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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

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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. Foreign direct investment in Israel reached $3.8 billion in 2008 and $8.8

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

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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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After Layoffs and Profit Warnings, 888 Buys Mytopia’s assets for $18 million

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Launched in 2008 by brother and sister Guy and Galia Ben Artzi, Mytopia offered a casual games community, where users can play against each other in real time. The acquisition is a concerted effort for 888 to enter the huge casual game on mobile devices market by applying some its monetization and distribution abilities.

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Mo was graduated from Wharton, worked in investment banking, spent 6 years at IAC (including in an operational role for Connected Ventures which includes College Humor, Busted T’s and Vimeo) before joining Spark Capital in 2008. We also discussed having distributed teams (e.g. Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia.

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The Playbook for Scale Up Nation

Seeing Both Sides

Israel has been branded the “startup nation.” Frequently cited as one of the world’s most vibrant innovation hubs, Israel boasts more startups per capita than any other country in the world. As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. We think so.

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Special: The 56 Israeli Companies Exhibiting in Mobile World Congress 2011

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Simply fill in this form provided by the Israeli Foreign Trade Administration, Matimop and the Israel Export Institute. Logia Offers to developers the ability to distribute their apps to Mobile Operators Apps Stores and an in-app payment solution enabling carrier billing. Mer Telecom. -

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

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She is an award winning journalist and author of two critically acclaimed books, "Once Youre Lucky, Twice Youre Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0" (Gotham Books, May 2008) and "Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos" (Wiley, February 2011). Brag, Israel!