The Next Web

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Aside from needing to be conveniently located for your employees to get to (and potential clients to visit for meetings), Ori Goshen, co-founder and vice president of research and development at Tawkon , says staying close to good bars and restaurant options also give employees a sense of life outside the work space.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

Ohad Frankfurt is the cofounder and CEO of Swayy , a personalized content curation and management platform. 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. Coworking space.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Despite the war, Israels technology industry presented record figures for mergers and acquisitions according to a new report from Vintage Investment Partners. Microsoft launched co-pilot vision , a tool that read your screen and act as a personal helper (US-only). May their memories be a blessing. We must # BRINGTHEMHOME NOW.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2024

ChatGPT’s advanced voice mode and Eleven Labs are setting new benchmarks in conversational AI by enhancing voice quality and realism, NotebookLM’s natural voice podcast took the Internet by storm and new open source technologies are making high quality voice cloning easier than ever. billion to re-hire the founders of Character.ai

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BeyondVC

APRIL 3, 2006

I just got back from a week in Israel having spent some time in Jerusalem for an Answers board meeting and then making my way to the Ohalo Resort on the Sea of Galilee for Kinnernet 2006. Kinnernet is a techie geek camp organized and run by Yossi Vardi (cofounder of ICQ).

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BeyondVC

APRIL 3, 2006

I just got back from a week in Israel having spent some time in Jerusalem for an Answers board meeting and then making my way to the Ohalo Resort on the Sea of Galilee for Kinnernet 2006. Kinnernet is a techie geek camp organized and run by Yossi Vardi (cofounder of ICQ).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 16, 2016

One of the most obvious to me was Nanit, that was brought to our firm by my colleague Jordan Hudson who met them team, fell in love with their founders & technology, and encouraged us to invest. His co-founder and COO, Andy Berman , made the smart move from being a young VC to becoming an entrepreneur.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

Its main shareholder is Sycamore Technologies Ventures, which owns 33.9 percent) and co-founder Osfer Zadikario (6.2 Use of funds: The company says it will use the cash for general corporate purposes, as well as possibly to “acquire or invest in companies and technologies”—although it says it has no immediate plans to do so.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

What was your approach to picking co-founders, and what advice would you give entrepreneurs on this? I think having a co-founder is very important. I’ve seen people succeed as solo founders – but I think not having a co-founder makes an already hard journey that much harder. The rest is history.

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VC Cafe

MAY 30, 2011

Gil Rozenberg – co-founder and CEO of Ineze.com , an early-stage technology startup based in Israel, shares his lessons learned on starting a tech startup for first time entrepreneurs. The more, the merrier Surround yourself with as many co-founders as you can.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Now the bad news: some venture capitallists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 28, 2011

We rarely hear of such a large round amongst Internet startups in Israel, which is why Wix’s founding round is particularly interesting. Wix , the Israel-based flash website platform, has announced a D round of $40 million. Wix, the Israel-based flash website platform, has announced a D round of $40 million.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 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. Investment Bank Morgan Stanley raised its growth forecast for Israel to 4.8% ValueClick Inc.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Ben is the Chief Executive Olarker (CEO) and co-founder of Olark Live Chat. In this episode, CEO and co-founder of Olark, Ben Congleton, talks about the building of Olark and how they’ve differentiated themself in such a competitive industry. He's the chief executive o Larker and co-founder of O LA Live Chat.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. 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. The founders have started companies before.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2010

S econdMarket , the marketplace for alternative investments such as company options and private company stock trading, announced yesterday that it has launched operations in Israel (the Israeli site is live already here ). Given Israel’s active private company sector, the move makes perfect sense.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 23, 2013

The fund will invest across Asia, Europe, Israel and the US, going beyond the accelerator program’s primary focus on Korea and the US — although it does accept startups from other parts of the world. The founding team totals six, and is spread across the US, Israel, Europe and Korea. The caliber of its founding team is impressive.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 8, 2011

miLAB is a research and prototyping lab that explores the future of media, technology, and human-computer interaction. Co-Director Dr. Oren Zuckerman , holds Masters and Ph.D degrees from the MIT Media Lab and Dr. Guy Hoffman , co-Director of miLAB, holds a Ph.D. Guy Hoffman , co-Director of miLAB, holds a Ph.D.

