VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Innovate Israel 2012 aims to connect Israeli web, mobile & digital entrepreneurs & businesses with their UK & European counterparts. The UK is Israel’s second largest export market following the US, but Israeli startups often ‘forget Europe’ when it comes to Internationalizing their product.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

AWS Marketplace Startup Program – the ‘app store’ for B2B startups who are interested to sell their product to AWS customers. AWS Connections – A program that facilitates relationships between AWS enterprise customers and startups to solve enterprises’ needs and, in turn, help to grow startups. Support Programs.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 31, 2021

As the startup ecosystem in Israel scales, so must the teams leading the growing number of Israeli unicorns. Is there a marketing crunch in Israel? VC Cafe: The common case in Israel is founding teams flying solo without a marketer until it’s imminently necessary. Be customer-obsessed. Focus on the “who”. Bring value.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 10, 2022

While these prices are still high compared to what we see in Israel, Investors have putting a stronger focus on revenue growth (and in particular startups that can reach substantial revenue targets) especially before series A. Amazon is using AR to offer customers virtual try on of sneakers. OpenView report on Product Led Growth.

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Valuation Marketing Venture Capital 151

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

After all, one of the big advantages that Apple has in taking a new product to consumer is it’s physical infrastructure of stores when they can craft every part of the experience and collect valuable feedback from customers back to HQ. Shameless plug, at Remagine Ventures we back entrepreneurs in Israel and Europe at the pre-seed stage.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

As 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 index of leading economic indicators rose a preliminary 0.4%

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

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 See the March 2010 edition after the jump.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2015

Leadspace was founded in 2010 and maintains offices in both San Francisco and just outside Tel Aviv in Hod HaSharon, Israel. They live where the top customers live. They can put a face on the organization, establish relationships with prospects and customers, and provide immediate, local support when needed.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

The panel included Erik Hersman (Kenya ,founder of iHub), Eden Shochat (Israel, founder of Face.com, VC at Genesis, founder of The Junction), Jon Bradford (UK/Ireland, founder of Springboard), Jeffery Paine (Singapore, Golden Gate Ventures) and Jehan Ara (Pakistan). Bridgette:- In Israel there’s lot of money.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Scalable startups tend to group together in innovation clusters (Silicon Valley, Shanghai, New York, Boston, Israel, etc.) Changes in customer tastes, new technologies, legislation, new competitors, etc. To date, Israel is only country that has engineered a successful entrepreneurship cluster from the ground up.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 22, 2024

This is particularly evident in initiatives like Volunteers for Israel, where individuals like Marco Bitran can contribute to positive change through volunteer efforts. Marco Bitran’s experience with Volunteers for Israel exemplifies how global volunteering can be life-changing for both the volunteers and the communities they serve.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

A combination of competition for top talent and an effort to bring employees back to the office drove startups in Israel to throw extravagant parties and all-inclusive retreats abroad. Before product-market fit… just care about speed of iteration according to your customer feedback. What should we keep and what should we change?

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Founder Startup Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 187

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2021

In a new book, “ The Unstoppable Startup ,” by Uri Adoni, a widely respected venture capitalist from Israel, I was pleased to see real specifics on how you can successfully demonstrate the right level of confidence and boldness, without stepping over the line into arrogance and insolence.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 278

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

By providing a contactless mobile payment interface, millions of unbanked customers can accept payments using NFC technology. He led the company’s global business operations through its centers in the US, the UK, Spain, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Mexico, Australia, Poland, and Israel.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Global Technology 147

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. Technology companies don’t have the relationship with the end-customer and therefore suffer from lower margins. billion raised in 2010 and almost double from the $1.12

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Technical Review IPO Seed Stage 111

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2017

So, as an entrepreneur, you need a contingency plan for everything from your revenue stream and the supplies to financial records and customer data. Pratik has spoken at NextBigWhat’s UnPluggd, IIT-Bombay, SMX Israel, and other major events across Asia. Delay or Put Things Off.

