VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2020

It’s been a while since I posted the first Israeli startup landscape collection (August 2018) and second batch (Nov 2019) of Israeli startup maps. According to recent analysis by Cardumen Ventures, there are 1,042 active AI companies in Israel as of June 2020, with over 150 new AI startups created in 2019. Source: Grove Ventures.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 23, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. What are your goals for UbiGro in 2019? Credit: UbiQD, Inc. that red-shifts the sun’s spectrum for improved crop yield and quality.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

“Because COVID is shaking our habits and beliefs it opens the door to discussion to whether we should change our whole system,” says veteran investor Sir Ronald Cohen, chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and the man known as “the father of British venture capital” .

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 18, 2019

However, there has been one sizable shift which has developed slowly but is really picking up steam in 2019 — and that is the move toward all-in-one CRM solutions. John came to Swiftpage with a 30-year track record of building highly profitable and sustainable revenue growth for emerging companies and established global leaders.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Entertainment is more than newspapers, more than Hollywood, and more than the sum of specific verticals jousting for consumer eyeballs. Emarketer has pegged that number at over 12 hours for 2019. Startup landscapes, while not perfect, are useful as they provide a way for us to define a space/category and the players of that vertical.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

5000 list , which lists private American companies based on three-year revenue growth between 2016 and 2019. We’re aiming to bring that boost in productivity and cost-efficiency both to CPA firms and other professional services firms in other verticals (i.e. Last year, Taxfyle ranked No. Magazine’ Inc.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

So much has happened in the generative AI space globally, and in Israel since we published the previous version of the Israeli generative AI landscape, back almost exactly five months ago. For example, Munch , providing automated vertical video clips from long form content or KwaKwa , the latest product by Piggy, powering communities.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

And that’s to say nothing of consumer-friendly features offered by some of the newer entrants, such as overdraft protection. Source: S&P Global So why the large gap in feature sets? OnDeck struggled with this, as evidenced by the low LTV to CAC (which had halved, pre-COVID from 3Q 2019 ).

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2023

trillion to the global economy, with $6.6 The global generative AI market was valued at USD 8.12 I believe there are a lot more coming (some currently choose to be in stealth) and that we will be seeing tools for automation enter every role in the company (coding, sales, marketing, design, etc) across many verticals.

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Haystack

JANUARY 2, 2020

A topic that’s been on my mind a lot in 2019 is “time diversity” in venture capital funds. On top of this, technology is no longer a vertical sector — it is entirely horizontal and spreading outward into global markets and new industries.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

In fact, the food we waste is responsible for roughly 8% of global emissions, so wasting less food presents a key opportunity to address climate change. Through being a ReFED Global Innovator , I have the opportunity to partner with like-minded entrepreneurs and track the latest innovations as part of the ReFED network.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

UiPath broke that milestone this summer, in just nine months, establishing Europe as a major global center for software innovation. Before jumping into the list, let’s have a quick look at what’s been a very special year in many ways for the cloud ecosystem globally and in Europe. In 2019-20, this number has grown to $330 million.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Supported by both private investors and public funds, including the Innovation Fund Denmark and the EU’s Horizon 2020 program, Radiobotics has the goal to be at the forefront of developing innovative health technology and a mission to develop solutions that benefit both physicians and patients on a global scale.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 13, 2021

Before founding HAI in 2019, she served as the director of Stanford’s AI Lab. Yes, HAI has been two years old, half of which is during a global pandemic, but we were born out of a very important mission. Even public health that the global pandemic has taught us that we extremely have a data issue. There’s no doubt about it.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 13, 2021

Before founding HAI in 2019, she served as the director of Stanford’s AI Lab. Yes, HAI has been two years old, half of which is during a global pandemic, but we were born out of a very important mission. Even public health that the global pandemic has taught us that we extremely have a data issue. There’s no doubt about it.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 29, 2019

While it may come as a surprise to locals and visitors alike, the short-term-rental (STR) unicorn considers Austin to be one of its 24 global “super cities” : destinations that routinely generate the company’s largest revenues, and are viewed as having the strongest prospects for future growth. by the end of its 2019 session in June.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 18, 2022

It seemed that the outcomes were bigger than we ever anticipated and each vertical could create multiple huge winners because of market size, massive global reach, and so on. Paraphrasing, he basically said this was “either what it looks like when ‘software eats the world’ or things had gotten overheated.”.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2020

With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent global lockdowns, telehealth has been rewriting all the rules on the way healthcare has historically been conducted. As the pandemic drags on and patients grow to telehealth services, let’s take a look at three industry verticals which are being driven by startup innovation.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

That’s the mission of Quicc , launched in 2019, in Wichita, Kansas. In just a year, Quicc has rocketed into the global marketplace and now serves video creators in 84 countries. Reach the 25,000 global user mark! All SXSW Pitch events take place at the Hilton Austin Downtown. and plugged his pick for the Super Bowl.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

What was the most overhyped tech trend of 2019? With three billion people on the planet who don’t have access to sophisticated banking services, they’re unable to fully participate in our global economy. And when it’s combined with AI? Yeah, we can’t wait to see how that convergence will influence adoption.

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