The companies were selected by a committee of leading academics, journalists, technologists and venture capitalists from around the world. Takadu’s business model consists of charging a monthly fee from its clients, which already include the Thames Water company and other utility companies in Israel and Asia Pacific. MORE >>

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.  NEW LAW FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS OFFERS LOWER TAXES, HIGHER GRANT. Israel’s GDP rose 4.5% MORE >>

According to the Q1 2010 report, Israeli companies managed to raise $234 million from both Israeli and foreign venture capital funds. Koby Simana, CEO of IVC Research Center, said: figures for the first quarter of 2010 emphasize that Israel’s high-tech industry is still experiencing substantial difficulty. Deal size. MORE >>

investing in the US, China, and Israel), but these tend to be limited to a few very large firms. Venture Capital hedging risk vcQuestion: How do VCs mitigate risk in their investment portfolios? Are I’m not aware of VCs using classic financial hedging strategies. This ebbs and flows. MORE >>

2) With one noticeable exception, governmental entrepreneurship policies and initiatives appear to be less than optimal, with capital deployed inefficiently (read “They would have done better throwing the money in the street.”) Scalable startups are what Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and their venture investors aspire to build. So What? MORE >>