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APRIL 29, 2020

According to the Covid-19 impact report by research firm Beauhurst: 5,070 UK companies are at a ‘severe’ or ‘critical’ risk 615K startup and scaleup jobs are at risk Later stage startups are at the most risk Across the board, tech sectors and verticals are the most likely to experience a positive or low impact.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Security will shift from defensive to predictive AI-powered security (Norwest Venture Partners). Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

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JANUARY 13, 2023

Since the first version was published in Jan 2022 , there were a bunch of new companies created in web3 gaming, security and consumer experiences, and notably Celcius, the crypto lender and former unicorn, went bust. Since then, we’ve seen an explosion in the number of generative AI startups worldwide, as well as in Israel.

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Generative AI Open Source Startup 212

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JULY 7, 2023

That’s not to say that application layer startups didn’t raise large funding rounds: Jasper ($125M), RunwayML ( $141M ) Tome ( $43M ), ElevenLabs, But Israeli startups, to a large extent, have been excluded from this trend, only securing smaller round. I can imagine there are opportunities here across industries/verticals.

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Generative AI ChatGPT Startup 88

VC Cafe

MARCH 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. The company is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel. For previous editions, click here. Oracle Corp.,

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IP Analytics Portfolio 68

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JUNE 22, 2010

T he Commercial Office at the Embassy of Israel in London and the Israel Export Institute have organized a New Media delegation , taking place on the first week of July. The Discretix Downloadable Secure Player allows CSPs to overcome the dependency on pre-installed device applications. com, LIVEPERSON, Conduit and others.

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Media Social Network Flash 145

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NOVEMBER 6, 2010

I found a hidden gem in Israel. The startup is AfterDownload , an eight month old advertising network based in Israel. I was a VP in one of the leading online marketing agencies (best seller in Israel) and am also an attorney, in online related law. We’re able to secure some of the leading PC related software.

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