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Covid-19 is a marathon, not a sprint, for startups in US, UK and Israel

VC Cafe

Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP. The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups.

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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

Of course, that was not 100% true, with innovative startups and large outcomes occurring in Europe, in Asia, and other parts of the USA. When I began investing a little over five years ago, it felt like the conventional wisdom was that one had to invest in the Bay Area to harvest venture-like returns. People are voting with their feet.).

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Crisis Shmisis: 40 deals, more than $400 Million raised in Q2 2010 in Israel (Deal Summary)

VC Cafe

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 -.

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Crisis Shmisis: Q2 2010 Closes with 40 deals and more than $400 million raised in Israel (Deal Summary)

VC Cafe

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 -.

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Brexit: Why the EIF must remain

The Equity Kicker

The European Investment Fund (EIF) is an EU institution that exists to stimulate the startup ecosystem by investing in venture capital funds. To state the obvious, if the venture funds hadn’t gotten off the ground, the startups they back would also still be on the drawing board. It’s a big deal.

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Bitesize Friday – Israeli Funding Recap

VC Cafe

V enture capital funding of Israel companies opened strongly in Q1 2010, with 55 deals completed since January 1oth 2o1o, according to Capital IQ. An undisclosed round in stealth startup ToyToyToy, which offers an online service that links websites for actual toys. Israel Petroleum Company, Ltd. Cheetah Medical (Israel) Ltd.

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One Weird Trick to Build a Personal Brand

Both Sides of the Table

In 2006 when I was a budding entrepreneur building my second startup I ran into a young (ish) enthusiastic founder of an electronic signature company called EchoSign. Jason has also done startups for a long time. And was fortunate enough to get a reference call from an LP asking me this very question. Startup Lessons'

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