VC Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2024

During these nearly two decades, I’ve had the extraordinary privilege of being a front-row witness to Israel’s incredible startup scene. While it is going through a challenging period now, Israel continues to stand as a powerhouse of innovation and technology, ranking 6th in global innovation according to Global Finance.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Pitchbook Data released a new report on the state of Private Capital in Israel 2020 , covering private equity and venture capital. In 2010, VC funds in Israel had over $10 billion of assets under management, by 2017, that number had grown to over $36 billion. Israel based startups raised $4.1 billion in 2019 and $1.5

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 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. ISRAEL TO TRADE FREELY WITH MERCOSUR; ARGENTINA – ISRAEL SIGN FTA.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 1, 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. Israel’s economy grew 4.7% In April, the Bank of Israel raised its 2011 growth forecast to 4.5%

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VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2023

The US and China are in the lead, but Israel has certainly earned itself a place as one of the leading centers of excellence in the global AI ecosystem with companies like AI21 Labs, which is developing a large language model Jurassic, which can be considered as an alternative to GPT. The talent pool for AI startups in Israel is deep.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 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. OCZ TECHNOLOGY BUYS ISRAEL’S SANRAD.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 31, 2021

As the startup ecosystem in Israel scales, so must the teams leading the growing number of Israeli unicorns. Is there a marketing crunch in Israel? Mobile advertising is at the forefront of Marketing, so I think you’ll appreciate Ran’s perspective. About Ran Avrahamy: Managing a complicated relationship with mobile.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 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. Foreign direct investment in Israel reached $3.8 See the March 2010 edition after the jump.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

I’m excited for the talent that will spin out of those companies to create the next generation of B2C stars coming out of Israel. The 32 Israeli private companies that reached $100M in ARR. Israeli startups raised a record of $26.6

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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. based Angel capital with early stage technology companies in Israel, and do so in a way that substantially mitigates the risk of seed stage investing. Janvest: Yes.

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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

APRIL 7, 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. Israel’s index of leading economic indicators rose a preliminary 0.4%

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2022

3) Generational readiness – Gen-Z, also known as ‘digital natives’ grew up with mobile devices and virtual worlds like Roblox and audio rooms like Discord or RecRoom spending more time online than any generation before. a Bored Ape starts from 74 ETH (approx $246,000) on OpenSea, the biggest NFT marketplace, recently valued at $13.3

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). Amazon AppStore – The Amazon Appstore (mobile/tablet) for Android and Fire OS operated by Amazon.com.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

The panel included Erik Hersman (Kenya ,founder of iHub), Eden Shochat (Israel, founder of Face.com, VC at Genesis, founder of The Junction), Jon Bradford (UK/Ireland, founder of Springboard), Jeffery Paine (Singapore, Golden Gate Ventures) and Jehan Ara (Pakistan). Jeff – we look at mobile, consumer Internet, games and SaaS.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

billion people use a mobile phone today, equating to 66.6% By providing a contactless mobile payment interface, millions of unbanked customers can accept payments using NFC technology. As the mobility of the global workforce increases, more employers are sourcing talent from around the world. of the global population.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Israeli startup Capple Factory , wants to help couples grow their relationships through mobile apps (Capples) that require two mobile devices in order to work properly. Create a relationship status outside of Facebook and on your mobile phone. Milan Kundera. VC Cafe: What are the main benefits for the user?

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VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

Although relatively few Israeli startups are focused on India, the market dynamics driving its mobile sector are worth a closer look. Despite the momentum with India, Israel-China (including Hong Kong) trade is on-track to hit $10 billion this year, representing 13% of total Israeli exports (Bank of Israel). 98- 1.15).

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

A total of 22 Countries : from the countries present in the report, the one that is surprising is Israel. Although Israel has been appearing in various studies on innovation, it had a small part here, with only one representative, EverCompliant , which focuses on cyber risk and fraud detection.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

In this post I shine a spotlight on the consumer segment in Israel and explore the trends in consumer tech in Israel. What do you know about Israeli B2C startups? Continue Reading → This is a content summary only. Click on the post title to continue reading this post, share your comments, browse the website and more!

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Next month, one of the leading European operators is expected to announce a dedicated, Israel-focused venture capital fund. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to innovation clusters, some telcos are getting a better ROI from Israel than others. [[ This is a content summary only.

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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 conference took place during a challenging time for gaming startups: in the same week Playtika, the largest gaming employer in Israel, announced it was laying off 615 people globally, of which 180 are in Israel. billion market cap.

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VC Cafe

MAY 12, 2016

Yesterday was Israel’s 68th Independence Day, and to mark the occasion, Calcalist , a leading business publication in Israel, ranked the 50 most promising private Israeli startups. Perfecto – Clound based mobile app testing (Raised $90M). Tabtale – Children mobile applications (Raised $14M).

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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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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Scalable startups tend to group together in innovation clusters (Silicon Valley, Shanghai, New York, Boston, Israel, etc.) In the last five years, web and mobile app startups that are founded to be sold to larger companies have become popular. Buyable Startup s: Born to Flip. lesson of using SBIC funds.),

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2017

Pratik Dholakiya is the Co-Founder of E2M , a full service digital marketing agency and MoveoApps , a mobile app development company. Pratik has spoken at NextBigWhat’s UnPluggd, IIT-Bombay, SMX Israel, and other major events across Asia.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

Applications for various programs in Europe and Israel are open. Start on Android – is a suite of tools aimed at mobile app developers. Startups can also extend their mobile apps to interact with the Google Assistant. The Accelerator programs are now fully remote and open to 10-12 startups per batch.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As a fund that covers entertainment and media tech in Israel, we at Remagine Ventures keep a close eye on interesting developments in the Creator Economy. The growing app portfolio of Lightricks: from Facetune to small businesses, Lightricks wants to be the mobile photoshop and video editor. 5 Israeli creator economy startups to watch.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2013

mobile health is taking off in Israel. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for mobile and digital startups to disrupt an inefficient industry. Even the big guys, who are skilled at FDA approval, face challenges with mobile applications. in 2014 to reach 20% of GDP by 2021. It was not a success.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 3, 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. ISRAEL 2ND LARGEST CENTER FOR TECH STARTUPS.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Making money on mobile can be a tricky thing. Having ads on your app is an option, but few companies have truly cracked the perfect mobile advertising strategy, so adding ads to your app will likely be an annoying, disruptive experience to the user. How do you know when you’re designing a mobile app that’s going to make money?

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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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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

his week, 70,000 attendees will descend on Barcelona for the annual mobile techie Fiesta known as the Mobile World Congress. Among the 1500 exhibitors, more than 10% are from Israel, the third largest contingent of any country at the show. [[ This is a content summary only.

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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. It’s currently available on Windows only – the mobile version is on its way. via TheMarker ).

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VC Cafe

MAY 28, 2020

Quoting the visions of Tim Cook and Mark Zukerberg prior to the outbreak, AR/VR are said to be the next major platforms after the mobile phone, because they would “eliminate the distance between people and allow people to be present despite physical distance.” A holographic system that provides realistic 3D medical images.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 3, 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. MOODYS REITERATES “A1 – STABLE” RATING FOR ISRAEL.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Move over Bangalore, there’s a new Indian metropolis evolving with its finger on the pulse of cloud, mobile and digital technologies. The region is teetering on the forefront of IT, mobile technology and life sciences. Tel Aviv, Israel?. Pune, India?.

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