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.

United Kingdom 96

United Kingdom Austria Global 96

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Scalable startups tend to group together in innovation clusters (Silicon Valley, Shanghai, New York, Boston, Israel, etc.) To date, Israel is only country that has engineered a successful entrepreneurship cluster from the ground up. If they’re still publically funding startups after five to ten years they’ve failed.

Government 335

Government Silicon Valley Startup Venture Capital 335

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 18, 2009

We were strong in the UK and they were strong in Germany and Israel (where they had a development office). At BuildOnline we had brought one new investor to the deal – a Swiss/New York investor called ETF Group. We picked up their management team in Germany for free. We had a rallying cry.

Germany 298

Germany Entrepreneur Merger Los Angeles 298

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

In the last decade Torch managed to break free of China’s state central planning bureaucracies. Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. Innovation Clusters. The early clusters occurred by happenstance of geography or history.

Programming 283

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 283

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. How many fresh college graduates are going to LA or Seattle or New York versus coming to the Bay Area? People are voting with their feet.).

San Francisco 116

San Francisco Silicon Valley Seattle Venture Capital 116

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The startup Tracx , which provides a SaaS solution for tracking and managing marketing campaign on social networks, has received an undisclosed investment from Israeli angel Zohar Gilon. million to date and has managed to sign partnerships with some of the web’s leading video publishers.

Software Review 138

Software Review Venture Capital Technical Review SEM 138

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 16, 2016

The founder & CEO —  Assaf Glazer  — is a Phd in computer vision from Technion in Israel and furthered his work with a postdoctorate from Cornell Tech in New York, where he hatched Nanit. The CTO, Tor Ivry , heads engineering out of Israel. and can get our children off the couch and using physical toys again.

Jordan 150

Jordan CTO Hire Cofounder 150

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

In the last decade Torch managed to break free of China’s state central planning bureaucracies. Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. Innovation Clusters. The early clusters occurred by happenstance of geography or history.

Programming 175

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 175

YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

gazelle_CEO : Gazelle CEO Israel Ganot discusses gadget trade-in, smarter consumption, and reCommerce. Michels : Oren Michels, CEO of Mashery, offers insight into API management, services, and more. jasonalba : Follow JibberJobber CEO Jason Alba to learn about how professionals can manage their careers online.

Cofounder 239

Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 239

VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

A midst a 72% decline in funds raised by Israeli venture capital funds in 2009, Battery Ventures announced the completion of its new fund, BV-9, totaling $750 million. The current fund brings Battery’s assets under management to approximately $4 billion. Tags: Battery Ventures Israel venture capital.

North America 76

North America Silicon Valley Private Equity 76

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion ” that the best performing VC funds are based in the major venture centers (Silicon Valley, Boston, and the New York area), but their best investments are outside of those geographies. Therefore, using these systems necessitates a lot of time filtering.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

It requires months of preparation from management and a tiring roadshow process, in order to convince potential investors on the viability of the company and its plans for growth. If the IPO goes well and management keeps bringing value, it works great for everyone. Can Eyeblaster pull it off this time?

IPO 68

IPO SEC Initial Public Offering Stock 68

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.

El Salvador 96

El Salvador Dominican Republic Peru 96

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… New York. Management. Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., How well a failed entrepreneur has managed his company, and how well he worked with his previous investors, makes a difference in his ability to persuade U.S. New Hampshire.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

David Teten

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Over the past year I have become active on the Steering Committee of AIPAC ’s new Technology Division in New York. Described by The New York Times as “the most important organization affecting America’s relationship with Israel,” AIPAC (The American Israel Public Affairs Committee) advocates for U.S.

Technology 114

Technology New York Jordan 114

VC Cafe

JULY 11, 2011

You hear about them when they raise money, and then the news comes far and apart. The Israel Innovation Road Trip , is an effort to raise both funding and awareness. Organized by Bootcamp Ventures, a small advisory firm for startups, fifteen Israeli startups will pitch their ventures to an audience of investors in Boston and New York.

Artificial Inteligence 92

Artificial Inteligence Turkey Boston 92

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Israel has been branded the “startup nation.” Frequently cited as one of the world’s most vibrant innovation hubs, Israel boasts more startups per capita than any other country in the world. The bad news is that Israeli startups are struggling to scale. For good reason: A tiny country of only 8 million people — 0.1%

Cofounder 20

Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

The Next Web

JUNE 19, 2012

Both my parents and my sister are software engineers … I actually have female co-founders in my companies – an amazing developer & manager Agata (also included in that Top 100 list) and Socha, an architect-turned-designer. Wanted to be a high-energy physicist and dreamt of working in CERN with the LHC.

San Francisco 136

San Francisco Cofounder Founder Poland 136

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

In December 2010, Richard Kane, then-President, Harvard Business School Club of New York , asked me if I’d like to found an HBS alumni-affiliated angel group in NY. about 150 for Golden Seeds in New York, the largest group). Since then, we have grown to be the 2nd largest angel group in NY, with 130 members (vs.

New York 114

New York Connecticut Angel Groups Florida 114

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

New York is now the second-most-active tech ecosystem in the US on all key metrics, after the Bay Area. New York venture capitalists like HOF Capital recognize this trend, and more and more of us are opening our doors to invest in startups with international roots. Colorado and Massachusetts have similar programs.

New York City 60

New York City Cofounder New York Startup 60

David Teten

MAY 3, 2019

I have presented at universities including Columbia Business School, UC Berkeley Haas, National University of Singapore, New York University, Technion Israel Institute of Technology MBA Program, Wharton School, and Yale School of Management. Partner with students to execute research on topics of mutual interest.

