VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Pitchbook Data released a new report on the state of Private Capital in Israel 2020 , covering private equity and venture capital. In 2010, VC funds in Israel had over $10 billion of assets under management, by 2017, that number had grown to over $36 billion. Israel based startups raised $4.1 billion in 2019 and $1.5

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2011

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. ISRAEL TO TRADE FREELY WITH MERCOSUR; ARGENTINA – ISRAEL SIGN FTA.

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Argentina Paraguay Uruguay 90

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. – The Torch Program.

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 278

VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

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. Foreign direct investment in Israel reached $3.8 See the March 2010 edition after the jump.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 9, 2010

T he birth of the Israeli venture capital industry was supported by government programs like Yozma. The proposal will enable investors in startups to receive tax write-offs on investments for high-tech companies who spend at least 70% of their salaries in Israel. Tax incentives for investors in early stage Israeli high-tech companies.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Government Technology 88

VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

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. AMERICAN CHIPMAKER BROADCOM BUYS ISRAEL’S PROVIGENT FOR $350 MLN.

Java 79

Java Database Argentina 79

Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

The government ; the Innovation Division of the Ministry of Economy , the Chilean Economic Development Agency , (CORFO) which sponsored Start-Up Chile and Do Future in Patagonia as well as Fundacion Chile , the main R&D agency and the National Innovation Council. There seemed to be few tools, techniques and strategies to do so.

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Silicon Valley Chile South America Venture Capital 335

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. – The Torch Program.

Programming 170

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2011

A couple of startup founders commented that government grants “pretend to be helpful but actually suck&# , to which Dr. Tan – who chaired the National Research Foundation (NRF) , an agency which disburses grants for innovation – replied that civil servants aren’t exactly the best when it comes to “picking winners&#.

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Singapore Non-Compete Government 251

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The second report, by Startup Nation Central (SNC) Policy Institute paints a similar picture but points a picture at the governments proposed judicial reform as the cause for reduced foreign investor activity (down 40% year over year up to Q3 2023). The proposed judicial reforms caused some short-term uncertainty.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Stealth 78

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2013

mobile health is taking off in Israel. Even the government (CMMI- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) predict health expenditures will continue to outpace economic growth, jumping 7.4% Tomer Levy, VP of Cardiology and CEO of McKesson Israel, discusses their first mobile product. “It in 2014 to reach 20% of GDP by 2021.

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Azure Government Mobile 133

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

These instruments of national power employed in a “whole of government approach” to advance a state’s interests are known by the acronym DIME -FIL. led liberal international order and replace it with its own neo-totalitarian model where China emerges as the dominant regional and global power. Class 2 focused on China, the U.S.’s

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Artificial Inteligence Russia Technology China 353

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Britain and Israel are inextricably linked by a profound and intimate history. In truth, the idea of growth through partnerships is nothing new to the State of Israel. With limited natural resources, Israel quickly turned to the potential of its human resource. Guest post By Daniel Saunders.

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Venture Capital Government Global 156

VC Cafe

JANUARY 2, 2023

That’s of course part of a global trend. On a global level, venture financing of private companies dropped 33% year over year, from a record $733B in 2021 to $490B in 2022. billion according to the 2022 Israel high tech ecosystem report by Viola Ventures. 2022 is behind us now and the end of year reports are trickling in.

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Valuation Down Round Venture Capital 158

VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

Theory Ventures 2024 predictions Israel remains one of the major AI hubs globally In terms of funding, it’s safe to say that Israeli generative AI startups have yet to live to their full potential. Companies can do more with less with generative AI, and Israel remains a major AI hub in terms of talent, capital and ideas.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Open Source 109

VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

Despite the momentum with India, Israel-China (including Hong Kong) trade is on-track to hit $10 billion this year, representing 13% of total Israeli exports (Bank of Israel). Rapid Transition to Data Services : India’s mobile services market is more than US $30 billion per year, placing it in the Top 10 globally. 98- 1.15).

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India Indonesia China 74

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Earlier this week YL Ventures announced a 7-figure USD investment in Israel-based Seculert , a new non-intrusive Security-as-a-Service that comprehensively detects cyber threats affecting corporate networks. The bad news are that such a attacks are on the rise. The exact sum was not disclosed.

Cloud 74

Cloud Intellectual Property Software Review 74

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

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. Browse the headlines below for more news.

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Las Vegas India San Francisco 92

YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

gazelle_CEO : Gazelle CEO Israel Ganot discusses gadget trade-in, smarter consumption, and reCommerce. JohnFMoore : Gov In The Lab magazine founder and CEO John Moore discusses bridging the divide between citizens, politicians, and the government.

