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Facebook Acquires Israel’s Snaptu For an Estimated $60-70 Million

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Founded in 2007 by Ron Makavy, Micha Berdichevsky, and Barak Naveh, Snaptu raised a total of $9 million in three rounds: $3 million from Carmel Ventures, $5 million a year ago (March 2010) from Sequoia and $1 million from private investors, including Spotlab, an angel fund operated by former Israeli MP Neomi Blumental.

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How To Create a Web App

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Posted by: Serkan | October 4, 2007 2:05 AM Sorry Serkan - next one will be faster out of the door! Posted by: Matt | October 4, 2007 2:18 AM Interesting post, Matt. Posted by: Matt | October 4, 2007 6:31 AM Great stuff Matt, cheers for sharing this, appreciated. More of this and faster, please;).

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

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At that time, the sector wasn’t well established in Central Europe and there was an understandable fear whether Poland and Polish companies are ready for new marketing solutions. That digital channels like search and social need not be looked at one at a time. Was it risky? Yes, it was. But you know – no pain, no gain.