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Covid-19 is a marathon, not a sprint, for startups in US, UK and Israel

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The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups. Israel – 500M NIS to cash strapped startups. This is part of Israel’s Ministry of Finance NIS 1.2

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

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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. The Israel/U.S. In addition to an initial 7.5

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Take Five – how shut are the venture markets right now?

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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. That’s why Bessemer ventures coined a new term, reflecting that revenue is king.

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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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Accel 2021 Euroscape: On the path to global dominance?

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Back in 2016, Europe and Israel had only four public companies worth less than $9B combined and local cloud companies had raised just $900M throughout 2015. Today, Europe and Israel have generated 23 public companies worth $231B and private cloud financing reached c. The Index added another $0.9T in Sept 2020. larger than last year!

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Generative AI that can do WHAT?

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Listen to Anthropic’s CEO talk about the challenge of Open Source: It’s hard to make money While OpenAI is reportedly on track to close on $1 billion in revenue in 2023, many companies in the pace, primarily in the application layer (i.e. We’re primarily focused on Israel and the UK.

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Israeli Gaming in 2023: What to Expect

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Earlier this month I spoke at the 2022 Israel Gaming Summit by Calcalist, Playtika and Google. The conference took place during a challenging time for gaming startups: in the same week Playtika, the largest gaming employer in Israel, announced it was laying off 615 people globally, of which 180 are in Israel.