VC Cafe

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The Israeli tech ecosystem has made its mark globally since its early days somewhere in the 1990s. What’s less discussed, is that Israel also, has one of the highest number of unicorns, aka privately owned startups worth more than $1 billion, globally. billion raised in 2019 and $9.9 Lucent acquired Chromatis for $4.8b

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” Kauffman Fellows Report (2020): “Diverse Founding Teams generate higher median realized multiples (RMs) on Acquisitions and IPOs]. What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

After rapid international expansion across several continents, as the founding team brought Silicon Valley’s global ambition into Europe, and the extension of its offering to buses and multimodal transportation, BlaBlaCar is preparing for the travel rebound expected as the world reopens. In Silicon Valley, the ambition is always global.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2015

billion – masks how sagging performance from its PC business wiped out the momentum Lenovo had generated since 2013 and has forced Lenovo to reset its profit and revenue growth expectations for its enterprise and mobile device businesses. Lenovo’s modest overall revenue growth in calendar 2Q15 – 3.1% year-to-year to $10.7 and Europe.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

I was wondering what ever ultimately happened to that group of OG unicorns, so I looked back at her original post in TechCrunch from November 2013. To analyze what’s become of the OG Unicorns, it’s first worth noting that at the time of the 2013 post about 2/3rds of the 39 on the list had already been realized via IPO or $1B+ acquisitions.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The popularity of gaming is a global trend ( Deloitte ). Other market research reports say that the global Cloud Gaming Market was valued USD 1.5 Global Cloud Gaming Market Funnel. Gaming as a category generated $200 billion in revenue in 2021 and is expected to continue to grow, especially amongst the younger generation.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The $130 million Series D investment round was co-led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners and Hanaco Venture Capital. Based in Jerusalem, Lightricks was established back in 2013 by five Ph.D. Startup Journey.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. We are the largest textile and apparel center in the country and now we have a way to reach billions of people in this globally connected Internet.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 17, 2013

Hiring trends are evolving rapidly, and in some cases even veteran talent acquisition professionals have been flatfooted as they seek to deal with the changing talent landscape. According to LinkedIn’s recently released 2013 Global Recruiting Trends Report , the war for talent wages unabated across Southeast Asia.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Worklight is IBM’s 11th acquisition in Israel. Once the acquisition has been completed, Worklight’s operations will be merged with IBM’s software laboratory in Israel, which is headed by Dr. Daniel Yellin. IBM BUYS ISRAELI START-UP WORKLIGHT. ATX BUYS ISRAELI TRANSMISSIONS SOLUTIONS START-UP.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The global rise in venture capital didn’t skip Israel, which has been breaking new records the amount of venture capital raised by companies in 2021. According to CB Insights there are currently 832 unicorns globally, valued at a total of $2,702 billion. Global unicorn breakdown by category (Source: CB Insights ).

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Agile VC

JUNE 30, 2016

GM’s acquisition of Cruise Automation for $1 billion about 3 months ago has been a sort of Sputnik moment for self-driving cars. My wife’s 2013 Ford Explorer, pretty much the quintessential mass market car for a suburban family like ours, literally has all of the features above.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2014

While there were IPOs (notably Wix in November), most of the acquisitions were made by global technology companies with R&D Centers (and their corporate M&A teams) in Israel, including Apple, Google, EMC, AOL, Cisco, IBM and now Facebook. Seed-stage deals now require $5.1 million; Series A rounds reached $9.4

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

It’s meant to support and grow a business until an “exit” in the form of an IPO, a merger or acquisition, or in less than ideal scenarios, a company shutdown. but globally. At its most basic form, venture capital is a source of funding for companies that are too risky to be ideal candidates for other forms of funding, like a bank loan.

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Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 27, 2014

. When this 10s decade is over, we will look back and be amazed that a mere ten years prior, a few, absolutely massive financial institutions controlled the global banking industry. Why would those services and capabilities be only provided by traditional banks?

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Worklight is IBM’s 11th acquisition in Israel. Once the acquisition has been completed, Worklight’s operations will be merged with IBM’s software laboratory in Israel, which is headed by Dr. Daniel Yellin. IBM BUYS ISRAELI START-UP WORKLIGHT. ATX BUYS ISRAELI TRANSMISSIONS SOLUTIONS START-UP.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Since 2013, there has been a 48% increase in AI related health companies working on our platform, covering everything from health trackers, virtual doctors and secondary services like apps that locate doctors near you. Influencer agencies commissioned five times as much design work last year than they did in 2013.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Do you see the benefits of entering into a partnership in order to reap the numerous benefits without having to make large investments, such as in acquisitions? In 2013 she was announced as one of the greatest thinkers in the Nordic by Nordic Business Forum. and in 2014 chosen as one of the “40 under 40” European young leaders.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2015

muru - d.com/apply/global. For its initial foray into the Southeast Asia technology space, the startup accelerator will kick off a search for ten technology startups across Southeast Asia to participate its inaugural six-month accelerator program which begins in August 2015. .” million (A$3 million) in follow-on funding.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2019

This lesson was first shared at Lucky7 on June 12, 2013. And I guess it seems appropriate that I’m writing this post from Edinburgh, Scotland here at TED Global. And speaking of capitalism, George Papandreou’s, the former Prime Minister of Greece and the poster child for the European economic crisis, TED Global talk is already live.

