Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

The founders of Quigo ( an enterprise search company based in Israel that was competing directly with AdSense ) tracked Mike down while doing a CEO search. Mike believed that search was an essential part of the Internet experience, and he guessed that it would evolve towards commercial search. He decided to join.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I sraelis spend more time on the Internet more than almost every other country (apart from Canada), according to the latest eMarketer report on UK Internet Users and Usage. Mobile is a whole new dimension. Many companies in the UK and elsewhere have already launched sophisticated mobile offerings. hours in the UK.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I sraelis spend more time on the Internet more than almost every other country (apart from Canada), according to the latest eMarketer report on UK Internet Users and Usage. Mobile is a whole new dimension. Many companies in the UK and elsewhere have already launched sophisticated mobile offerings.

Internet 135

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Israelis spend more time on the Internet more than almost every other country (apart from Canada), according to the latest eMarketer report on UK Internet Users and Usage. Mobile is a whole new dimension. Many companies in the UK and elsewhere have already launched sophisticated mobile offerings. hours in the UK.

Internet 135

Internet Canada Russia 135

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I sraelis spend more time on the Internet more than almost every other country (apart from Canada), according to the latest eMarketer report on UK Internet Users and Usage. Mobile is a whole new dimension. Many companies in the UK and elsewhere have already launched sophisticated mobile offerings.

Internet 135

Internet Canada Russia 135

VC Cafe

MARCH 28, 2011

We rarely hear of such a large round amongst Internet startups in Israel, which is why Wix’s founding round is particularly interesting. Wix , the Israel-based flash website platform, has announced a D round of $40 million. Wix, the Israel-based flash website platform, has announced a D round of $40 million.

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The Next Web

JUNE 19, 2012

My partners are making all that possible, it’s pure teamwork. I started my first company – a boutique web and mobile development shop Applicake – with 3 other friends (Agata, Pawel and Bart) when I was 21. The events business is getting ready for European Rails Conf 2013 and Mobile Mobile Conf.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., INTERNET BUSINESSES. General Internet. -

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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. One of the evident signs of increased bilateral relationship between China and Israel is the lack of seats on flights to China.

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Intellectual Property China IP 143

VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2023

The launch of GPT-4 in March 2023, with its 1 trillion parameters and the new plugins that will connect ChatGPT to the Internet. Several of our limited partners are media and entertainment strategics: broadcasters, publishers, telcos etc, so content creation, distribution and monetisation has always been close to our core focus.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I sat down with my partner and we brainstormed the name for our business. Instead, my producing partner suggester Corner Piece, Because we’re the piece you need to get everything started. Most law firms simply use the last names of the originating partners as the name of the company. 15 – Strong Ties to Israel.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Recently several funds increased their funding activity in Israel including Index Ventures (who has partner Saul Klein living in Israel), Greylock Ventures (who raised a $150 million fund dedicated to Europe and Israel) and Innovation Endeavors (who added Doron Alter to focus on Israeli investments this year).

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VC Cafe

MAY 30, 2011

Zeev Holtzman, founding partner of Giza Venture Capital and founding member of the Israel Venture Association (IVA), cautioned that “ Israel’s venture capital and startup industry is heading for collapse. Nowadays, the focus has shifted to more “capital-efficient&# businesses in Internet, media and mobile apps.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2011

A joint report by IVC Israel and KPMG, surveyed 95 venture investors (48 in Israel and 47 foreign investors who are active in the Israeli market) summarizes 2010 in Israeli venture capital. There’s good news and bad news in last year’s trends.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Facebook surprised with its first acquisition in Israel today (and its second acquisition outside of the US), with the announcement that it is buying Israeli startup Snaptu (previously known as Moblica) for an estimated $60-70 million. source: [link].

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VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

The company is headquartered in London, UK, with satellite offices in the US and Israel. Cellcom , the leading mobile provider in Israel, enters the financial services market with new “mobile wallet&# product. It is this added value that Citi and the Company intend to bring to the financial services market.&#.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2010

million investment round led by Carmel ventures and joined by Cisco, Smac partners and StageOne ventures. Oversi offers a multi-service platform for over-the-top (OTT) content, including Internet video, peer-to-peer (P2P) and other media applications. I sraeli company Oversi has announced a series C round of $4.9 PRESS RELEASE.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2010

VSP partnered with Live Person and has been operating since 2006 as AEI Technology. POSE has created a Point Of Sale system (POS) for small businesses, which can be operated from PCs, tablets and connected mobile devices. Touchoo publishing house for quality touch-screen book-apps for toddlers and preschoolers. Founded in 2008 by Ms.

