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

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

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The product went on sale in the US on February 2nd 2024, and retails for $3,500. Immersive tours for real estate properties and soon, hotel rooms – Zillow created an app for the Vision Pro that enables user to visually tour homes for sale. You can watch the official product demo here.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2022

Additionally, the rise of NFTs (non-fungible tokens), which reached $23 billion in sales in 2021 , acted as a gateway drug for faster adoption of crypto-gaming, virtual goods trading and strong community engagement online. For many of them, the time spent gaming is also social, interacting with friends online in and out of the game.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

Our dedicated startup resources provide support through technical validation, go-to-market support, and sales enablement to support startups at the speed they need. The program helps boost sales through its customer engagement tools (video content, dedicated storefront, editorial curation), merchandising, and strategic support.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

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. Sorry for the humbrag, but I’m proud to see Minute Media , our Remagine Ventures portfolio company (and our only later stage investment) on this prestigious list.

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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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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2015

Leadspace was founded in 2010 and maintains offices in both San Francisco and just outside Tel Aviv in Hod HaSharon, Israel. This fertile crescent of B2B technology is an unbeatable homebase for a growing technology product’s sales, marketing, and success teams. They live where the top customers live.

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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

OCTOBER 31, 2022

And finally Israel, the market I cover primarily with Remagine Ventures , was also down 36%, resembling the 2020 levels. Reduce burn, keep on shipping and focus on sales efficiency. The figure is below the heights of 2021 and early 2022 but above historical averages—representing a durable, positive trend in the industry.

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VC Cafe

MAY 28, 2020

According to Facebook figures, 20 titles have pulled in at least $1 million each with 10 of those eclipsing $2 million in sales, and with more gamers staying more time at home these days, Quest’s second year seems promising. Indeed, some AR/VR startup founders are especially optimistic. This is the time to build. And not just healthcare.

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Technical Review Cloud Forecast 164

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. An impressive number of mature Israeli companies have reached substantial sales. The latest IVC report reveals that in 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies raised $2.14

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VC Cafe

APRIL 22, 2020

By Lihi Pinto-Fryman, co-founder and CRO and Gal Aga, VP of Sales at Syte.ai , a visual search startup and Remagine Ventures portfolio company. Social distancing measures are in place for an indefinite period, and sales teams have to quickly adapt to reach customers and prospects solely through virtual meetings and channels.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

eld of marketing and sales for Ciba- Geigy Pharmaceuticals before co-founding Noven Pharmaceuticals in 1986. Her responsibilities included: strategic counseling, business modeling and deal negotiation for the various for medical startups in the portfolio and is a limited partner at NGT3 Medical Accelerator in 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. Sustainable growth: Prioritise sales efficiency over growth at all costs. In times of uncertainty, be like Scrooge McDuck!

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 14, 2011

Daily deal sites like have taken root in cities all over Israel, with over 80 currently running deals. Back in January 2011, Groupon bought out Grouper.co.il , Israel’s first to market daily deal site for an estimated $8-15 million US dollars. Groupon Israel).” By Benjamin Bakhshi. and BUY2 is succeeding.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

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). This number is projected to double with the passage of a Free Trade Agreement. Take a look at why, in the mobile sector, at least India is the better choice.

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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. For us, being specifically based in Israel, these were our four main advantages. It is absolutely amazing how each of them had their own views on what should be our next move in terms of sales, marketing and others.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. Let’s take a look at how VC money was deployed in Israel 2011. An impressive number of mature Israeli companies have reached substantial sales. The latest IVC report reveals that in 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies raised $2.14

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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). iScraper Israel shut down and another UK competitor took on their UK assets). That was our first year of sales. There was only once in my career where I actually thought that I was going to go bankrupt.

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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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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

In the Lucky7 post on the similarity of the DNA of 1776, Steve Jobs, and Israel (see links below for further reading), the point is made that there is an entrepreneur in all of us?—?and However, I was lucky enough to be authentically living my calling, and that is the most effective sales tool of all. I was in the flow of it.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

gazelle_CEO : Gazelle CEO Israel Ganot discusses gadget trade-in, smarter consumption, and reCommerce. These CEOs are in the business of helping other CEOs, filling employment needs, sales software, and Twitter streams. Benioff : Marc Benioff, leader of Salesforce.com, has plenty to share on business, sales, startups, and software.

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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. PERRIGO TO INVEST $40 MILLION IN ISRAEL.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 9, 2010

While the intention was to fully privatize the venture capital industry, the drought of funds in Israel spurred the need a ‘bail out’ of the high-tech sector, in the form of by public sector programs to resuscitate investments in high-tech companies and retain innovative start ups in the country.

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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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Lightspeed Venture Partners

APRIL 19, 2016

Tal and his co-founders — some of the smartest technologists in Israel — asked themselves “ if we could build it from the ground up it, how would we build a better event management tool for the cloud era?” Some of the best companies are born out of frustration. This is exactly how Takipi was born. It took over 2.5

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Architecture Cofounder Cloud Distribution 60

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

The Israel Mobile Monetization Summit took place a few weeks ago and I went in with the intent of learning all I could about business models on mobile. Cross-sales – Again, games do this well. Because it takes a lot of effort for your user to download and start using an app, but very little effort to delete. Recurring revenue.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 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 2010 GDP GROWTH WELL ABOVE OECD AVERAGE. Israel’s GDP rose 4.5% for the year.

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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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Up and Running

MARCH 5, 2018

If you’re already up and running, leverage your own sales data. and Israel. Census Bureau —it might not drill down to your exact customers’ households, but it’s free and it’s a very good starting point. Data from your payment processor or inventory history could also be helpful. What are your customers buying, and when?

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Marketing Software Review San Diego Curation 136

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. Despite hosting a rich startup ecosystem, Israel is simply too small a country for entrepreneurs seeking to build big companies.

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Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

VC Cafe

JULY 11, 2011

The Israel Innovation Road Trip , is an effort to raise both funding and awareness. event, following 14 similar ones in Israel, Turkey and Europe. Israel Innovation Road Trip company list. You hear about them when they raise money, and then the news comes far and apart. This is the firm’s first U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

The founders of Quigo ( an enterprise search company based in Israel that was competing directly with AdSense ) tracked Mike down while doing a CEO search. After rejuvenating from the exhausting sale of Quigo, Mike started a ‘boring site’ called Tracked.com that he thought would be a better version of Yahoo!

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The 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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Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 80

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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Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 80