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The 2021 Israeli Unicorn Map

VC Cafe

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. Generally speaking this breakdown applies to Israel as well, with a number of huge outcomes in fintech (Melio, Rapyd, eToro, Papaya Global, etc) and of course Cybersecurity.

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Reducing the risk factors: Why first time founders should join an accelerator program

The Next Web

Ohad Frankfurt is the cofounder and CEO of Swayy , a personalized content curation and management platform. About a year and a half ago, we got accepted to the Elevator accelerator program in Tel Aviv, Israel. For us, being specifically based in Israel, these were our four main advantages. Coworking space.

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Bitesize Monday: Israeli Startup Headlines

VC Cafe

Footbo has been running since 2007 and is led by co-founder and CEO Mani Honigstein – full article on Techcrunch. Chicago-based InterCall buys Unisfair , Israel’s virtual conference tool, for $35 million. Perhaps this is how we’ll start solving co-existence in Israel? Footbo raises $2.5

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The importance of an Always Be Learning life

Austin Startup

That included my computer teacher back in middle school, my wife, my mom (all of Lucky7 is a tribute to her ), my CEO coach, my co-founders, some of my investors and advisors, and many others?—?it I read a lot of curated material, such as what The Aspen Institute provided us in my Henry Crown Fellowship. I attend every year.

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I was also sick of my own curated life on Facebook and thought, there must be a place more interesting than this to hang out online. The co-owners, including myself, put our heads together to create a first-of-its-kind integrated digital marketing and PR agency, catering to both start-up and seasoned franchise companies.

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12 “it” social and content careers to watch for in 2014

The Next Web

Founders, executives and decision makers don’t have time to consistently create quality content and then properly distribute it. John Hall , Influence & Co. . Whether it’s created or curated, you need to provide a foundation for it to succeed. Ben Lang , Mapped In Israel. . Content Manager. Social Growth Hacker.

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Blood, sweat, and tears: How we got from 0 to 500K downloads on a budget

The Next Web

Gili Golander is a co-founder and CMO at Bazaart. We chose to integrate our product closely with Pinterest, which was the talk of the town in the summer of 2012, and allow our users to do more with their carefully curated photos. Being from Israel – population of 8M – means no sizeable market on the home front.

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