VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Data by Carta (mostly US companies) reveals that although on average startups saw a 50% reduction in funding in 2023 (the impact in Israel was closer to 65%) pre-seed funding rounds rose by 51%! In smaller funds, ticket sizes tend to be lower, so pre-seed is the only stage where micro funds are able to secure their minimum equity targets.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Back in 2016, Europe and Israel had only four public companies worth less than $9B combined and local cloud companies had raised just $900M throughout 2015. Today, Europe and Israel have generated 23 public companies worth $231B and private cloud financing reached c. Annualised, this would be 2.7x larger than last year!

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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

JUNE 18, 2012

Innovate Israel 2012 aims to connect Israeli web, mobile & digital entrepreneurs & businesses with their UK & European counterparts. The UK is Israel’s second largest export market following the US, but Israeli startups often ‘forget Europe’ when it comes to Internationalizing their product.

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VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2016

Japan is the world’s #3 economy…but not for Israel. In September, NEC becomes the first Japanese multinational to launch an R&D Center in Israel, focusing on cyber security. In 2014, then Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Toshimitsu Motegi , concluded a joint industrial R&D agreement in Israel.

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VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2020

Israel UP 40% ( Source ) ? “VC investors did not shy away from either first or follow-on investments, bringing the number of VC deals to a record in Q2/2020″ Israel tech fundning report Q2 2020, IVC. What might explain the record breaking deal activity in Israel? Israel’s record breaking Q2 2020 ( Source ).

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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 22, 2021

AWS Builder Space (Israel) – A non-equity program for early stage startups who are looking to accelerate their speed to market. Some of the past participants in the AWS Builder Space program in Israel (Disclosure: Novos is a Remagine Ventures portfolio company).

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Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

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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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2015

Leadspace was founded in 2010 and maintains offices in both San Francisco and just outside Tel Aviv in Hod HaSharon, Israel. The nation of Israel, on the other hand, provides an ideal pillar of technical expertise to support a growing B2B software company. In the US, most software engineers enter the workforce following college.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Beyond that fortunate group, the funding situation will be less secure. And finally Israel, the market I cover primarily with Remagine Ventures , was also down 36%, resembling the 2020 levels. The pressure to protect portfolio startups seen as potential fund returners will be profound. billion in 538 deals.

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Founder Technical Review Down Round Liquidation Preference 173

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In 2022, we will see an urgency around systems hardening, including security tools, techniques, and best practices that will identify and shore up a vulnerability in utilities and other critical infrastructure. million barrels per day of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from Houston to New York. A Global Workforce.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Global Technology 141

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. Gett – Taxi hailing and deliveries in Israel, Russia and UK (Raised $102M). Image credit: Kosher OC Magazine.

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VC Cafe

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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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Britain and Israel are inextricably linked by a profound and intimate history. In truth, the idea of growth through partnerships is nothing new to the State of Israel. With limited natural resources, Israel quickly turned to the potential of its human resource. Guest post By Daniel Saunders.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

We just completed the sixth week of our new national security class at Stanford – Technology, Innovation and Great Power Competition. We learned how Russia pursues security and economic interests in parallel with its ideological aims. Other countries, e.g. Turkey and Israel, have proliferated systems that have been used to win a war.

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Artificial Inteligence Russia Technology China 363

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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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2018

Advisors currently are from the UK, US, Canada, Asia Pacific and Israel. MDR LAB is looking for technologies that can help lawyers and clients identify and manage cyber threats, secure data and ensure their systems are available when they need them most. I don’t live in the UK – can I apply? Legal Tech Innovation Categories.

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Technical Review Startup Early Stage 82

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. billion as Intel elevates focus on security on par with energy-efficient performance and connectivity.

