised. Estate Lister. About Sramana Mitra.

Brazil 115

Brazil India Entrepreneur 115

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Incubator List/ Local Startup Resources/ Startup Q&A. List of Startup Incubators. Invest in Israel : The investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, Foreign Trade Administration (see industry reports and M&A summaries for the year). Israeli Center of Incubators.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Five international MBA programs also boast Unicorn founders, namely INSEAD (France / Singapore / UAE), IIM Calcutta (India), Vienna University (Austria), Tel Aviv University (Israel), and University of Otago (New Zealand) (Please note that I only included MBA programs, and excluded Masters in Science degrees).

Programming 120

Programming St. Louis Cofounder India 120

VC Cafe

JULY 20, 2010

D eloitte Touche in Israel produces a Venture Capital and Private Equity survey every other quarter in an attempt to identify trends within the venture capital arena, give a summary of VC expectations of the Israeli VC community for the next six to twelve months. Clear cut: VC activity in Israel will become difficult.

Mezzanine 92

Mezzanine Venture Capital IPO 92

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2018

Advisors currently are from the UK, US, Canada, Asia Pacific and Israel. I don’t live in the UK – can I apply? Mishcon de Reya is a global firm and global companies are encouraged to apply. Legal Tech Innovation Categories.

Technical Review 82

Technical Review Startup Early Stage 82

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.

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley Chile South America Venture Capital 335

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

T he second quarter of 2010 has come and gone and despite the depleting VC and incubator capital in Israel, the quarter has brought approximately 40 deals with over $400 million invested. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Herzlia Pituach, Israel. Infinity Israel-China Fund. ACW GREY Israel -.

Private Equity 98

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity 98

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

T he second quarter of 2010 has come and gone and despite the depleting VC and incubator capital in Israel, the quarter has brought approximately 40 deals with over $400 million invested. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Herzlia Pituach, Israel. Infinity Israel-China Fund. ACW GREY Israel -.

Private Equity 98

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity 98

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 1, 2015

IBM’s research center in Zurich, GM’s research center in Israel, Toyota in the U.S Silicon Valley, Herzliya in Israel, Zhongguancun for software and Shenzen for hardware in China are examples of technology clusters, but so was Detroit for cars, Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion.). are examples.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Incubator 120

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 21, 2010

A lot has been said about the ‘equity gap’ in Israel – the fact that Israeli funds have been struggling to raise additional funding and international funds don’t all have local presence in Israel. Source: TheMarker (Hebrew).

Silicon Valley 114

Silicon Valley Incubator Italy 114

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Israel has been branded the “startup nation.” Frequently cited as one of the world’s most vibrant innovation hubs, Israel boasts more startups per capita than any other country in the world. Despite hosting a rich startup ecosystem, Israel is simply too small a country for entrepreneurs seeking to build big companies.

Cofounder 20

Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 17, 2011

While many founders coming out of Israel have the entrepreneurial DNA, the physical distance from their customers, potential partners and backers as well as a cultural gap on how to do business in the US, often inhibits their startup’s growth in the early stages. Gil and Shuly are currently conducting interviews in Israel.

Silicon Valley 99

Silicon Valley Incubator Early Stage 99

VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2011

We wrote about the VentureGeeks incubator on VC Cafe a few months ago, and its plans to set up a $2 million early stage fund making pre-seed investments. So far 500 artists signed up, mostly from Israel and the US. Veradata is the company behind Shop Rooster, an iPhone app that shows discounts in various stores throughout Israel.

Incubator 99

Incubator Startup Florida 99

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Minneapolis created an incubation centre that drew investment from Google’s Eric Schmidt. Drone creators are springing forth all around the world even as far away as Israel. For some examples of its influence, programming schools are springing up faster than ever in Vietnam with help from the government.

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Minneapolis Vietnam Incubator 100

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. Brag, Israel! Those numbers are likely conservative.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

GeekMedia, the company behind the Israeli blog NewsGeek (Hebrew) has launched VentureGeeks , a new incubator program in Israel, which will provide seed funding and mentorship to Israeli startups. The Tel-Aviv based incubator is meant to serve as an accelerator program for startups, following the model of US based Y Combinator.

Programming 97

Programming Private Equity Incubator Cofounder 97

Up and Running

JULY 21, 2016

cities to start a business in for 2016 ), you will need to focus more on access to angel and venture capital funding, business incubators and accelerators, and a climate that is supportive of startups. Top 10 Hot Incubators to Join in Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley Startup Incubation and Acceleration Meetup. Tel Aviv, Israel.

Los Angeles 60

Los Angeles Silicon Valley New York City Seattle 60

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

At today's roundtable, I synthesized some posts from our blog to give entrepreneurs, incubators, investors, and economic development agencies a flavor of what we've been doing this summer to make life easier for you. Development Agencies and Regional Incubators, please read: Does Your Region Experience Brain Drain Of Technology Entrepreneurs?

Nigeria 121

Nigeria Incubator Argentina Silicon Valley 121

VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2011

Israel has the highest number of startups per capita, and the highest amount of VC investments per capita in the world ($142!). Whether you are working on startup in Israel or abroad, investing in startups as a VC or ab angel, or just a super talented student in the dorm – VC Cafe is interested!

Hiring 84

Hiring Venture Capital Incubator 84

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 2, 2018

This is also why Israel has prospered. The book Start-up Nation explains Israel’s entrepreneurial genes well. at least modern Israel, post Holocaust?—?is Debra and I visited Israel for the first time last year. In other words, Israel has a mission worth fighting for. Israel is very entrepreneurial, like the U.S.,

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Cofounder San Francisco 48

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 19, 2018

StartupDevKit is a new type of online startup incubator and accelerator but also helps startup-related companies, as well. That mind-expanding career led me to work for global companies after I left the service – a multinational corporation headquartered in Munich, Germany and a startup headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Naming 83

Naming Software Review Entrepreneur Atlanta 83

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. Israel Petroleum Company, Ltd. Cheetah Medical (Israel) Ltd. Israel Electric Corporation Limited;Maayan Technology Ventures Ltd. SICAR;Israel Cleantech Ventures.

Venture Capital 68

Venture Capital LLC LP 68

VC Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2011

The keynote was given by Zvi Eckstein, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Israel , on “Israel present and future”. First, here are some of the key takeaways: Israel’s high-dependence on high-tech industry. The employment rate in Israel, not the unemployment rate, needs to go up. Zvi is impressive.

Lebanon 87

Lebanon Mexico Spain 87

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Israel Startup Network (ISN), led by Arlene Marom, one of our affiliate partners, organized the event with us. First up, David Nordell from Kfar Ya'avetz, Israel, pitched New Global Markets , a solution for making it easier for banks to offer their customers global banking facilities. New Global Markets.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur India Intellectual Property 124

VC Cafe

JUNE 24, 2011

AT&T set up new R&D and incubation center in Israel in collaboration with Amdocs – welcome AT&T Foundry. According to Israel Venture Capital (IVC), Ra’anana-based Advasense raised $31 million in 2005-07 from Giza Venture Capital , BlueRun Ventures. VentureTech Alliance, and Taiwan’s CIDC.

United Kingdom 107

United Kingdom Venture Capital Taiwan 107