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Will Anobit be Apple’s R&D Center in Israel?

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If completed, the deal will potentially make Anobit and its 200 employees in Herzliya the first Apple R&D center in Israel. Founded in 2006, Anobit’s management team include several of Israel’s top high-tech entrepreneurs: chairman and CEO Prof. Ehud Weinstein; president Ariel Maislos; and Ofir Shalvi.

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Bitesize Cyber Monday: Anobit, Oberon, Sightic-Vista, MyThings, Celeno and Startup Tools

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Previous Celeno investors Pitango Venture Capital , Greylock Partners , Miven Venture Partners, and Cisco Systems Inc. Mobile gaming company Oberon Media raised a fifth round of $16 million – some of the funds raised are from previous investors Goldman Sachs, Infinity I-China Fund and Oak Investment Partners.

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Huge Round for Waze, Raises $25 Million for Social GPS

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I sraeli startup Waze , developer of the free social GPS app for smart phones, has announced a $25 million venture round bringing the total capital raised to date to $37 million according to VentureWire. The round was led by prior investor BlueRun Ventures which valued the company between $90 million and $100 million.