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. To learn more, VC Cafe interviewed Brian Rosenzweig, one of the managing partners in the new fund and the former marketing director at 21Ventures.

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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 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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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 22, 2024

This is particularly evident in initiatives like Volunteers for Israel, where individuals like Marco Bitran can contribute to positive change through volunteer efforts. They can also connect with other volunteers worldwide, creating a global network of like-minded individuals who share a passion for making a difference.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2021

In a new book, “ The Unstoppable Startup ,” by Uri Adoni, a widely respected venture capitalist from Israel, I was pleased to see real specifics on how you can successfully demonstrate the right level of confidence and boldness, without stepping over the line into arrogance and insolence. Convince people the market needs what you have.

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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. Network, network, network. Network, network, network. Tell us your story. Steve Jobs.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Back in July, I wrote an essay in Geektime on “ The Anti-Israel BDS Movement Will Fail “ Little did I know how quickly that would prove true! However, Israel and the United Arab Emirates recently announced that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship. If I’m missing any, please contact me.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

At Andersen Consulting I had built computer networks and programmed in COBOL. My mom organized a trip to take me to France & Israel. And Israel felt like home to me – somewhere familiar. He introduced me to a senior guy from the “network solutions&# practice, a Dutchman named Valentijn Bonger.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The startup Tracx , which provides a SaaS solution for tracking and managing marketing campaign on social networks, has received an undisclosed investment from Israeli angel Zohar Gilon. million in a second round led by previous backer Genesis Partners and joined by T-Venture , the venture capital company of Deutsche Telekom.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. Philippe Botteri, Bessemer Venture Partners. Their Partners all come from industry, where each has held senior level executive positions delivering industry-leading products. Google Groups.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

About a year and a half ago, we got accepted to the Elevator accelerator program in Tel Aviv, Israel. For us, being specifically based in Israel, these were our four main advantages. However, luckily for us, we had a widespread network of mentors and partners who helped us arrange meetings with small/medium online publishers.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

In addition to the engaging discussions surrounding the issues raised in the case studies, the workshop provided an opportunity for participants to network and learn from one another about domains outside of their own areas of expertise. By: Geoffrey Mugliston.

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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. NSO – Offensive cyber espionage tools for governments (Raised $130M) – 60% of the company is owned by PE fund Francisco Partners.

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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.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. They provide consulting, promotion, product testing, hiring, training and incubation services to startups.

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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. PERRIGO TO INVEST $40 MILLION IN ISRAEL.

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Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

Based in Israel, Outbrain has been around since 2006 solely focuses on solving the content discovery problem for publishers. They function very similar to an Ad Network but with the main purpose of helping publishers and content owners get their posts in front of audiences on well-known websites. Outbrain. . . Content.ad. StackAdapt.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

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. Browse the headlines below for more news.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2015

My entire world functions as a large and wide distributed network. However, for the past eight years, my partners and I at Foundry Group haven’t once scaled vertically (we haven’t added any partners since 2007 when we started) until we added Lindel Eakman as part of Foundry Group Next. Techstars Mobility (Detroit).

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

APRIL 19, 2016

Tal and his co-founders — some of the smartest technologists in Israel — asked themselves “ if we could build it from the ground up it, how would we build a better event management tool for the cloud era?” Arif Janmohamed is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Some of the best companies are born out of frustration.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

I hope you’ll join us on November 15 th at 5:30pm for the final Worldwide Investor Network event of the year. Site Black Box (Israel) – Enhancing security. Buddha (Israel) Make new connections based on location and personal interests on your mobile device. Rahul Gandhi , Associate at High Peaks Venture Partners.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ].

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 1, 2010

T wo years ago, VC Cafe reported that Zon Networks had raised a $7 million round from DFJ. At the time, DFJ commented that Zon Networks is going to change the Internet the way that Skype changed VOIP. for over 2 years now (previously ZON-Networks), and we’re almost ready to launch, so stay tuned! We also know that HOLA!

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Most investors rely on their network of colleagues and service providers to source investments. The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid. They are typically among the top quartile performers.

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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. This is Face.com’s second round, after previously raising about $1 million from Rhodium and local angels Yaniv Golan (AOL, ex Yedda) and Yariv Gilat.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Earlier this week YL Ventures announced a 7-figure USD investment in Israel-based Seculert , a new non-intrusive Security-as-a-Service that comprehensively detects cyber threats affecting corporate networks. The good news are that there are tools out there that can protect you from such threats. The exact sum was not disclosed.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ].

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ].

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ].

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I suggest start by looking at the many programs offered by the Fortune 500’s startup networks. For pre-seed and seed companies based in the US and Israel with a focus on AI for social impact”. I emphasize my focus here is organizations which are backing for-profit companies and do not take equity. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For

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VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 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 Central Bureau of Statistics also reported a higher-than-expected annual growth rate of 4.5

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2020

According to a report by Quantum Tech Partners, approximately $1 billion was invested in the eSports category in 2019, M&A transactions in esports reached $475 million in 2019, across 33 deals. In attendance there will also be the top esports startups and investors in Israel. billion in 2020, up from 148.8 billion in 2019.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2010

Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures, Jason Calacanis , founder of Mahlo.com, and Mark Suster of GRP Partners, have all weighed in on the nature side – you’re born being an entrepreneur or your not. Mark Suster, Vivek Wadhwa and Patrick Chung, Partner at New Enterprises Associates will be debating. Or look at Israel.

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VC Cafe

MAY 2, 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. The IMF also predicted that unemployment in Israel will drop to 5.5 ISRAELI ECONOMY TO EXPAND 3.8

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. They provide consulting, promotion, product testing, hiring, training and incubation services to startups.

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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). Shazam (GSB, Haas).

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 15, 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. Investment Bank Morgan Stanley raised its growth forecast for Israel to 4.8% ValueClick Inc.

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