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Cloud Intellectual Property Software Review 74

VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

As Viola points out, there are 5 main barriers to adoption: Security, privacy, intellectual property, performance, and cost. Theory Ventures 2024 predictions Israel remains one of the major AI hubs globally In terms of funding, it’s safe to say that Israeli generative AI startups have yet to live to their full potential.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Open Source 109

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 16, 2016

The founder & CEO —  Assaf Glazer  — is a Phd in computer vision from Technion in Israel and furthered his work with a postdoctorate from Cornell Tech in New York, where he hatched Nanit. The CTO, Tor Ivry , heads engineering out of Israel. And of course Nanit is securely encrypted and HIPAA compliant.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

By ALAN WEINKRANTZ Special Contributor to Silicon Hills News I have been traveling back and forth to Israel for just about twenty years. Rick Perry’s Visit to Israel appeared first on SiliconHills. Rick Perry’s Visit to Israel appeared first on SiliconHills. Rick Perry Israel'

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2024

Lets examine these options: Funding – Many of the unicorns minted in 2021 face difficulties in securing new investments at valuations comparable to their peaks, especially in a market skeptical of overvalued tech companies. Spotlight on Israeli unicorns in 2024 Israel is home to 131 unicorns, over 10% of the global total.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 22, 2021

The common case in israel is founding teams flying solo without a marketer until it’s imminently necessary. These steps are vital to securing initial funding and attracting pilots, design partners, and customers. . What best practices have you seen in Israel when it comes to community building?

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B2C Marketing Stealth 145

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Tel Aviv, Israel?. From BillGuard ’s crowdsourced personal finance security to Wix ’s web publishing tool and Cardboard Technologies ’ biodegradable bicycle, the startup landscape has a reputation of being the most inventive in the world. It has the highest density of startups in the world and 61 companies in NASDAQ.

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North Carolina Technical Review Cyprus Raleigh 168

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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VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

The New York Times says the new fund is a signal that Silicon Valley is being revived, but according to the Wall Street Journal , it was lower fees and carry that facilitated securing the capital: It helped that Battery proactively offered some investor-friendly terms. Tags: Battery Ventures Israel venture capital.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I ’ve recently came across a paper written by Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir , Israel’s 4th president and a successful scientist who founded Israel’s Chief Scientist Office (CSO). I would do what I could to help establish the State of Israel and contribute to its security and its social and economic development.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 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. CISCO BUYS NDS FOR $5B.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

A new report by IVC Research center, ranks the most active VC funds in Israel according to their first money investments. In total, 90 VC funds in Israel made first investments in Israeli startups, but only 19 [.]. [[ This is a content summary only. Carmel Ventures topped the list with 11 new investments followed by Horizons Ventures.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

We already have a glimpse of it in text: Jasper.ai (which recently secured $125M in funding at a $1.5 It’s not hard to imagine what this could look like by using a simple idea generation exercise: Tech jobs: Developer + AI – coding autocomplete tools like Github’s copilo t or Israel’s Tabnine , AI for QA.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence API Vertical 195

VC Cafe

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. Workflow automation – the reason Jasper.ai

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Generative AI ChatGPT Startup 88

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Joe Felter , who co-created Hacking for Defense and is a senior research scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford; Steve Weinstein , chief executive of MovieLabs who teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford and UC Berkeley; and yours truly, Steve Blank.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 4, 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. Great for them, good for Israel.

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San Francisco New Jersey Private Equity 90

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). have reached unicorn status.

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Programming St. Louis Cofounder India 120

Cracking the Code

JULY 23, 2021

You can now put your company forward for Accel’s 2021 Euroscape , the list of the top 100 SaaS companies across Europe and Israel. Last year saw an explosion of investment in private cloud companies founded in Europe and Israel, with funding hitting $13 billion. The Accel 2021 Euroscape will be presented at SaaStock in October.

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Europe IPO Cloud 62

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

airports, less-intrusive airport security); functional legal system (tort reform); logical immigration reform; comprehensible regulation ; and a functional tax system (tax simplification). Organizations like Worldwide Investor Network and the US-Israel Business Council are helpful in this area.

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