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Battery Ventures Announces New $750 Million Fund

VC Cafe

Maturity : Battery invests in companies at all stages – from seed to later stage private equity buyouts. Geography : The Company invests throughout the world, with most investments are made in North America, Europe, Israel and India. Tags: Battery Ventures Israel venture capital.

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The Future of Israeli unicorns in 2024

VC Cafe

Battery Ventures Open Cloud 2023 report included this comparison chart of private software unicorns (1000+) vs. Software IPOs in the past 10 years (176) which shows the juncture many companies are in. Spotlight on Israeli unicorns in 2024 Israel is home to 131 unicorns, over 10% of the global total.

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Viola Private Equity Pumps $7 Million into Zend

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V iola Private Equity , an Israeli PE fund with $164 million under management for technology buyouts, has announced a $7 million investment in Zend , the leading provider of open-source and commercial solutions based on PHP web applications. According to Linkedin , Zend has a headcount of 130.

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The Ultimate CEO Twitter List

YoungUpstarts

gazelle_CEO : Gazelle CEO Israel Ganot discusses gadget trade-in, smarter consumption, and reCommerce. DuncanWierman : Duncan Wierman, software CEO, shares his insight into creative online marketing. eugenelee : Socialtext CEO Eugene Lee tweets about getting business value out of social software.

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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship

David Teten

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. Organizations like Worldwide Investor Network and the US-Israel Business Council are helpful in this area.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – May 2012 Edition

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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. Great for them, good for Israel.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

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.