View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

As of January 20, 2016, based on the “CrunchBase Unicorn Leaderboard,” there are 157 unicorns (companies with $1 billion+ valuations) which have not IPOed or been acquired—and more start-ups reaching unicorn status every day. Unicorns have been over-hyped during the past few years, and nowadays frequently attacked by skeptics.

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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. London and Tel Aviv are home to the most founder nurturing unicorn startups.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2024

With the IPO window closed, growth funding severely dwindled and multiples down as a result of the public market, unicorns face tough choices in 2024. With limited options for liquidity (M&A or IPO) and significantly less growth capital, unicorns face an uncertain future. trillion, according to CB Insights.

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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. In the first half of 2021, Israeli startups raised a staggering $12.2 Unicorns aren’t rare in Israel, but it’s hard to track them.

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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 Economist observed that there has been a change in the Israeli startup landscape. billion in VC funding, representing a 70% increase compared to the $1.26

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2024

2023 was a rough year for Venture Capital and for startups, and it might get even worse. I believe there are a lot of problems need solving, my outlook is longer term and I invest in new companies (most of the startups that Remagine Ventures II will invest in don’t yet exist). In many ways, Edward is right.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

Startups in the U.S. In addition, due to Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations, accounting costs have gone up an estimated four times for all businesses, and 2008-2009 represented the worst IPO market in forty years. We need a regulatory regime that nurtures startups, rather than penalizing them like giant corporations.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2022

When it comes to the total value of exits, consumer startups cumulatively exceeded enterprise exit value in the period of 2018-2022. In a nutshell, when consumer startups succeed, they can have major outcomes. a major pain point for Israeli startups in 2021) 3. Thoughts on the consumer startup space in Israel.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 2, 2020

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. As of now, Israel has 42 Unicorns, or (technically 40, now that Lemonade and JFrog went public).

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Her responsibilities included: strategic counseling, business modeling and deal negotiation for the various for medical startups in the portfolio and is a limited partner at NGT3 Medical Accelerator in Israel. Most people that I meet in the “startup“ community are younger than me. Tell us your story.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 2, 2023

billion according to the 2022 Israel high tech ecosystem report by Viola Ventures. A report by Greenfield Partners puts the total fundraising of Israeli startups at $15.16 Israeli startups 2022 funding summary. The ten biggest exits of the year included a mix of IPOs and acquisitions. billion to $17.1

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Earlier this month I spoke at the 2022 Israel Gaming Summit by Calcalist, Playtika and Google. The event was a get together for the Israeli ecosystem: startups, corporates, investors and academics in the gaming space. Gaming in Israel in 2022. Israeli gaming startups generated $8.6 Calcalist gaming summit 2022.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2021

It doesn’t quite have an English equivalent but it’s commonly used in the day to day in Israel. This week was particularly festive as Israeli startups celebrated an IPO ( Taboola , at $2.6 I encourage you to try it in your own community or even startup. One of my weekly #Firgun time posts.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A new comprehensive report on human capital in Israel by the Israel Innovation Authority and Startup Nation Central found there’s a shortage of tech employees for Israeli startups and scale ups. Israel’s high tech sector employed 321,000 people in 2019, representing 9.2% What about the solutions?

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

I had the good fortune to moderate a panel at last week''s IBA Silicon Valley from Start-up to IPO / Exit Conference. start-ups that turn into “Unicorns” - businesses with exits via IPO or acquisition of greater than $1 Billion - emanate almost exclusively from the United States, and far more specifically from Silicon Valley.

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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. Potentially an IPO in 2012. million sites.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2014

last year, more than any other major index), and the IPO market is booming. The BUBBLE came to Israel too, with a record $4.2 The fastest growing exit category in Israel last year was digital media, so the performance of the sector will help determine whether or not the party continues. Seed-stage deals now require $5.1

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2010

S econdMarket , the marketplace for alternative investments such as company options and private company stock trading, announced yesterday that it has launched operations in Israel (the Israeli site is live already here ). Given Israel’s active private company sector, the move makes perfect sense.