Artificial Inteligence 60

Artificial Inteligence Angel Groups Private Equity New York 60

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I knew I wanted something search engine-friendly, and I’d always used the term photo safaris when inviting friends along to shoot around New York, so I went with that. I assumed that if New York State approved my incorporation application than the name must be fine. 15 – Strong Ties to Israel.

Naming 48

Naming Entrepreneur LLC Software Review 48

VC Cafe

MARCH 9, 2010

Founded by Oren Netzer (CEO) and Alex Liverant (CTO) in 2008, DoubleVerify is headquartered in New York and has it engineering offices in Tel Aviv, Israel. Major agencies and marketers have adopted verification in the past year, many of which have mandated the use of DoubleVerify across their entire online media spend.

Management 74

Management New York Campaign 74

David Teten

MARCH 13, 2015

We are particularly receptive to working with student teams to explore new businesses we can start on the platform of two great domain names which we have significant stakes in, patents.com and alerts.com. We welcome new ideas on how to work with the university community. If you have ideas, we’d love to hear them.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Angel Groups Private Equity New York 60

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2011

Product management and customer development, KISSmetrics. For some of my thoughts on Lean Startup Machine, see A month is fifteen weekends and The real entrepreneurs of New York City. Also: booze. The evening's slate: 20 Ways to Not Build Stuff Cindy Alvarez. Co-founder, Backblaze.

Czech Republic 114

Czech Republic Costa Rica Brazil Romania 114

VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2011

According to their research, over 150,000 sites were hacked in the first half of 2011, including those of the New York Times, Sony and even the CIA. So far 500 artists signed up, mostly from Israel and the US. Veradata is the company behind Shop Rooster, an iPhone app that shows discounts in various stores throughout Israel.

Incubator 99

Incubator Startup Florida 99

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Events have already been held this year in Bangalore, Austin, Barcelona and New York, and the next event on the list is taking place in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 21st. So who are the “Smartest&# startups in Israel? Check out the list after the jump. Check out the list after the jump.

Cloud 108

Cloud Startup Security 108

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Not literally, but one big surprise to me was that in the 40 odd investor meetings I had, I managed to open the deck probably only 5-10 times. You only have one chance at a first impression. Get your deck to 10 slides and then throw it away. You will need to be able to tell your story verbally without any visual aids. Simplify, practice.

Silicon Valley 104

Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2010

There are Many Angel Bubbles , New York Time’s A Silicon Bubble Shows Signs of Re inflating and Fred Wilson’s Invest in the mess ). A notable deal in the software vertical includes Israel-Massachusetts-based uTest ( CEO interview on VC Cafe ), who landed $13 million from Scale Venture Partners and others.

Venture Capital 79

Venture Capital Vertical Massachusetts eCommerce 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

NEW YORK (Nov. Europe, Canada, Israel, Mainland China and India, according to industry tracker Dow Jones VentureSource. Israel : Investment and Deal Activity Declines. Dow Jones also provides news content to television and radio stations. 3, 2010) —Venture capitalists from around the world invested $7.8

China 74

China Europe North America India 74

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Dror Nahumi, partner and NVP and the fund’s rep in Israel, will join SundaySky’s board of directors. As businesses integrate video into their online presence, the technical problem of how to create, manage and change video content in a highly scalable and cost effective manner has emerged.

Video 74

Video Conversion Ratio PR 74

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Vivek Wadwha - Campus Entrepreneurship , November 19, 2010 Best Practices for Introduction Emails - Israel Venture Capital 2.0 , March 25, 2010 Weekend Reading - The Mogul Mom , October 1, 2010 Make informal advisors part of the team. Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0

Silicon Valley 378

Silicon Valley Startup Term Sheet Venture Capital 378

Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 12, 2016

Israel has been a particularly exciting source of entrepreneurial talent in the areas that we focus (e.g., Our geographical focus continues to be centered around our offices in New York City and Boston. Matt is leaving us to join Wellington Management Company and enter the world of late stage investing.

New York City 20

New York City Early Stage Artificial Inteligence Boston 20

Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

Based in Israel, Outbrain has been around since 2006 solely focuses on solving the content discovery problem for publishers. Taboola was founded in 2007 in New York City, and has been competing with Outbrain head-to-head almost from day one. 8 Platforms to Supercharge your Content Marketing with Paid Advertising. Outbrain. .

Advertising 100

Advertising Distribution Marketing New York City 100

David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Back in July, I wrote an essay in Geektime on “ The Anti-Israel BDS Movement Will Fail “ Little did I know how quickly that would prove true! However, Israel and the United Arab Emirates recently announced that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship. Siraj Capital.

UAE 60

UAE United Arab Emirates Technology 60

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2012

After being fired from several newspapers, he found work as a freelancer for the New York Herald Tribune and later The Nation , National Observer , and Sports Illustrated. The eventual author of The Jungle paid his way through City College of New York by writing jokes and fiction for pulp and boys’ magazines, graduating at just 19.

New York 248

New York Los Angeles Sacramento Iraq 248

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

I sat down with Matan to discuss his tips for hyperscaling with teams across two continents, the importance of focus, why the team set up a bookkeeper in New York, and much more… Let’s start with your journey before starting Melio. He’s one of the best-known CTOs in Israel and is considered a guru in AI and machine learning.

B2B 62

B2B Cofounder Small Business 62