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. And this is just one of the many pioneering technologies surfacing out of this mid-sized Southern city of the Netherlands. Pune, India?. Nicosia, Cyprus?.

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North Carolina Technical Review Cyprus Raleigh 168

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

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.

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VC Cafe

MAY 28, 2020

This brings back into the spotlight the technologies of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. Given it eliminates distance, travel time and costs, “this technology will likely stick around long after COVID-19 fears pass,” according to the Forbes article. In 2019 we had $6 million in revenue. In 2020 we think we could triple that.

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Technical Review Cloud Forecast 164

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2013

mobile health is taking off in Israel. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for mobile and digital startups to disrupt an inefficient industry. Even the big guys, who are skilled at FDA approval, face challenges with mobile applications. MST- Medical Surgical Technologies ([link]. It was not a success.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

The panel included Erik Hersman (Kenya ,founder of iHub), Eden Shochat (Israel, founder of Face.com, VC at Genesis, founder of The Junction), Jon Bradford (UK/Ireland, founder of Springboard), Jeffery Paine (Singapore, Golden Gate Ventures) and Jehan Ara (Pakistan). We attract great global talent. Cause technology changes very fast.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

Although relatively few Israeli startups are focused on India, the market dynamics driving its mobile sector are worth a closer look. 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). 98- 1.15).

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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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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2011

A technology founder pointed out that it does not help that Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB) , in encouraging large technology firms to set up shop in Singapore, lead to these companies competing with local firms for limited talent. “They have no idea what they want in life,&# Leong sighed.

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Singapore Non-Compete Government 251

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. Amidst this bleak funding environment, AI has been a saviour, reports the WSJ.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

Much like mobile technology became a de facto part of every startup, AI is no longer a category but the core or a component of every product. As the technology evolves, we’ll continue to see an increase in new data products and data teams. This shift is particularly significant in the realm of Large Language Models (LLMs).

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VC Cafe

JUNE 14, 2010

Mytopia was funded by SK telecom ventures Innovation Fund, Benhamou Global Ventures and private investors. In recent months, Mytopia changed its focus and began offering Particle Code, a cross-platform application development framework for mobile devices and tablets. by midday in London today to ?0.50, 0.50, giving a market cap of ?174

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VC Cafe

MARCH 29, 2021

Talent mobility – should companies start looking for talent offshore? I’ve already started seeing ‘return to the office’ parties in Israel, the world leader in vaccinations per capita at the time of writing this post. What will it do to house prices? image source: CNBC.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2019

Startups in developing economies, for instance, are addressing their issues through ingenious technologies and solutions. Global economic growth is determined by powerful markets, which are becoming more and more sophisticated. For a very long time, China has been Israel’s most significant export market.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

However, the shift to mobile sparked a need for similar tools that could be accessed by anyone easily and in real-time.” This round was led by the prestigious global funds of Insight Partners and Hanaco Venture Capital. Previously, content creation tools like Adobe were mainly used amongst professionals on desktops.

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Venture Capital Bootstrapping Valuation Social Media 183

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 3, 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. ISRAEL 2ND LARGEST CENTER FOR TECH STARTUPS.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 3, 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. MOODYS REITERATES “A1 – STABLE” RATING FOR ISRAEL.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2014

The BUBBLE came to Israel too, with a record $4.2 While there were IPOs (notably Wix in November), most of the acquisitions were made by global technology companies with R&D Centers (and their corporate M&A teams) in Israel, including Apple, Google, EMC, AOL, Cisco, IBM and now Facebook. Bubble 2.0 $4.2

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Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation IPO 155

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.

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Balance Sheet Acquisition Africa 90

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

The success of start-up accelerators like Y Combinator, Tech Stars and 500Startups has spawned hundreds of clones, including more than 15 in Israel. Demo Day last week at Microsoft Israel reflected some of the unique dynamics of corporate Accelerators- experienced founders, more funding, finished products and existing customers.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2023

More and more, people are experimenting with these new technologies that enable anyone to write better, brainstorm, invent, craft and get inspired with text, images, video, voice, music and more. While ChatGPT is most famously known, there are over 750 generative AI globally. The talent pool for AI startups in Israel is deep.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT 78

VC Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2011

The International Broadcast Convention (IBC) 2011 is the leading global tradeshow for broadcasting media and entertainment industry, covering the latest developments in broadcasting, mobile TV, IPTV, digital signage and forward looking R&D. The device is compact and lightweight and attaches easily to any handheld camera.

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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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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Yair Geva is a partner at Herzog Fox & Neeman , one of the leading Israeli law firms that has helped facilitate some of the major exits and deals in Israel within the past few years. One of the evident signs of increased bilateral relationship between China and Israel is the lack of seats on flights to China. billion in 2030.

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Intellectual Property China IP 143

VC Cafe

JUNE 8, 2011

miLAB is a research and prototyping lab that explores the future of media, technology, and human-computer interaction. The system is based on 3D scanning technology by PrimeSense, which is also integrated into Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect product. It makes use of custom electronics and novel mobile device features.

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Design Technology Cofounder 104

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., which makes a mobile app that rewards shoppers for creating a personal shopping mall and following their favorite stores.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

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.

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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? Check out the list after the jump.

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Cloud Startup Security 108

VC Cafe

MAY 31, 2011

The company quickly grew to have a global reach of 200 million users. The company has developed Personetics Digital Banker™, a self-service technology that uses customer profiles and automated intelligence to drive customer centric processes across multiple channels, including: Web, mobile and text banking.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 5, 2011

June 2011 kicked off with the completion of HTIA, Israel’s high tech association conference, where more than 90 (!) it was started in 2010 by Matan Talmi, Dotan Galron and Ronen Jacobi – 3 alumni of the 8200 unit, IDF’s elite technology unit, and the birthplace of many Israeli startup founders. Personetics Secures $6.5M

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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

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2009

My goal is to bring in informative speakers who stretch our collectively thinking on topics that will influence our investment strategies and use it as a way for us to share our experiences in ways that I hope benefit the Southern California technology ecosystem. Internet users in US – 225 million, mobile 260MM. slide 29).

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Asia Southern California China Japan 188

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Recent SaaS trends and the Accel Euroscape of the 100 most promising companies in Europe and Israel This article was co-authored with my colleague Pia d'Iribarne and published initially on Tech.eu. in SaaS companies globally. Our investments in the space have followed suit. We’ve invested $2.3B

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Liberty Global, the world’s second largest cable TV operator, participated in the round. Mobile gaming company Oberon Media raised a fifth round of $16 million – some of the funds raised are from previous investors Goldman Sachs, Infinity I-China Fund and Oak Investment Partners. also participated in the round.

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Flash Venture Capital Acquisition 94

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 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 STATISTICS BUREAU FORECASTS 4% GROWTH IN 2010. For previous editions, click here.

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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 60

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2012

There are more than 350 startups from Israel looking for capital on AngelList. Bizzabo is a location-based mobile app that helps event attendees make the professional connections they really want to make. On the event organizer side, Bizzabo is a way to mobilize, socialize and localize an event, in less than 5 minutes.

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