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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

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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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Free money for your impact tech startup

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“Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations. Summit Fellows.

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Korean accelerator SparkLabs showcases social and e-commerce startups at its second Demo Day

The Next Web

SparkLabs , an accelerator program in South Korea that is bringing a Silicon Valley-like approach to the Asian country’s startup ecosystem, showcased its second batch of startups to investors at Demo Day today. Here are the eight companies that presented at SparkLabs’ latest Demo Day: DesignplusD (Productivity).

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Older, Richer, More Customers: Accelerators Go Corporate

VC Cafe

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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Invest in Israel Newsletter December 2011

VC Cafe

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. LEADING US COOPERATIVE CHS BUYS ISRAEL’S SOLBAR.

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The Long Haul Of Building A Venture Capital Firm

Haystack

” Yet, this topic has become increasingly interesting in a world where tech startups are mainstream, Shark Tank is popular nationwide, where Y Combinator has opened Demo Day to more and more investors, where new funds sprout up every year, more and more.

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What it’s like to start your own startup accelerator

The Next Web

My first step in organizing a community event was running a Sydney Open Coffee – that global tech startup meetup phenomenon kicked off by Saul Klein , a well known London-based VC. I also met Dave Tisch who was in the middle of preparations for demo day for the first Techstars NY program at the time.