VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 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. Its solutions target the home video network market.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 18, 2024

NEW Video – Humane Pin Review: A Victim of its Future Ambition Full video: [link] This clip is 99% of my experiences with the pin – doing something you could already do on your phone, but slower, more annoying, or less reliable/accurate. Finn later added, “If this video never came out, they would have sold so many more.”

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VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2023

More and more, people are experimenting with these new technologies that enable anyone to write better, brainstorm, invent, craft and get inspired with text, images, video, voice, music and more. The talent pool for AI startups in Israel is deep. Generative AI is advancing at a breakneck speed.

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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. In 2006, Moshe was promoted to corporate vice president and head of Israel Research and Development. By Ben Bakhshi. In this post I break down an article by TheMarker.co.il

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Take, for example, Israel, whose rate of entrepreneurship is still growing tremendously, despite being the second-biggest startup hub in the world for the past several years. In the past decade, hundreds of interesting, innovative tech companies have emerged in and around Israel—and they’re worth learning from.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 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. Its solutions target the home video network market.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A picture is worth 1,000 words so I’ve collected a few videos that bring these potential use cases to life. Beyond just a giant screen (which is also cool) the volumetric video stuff looks amazing. I especially like these graphics on real world surfaces or video. So much so, that the term ‘Glasshole’ was born.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

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 WEF RANKING IMPROVES TO 24TH PLACE, BOOSTED BY INNOVATION.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2022

Populating the Metaverse with AI-generated video based on real human characters is also HourOne – simply generate video by writing text. We are excited to continue backing ambitious founders in this space with our second fund, especially in Israel and the UK. Why does a new Internet needs to be rebuilt to achieve this?

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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

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

I’m excited for the talent that will spin out of those companies to create the next generation of B2C stars coming out of Israel. Sorry for the humbrag, but I’m proud to see Minute Media , our Remagine Ventures portfolio company (and our only later stage investment) on this prestigious list.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

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.

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VC Cafe

MAY 20, 2022

I also recommend you watch this video podcast: “ your startup is dying and this is how you save it “ 2. The updated retail tech Israel 2022 report by Deloitte with very interesting nuggets on the sector. The incredible generative visual AI creations by Dall-e 2. The results a few months post-launch are stunning.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

The program helps boost sales through its customer engagement tools (video content, dedicated storefront, editorial curation), merchandising, and strategic support. AWS Builder Space (Israel) – A non-equity program for early stage startups who are looking to accelerate their speed to market.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Wibbitz provides web developers with a plug-in which automatically transforms static web content into an interactive video. Wibbitz answers this call by enabling web producers of content like images, headlines, and body text to easily convert these into a dynamic video format. Israeli startup interview series by Startup Intelligence.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Let me dive in to a few examples in the world of video. Animate Anyone by Alibaba Animate Anyone is an SDK created by the AI research team of Alibaba that can animate a single picture into a dancing character video with remarkable consistency and control. We’re primarily focused on Israel and the UK.

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VC Cafe

MAY 28, 2020

From video conferencing tools to project management platforms, companies, institutions and individuals are becoming adjusted to remote environments. In his essay “ The VR Winter ”, Benedict Evans writes: “it’s instructive that now that we’re all locked up at home, video calls have become a huge consumer phenomenon, but VR has been not.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

So much has happened in the generative AI space globally, and in Israel since we published the previous version of the Israeli generative AI landscape, back almost exactly five months ago. For example, Munch , providing automated vertical video clips from long form content or KwaKwa , the latest product by Piggy, powering communities.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Earlier this month I spoke at the 2022 Israel Gaming Summit by Calcalist, Playtika and Google. The conference took place during a challenging time for gaming startups: in the same week Playtika, the largest gaming employer in Israel, announced it was laying off 615 people globally, of which 180 are in Israel.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As a fund that covers entertainment and media tech in Israel, we at Remagine Ventures keep a close eye on interesting developments in the Creator Economy. The growing app portfolio of Lightricks: from Facetune to small businesses, Lightricks wants to be the mobile photoshop and video editor. 5 Israeli creator economy startups to watch.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 14, 2011

Daily deal sites like have taken root in cities all over Israel, with over 80 currently running deals. Back in January 2011, Groupon bought out Grouper.co.il , Israel’s first to market daily deal site for an estimated $8-15 million US dollars. Groupon Israel).” By Benjamin Bakhshi.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Tel Aviv, Israel. The post Ranking — And Understanding — The World’s Top Startup Hubs [Video] appeared first on ReadWrite. . “Finally, I hope this report can inform policymakers, help them understand startup ecosystems and help them to make better decisions,” Hermann says. Los Angeles, California.

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VC Cafe

MAY 21, 2021

At the time of this writing Israel and Hamas just signed a ceasefire. I wanted to take a few moments to reflect on what was going on in Israel. Hamas is a radical islamic terror movement, which took charge of Gaza in 2007, a year after Israel unilaterally withdrew its settlers. But, this is also not exactly new to Israel.

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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. Valens -Transmission Chips for Ultra-High Definition (HD) Video over Copper or Fiber Cabling (Raised $40M). Image credit: Kosher OC Magazine.

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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. NFW, I thought. Boy was I wrong. As a father this is also pure magic.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

At Remagine Ventures we know that all too well, as we invest in these new tools ( Hour One to create synthetic videos, Munch to help distribute short-form videos on social media, KwaKwa to create short-form educational videos, Playo to create games within minutes, Quiiiz to bring the Trivia game-play to mobile).

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2018

Advisors currently are from the UK, US, Canada, Asia Pacific and Israel. I don’t live in the UK – can I apply? Mishcon de Reya is a global firm and global companies are encouraged to apply. Legal Tech Innovation Categories. For last year’s Pitch Day info, see… For more information, visit www.lab.mdr.london. .

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VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

Our games studio has created the first RPG advergame in Israel for Bamba. To date, Calpers has invested $63 million in six Israeli funds including Carmel, Pitango, JVP, Gemini, Israel Seed and Ipax Israel. They offer option trading platforms, skill and casual games as well as their own development studio. via TheMarker ).

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 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. LEADING US COOPERATIVE CHS BUYS ISRAEL’S SOLBAR.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Innovid has developed an interactive pre-roll ad format called iRoll, that encourages users to click on moving objects with the interactive ads before watching the video. million to date and has managed to sign partnerships with some of the web’s leading video publishers. Led by Tal Halozin and Zvika Netter, Innovid raised $7.1

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Videos/presentations. Use us to power any video chat applications (talkshow, education apps, collaboration, etc). We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging. Camera, video, and most of the APIs described above for web Tools). Market Research. LaunchRock.

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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

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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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2011

One of the trends in Internet use today is the creation and consumption of video content. It’s in this environment that Tel Aviv, Israel-based video technology company Giraffic is hoping to thrive in. It’s in this environment that Tel Aviv, Israel-based video technology company Giraffic is hoping to thrive in.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 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 2010 GDP GROWTH WELL ABOVE OECD AVERAGE. Israel’s GDP rose 4.5% for the year.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2011

For the 12th consecutive year, the Deloitte Brightman Almagor Zohar Technology Fast 50 Program annually recognizes and honors the 50 private and publicly held fastest growing technology companies in Israel, based on percentage revenue growth over a five-year period. Agent Video Intelligence. 5 year Growth %. Type of Business.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

People are trying things out and enjoying the ‘magic’ feeling of creating images, text and video from text prompts. Business Development + AI – text to video, speech to speech to localise messages in the local language, AI for knowledge base (like pragma.ai).

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