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Invest in Israel Newsletter December 2010 Edition

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Altor Networks was founded in 2007 by security and networking experts from Israel’s Internet security giant Check Point. ISRAELI CROP PROTECTION GIANT MAKHTESHIM AGAN EXPANDS TO MEXICO AND KOREA. and is also buying 100% of Mexico’s Ingeniera Industrial S.A. Israeli Researchers pursue brain-operated computing.

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Divalicious Puts A Shopping Mall In Your Hand

YoungUpstarts

Serial entrepreneur Weyrich has started three Internet companies and three mobile app companies since the age of 22, and recently sold a Catholic Dating service he owned and operated in 2007 to a competitor. Other functions include wish lists, as well as social sharing via email, Facebook and Twitter.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

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billion in 2007, as investors worldwide tightened their belts in the wake of the global financial crisis. billion), and 33 percent lower than proceeds in 2007 ($3.79 Amdocs is an Israeli founded provider of software and services for billing, customer relationship management (CRM) and operations support systems (OSS).

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

In my 15+ years managing operations and HR at several early-stage start-ups, where there was always way more to do than people to do it, I began to realize that many people around me were productive through brute force, and were burning out. Thanks to Lucia Robles, Lucia & Co. ! #22- 22- Deliver easy to find parking information.

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Labor Day! Let’s Celebrate the Workers

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“The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.” Chris first came aboard as a consultant back when we were building the site in 2007 and became employee #2 in January 2008, 3 months before we launched. ” ~ Samuel Gompers . Thanks, Diego!

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Valuing Startup Employee Options

David Teten

Projections were based on dozens of operational assumptions related to pricing, production, marketing spend, etc. is an online marketplace of qualified freelancers focused on Latin America (initially Mexico, my native country). To the best of my knowledge, there are no direct competitors in Mexico or Latin America. Participa.me

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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.