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Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 239

VC Cafe

JULY 4, 2011

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. FITCH AFFIRMS ISRAEL AT “A” (OUTLOOK STABLE). DG FASTCHANNEL TO BUY ISRAEL’S MEDIAMIND.

Balance Sheet 90

Balance Sheet Acquisition Africa 90

VC Cafe

MAY 2, 2011

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. The IMF also predicted that unemployment in Israel will drop to 5.5 ISRAELI ECONOMY TO EXPAND 3.8

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Uganda Norway Europe 84

Cracking the Code

JULY 15, 2020

When we started to take stock of this progress four years ago with the first Accel Euroscape , the list of the top 100 cloud companies from Europe and Israel, we had great hopes and Europe delivered beyond our expectations. At the same time, the government adapted the legislative framework to make sure patients would be fully reimbursed.

Europe 71

Europe Cloud Valuation 71

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

New York checked in at Number 5 in the Ecosystem Index but it’s the global capital of female tech entrepreneurship. Startup Chile is a government-sponsored effort to attract and support entrepreneurs from inside and outside Chile with cash and services. Tel Aviv, Israel. ” Women Love New York. Seattle, Washington.

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Chile Silicon Valley Los Angeles Video 60

VC Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2010

A s every month, VC Ca fe 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. GLOBAL HEALTHCARE GIANT BAXTER SIGNS MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR AGREEMENT FOR KAMADA’S GLASSIA.

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Switzerland New Zealand Europe 79

Austin Startup

MARCH 13, 2012

SailPoint, the leading provider of governance-based identity management solutions, continues its steady global expansion and has signed more than a dozen of Europe’s largest companies as customers in the last six months.

Global 67

Global Germany Customer 67

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Replay the event. the previous year.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Francois Hollande, President of France, led a delegation this week of 260 senior French executives and government officials to Israel for the 2 nd annual France-Israel Innovation Day. French President Hollande, Israel’s President Peres and Prime Minister Netanyahu hold a robot snake in Tel Aviv.

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France Startup Security 98

VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2010

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. ISRAEL RANKED 17TH MOST COMPETITIVE ECONOMY BY IMD. Israel was also rated first in several of the report’s sub-categories.

North America 68

North America Brazil Argentina 68

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

As was Shel Israel. It globalizes. I don’t know if he’d agree or disagree with the book, but he’s always encouraging us to think more broadly about the definition of “entrepreneur&# is a global sense). Om Malik was also on the panel. In retrospect it was quite an established, senior and worldly panel.

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India New Jersey Silicon Valley France 334

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Strikingly, there are now several state and city government programs specifically designed to make it easier for non-Americans to found companies in NYC. In addition to this, the NYC government recently entered into a partnership with B.New York City , a Dutch co-working space.

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New York City Cofounder New York Startup 60

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2015

The success of this technology hub has continued to influence global innovators around the world. For some examples of its influence, programming schools are springing up faster than ever in Vietnam with help from the government. Drone creators are springing forth all around the world even as far away as Israel.

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Silicon Valley Minneapolis Vietnam Incubator 100

VC Cafe

JANUARY 7, 2011

T he Israel Ministry of Finance and the the ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor have launched a new incentive program to attract institutional investment to funds who focus on Israel’s knowledge-intensive industries. The total amount allocated to the program by the government is NIS 200 million ($50 million).

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Programming Venture Capital Government 84

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

I was fortunate to attend the party over at WATEC Israel 2011’s Cleanvest Summit. In addition to the investor-entrepreneur socializing, the government of Israel was able to score two key contracts with two foreign nations. Both Taiwan and Kenya have made agreements to exchange water technology and data revolving with Israel.

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Brazil Kenya Taiwan 97

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 1, 2015

IBM’s research center in Zurich, GM’s research center in Israel, Toyota in the U.S They enabled companies to comply with local government laws – for example to allow foreign subsidiaries to transfer manufacturing technology from the U.S. They helped to globalize their innovation cycle and tap foreign expertise and resources.

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Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Incubator 120

VC Cafe

JULY 12, 2011

50% of them, believe that we’re about to enter a second bubble and 33% claim that Groupon, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Zynga are overvalued, according to the latest Israel VC Indicator Survey for Q2 2011, published by Deloitte. 69% of Israeli VCs want the government to provider additional incentives for high tech companies.

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Internet Venture Capital IPO 84

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

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. OCZ TECHNOLOGY BUYS ISRAEL’S SANRAD.

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Flash Private Placement Los Angeles 94

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

IBM Global Entrepreneur , the computer giant’s entrepreneurship outreach arm is looking for the smartest early stage startups around the globe that will help solve tomorrow’s problems. So who are the “Smartest&# startups in Israel? The next event on the list is taking place in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 21st.

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Cloud Startup Security 108