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). UCLA Anderson).

Programming 120

Programming St. Louis Cofounder India 120

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

years as a software developer I decided I wanted a change. I had two goals in mind: I wanted to be even more technical than I already was as a developer (I wanted to work on cutting edge stuff, which back then was the Internet – pre World Wide Web browsers) and I wanted to live & work in Europe. I wanted to work there.

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Europe France San Francisco Chicago 352

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

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. Startups range from award-winning data software Druva to telecommunication hardware Swipe. Tel Aviv, Israel?. Raleigh, North Carolina.

North Carolina 168

North Carolina Technical Review Cyprus Raleigh 168

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. The communications and software sectors followed with 20% and 19% of the total investment respectively. billion in VC funding, representing a 70% increase compared to the $1.26

Technical Review 111

Technical Review IPO Seed Stage 111

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

M ore and more consumer electronics products now include features which leverage internet connectivity – current generation gaming devices, entertainment systems, and of course smart handsets are a few examples that demonstrate this trend. Tags: Eyecon Israel iPhone. Eyecon offers interface: Pick, Plug'n Play.

Media 74

Media Software Review Software 74

The Startup Magazine

JULY 12, 2017

The report also predicts that by that time, 30% of all internet surfing worldwide will be carried out without any screen, instead being powered by voice-activation software, such as Apple’s Siri or Google Assistant. Here are four predictions for the future of online gaming: The Rise of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Games.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Technology Brazil Software Review 60

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. The secret to the software sales process.

Semantic 302

Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

Geography : The Company invests throughout the world, with most investments are made in North America, Europe, Israel and India. Tags: Battery Ventures Israel venture capital. Maturity : Battery invests in companies at all stages – from seed to later stage private equity buyouts.

North America 76

North America Silicon Valley Private Equity 76

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. The communications and software sectors followed with 20% and 19% of the total investment respectively. billion in VC funding, representing a 70% increase compared to the $1.26

Technical Review 60

Technical Review IPO Seed Stage 60

YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

gazelle_CEO : Gazelle CEO Israel Ganot discusses gadget trade-in, smarter consumption, and reCommerce. DuncanWierman : Duncan Wierman, software CEO, shares his insight into creative online marketing. eugenelee : Socialtext CEO Eugene Lee tweets about getting business value out of social software.

Cofounder 216

Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 216

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2011

For the 12th consecutive year, the Deloitte Brightman Almagor Zohar Technology Fast 50 Program annually recognizes and honors the 50 private and publicly held fastest growing technology companies in Israel, based on percentage revenue growth over a five-year period. CommTouch Software. 5 year Growth %. Type of Business. WebsPlanet.

Intellectual Property 106

Intellectual Property Jordan Software 106

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. PARADIGM IS SOLD TO APAX AND JMI FOR $1 BILLION.

Latvia 109

Latvia Lithuania Russia 109

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. Organizations like Worldwide Investor Network and the US-Israel Business Council are helpful in this area.

Government 146

Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

It has played almost no role in the emergence of current non-US bred startups, including Alibaba in China, Waze from Israel, Paytm in India, and many more. Design the full stack, not just a new software element. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective.

Global 345

Global Silicon Valley Marketing Indonesia 345

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Computer Software. Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., Israel Minister: No Change to Egypt Deal Israels foreign minister said Israel would not agree to re-evaluate its peace deal with Egypt. Computer & Software Services. Software. -

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 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. MICROSOFT ACQUIRED ISRAELI START UP VIDEOSURF .

Nebraska 99

Nebraska Silicon Valley Miami 99

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

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

It has played almost no role in the emergence of current non-US bred startups, including Alibaba in China, Waze from Israel, Paytm in India, and many more. Design the full stack, not just a new software element. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective.

Silicon Valley 312

Silicon Valley Indonesia Venture Capital Global 312

David Teten

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Described by The New York Times as “the most important organization affecting America’s relationship with Israel,” AIPAC (The American Israel Public Affairs Committee) advocates for U.S. cooperation with Israel on a wide range of issues. cooperation with Israel on a wide range of issues.

Technology 114

Technology New York Jordan 114

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 1, 2010

At the time, DFJ commented that Zon Networks is going to change the Internet the way that Skype changed VOIP. Poking around in the usual spots, here’s what I was able to dig: From YouNoodle : ZON is developing software in communications. develops network management software. They plan to launch ZON 1.0 Do you know Hola!?

