VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

While Israeli startups successes are well known in the B2B space (cybersecurity, enterprise tech, devops…), B2C startups are unsung heroes… The landscape of B2C tech in Israel is blossoming, despite several challenges. Meanwhile in the US, B2C startups raised $100 billion in 2022, 40% of the total funding.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2022

While Metaverse rose to fame initially due to Facebook’s name change into ‘Meta’ to express their ambition to become a Metaverse company within 5 years (and perhaps deflect some of the negative PR), there are now many large companies, startups and brands working on their metaverse strategy. I will try to unpack this further on a future post.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 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. The Israel/U.S.

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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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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Our relationship with money, whether physical or virtual, is being reinvented by revolutionary startups called fintechs. A total of 22 Countries : from the countries present in the report, the one that is surprising is Israel. A total of 22 Countries : from the countries present in the report, the one that is surprising is Israel.

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VC Cafe

MAY 28, 2020

This brings back into the spotlight the technologies of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. Given it eliminates distance, travel time and costs, “this technology will likely stick around long after COVID-19 fears pass,” according to the Forbes article. Indeed, some AR/VR startup founders are especially optimistic.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

Google I/O: It’s a startup world. To achieve the trifecta of startup success (money, talent, ideas), a vibrant startup community can make the difference between success and failure. It created awesome companies, but the army doesn’t do ecommerce, or much mobile, which are now the biggest growth engines in startups.

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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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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. And this is just one of the many pioneering technologies surfacing out of this mid-sized Southern city of the Netherlands. Malmö, Sweden.

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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. These recent regulatory changes create opportunities and challenges for mHealth and eHealth startups that are worth considering. in 2014 to reach 20% of GDP by 2021.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

However, the ex-COO of Indian wireless carrier Tata TeleServices , presenting at Axis Tel Aviv this week, has a decidely commercial objective- finding Israeli startups for investment. Although relatively few Israeli startups are focused on India, the market dynamics driving its mobile sector are worth a closer look.

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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

JUNE 18, 2020

It seems to be the season for startup lists and the glory hasn’t skipped Israeli startups. Below are the ‘winners’, who were recognised this past week: World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers 2020. The company has new meat cultivation technology enabling growing real beef steaks directly from the cells.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike Yavonditte is the founder of the “super hot&# Hashable , a startup out of NYC that has been described as a “ Mint.com for Social Capital ” Mike sold his previous company, Quigo , to Aol for $340 Million. Overture became intrigued by Quigo’s AdSonar technology and wanted help targeting ads for their content business.

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

I was interviewed by TheMarker (Hebrew only) on why Israeli startups haven’t been part of the mega funding rounds in AI. I thought it’s a good timing to elaborate on where I see opportunities for Israeli startups in this rapidly growing space. billion, a 73% YoY drop, according to a new report by Viola.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2011

The open fireside chat session at The Pigeonhole Cafe , and coincidentally enough powered by questions from real-time question-and-answer conference tool Pigeonhole Live (and a Singapore-based startup, to boot), is possibly the first time a presidential hopeful faced off with members of the local startup scene.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2019

When it comes down to startups, as well as emerging businesses, they have to make efforts to succeed in getting where they want. Startups in developing economies, for instance, are addressing their issues through ingenious technologies and solutions. The question now is: what are the best markets for startups?

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I n its first investment in Israel, Russian search engine Yandex is rumoured to invest $3.4 million in Israel’s Face.com , a startup developing face recognition technology. As a result of the investment, Yandex’s CEO Arkady Volozh is now a member of Face.com’s board.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

billion in annualised revenue , an a myriad of new companies were born, from open source LLMs to application layer startups that were able to move fast and do much more with less. Much like mobile technology became a de facto part of every startup, AI is no longer a category but the core or a component of every product.

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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

JANUARY 20, 2014

A new wave of Israeli marketing technology startups, including Insightera (acquired by Marketo), Kenshoo , Tracx , Oktopost and others are helping CMOs get more bang for their digital buck. The emphasis on technology has changed the perception of the CMO.

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Up and Running

MARCH 5, 2018

This article is part of our Business Startup Guide —a curated list of our articles that will get you up and running in no time! New technologies can make nailing down your demographics and psychographics much easier (and cheaper) than in the past. and Israel. If you build it, they will come. Researching your target market.

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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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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 19, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The image to the left is an ad created by Yehoshua TBWA, Israel for betili. The image to the left is an ad created by Yehoshua TBWA, Israel for betili. 1 - [link].

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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. Wix, the Israel-based flash website platform, has announced a D round of $40 million.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2011

The International Broadcast Convention (IBC) 2011 is the leading global tradeshow for broadcasting media and entertainment industry, covering the latest developments in broadcasting, mobile TV, IPTV, digital signage and forward looking R&D. The device is compact and lightweight and attaches easily to any handheld camera.

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VC Cafe

JULY 11, 2011

It’s hard to be an early stage startup. A VC jokingly said that if Techcrunch was the only tech blog he ever read, he would probably think that startups magically evaporate into the ether after they raise a seed or A round. The Israel Innovation Road Trip , is an effort to raise both funding and awareness.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2014

The BUBBLE came to Israel too, with a record $4.2 While there were IPOs (notably Wix in November), most of the acquisitions were made by global technology companies with R&D Centers (and their corporate M&A teams) in Israel, including Apple, Google, EMC, AOL, Cisco, IBM and now Facebook. Seed-stage deals now require $5.1

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

H ere are some of the Israeli startup headlines that caught VC Cafe’s attention: Israeli startup Headlines: Boxee is looking to raise a massive round -Sources say Boxee is out trying to raise a significant funding round, likely in the $10 million to $15 million range. Israeli startup Videos. Startup Tools.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

H ere are some of the Israeli startup headlines that caught VC Cafe’s attention: Israeli startup Headlines: Boxee is looking to raise a massive round -Sources say Boxee is out trying to raise a significant funding round, likely in the $10 million to $15 million range. Israeli startup Videos. Startup Tools.

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Technology New York Stock 75

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

H ere are some of the Israeli startup headlines that caught VC Cafe’s attention: Israeli startup Headlines: Boxee is looking to raise a massive round -Sources say Boxee is out trying to raise a significant funding round, likely in the $10 million to $15 million range. Israeli startup Videos. Startup Tools.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Francois Hollande, President of France, led a delegation this week of 260 senior French executives and government officials to Israel for the 2 nd annual France-Israel Innovation Day. The objective was to connect French companies with innovative Israeli startups. and a public approval rating of 15%.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

I sraeli startup Any.Do AnyDo, currently in stealth mode, is developing technology to translate the user’s natural language voice input to the mobile device into actions, using voice recognition and semantic analysis algorithms.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 29, 2021

Talent mobility – should companies start looking for talent offshore? To get a sense of how my network feels about it, I polled this exact question on Twitter and LinkedIn, and while there’s still time to go it looks like most respondents agree: Startup CEOs – what model will you embrace going forward?

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

The success of start-up accelerators like Y Combinator, Tech Stars and 500Startups has spawned hundreds of clones, including more than 15 in Israel. Demo Day last week at Microsoft Israel reflected some of the unique dynamics of corporate Accelerators- experienced founders, more funding, finished products and existing customers.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

However, the shift to mobile sparked a need for similar tools that could be accessed by anyone easily and in real-time.” The post Facetune Appears in Apple’s Top 5 iPhone Paid Apps List for Seventh Consecutive Year appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

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. 23/06/2010 - Maayan Technology Ventures Ltd. million till date.

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