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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. The bad news is that Israeli startups are struggling to scale. In 2014, for example, 18 IPOs raised a record-breaking $9.8

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Recent SaaS trends and the Accel Euroscape of the 100 most promising companies in Europe and Israel This article was co-authored with my colleague Pia d'Iribarne and published initially on Tech.eu. Out of the 12 IPOs, Mimecast is the only company from Europe. But, first, let’s take a look at the overall health of the SaaS industry.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 6, 2018

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. First Round has been an incredible partner in our journey from startup to public company.

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Steve Blank

JULY 6, 2010

When we were looking for funding for IMVU (the company where Eric Ries first implemented Customer and Agile Development and where the Lean Startup was born,) I thought of Shawn. If you’re doing Customer Development /Lean Startup, Shawn is a great guy to have as an investor. He’s lived it and gets it.

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VC Cafe

MAY 22, 2011

The LinkedIn IPO this week may have opened the gates for an Israeli market thirsty for exits, but in the meanwhile, VC funding in Israel continues with business as usual. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Boston, MA with R&D offices in Israel. 3) VideoSurf raised $16 million in a C round led by Pitango.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 12, 2019

Nominations are now open for the 2019 Accel Euroscape, the annual list of the top 100 cloud companies originating from Europe & Israel. Calling the leaders Applications for the 2019 Accel Euroscape, spotlighting the top 100 Cloud companies from Europe and Israel, are now open, and you can apply HERE. As researched by Tech.eu

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VC Cafe

JULY 12, 2011

The recent wave of Internet IPOs seems to remind the Israeli VCs of the previous tech bubble. 50% of them, believe that we’re about to enter a second bubble and 33% claim that Groupon, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Zynga are overvalued, according to the latest Israel VC Indicator Survey for Q2 2011, published by Deloitte.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Venture Funding Shrinks Leaving Scores of ‘Walking Dead’ Firms [link] [founding firms are down, but IPOs might be coming back]. link] [interesting article on compensation at startups]. Israel: An Economy Without a Diaspora&# – BusinessWeek on the economic power of few families in Israel.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I started VC Cafe in 2005 to expel the notion that there were too many dollar bills chasing too few ideas, as my ‘labor of love’ after my own experience with a startup in Israel. The Israeli startup industry has been going from strength to strength, supplying a daily flow of news and world-changing milestones.

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VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

Below are the headlines for the week of July 8 2010: Startups of the week. The company is headquartered in London, UK, with satellite offices in the US and Israel. Co-founded by Yiftah Frechter, Yoav Arnstein and Ran Cohen, all former execs of recently IPO-ed Eyeblaster. Miscellaneous. See the Soho OS video demo below.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. This would be easy to detect: among their portfolio companies, do startups with female founders outperform those without? First Round Capital found that among its portfolio companies, startups with female founders outperformed those without by 63%.” .

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. Tom from Omaha, Nebraska, shared an update about what is going on in that part of the world, as did other audience members from New York City, Israel, and Columbus, Ohio.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Last week Ernst & Young held their annual conference Journey 2011 at the Hilton hotel in sunny Tel Aviv, Israel. Representatives from banks, VCs, publicly traded companies, and local startups showed up to the “gala event.” Consider a dual-track process : an IPO or getting bought out. Also more expensive.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Accel Euroscape: The 100 most promising Software-as-a- Service companies in Europe and Israel -This article was co-authored with my colleague Pia d'Iribarne and published initially on Tech.eu. To date, there have been only four major European SaaS exits (all IPOs), including QlikTech in 2010, Wix in 2013, Zendesk in 2014 and Mimecast in 2015.

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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.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

Over the years, I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. Personally, I send this post to every startup we invest in. In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books.

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VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

That is where Libox , a new Tel Aviv-based startup offering a free service to share and store photos, videos and music, wants to disrupt the industry. Israel’s largest online portal) from inception to IPO as well as Oren Nauman, formerly CEO of Mobival , who serves as deputy CEO at Libox. He made it very profitable.

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 13, 2015

Scaling up is becoming a hot topic lately, from non-profit Endeavor and the World Economic Forum focusing attention on the importance of scaling up companies in the Global Scale Up Declaration to The Economist pointing out that Israel''s miraculous start up economy is seeking to transition from "Start Up" to "Scale Up". 50-100 million.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC & Startup Resources. Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? About VC Cafe.

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