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. The talent pool for AI startups in Israel is deep. While ChatGPT is most famously known, there are over 750 generative AI globally.

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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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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

While Israeli startups successes are well known in the B2B space (cybersecurity, enterprise tech, devops…), B2C startups are unsung heroes… The landscape of B2C tech in Israel is blossoming, despite several challenges. B2C Venture Capital Investments in Israel To the most part, Israeli VCs shy away from B2C startup investments.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 1, 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’s economy grew 4.7% In April, the Bank of Israel raised its 2011 growth forecast to 4.5%

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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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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). The Alexa Fund also provides up to $200 million in venture capital funding to fuel voice technology innovation. AI startups in the Alexa Fund portfolio.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2022

2) Technology – Blockchain/Defi/Web3, 5G/6G and stronger GPUs, cloud gaming and graphic engines like Unity and Unreal, advanced GPUs, hardware (such as the Oculus Quest 2, the first mainstream VR headset at $300 a pop, with over 10 million units sold in 2021) all make it easier for the Metaverse to succeed now.

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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

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. Israel’s index of leading economic indicators rose a preliminary 0.4%

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

A s venture funds struggle to raise money in Israel, seed capital, one of the earliest and riskiest stages of investment, is becoming harder and harder to secure. based Angel capital with early stage technology companies in Israel, and do so in a way that substantially mitigates the risk of seed stage investing.

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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

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). Jeff – we look at mobile, consumer Internet, games and SaaS.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

However, the country is doing exceptionally well within this sector – a good example was the prominence given this year by the biggest Banking Technology event in Latin America, CIAB, which dedicated space and special programming to the topic.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

In Silicon Valley the equivalent is the journeyman coder or web designer who loves the technology, and takes coding and U/I jobs because it’s a passion. Scalable startups tend to group together in innovation clusters (Silicon Valley, Shanghai, New York, Boston, Israel, etc.) Small Business Startups: Work to Feed the Family.

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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

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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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

A bout 50,000 visitors from 200 countries are expected to attend the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, starting tomorrow February 15th. Green: low-energy consuming phones and products for using the mobile as an energy monitoring device in the house.

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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. billion market cap.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Next month, one of the leading European operators is expected to announce a dedicated, Israel-focused venture capital fund. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to innovation clusters, some telcos are getting a better ROI from Israel than others. [[ This is a content summary only.

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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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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Today, with the decentralising nature of the Internet, distributed cloud technology and a growing sentiment toward entrepreneurship, the global startup ecosystem has never been so dispersed. And this is just one of the many pioneering technologies surfacing out of this mid-sized Southern city of the Netherlands. Tel Aviv, Israel?.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

Applications for various programs in Europe and Israel are open. Google Launchpad start – a one week pre-incubation program for early stage startups focused on subjects including product strategy, UX and UI, technology, marketing, business development and presentation skills.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging. Mobile Tools: If you are a web developer, you donâ??t

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VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

Our games studio has created the first RPG advergame in Israel for Bamba. To date, Calpers has invested $63 million in six Israeli funds including Carmel, Pitango, JVP, Gemini, Israel Seed and Ipax Israel. That’s according to a survey conducted by the Incubators Technology Forum. Technology. via TheMarker ).

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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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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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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

his week, 70,000 attendees will descend on Barcelona for the annual mobile techie Fiesta known as the Mobile World Congress. Among the 1500 exhibitors, more than 10% are from Israel, the third largest contingent of any country at the show. [[ This is a content summary only.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 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. CISCO BUYS NDS FOR $5B.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I n its first investment in Israel, Russian search engine Yandex is rumoured to invest $3.4 million in Israel’s Face.com , a startup developing face recognition technology. As a result of the investment, Yandex’s CEO Arkady Volozh is now a member of Face.com’s board.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

ChatSquare , a mobile app developed by Israeli entrepreneur Nir Ofir , enables to connect to your Foursquare or Facebook accounts to chat with people to checked in to the same geo-location as you ( Techcrunch ). Want to chat with people that checked in to the same spot as you? now you can! Hebrew is a tough language to learn. Startup Tools.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

ChatSquare , a mobile app developed by Israeli entrepreneur Nir Ofir , enables to connect to your Foursquare or Facebook accounts to chat with people to checked in to the same geo-location as you ( Techcrunch ). Want to chat with people that checked in to the same spot as you? now you can! Hebrew is a tough language to learn. Startup Tools.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

ChatSquare , a mobile app developed by Israeli entrepreneur Nir Ofir , enables to connect to your Foursquare or Facebook accounts to chat with people to checked in to the same geo-location as you ( Techcrunch ). Want to chat with people that checked in to the same spot as you? now you can! Hebrew is a tough language to learn. Startup Tools.

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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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VC Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2014

A new wave of Israeli marketing technology startups, including Insightera (acquired by Marketo), Kenshoo , Tracx , Oktopost and others are helping CMOs get more bang for their digital buck. The emphasis on technology has changed the perception of the CMO.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Thoughts on the consumer startup space in Israel. Israel is primarily known for it’s cybersecurity, semiconductors and perhaps devops, all in the enterprise space. Whatever the category, what is certain is that in order to generate venture returns, exits are necessary, and ideally IPOs.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 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’s Central Bureau of Statistics also reported a higher-than-expected annual growth rate of 4.5

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