VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The past year was a wild ride for startups and founders, giving a whole new meaning to the ”rollercoaster” aspect of being an entrepreneur. A combination of competition for top talent and an effort to bring employees back to the office drove startups in Israel to throw extravagant parties and all-inclusive retreats abroad.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Not understanding and agreeing what “Entrepreneur&# and “Startup” mean can sink an entire country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Six Types of Startups – Pick One. Lifestyle Startups: Work to Live their Passion. Small Business Startups: Work to Feed the Family. Scalable Startups : Born to Be Big. There are 5.7

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

If you’re a startup founder, you’re probably looking at Google in some way, maybe in terms of partnership or acquisition, but maybe some level of suspicion and fear. In this post, I’ll try to organise the various startup engagement and outreach programs at Google. How can startups engage Google (credit: VC Cafe).

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David Teten

AUGUST 1, 2020

The BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement) is a global attempt to persuade people not to do business with Israel or businesses that do business with Israel. All these technologies were developed primarily or entirely in Israel. . 40% of Intel’s sales are from chips developed in Israel.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now. Mature startups with proven business models and the potential to reach the public markets within a few years will be the safest place to park any new venture capital that comes into the ecosystem. Startups, Don’t Pin Your Hopes on VC Dry Powder ( Source ).

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VC Cafe

JUNE 10, 2022

The market correction has come for series A and seed startups. For the past few week I’ve been sharing here the impact of the current downturn that started in the public markets on startups and venture capital. Until now, early stage startups were relatively unaffected. How quickly should startups scale?

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The tech world has seen a shift away from Silicon Valley, with Israel now dominating the world’s startup economy. Yet, it’s not all rosy in Israel’s tech sector since multinational tech companies have realized that they could benefit from the emerging talent there as well. A Decelerating Startup Ecosystem.

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VC Cafe

JULY 13, 2022

With 2022 half done, there’s a number of new reports slicing and dicing funding data for Israeli startups in H1 2022. IVC/Leumi Tech Israel tech review Q2 2022. Viola published their own H1-2022 Israel tech ecosystem report (you can download it as a PDF here ). Israeli gaming startups reached over $8.6

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Moshe Lichtman, the man once in charge of all of Microsoft’s technology development in Israel, says that the time has come to build a billion dollar Israeli company. about Moshe Lichtman, and why he is one of few men or women capable of leading an Israeli startup to global billions. In this post I break down an article by TheMarker.co.il

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The term ‘Centaur’, coined by venture capital firm Bessemer, indicates companies that achieved $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR). Scaling to $100 Million from Bessemer Venture Partners. Israeli startups raised a record of $26.6 Israeli startups raised $1.1 billion in August and over $2.5

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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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Pitchbook Data released a new report on the state of Private Capital in Israel 2020 , covering private equity and venture capital. In 2010, VC funds in Israel had over $10 billion of assets under management, by 2017, that number had grown to over $36 billion. Israel based startups raised $4.1

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China.

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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. What opportunities do we see in the Metaverse?

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2020

After finishing a second national lockdown, amidst weeks of protests against the government and with borders largely closed to foreigners, you could safely say that these are not ‘normal’ days for Israeli startups or the Israeli economy. In September alone , Israeli startups raised $1.2 billion) which was a record year.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2024

It’s easy to find bad news about venture capital these days. In other words, the venture capital bust has only just started. 2023 was a rough year for Venture Capital and for startups, and it might get even worse. Global venture funding fell 42% year over years to $248.8

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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). that of GSB).

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VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2020

A new report on global venture capital investment volume shows that H1 2020 investments in startups reached $129 billion (this includes all stages as well as CVC activity). Israel UP 40% ( Source ) ? What might explain the record breaking deal activity in Israel? Israel’s record breaking Q2 2020 ( Source ).

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! I’m now researching non-dilutive funding for Action Tank , a startup I’m gestating to “Make America Functional Again”.

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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

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. In addition to an initial 7.5

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

But in practice, these phenomena create a tremendous volume of startups, which investors then have to filter. Prior to joining ff Venture Capital , I published the first-ever study of how private equity and venture capital funds originate new investments, with my coauthor Chris Farmer , CEO of SignalFire and an experienced VC.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

When I began investing a little over five years ago, it felt like the conventional wisdom was that one had to invest in the Bay Area to harvest venture-like returns. Of course, that was not 100% true, with innovative startups and large outcomes occurring in Europe, in Asia, and other parts of the USA.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. ” the Economist observed that there has been a change in the Israeli startup landscape. billion from local and foreign venture investors, the highest amount in 11 years.

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2022

In Israel at least, the trickle of layoffs has become a steady stream. There has never been more capital available to invest in startups in the past decade, despite the caution in deployment. According to data firm Preqin, venture capital AUM (assets under management) reached a record of $2 trillion. Here are 3.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Startups and entrepreneurs need to be realists. You need to accept the fact that the down economy over the last couple of years has changed the way in which venture capitalists see the world, so you should adjust your strategy and expectations in dealing with them. Move your company to China, India, or Israel. Marty Zwilling.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The markets have been taking a beating with Coronavirus and startups that were valued in the hundreds of millions have been folding at what seems like an accelerated rate, prompting journalists to post articles about the bubble being burst. What is certain is that European venture hit a local maximum in 2019, attracting over €4 billion in Q4.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The 2022 Founders Factories report by DealRoom and Accel shines a spotlight on the startup clusters that produced most unicorns across Europe and Israel, and then tracks the alumni of those unicorns to test where the talent goes to found their next companies. London and Tel Aviv are home to the most founder nurturing unicorn startups.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

I spent two weeks of December in Chile as a guest of Professor Cristóbal García, Director of EmprendeUC at the Catholic University of Chile , which just signed up a 3-year collaboration partnership with Stanford’s Technology Ventures Program. Venture Capital.

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Haystack

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

There are countless posts flying around the web now about “How to build a startup.” On a slightly smaller impact scale, there isn’t a lot of content out there about “How to build a venture fund.” Only a small handful of other venture firms have grown into such global powers, such as Sequoia and Accel. [

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2024

Regular readers of VC Cafe are well aware of my passion for startup landscapes. Without a doubt, the only thing that is constant in the startup ecosystem is change! This post will be updated regularly throughout the year with the new startup landscape maps.

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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

JULY 5, 2017

.” The hope is that the increase in growth capital, translates into bigger exits down the line as companies take longer to exit: “Some claim this is the industry’s way to support more significant companies, and that the value creation will occur later.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The global rise in venture capital didn’t skip Israel, which has been breaking new records the amount of venture capital raised by companies in 2021. In the first half of 2021, Israeli startups raised a staggering $12.2 Unicorns aren’t rare in Israel, but it’s hard to track them.

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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. Startups range from award-winning data software Druva to telecommunication hardware Swipe. Tel Aviv, Israel?. Pune, India?.

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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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