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

One that reflects the customer expectations of 2013. Or Ford (it is amazing that in 2013, for such an expensive product, it looks so… 2005). Your business is now humming on all three of the initial key things you need to do for acquisition, behavior and outcome. Focus on optimizing your Cost per Acquisition (CPA).

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Multiply that by literally a couple thousand, and that’s what 2013 is going to look like in Silicon Valley, and to a lesser degree some other startup ecosystems. Today, HealthTab announced the acquisition of Q&A site Avvo Health specifically to increase the number of doctors within its network, doubling it to 30,000.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2017

In 2012 she was announced as one of the Young Global Leaders by World Economic Forum and later that year named to be the chairwoman of the non-profit organisation Global Dignity. In 2013 she was announced as one of the greatest thinkers in the Nordic by Nordic Business Forum.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. Are Israeli companies on the verge of developing a repeatable playbook to scale their companies and become market leaders, not just acquisition fodder for the Silicon Valley giants? billion in 2013. We think so.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Added – March 2013* Startup Intelligence tools. Read post Why Learning should be your top 2013 new year’s resolution  for a full list. great web customer acquisition tutorials. About VC Cafe.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

On July 17, Ultimate Software, a $10B HR software gorilla, announced the acquisition of Peopledoc for $300m - the largest software exit in France since the acquisition of Neolane by Adobe in 2013. Sometimes companies get to the point of acquisition in a straight line; most of the time, however, they don’t.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 27, 2014

billion in 2013. Working as a team, we could share data and analytics about customer acquisition and fraud activity, we could grow our user base faster and less expensively, and we could create higher profit margins in a marketplace where a huge number of higher value transactions would be taking place on a consistent basis.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 11, 2019

In 2013, I founded Why Millennials Matter, a research and consulting agency that helps companies understand, engage, and retain the next generation of global workers and consumers. This means it’s up to you — from day one — to seek out opportunities to advance your knowledge and skill acquisition.

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gigaom.com

JULY 10, 2012

Lingo licenses Watson’s core speech technology for its language servers (though that relationship will likely end after the Nuance acquisition closes), and Research in Motion’s QNX is working with Watson’s API to develop a conceptual connected car assistant. In 2013 a point-based fee structure will kick in.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 19, 2016

in 2013 to 1.43 billion, and by 2017, nearly half of global mobile users are likely to own a smartphone. Marketers should also be looking at acquisition (visits, unique visitors, pageviews), behavior (pages per visit, time on site, bounce rate), and revenue (if you’re eCommerce). in 2013 to 1.43

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

Khosrowshahi, who previously served as CEO of Expedia before taking the reins at Uber in 2017, sat down with Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman to discuss the past, present and future of the mobility and delivery business that now operates in 71 countries around the world and employs around 20,000 people globally. Iconversations [guest].

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

In this first edition of 2014, the highlight is in the 2013 performance of VC-backed companies in Israel, reaching a decade record in return. ISRAELI EDUCATIONAL APP TAKES MILLION-DOLLAR PRIZE AT GLOBAL CONTEST. billion in 2013, a decade high. The report comes amidst skyrocketing foreign direct investment in Israel in 2013.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 2, 2015

The Acquisition. So I took a page out of my playbook and went on a search for an acquisition larger than any I had previously attempted. I’ve already detailed the acquisition in a 3-part blog series , so I won’t rehash it here. Life was good, and I had to go screw it up. Another Next Thing. ” moment.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 2, 2015

The Acquisition. So I took a page out of my playbook and went on a search for an acquisition larger than any I had previously attempted. I’ve already detailed the acquisition in a 3-part blog series , so I won’t rehash it here. Life was good, and I had to go screw it up. Another Next Thing. ” moment.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 2, 2015

The Acquisition. So I took a page out of my playbook and went on a search for an acquisition larger than any I had previously attempted. I’ve already detailed the acquisition in a 3-part blog series , so I won’t rehash it here. Life was good, and I had to go screw it up. Another Next Thing.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

As I was about to hit “send” on the newsletter this morning, a piece of news came through: Circle, founded by serial entrepreneur Jeremy Allaire (with two successful IPOs under his belt), announced its acquisition of crypto exchange Poloniex for a reported $400M. as well as Bittrex and Kraken, the runner-ups.

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Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Expenditures on marketing analytics are set to rise by 60%, considering how crucial market data will become in any marketing endeavor and acquisition tactics. Internet advertising is expected to rise by 10% on a global rate. Get more inspiration in the video below with Gary Vaynerchuk- from 2013, but still relevant :-)!

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