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Meet the new Cloud Unicorn from Israel: Melio raises $110m to transform B2B payments

Cracking the Code

The first time I met Matan, the founder of Melio, he told me that his mission was simple: he wanted to “help small businesses stay in business” by making B2B payments fast, simple and flexible. Fintech stack shifting to the cloud From the outset, Melio’s broader platform vision of enabling B2B payments in a contextual way has been key.

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The Booming Voice AI Landscape: A VC Perspective

VC Cafe

Sierra AI , founded by Bret Taylor (former co-CEO of Salesforce, CTO of Facebook and current chairman of OpenAI) is currently raising hundreds of millions of dollars at $4 billion valuation, just a year or so from launch after unlocking AI voice agents for companies. billion to re-hire the founders of Character.ai Google paid $2.6

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Thank you Israel for welcoming our British startup (Guest post)

VC Cafe

And without sounding too schmaltzy, we’re grateful for the wisdom of many of the Israel ‘advocates’ in the UK who helped make our dreams of traveling with our company a reality. We learnt quickly that the Israel tech scene is a melting pot of emigration & assimilation. For me, this is the magic of Israel. The legacy.

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In Q4 2022, founders face tough choices

VC Cafe

It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now. This is not meant to be a negative post, but rather a temperature check of today’s market environment and the levers founders can pull on to survive this period. What is a founder to do? As IVC reports: In Q1–Q3/2022, Israeli high-tech companies raised $12.3

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Is there a marketing crunch in Israel? A chat with an Israeli Unicorn CMO

VC Cafe

As the startup ecosystem in Israel scales, so must the teams leading the growing number of Israeli unicorns. Is there a marketing crunch in Israel? VC Cafe: The common case in Israel is founding teams flying solo without a marketer until it’s imminently necessary. The post Is there a marketing crunch in Israel?

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10 Rosh Hashanah Resolutions for Startup Founders

VC Cafe

The past year was a wild ride for startups and founders, giving a whole new meaning to the ”rollercoaster” aspect of being an entrepreneur. 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.

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Founder and CEO Revolutionize the Breastfeeding World Through her Company

Hearpreneur

Noreen Sablotsky is the founder and CEO of Imalac , a revolutionary company in the breastfeeding world. eld of marketing and sales for Ciba- Geigy Pharmaceuticals before co-founding Noven Pharmaceuticals in 1986. In the startup accelerator in Israel, I saw people of all ages participating in this vibrant community.

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