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

JULY 29, 2016

Japan is the world’s #3 economy…but not for Israel. It is not even a top 10 trading partner. In September, NEC becomes the first Japanese multinational to launch an R&D Center in Israel, focusing on cyber security. A series of high profile business delegations to Israel ensued in 2016.

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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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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Data by Carta (mostly US companies) reveals that although on average startups saw a 50% reduction in funding in 2023 (the impact in Israel was closer to 65%) pre-seed funding rounds rose by 51%! Sam Altman recently said that we’re not far from the day that we’ll see a billion dollar company with one or few employees.

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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

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

JANUARY 12, 2022

As investors in gaming, entertainment tech and consumer, this is a topic my partner Kevin Baxpehler and I have been actively researching and investing in at Remagine Ventures for the past few years. . It’s a combination of advancements in technology and changing consumer behaviour. What is the metaverse?

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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. To learn more, VC Cafe interviewed Brian Rosenzweig, one of the managing partners in the new fund and the former marketing director at 21Ventures.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Investors include Zeev Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, and Vertex Ventures Israel. Yanai Oron, General Partner at Vertex, has said that his firm invested in DataRails because of the profile and strength of the platform’s positive reviews. DataRails has already raised $53.5

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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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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! Many Israeli companies build technologies which could be very valuable to the broader Middle East region, particularly in water tech, agriculture technology, and cybersecurity.

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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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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. Innovation Clusters.

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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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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Every day, startups prove individuals can harness the power of technology to actually create change and have a positive impact on society. So for the sixth time, together with our partner Adyen, TNW is on the hunt for the fastest-growing startups in Europe and Israel to showcase at TNW Conference 2019.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

I believe I am qualified to talk about this as I spent ~6 years at Google in strategic partnerships (commerce), as head of Campus London (Google’s first physical startup hub), Head of Google for Entrepreneurs Europe (now called Google for Startups) and eventually general partner for Google Ventures.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

You need close partners in that journey and you get many sorts of partners - investors, employees etc. - Mike Weider, my co-founder at Blaze, was a much more experienced, technology-minded business person than me, and much better connected to the VC world. It’s a community movement, rather than a technology or specific practice.

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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. Tomer Levy, VP of Cardiology and CEO of McKesson Israel, discusses their first mobile product. “It MST- Medical Surgical Technologies ([link].

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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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VC Cafe

MAY 21, 2021

This is a guest post by Kevin Baxpehler , co-founder and Managing Partner at Remagine Ventures. At the time of this writing Israel and Hamas just signed a ceasefire. I wanted to take a few moments to reflect on what was going on in Israel. But, this is also not exactly new to Israel.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. Innovation Clusters.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

The first goal was rooted in childhood – I grew up playing with technology and it has always been my passion. My mom organized a trip to take me to France & Israel. And Israel felt like home to me – somewhere familiar. “Mark, I’m an Associate Partner. He was a senior partner, I was a peon.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. Ad Serving Technology. Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. Philippe Botteri, Bessemer Venture Partners. Technology & Marketing Law Blog. SVPG : They want to share senior level experience and best practices with technology companies.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

About a year and a half ago, we got accepted to the Elevator accelerator program in Tel Aviv, Israel. We had built an impressive technology and a really cool product in less than three months, and we tried keeping it “lean” in every way we could. For us, being specifically based in Israel, these were our four main advantages.

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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. Pune, India?.

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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

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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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

The networking dinner that was held on day one was attended by the Israel-based Battery investment team and some of their portfolio company CEOs, including Pursway CEO, Elery Pfeffer. Tags: Battery Ventures Celtel International Danny Warshay E-Ink Israel ProfitLogic Pursway R&R VC Cafe POCD. By: Geoffrey Mugliston.

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VC Cafe

JULY 2, 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. to JVP and Carmel, the highest performing funds. .

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VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

In addition, Battery’s partners showed their commitment by putting more money into the fund themselves than in its past funds, among other moves, he said. Geography : The Company invests throughout the world, with most investments are made in North America, Europe, Israel and India.

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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. These steps are vital to securing initial funding and attracting pilots, design partners, and customers. . What best practices have you seen in Israel when it comes to community building?

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ].

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VC Cafe

MAY 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. MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY CENTER TO OPEN IN ISRAEL.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2023

As a participant of Onward Israel , I had the incredible opportunity to intern in Tel Aviv and gain valuable experience over my two month stay. After spending just two months in the industry, I recognize the importance of venture capital for spurring innovation, especially in Israel.

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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.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and representatives from the UK digital sector will officially launch the British Embassy High-Tech Hub in Israel, in a 300 people event planned for Thursday this week and followed by an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Britain can help Israeli innovation go global.”.

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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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