Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Noreen Sablotsky is the founder and CEO of Imalac , a revolutionary company in the breastfeeding world. eld of marketing and sales for Ciba- Geigy Pharmaceuticals before co-founding Noven Pharmaceuticals in 1986. In the startup accelerator in Israel, I saw people of all ages participating in this vibrant community.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

APRIL 19, 2016

This is the exact problem that Tal Weiss and his co-founders at Takipi faced a few years ago after selling their startup VisualTao to Autodesk. Arif Janmohamed is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Tal and his team were charged with mobilizing the Autodesk application, which was no easy task. It took over 2.5

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The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

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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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Now the bad news: some venture capitallists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Google AI for Social Good. Notley Ventures.

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The Next Web

JUNE 19, 2012

Under the relatively fresh ‘TNW Profile’ banner, we regularly shine a light on great European entrepreneurs and startup founders, to learn more about their journey and their business, and what drives them personally. My partners are making all that possible, it’s pure teamwork. What are you currently involved with?

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VC Cafe

MAY 18, 2023

After graduating from University, he joined McKinsey & Co. as a management consultant and in 1977, he co-founded Apax Partners, a private equity firm. Apax Partners became one of the most successful private equity firms in the world, and Cohen became a billionaire.

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The Next Web

JULY 8, 2013

I recently stumbled upon this great read by Sam Altman, the co-founder of Loopt, and number 10 caught my eye: “ Growth solves (nearly) all problems.”. Currently we are based in Israel and we are making steps in establishing our US based HQ. The set of skills required from founders change and we have to adopt quickly.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. 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. The founders have started companies before.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike is a no BS guy, has all the attributes I look for in a founder and says things like, openly shares knowledge and opines without a filter including this one, “whoever invented uncapped convertible debt should be spanked!&# The Union Square Ventures partners started whispering in his ear that “it’s all about social now”.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2020

According to a report by Quantum Tech Partners, approximately $1 billion was invested in the eSports category in 2019, M&A transactions in esports reached $475 million in 2019, across 33 deals. In attendance there will also be the top esports startups and investors in Israel. billion in 2020, up from 148.8 billion in 2019.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Organizations like Worldwide Investor Network and the US-Israel Business Council are helpful in this area. We typically do this by partnering with graduate student teams. I am now talking with some affinity groups in these domains about co-organizing such pitch nights under the umbrella of HBS Angels.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 4, 2021

I first met Mark in Israel in 2003, when he offered me a job at GLG straight out of college. Consequently, we concentrate around 80% of our giving in two organizations that I co-founded and Chair — African Mission Healthcare and United Hatzalah. Please join us!

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid. Summit Partners and TA Associates have leveraged their origination programs to move into later stage buyouts.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Ofir Beigel and Karin Levi, the co-founders of Capple Factory are both graduates of Israel’s Zell Entrepreneurship program , which is quickly gaining the reputation of Israel’s Y Combinator. Also our app is integrated to Facebook so when you first connect with you partner you can post it to your profile.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. Breaking Up (With a Co-Founder) Is Hard to Do. the previous year.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 28, 2011

We rarely hear of such a large round amongst Internet startups in Israel, which is why Wix’s founding round is particularly interesting. Wix , the Israel-based flash website platform, has announced a D round of $40 million. Wix, the Israel-based flash website platform, has announced a D round of $40 million. million sites.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 6, 2018

My talk was about the 7 lessons I’ve learned on the journey from founder to CEO. where I am now a Venture Partner?—?in First Round has been an incredible partner in our journey from startup to public company. I started off my talk emphasizing that the journey matters most in your transformation from founder to CEO.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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Haystack

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

” Another co-founder of a multibillion-dollar fund told me what it was like when, 10 years ago, most of their LPs abandoned them, and how they built the firm back up brick by brick. Harry interviews Barry Eggers , one of the four co-founders of Lightspeed. and Didi, Qunar, and countless others in China.

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mporat.tumblr.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Venturing from Israel. Principal at Genesis Partners, an early-stage Israeli VC. Popular Posts: 5 Creative Ways to Find a Technical Co-Founder. 5 creative ways to find a technical co-founder. Technical co-founders are a scarce resource. In Israel, it is often in specific units of the military.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Tim Schumann, Founder & CEO, Buddy Ventures , highlights that typically less investment capital is required to get into foreign startups at the same stage of development as a comparable US startup. . Founders’ determination. If you want to start selling abroad, an international founder is an advantage.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 23, 2013

The fund will invest across Asia, Europe, Israel and the US, going beyond the accelerator program’s primary focus on Korea and the US — although it does accept startups from other parts of the world. The founding team totals six, and is spread across the US, Israel, Europe and Korea. The caliber of its founding team is impressive.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I sat down with my partner and we brainstormed the name for our business. Instead, my producing partner suggester Corner Piece, Because we’re the piece you need to get everything started. I am the Founder of Sonjara, Inc – a woman owned small business in Northern Virginia. 15 – Strong Ties to Israel.

