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How the pre-seed round made a comeback in 2024

VC Cafe

While the answers are somewhat semantic, the pre-seed funding round is making a comeback in 2024 startup financing. Data by Carta (mostly US companies) reveals that although on average startups saw a 50% reduction in funding in 2023 (the impact in Israel was closer to 65%) pre-seed funding rounds rose by 51%!

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DataRails Hires David Rosenberg as New VP of Customer Success

The Startup Magazine

DataRails , the financial analysis and reporting software startup, has announced the hiring of David Rosenberg as the company’s new VP of customer success. million for the software startup to date, with the latest round, a two-part Series A, completing in June 2021. Investor Sees Opportunity. DataRails has already raised $53.5

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

Security will shift from defensive to predictive AI-powered security (Norwest Venture Partners). Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. The early clusters occurred by happenstance of geography or history. Venture Guiding Fund.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

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. ISRAEL’S WEF RANKING IMPROVES TO 24TH PLACE, BOOSTED BY INNOVATION.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur (4/11) – Resiliency

Both Sides of the Table

We were strong in the UK and they were strong in Germany and Israel (where they had a development office). The first came from the CEO of iScraper telling me that they would not be able to complete the deal – their investor, Apax Partners, had decided not to proceed despite verbal assurances that they would. But we did $2.1

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. The early clusters occurred by happenstance of geography or history. Venture Guiding Fund.