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VC Cafe

MAY 22, 2011

The LinkedIn IPO this week may have opened the gates for an Israeli market thirsty for exits, but in the meanwhile, VC funding in Israel continues with business as usual. The company’s technology aims to reduce mobile data costs by compressing data consumption and to help users understand how to use their devices.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

First, he was the co-founder of Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM – currently valued at $8 billion.) His parents made aliyah to Israel when he was a young teenager. His parents made aliyah to Israel when he was a young teenager. He was built like a tank and was a member of Israel’s Sayeret Matkal.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

“We take a very board view of what make a difference can mean, because we believe ‘doing good’ should go mainstream and sustainability should be an integral part of every business,” explains Rachel Chan, Convenor of the MaD Venture Fellows Programme and Founder and Chief Catalyst of InnoFoco.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 7, 2021

I also wanted to create a publication that covered Israeli startups, in English, and put a spotlight on the wonderfully diverse tech ecosystem in Israel at a time when most of the news about Israel were negative and related to the conflict. One of the early VC Cafe posts, image taken from Wayback Machine.

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VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2011

The fund is backed by David Moche, a Florida based real estate investor, and one of the co-founders of About.com. The technology behind the project is based on studying the behavior of individual learning and by understanding the student’s interests, whether it be film or sport. Nogeno – an about.me for artists.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 29, 2021

Not being able to get together in person, particularly internationally, is a pure negative.” — Reed Hastings , co-chief executive of Netflix Inc., I’ve already started seeing ‘return to the office’ parties in Israel, the world leader in vaccinations per capita at the time of writing this post. on working from home. “I

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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. We’ve seen new foundational models, open source LLMs and all sorts of new companies building the co-pilots for every category. billion, a 2.5x

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

OpenAI co-founder and former CTO, Ilya Sutskever and his new SSI Inc. OpenAI co-founder and former CTO, Ilya Sutskever and his new SSI Inc. The company plans to have only 2 offices for now – Palo Alto and Tel Aviv, so many AI engineers are polishing their CVs in Israel. billion compared to $6.7

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VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

The company is headquartered in London, UK, with satellite offices in the US and Israel. Co-founded by Yiftah Frechter, Yoav Arnstein and Ran Cohen, all former execs of recently IPO-ed Eyeblaster. Cellcom , the leading mobile provider in Israel, enters the financial services market with new “mobile wallet&# product.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 29, 2013

2013 has been quite a year for the startup community and social and technology-related businesses in particular. Founders, executives and decision makers don’t have time to consistently create quality content and then properly distribute it. John Hall , Influence & Co. . Ben Lang , Mapped In Israel. .

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Can BlazeMeter’s technology also be applied to protect the site if an attack occurs? VC Cafe: Like any enterprise business run out of Israel, the challenge is distribution. I can name Tescom and Tesnet in Israel. VC Cafe: Tell me about a technology that excited you recently. Alon: Excellent point! Alon: Well.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I am the Founder of Sonjara, Inc – a woman owned small business in Northern Virginia. We work with non-profits, for-profits, US Government, and international organizations, to identify the underlying goals, the users needs and abilities, and put together an appropriate technology solution to meet the requirements.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Dick Kramlich and Yoram Tietz at E&Y's Journey conference, Israel, Nov 2011. Dick Kramlich is an old school businessman who has been active in venture capital since 1969 with Arthur Rock and Co. There are some major changes going on in the world, technology is making our lives a lot easier. Y – China.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

has announced this morning a $1 million round led by Genesis Partners, Blumberg Capital and Innovation Endeavors , Eric Schmidt’s investment fund, as well as private investors including Joe Londsdale (founder of Palantir). I sraeli startup Any.Do

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

ChatGPT sources of traffic ( SimilarWeb ) The excitement by both investors and entrepreneurs to embrace these technologies, has brought generative AI further into the mainstream. In Israel alone I mapped some 61 generative AI startups and that probably fails to capture companies in which generative AI isn’t their main product.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

How do you find co-founders who are willing to work for 18 months without getting paid? Also, Irit Dabby from Tel-Aviv, Israel, discussed GoodyTag , a neat concept about tagging photos of products differently than you would tag or 'like' a regular link or photo on social media. How much time do you budget for red ink financing?

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Footbo has been running since 2007 and is led by co-founder and CEO Mani Honigstein – full article on Techcrunch. TaKaDu , winner of the Technology Pioneer Award by the World Economic Forum annual meeting is helping London keep its water clean. Perhaps this is how we’ll start solving co-existence in Israel?

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

DroidSecurity’s CEO Eran Pfeffer (formerly a co-founder and VP business development of BmyPC) will become AVG’s head of mobile solutions. It has five employees in Israel. DroidSecurity is a popular free anti virus app for Android phones, which has been downloaded 4.5 million times since it launched earlier this year.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

DroidSecurity’s CEO Eran Pfeffer (formerly a co-founder and VP business development of BmyPC) will become AVG’s head of mobile solutions. It has five employees in Israel. DroidSecurity is a popular free anti virus app for Android phones, which has been downloaded 4.5 million times since it launched earlier this year.

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