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San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup 131

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Apap.tv , an Israeli startup headquartered in San Mateo, and Digiday , partnered on a report that summarizes the Internet’s Digital Video advertising market. Mobile video is a lucrative place to be for online advertisers, but it’s not perceived as a very different channel to online video.

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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. LucidLogix raised an $8 million round from Genesis Partners, Giza Venture Capital, and Rho Capital Partners for futher R&D and faster penetration of LucidLogix’s gaming graphics chip.

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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

JUNE 8, 2010

J erusalem Venture Partners successfully raised $25 million for an annex fund to strengthen the portfolio companies in the Israel-focused JVP IV which closed in 2001. The aim of the fund is to support existing investments by “enhancing their business propositions&# and preventing premature sales in a downturn. Will it work?

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

A s venture funds struggle to raise money in Israel, seed capital, one of the earliest and riskiest stages of investment, is becoming harder and harder to secure. To learn more, VC Cafe interviewed Brian Rosenzweig, one of the managing partners in the new fund and the former marketing director at 21Ventures.

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Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage 106

VC Cafe

JUNE 8, 2011

in Computer Science from Tel Aviv University, run the lab, mentors and advisors including: Meir Brand (head of Google Israel), Eden Shochat (partner at Genesis and founder of Face.com), Yair Goldfinger (entrepreneur and angel investor) and additional experts in user experience, through industrial design, algorithms, mobile technologies and more.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

A bout 50,000 visitors from 200 countries are expected to attend the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, starting tomorrow February 15th. Green: low-energy consuming phones and products for using the mobile as an energy monitoring device in the house.

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Mobile IP SMS Networking 110

marketingland.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Johns 2008 best-seller, "Always Be Testing", written with business partner Bryan Eisenberg, has been the standard reference for conversion optimization through testing since its release and has been used for the basis of both academic coursework as well as corporate training. Attend Our Internet Marketing Conferences. Social Media |.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

The Mobile World Congress , possibly the largest International technology conference and definitely the most important mobile conference of the year is taking place in Barcelona this February 14-17. Mobile Apps and App stores – a new ecosystem was created and it’s here to stay (Check out LogiaGroup, Waze and Cellint).

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VC Cafe

JUNE 22, 2010

T he Commercial Office at the Embassy of Israel in London and the Israel Export Institute have organized a New Media delegation , taking place on the first week of July. VC Café is privileged to support the event as the main media partner. Tickets for the mini-show case event on July 6th are limited.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

One of the main reasons why my partners and I started TopFire Media is to fill a void within the franchise arena. It was 1994: the Internet was still in its infancy and e-commerce was still a relatively new phenomenon. I actually started my business when me and my wife were living in Israel. So my team and I built it.

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Entrepreneur Houston Software Review LLC 48

VC Cafe

JANUARY 31, 2011

million from Mangrove Partners. A bit old but still very relevant – Questions asked about Groupon’s acquisition of Israel’s Grouper for an estimated $8 to $15 million. Tawkon debuts its mobile phone radiation app on the Samsun Nexus S. See previous coverage of eToro on VC Cafe. SohoOS raised $1.75

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VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

There more than 35,000 engineers working on building it, and a strong level of passion/engagement in the communities being built around this ‘New Internet’ But with that, there are also challenges, which are less discussed. Both me and my partner at Remagine Ventures, Kevin Baxpehler, are wrapping up busy weeks.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

The internet had a massive impact on the media industry, as the reporting of news became a commodity few are willing to pay for. This positions them uniquely to leverage not just their archives, but also their new content on an ongoing basis to partner in developing more contextually aware and culturally sensitive AI models.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging. Twilio : Need to call/txt get a phone number from your web/mobile application? Mobile Tools: If you are a web developer, you donâ??t

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Distribution/sales guy-Has an awesome understanding of the industry and product and can sell the vision and problem you are solving to investors, users, and potential partners. (he I'll partner any time with a pervert midget and a pair of over-sexed penguins if that increases the chances of success. Find out what motivates people.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 20, 2012

Here’s the problem, as laid out by Goodman: The Internet has democratized the job application process, and that’s not entirely a good thing. At the same time, Goodman says he wants Bright to go broader than its own website, possibly by partnering with other hiring products like Taleo and Jobvite. Enterprise. Smartphones.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Pandora begs Congress to lower Internet music licensing rates. If you hear groveling at any point today, it’s likely remnants of Pandora execs speaking in front of Congress yesterday, where the company begged for legislation to lower music licensing fees for Internet radio. Syria shuts down Internet in attempt to quell uprising.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In November of 2015, I posted a tweet that declared Benchmark was interested in discovering Internet healthcare investments. So if Internet and mobile technologies can be used to change real estate or transportation, why not healthcare? Additionally, all of us that have been consumers of the U.S. Every single thing.”

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