The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Rosenberg comes fresh from managing the growth of Keyrus, a data consulting company, from 35 to 120 employees. Others in that cohort included Zviki Shimon (CFO), Yair Areli (senior VP of global sales), Nir Mandel (VP of product management), and Aviv Canaani (VP of marketing). DataRails has already raised $53.5

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2024

2023 was a rough year for Venture Capitalists and startups alike Plummeting deal volume (US down 40%, UK %50, Israel 60%) back to 2017 volumes. Global venture funding fell 42% year over years to $248.8 To put in context, the major crossover funds Tiger Global, Temasek, Coatue and Softbank participated in $148B of VC deals in 2021.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

The information in this post was provided and fact checked by AWS managers Moran Nir and Jonno Southam. The AWS APN Global Startup Program – for startup AWS Partner Network (APN) select and advanced technology partners looking to grow their products on AWS. As far as I know this is the most comprehensive list out there.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Today there are over 1,000 unicorns globally. I’m excited for the talent that will spin out of those companies to create the next generation of B2C stars coming out of Israel. billion in 2021, and so far the fears of a recession haven’t materialised in 2022 despite the global slowdown in venture activity.

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VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2020

A new report on global venture capital investment volume shows that H1 2020 investments in startups reached $129 billion (this includes all stages as well as CVC activity). Israel UP 40% ( Source ) ? What might explain the record breaking deal activity in Israel? Israel’s record breaking Q2 2020 ( Source ).

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Moshe Lichtman, the man once in charge of all of Microsoft’s technology development in Israel, says that the time has come to build a billion dollar Israeli company. about Moshe Lichtman, and why he is one of few men or women capable of leading an Israeli startup to global billions. In this post I break down an article by TheMarker.co.il

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 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. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. The Israel/U.S.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

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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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

In my experience, the Silicon Valley startup model, focused on disrupting established industries, has treated the USA well and created some great global businesses. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective. Target a global market rather than a local from day one.

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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

JULY 29, 2016

Japan is the world’s #3 economy…but not for Israel. In September, NEC becomes the first Japanese multinational to launch an R&D Center in Israel, focusing on cyber security. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, keen to reassert Japan as a leading global player, and fearful of an ascendant China, is encouraging stronger ties with Israel.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

A combination of competition for top talent and an effort to bring employees back to the office drove startups in Israel to throw extravagant parties and all-inclusive retreats abroad. A board meeting should be a discussion, or even a white board session, where the founder and management team can have a sounding board on strategy and tactics.

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Founder Startup Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 187

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 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 , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. ISRAEL’S WEF RANKING IMPROVES TO 24TH PLACE, BOOSTED BY INNOVATION.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The top 20 tech billionaires globally have lost $480 billion on paper in the past year. This is largely due to several major stock market crashes and global economic uncertainties. And finally Israel, the market I cover primarily with Remagine Ventures , was also down 36%, resembling the 2020 levels. billion in 538 deals.

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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

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

But with great power comes …inflation and this is a concern now also for European fund managers (less so for entrepreneurs). The UK continues to attract the most capital, followed by Germany, Sweden, France and Israel. In Israel there’s also been an influx of fresh capital. Israeli VC funds launched in 2020 ??

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2020

This week saw several of them get global recognition. It seems to be the season for startup lists and the glory hasn’t skipped Israeli startups. Below are the ‘winners’, who were recognised this past week: World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers 2020.

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Artificial Inteligence Global Startup Algorithm 144

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2018

Mishcon de Reya is a global firm and global companies are encouraged to apply. Advisors currently are from the UK, US, Canada, Asia Pacific and Israel. MDR LAB is looking for solutions that can assist Real Estate lawyers and their clients in investing, developing and managing Real Estate. Legal Tech Innovation Categories.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The global rise in venture capital didn’t skip Israel, which has been breaking new records the amount of venture capital raised by companies in 2021. According to CB Insights there are currently 832 unicorns globally, valued at a total of $2,702 billion. Global unicorn breakdown by category (Source: CB Insights ).