Networking 68

Networking Venture Capital Software 68

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Below are two interesting charts from IVC Online’s survey of active venture capital funds in Israel, based on first investments. In terms of sectors, Internet and software continue to lead and clean tech first investments have declined in 2009 compared to the year before. Follow this link to access the original pdf report.

Venture Capital 79

Venture Capital Seed Stage Partner 79

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2011

One of the trends in Internet use today is the creation and consumption of video content. Already, there are over 2 billion daily views in YouTube alone, while online movie service Netflix accounts for over 30-percent of total Internet bandwidth in the United States during peak hours.

Video 154

Video Technology Bandwidth 154

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 16, 2010

Israel: An Economy Without a Diaspora&# – BusinessWeek on the economic power of few families in Israel. Israel’s Internet Scene Comes of Age [link] [Giza blog]. Lessons Learned At Business of Software 2010 Conference [link]. Is the Valley Falling out of Love with Options? Share/Bookmark.

Acquisition 95

Acquisition Venture Capital IPO 95

The Next Web

JUNE 19, 2012

Both my parents and my sister are software engineers … I actually have female co-founders in my companies – an amazing developer & manager Agata (also included in that Top 100 list) and Socha, an architect-turned-designer. Wanted to be a high-energy physicist and dreamt of working in CERN with the LHC. That it’s sad.

San Francisco 136

San Francisco Cofounder Founder Poland 136

VC Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2011

MYTV is the all-inclusive software that reduces playlist production time and significantly improves the efficiency of Contents’ commercials and playlist management. Available as both an embedded and downloadable software application, the solution allows secure content streaming and downloading. justAdTV Ltd - justAd.TV

Mobile 113

Mobile Media IP Distribution 113

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The problem is widespread: creating a roster of shifts that takes into account people’s availability, hourly rates, holidays etc, can take hours from the shift manager in the business, unless the company has very expensive client software in place. Adir : I read a few articles about the shift management software.

Cloud 134

Cloud South America Bootstrapping 134

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The problem is widespread: creating a roster of shifts that takes into account people’s availability, hourly rates, holidays etc, can take hours from the shift manager in the business, unless the company has very expensive client software in place. Adir : I read a few articles about the shift management software.

Cloud 134

Cloud South America Bootstrapping 134

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The problem is widespread: creating a roster of shifts that takes into account people’s availability, hourly rates, holidays etc, can take hours from the shift manager in the business, unless the company has very expensive client software in place. Adir : I read a few articles about the shift management software.

Cloud 134

Cloud South America Bootstrapping 134

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.

Silicon Valley 114

Silicon Valley Incubator Italy 114

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Move your company to China, India, or Israel. These include chips, computers, software, telecom, and the Internet. Like angels, they like to touch and feel their investments. About half of the VC dollars and deals come from these two corridors, so it helps to be there. Get in a recession-proof sector. Personal networking is key.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Silicon Valley Startup United States 225

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Events have already been held this year in Bangalore, Austin, Barcelona and New York, and the next event on the list is taking place in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 21st. So who are the “Smartest&# startups in Israel? Seculert - provides a cloud-based security software as a service model ( SaaS ).

Cloud 108

Cloud Startup Security 108

VC Cafe

MAY 9, 2011

Following the deal, Acceloweb will become Limelight’s development center in Israel. “We’re pleased to join Limelight and continue our work building Internet scale software that improves end-user experiences on the Internet. said Gadish in the press release. Continue reading →

Networking 84

Networking Cloud Technology 84

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. So while a crash could be on the horizon in the States, I don’t see the same problem in Israel. Do you see a crash coming? VCs are investing in later stage companies.

Technical Review 106

Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage 106

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.

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

Up and Running

JANUARY 18, 2012

And given that Israel is a security-focused country, it comes as no surprise that these recent cyber-attacks have left officials looking for improved ways to protect such information. While officials said the sites did not contain sensitive information impacting both trading and the safety of passengers, there were concerns nonetheless.

Web 80

Web Stock Security 80

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. as in Telecom, Internet, Media and Entertainment), an angel fund led by Ilan Shiloach and Nir Tarlovski among others.

Media 109

Media Stealth Venture Capital 109