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Up and Running

MARCH 5, 2018

I assumed that if I opened a business, customers would just show up—no major marketing effort required. For as long as you are in business, you’ll always need to be thinking about how to better understand your ideal prospective customers. Where are your customers? These are the places your customers can be found (i.e.,

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Marketing Software Review San Diego Curation 136

VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

Despite the momentum with India, Israel-China (including Hong Kong) trade is on-track to hit $10 billion this year, representing 13% of total Israeli exports (Bank of Israel). 25-30 million 3G customers. 25-30 million 3G customers. Mobile Data usage is approximately 200 MB per data customer.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

Theory Ventures 2024 predictions Israel remains one of the major AI hubs globally In terms of funding, it’s safe to say that Israeli generative AI startups have yet to live to their full potential. Companies can do more with less with generative AI, and Israel remains a major AI hub in terms of talent, capital and ideas.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Open Source 109

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Times China bureau chief Julie Makinen , who is on a JSK journalism fellowship at Stanford , joined in at the last minute and is helping students with customer discovery techniques, particularly how to find and interview people. Students also got a crash course on customer discovery in the foreign policy universe. “Get

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Her responsibilities included: strategic counseling, business modeling and deal negotiation for the various for medical startups in the portfolio and is a limited partner at NGT3 Medical Accelerator in Israel. In the startup accelerator in Israel, I saw people of all ages participating in this vibrant community. Tell us your story.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

The networking dinner that was held on day one was attended by the Israel-based Battery investment team and some of their portfolio company CEOs, including Pursway CEO, Elery Pfeffer. Tags: Battery Ventures Celtel International Danny Warshay E-Ink Israel ProfitLogic Pursway R&R VC Cafe POCD. By: Geoffrey Mugliston.

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Software Review Technical Review Community Due Diligence 116

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Customers are harder to sign than you want. You’ve got to accept customer losses as learning experiences and see how you can improve next time. We were strong in the UK and they were strong in Germany and Israel (where they had a development office). Any customer not willing to commit we didn’t sign.

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Germany Entrepreneur Merger Los Angeles 298

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

The success of start-up accelerators like Y Combinator, Tech Stars and 500Startups has spawned hundreds of clones, including more than 15 in Israel. Demo Day last week at Microsoft Israel reflected some of the unique dynamics of corporate Accelerators- experienced founders, more funding, finished products and existing customers.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 14, 2011

Daily deal sites like have taken root in cities all over Israel, with over 80 currently running deals. Back in January 2011, Groupon bought out Grouper.co.il , Israel’s first to market daily deal site for an estimated $8-15 million US dollars. Groupon Israel).” By Benjamin Bakhshi.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 22, 2021

The common case in israel is founding teams flying solo without a marketer until it’s imminently necessary. These steps are vital to securing initial funding and attracting pilots, design partners, and customers. . What best practices have you seen in Israel when it comes to community building?

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B2C Marketing Stealth 145

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'

Programming 170

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

At today's roundtable, we had entrepreneurs presenting from Brazil, Israel and India. Next, Nir Savitzki from Israel, presented JobVoyage , a social CRM service for job seekers. In fact, I was pleased to even see an entrepreneur from Kolkata, India, the city in which I was born and raised. Estate Lister.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

About a year and a half ago, we got accepted to the Elevator accelerator program in Tel Aviv, Israel. Although we knew how we should actually build the product, we had nearly no experience on how to ship it to the market, get funded and attract customers. For us, being specifically based in Israel, these were our four main advantages.

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Programming Early Stage Founder Technical Cofounder 162

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. Technology companies don’t have the relationship with the end-customer and therefore suffer from lower margins. billion raised in 2010 and almost double from the $1.12

Technical Review 60

Technical Review IPO Seed Stage 60

VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

As 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. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. PERRIGO TO INVEST $40 MILLION IN ISRAEL.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 21, 2014

Yaniv Tross is the CEO of Tross Creative House , a creative agency for tech, based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Customers (or “backers”) expect to get the product as promised, and boy, you’re in for a sh*tstorm if they don’t. Customers don’t care about your managing skills, your leadership, or your vision. Think again. Not convinced?

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Key Takeaway: How can you effectively serve your customer? So all their engineering is now based in Israel At that time they discontinued all the good SMB solutions. And I think that if I can do that and make impact for our customers and you know, innovate and do new things, like I'm pretty happy. How can you wow them?

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VC Cafe

JUNE 4, 2012

As 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. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. Great for them, good for Israel.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2013

mobile health is taking off in Israel. Great News for Pharma- More Insured Customers: In 2011, 48 million Americans had no health insurance (15.7% Tomer Levy, VP of Cardiology and CEO of McKesson Israel, discusses their first mobile product. “It in 2014 to reach 20% of GDP by 2021. FDA approval is not enough to be competitive.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

APRIL 19, 2016

Tal and his co-founders — some of the smartest technologists in Israel — asked themselves “ if we could build it from the ground up it, how would we build a better event management tool for the cloud era?” Some of the best companies are born out of frustration. This is exactly how Takipi was born. It took over 2.5

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Architecture Cofounder Cloud Distribution 60