VC Cafe

MAY 12, 2016

Ironsource – Software Discovery, Distribution and Delivery Platform (Raised $123M). Taboola and Outbrain – Content distribution, discovery and recommendations (Raised approx. Plarium – Multi player games for social networks (Raised Unknown). MyHeritage – Family tree based social network (Raised $49M).

Software Review 60

Software Review Analytics eCommerce 60

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Israelis are one of the world’s leaders in terms of time spent in social networks, only second to Russia. In addition, keep a close eye on where traffic to your website originates (for example, from search engines, social networks or partner sites) and how much is coming from mobile devices.

Internet 135

Internet Canada Russia 135

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Israelis are one of the world’s leaders in terms of time spent in social networks, only second to Russia. In addition, keep a close eye on where traffic to your website originates (for example, from search engines, social networks or partner sites) and how much is coming from mobile devices.

Internet 135

Internet Canada Russia 135

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Israelis are one of the world’s leaders in terms of time spent in social networks, only second to Russia. In addition, keep a close eye on where traffic to your website originates (for example, from search engines, social networks or partner sites) and how much is coming from mobile devices.

Internet 135

Internet Canada Russia 135

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

These are mostly search engines, portals and ecommerce platforms (google.com, yahoo.com, bing.com, amazon.com, ebay.com, msn.com, aol.com etc). based in emerging markets: Russia, China, India. These are mostly search engines, portals and news sites (soso.com, baidu.com, 163.com, com, qq.com, sina.com.cn). See graph below.

Russia 68

Russia Hosting Differentiation Social Network 68

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

For example, distribution to find new apps in a mobile Internet is tightly locked down by the oligopoly of Apple and Google. Distribution of media is tightly controlled by YouTube, Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and a handful of others. Our social graphs are locked in Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. Enter the decentralized Internet.

Government 280

Government Distribution Stock United States 280