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VC Cafe

MAY 22, 2011

The LinkedIn IPO this week may have opened the gates for an Israeli market thirsty for exits, but in the meanwhile, VC funding in Israel continues with business as usual. 1) Onavo Mobile raised $3 million in its first round led by Sequoia Capital and Magma Venture Partners.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

As the company today announces its $57m Series C round led by Accel, I sat down with Gloat’s co-founder and CEO Ben Reuveni to discuss what inspired him to set off on this entrepreneurial journey, how he has seen approaches to talent change in light of COVID-19 and much more… ? And that made the decision for me. Gloat was that startup.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

What was your approach to picking co-founders, and what advice would you give entrepreneurs on this? I think having a co-founder is very important. You need close partners in that journey and you get many sorts of partners - investors, employees etc. - The co-founder / marriage analogy is apt.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

GeekMedia, the company behind the Israeli blog NewsGeek (Hebrew) has launched VentureGeeks , a new incubator program in Israel, which will provide seed funding and mentorship to Israeli startups. The Tel-Aviv based incubator is meant to serve as an accelerator program for startups, following the model of US based Y Combinator.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

“We take a very board view of what make a difference can mean, because we believe ‘doing good’ should go mainstream and sustainability should be an integral part of every business,” explains Rachel Chan, Convenor of the MaD Venture Fellows Programme and Founder and Chief Catalyst of InnoFoco. Building Silicon Valley in Asia.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

- This article was co-authored with my colleagues Varun Purandare and Candice du Fretay and published initially on Tech.eu. We've invested $5B+ in more than 250 companies and feel privileged to have partnered with category-defining companies such as Atlassian, Crowdstrike, Docusign, Dropbox, Slack and UiPath.

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VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

The company is headquartered in London, UK, with satellite offices in the US and Israel. Co-founded by Yiftah Frechter, Yoav Arnstein and Ran Cohen, all former execs of recently IPO-ed Eyeblaster. Cellcom , the leading mobile provider in Israel, enters the financial services market with new “mobile wallet&# product.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 22, 2020

By Lihi Pinto-Fryman, co-founder and CRO and Gal Aga, VP of Sales at Syte.ai , a visual search startup and Remagine Ventures portfolio company. In the beginning, the founders gave demos all day. Syte has partners such as Microsoft, SAP, and resellers in Japan who function as outsourced BDRs. Everyone made a contribution.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

has announced this morning a $1 million round led by Genesis Partners, Blumberg Capital and Innovation Endeavors , Eric Schmidt’s investment fund, as well as private investors including Joe Londsdale (founder of Palantir). I sraeli startup Any.Do

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Dick Kramlich and Yoram Tietz at E&Y's Journey conference, Israel, Nov 2011. Dick Kramlich is an old school businessman who has been active in venture capital since 1969 with Arthur Rock and Co. Y – Stats show that in Israel, in all exits over $50 million and above, 82% of the time the CEO was the founder.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2011

Nitzan Miron, CEO, served at the National Center for Information Protection in Israel. 6scan plans to target ecommerce platforms and hosting provider as channel partners for growth. 6scan plans to target ecommerce platforms and hosting provider as channel partners for growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

ops team in NY, dev team in Philly and having dev teams in Israel). No big shocker since it is co-founded by Biz Stone and Adam Ruegel. Investors are the “who’s who” including: Steve Case, Ron Conway, Jack Dorsey, Dave Morin, Betaworks, Founder Collective, AOL Ventures. - $1 million seed round. TechCrunch article.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

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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VC Cafe

JUNE 8, 2011

Co-Director Dr. Oren Zuckerman , holds Masters and Ph.D degrees from the MIT Media Lab and Dr. Guy Hoffman , co-Director of miLAB, holds a Ph.D. Guy Hoffman , co-Director of miLAB, holds a Ph.D. Partners: the Shari Arison Center for Awareness communication. Partners: the Shari Arison Center for Awareness communication.

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