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

From Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, and Berlin’s hip coffee shops to East London’s Silicon Roundabout , the world is well versed in the global innovation boom towns. Tel Aviv, Israel?. What other global cities are being put on the map of innovation? But have you heard of what’s going on in Cyprus, Sweden or North Carolina?

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North Carolina Technical Review Cyprus Raleigh 168

Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

From an investment point of view, managing and deploying capital in the same physical area makes sense, where investors can work with young companies and help them with a variety of things. Global and Local. and seen the rise of absolute juggernauts with deeply global ambitions such as Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and Xiaomi.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2022

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.

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Generative AI Cloud Acquisition 173

VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2024

The Unicorn’s struggle is a global phenomenon There are a total of 1,224 unicorns globally, with a combined valuation of $3.7 Spotlight on Israeli unicorns in 2024 Israel is home to 131 unicorns, over 10% of the global total. trillion, according to CB Insights.

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IPO Valuation Private Equity 88

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

In the last decade Torch managed to break free of China’s state central planning bureaucracies. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice.

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 280

VC Cafe

MAY 28, 2020

From video conferencing tools to project management platforms, companies, institutions and individuals are becoming adjusted to remote environments. The technology, and the consumers, aren’t there yet, and not even a global pandemic can change that, he says. A holographic system that provides realistic 3D medical images.

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Technical Review Cloud Forecast 164

David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

“Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations. Summit Fellows.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

They’ve been thinking hard and smart about the lessons to be learned not only from Silicon Valley, but with only 16 million people, they are also looking for lessons from other small innovation clusters such as Israel, Singapore and Finland. These three types of entrepreneurship need to be explicitly recognized, encouraged and managed.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

led liberal international order and replace it with its own neo-totalitarian model where China emerges as the dominant regional and global power. Horowitz et al., “ China Has Made Drone Warfare Global ” Foreign Affairs , 2020. Other countries, e.g. Turkey and Israel, have proliferated systems that have been used to win a war.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Global Corporate Venture-backed funding fell 30% in Q2 2020 , reviving the sector’s stigma of ‘tourist capital’ which disappears in the low season. Nevertheless, there are over 2,000 global corporate venture (CVC) firms, which collectively raised $41 billion in 2019 alone, according to Global corporate venturing.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2013

mobile health is taking off in Israel. According to Susan Berson, Managing Partner for Mintz Levin (www.mintz.com) and an expert in Healthcare regulation, “Obamacare changes the equation. Even startup Pharma and biotech companies should add payer/reimbursement experts to their management teams. It was not a success.

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

To put things in context, global venture funding in Q2 2023 reached $65 billion, an 18% decline quarter over quarter, and a 49% drop compared to the second quarter of 2022, when startup investors spent $127 billion, according to Crunchbase. Vector search (like Pinecone) will become the preferred way to store and manage unstructured data.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 22, 2021

The common case in israel is founding teams flying solo without a marketer until it’s imminently necessary. What best practices have you seen in Israel when it comes to community building? There is an impressive pool of marketing talent in Israel, including brilliant community managers. Hila Shitrit Nissim.

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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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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

At today's roundtable, we had entrepreneurs presenting from Brazil, Israel and India. Next, Nir Savitzki from Israel, presented JobVoyage , a social CRM service for job seekers. Up last, Leandro Telles from Brazil, pitched ledface , a knowledge management technology company that still needs a business strategy. Estate Lister.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Square Global Facilities Manager Maja Henderson says moving to a large office space that is designed to feel small promotes synergy. When you start expanding globally, over-communication is essential, so we have a company-wide meeting every month via video conference,” Alastair Mitchell, CEO of Huddle , says. “

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

In the last decade Torch managed to break free of China’s state central planning bureaucracies. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice.

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 172

VC Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

Only three Israeli venture capital funds completed their fund raising efforts in 2009: Sequoia Capital Israel , announced final closing of Sequoia IV, a $200 million vintage 2009 fund. billion (net management fees and operational expenses). The decrease in capital raised by Israeli venture capital funds reflects a global trend.

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