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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

In another we decended into a debate about our 5 year forecasts (I built the models so fielded most of these questions), and it became clear they probably weren’t the best fit for our Series A round (this group is no longer in the early-stage VC business). Thanks from switzerland, Nice story! Ps check mypicasso.com. Thanks Lee.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter May 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

In April, the Bank of Israel raised its 2011 growth forecast to 4.5% The International Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland, in its 2011 World Competitiveness Yearbook ranked Israel in the 17th place among the world’s 59 leading economies in terms of competitiveness. The growth in GDP follows a 7.6%

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Brexit and Financial Services – What Do We Know So Far?

The Startup Magazine

The Bank of England has predicted that by 2019, the level of business investment will be around 25% lower than forecasts made before the referendum, detrimental to productivity growth. This has already been proven to work, having already been executed in Switzerland. UK business investment dropped by 0.9%

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Invest in Israel Newsletter August 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Novartis AG is a Switzerland-based holding that, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of healthcare products. The Israeli economy grew at its fastest pace in over two years in the second quarter boosted by an increase in consumer spending and exports, surpassing earlier forecasts.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

The IMD, which is a leading business school located in Lausanne, Switzerland, examines the level of developed nations’ competitiveness based on some 330 different parameters. The Bank of Israel played an important role guarding the Israeli economy from the effects of the global financial crisis.