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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Trade in 2010 between Israel and the other countries that comprise Mercosur, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, reached $1.8 Chipmaker Intel Corp has agreed to acquire mobile navigation software maker Telmap. Telmap powers mapping applications for a number of mobile operators, including Orange, Telefonica’s O2 and SFR in France.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio (Lula) da Silva gave Israeli President Shimon Peres his final approval for a free trade agreement between Israel and the Mercosur bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay). Billing software company Amdocs has acquired mobile payments and messaging firm MX Telecom for $104 million in cash.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

A few weeks ago, Coinbase , which facilitates buying, storing and purchasing cryptocurrency and also operates a cryptocurrency exchange, went public. Coinbase was founded in 2012 and operates a cryptocurrency exchange. I was writing some software, I was doing some product management stuff. We also wrote down a culture doc.

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