VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

The AWS APN Global Startup Program – for startup AWS Partner Network (APN) select and advanced technology partners looking to grow their products on AWS. The accelerator provides equity-free financial support through AWS Promotional Credit, technical training and support, access to a global community of EdTech experts, and more.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 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 STATISTICS BUREAU FORECASTS 4% GROWTH IN 2010. For previous editions, click here.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2022

As investors in gaming, entertainment tech and consumer, this is a topic my partner Kevin Baxpehler and I have been actively researching and investing in at Remagine Ventures for the past few years. . We are excited to continue backing ambitious founders in this space with our second fund, especially in Israel and the UK.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Like virtually the entire tech industry, I am particularly in favor of Startup Visa , which has the goal of stimulating our domestic startup community through acts to keep our foreign-born entrepreneurs in the United States. Organizations like Worldwide Investor Network and the US-Israel Business Council are helpful in this area.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2024

I was having lunch with a senior investor in London, who asked me: how long until business in Israel returns to normal? billion, according to a new report by PWC Israel. Mazel tov Israel Krush and team Hyro on the $15M series B extension to tackle healthcares AI needs! It’s time to build. The answer is: it already has.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

gazelle_CEO : Gazelle CEO Israel Ganot discusses gadget trade-in, smarter consumption, and reCommerce. corbett3000 : Peter Corbett, CEO of iStrategyLabs discusses engaging communities through innovation on @corbett3000. Michels : Oren Michels, CEO of Mashery, offers insight into API management, services, and more.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

And so much more it’s genuinely hard to keep up… QUOTE OF THE WEEK Israel continues to draw investors seeking bold, determined solutions to global challenges. APPOINTMENTS Way to go Koren Gilbai on joining Founders Fund as Partner to cover Israeli investments! Congrats Lia Cromwell on your promotion to Partner at UpWest !

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

I believe I am qualified to talk about this as I spent ~6 years at Google in strategic partnerships (commerce), as head of Campus London (Google’s first physical startup hub), Head of Google for Entrepreneurs Europe (now called Google for Startups) and eventually general partner for Google Ventures.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

You need close partners in that journey and you get many sorts of partners - investors, employees etc. - I visited Israel and, after a bunch of meals together, they decided to join. The community approach is instrumental to the developer tooling landscape. but you need someone who’s into the cause and all in with you.

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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. Despite the war, Israels technology industry presented record figures for mergers and acquisitions according to a new report from Vintage Investment Partners.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

I’m not sure if it has to do with me, but refreshingly, Israel didn’t come up at all apart from the occasional question of how’s my family. Mazel tov Israel (Srulik) Dvorsky and team TailorMed on securing a $40M to connect patients with financial aid solutions! Read my takeaways. Keep on creating!

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid. Summit Partners and TA Associates have leveraged their origination programs to move into later stage buyouts.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Unfortunately, over a year later, Israel is now defending itself from threats across 7 fronts and there are still 101 Israelis held hostage in G**a. Related: Israel’s special place in the creator economy This is an AI generated video of Fauda – the lego version… credit to Timmy Turtle That’s all for this week.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

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. In the community, I have played many leadership roles. Tell us your story. Why did you start your business?

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The Next Web

JUNE 19, 2012

My partners are making all that possible, it’s pure teamwork. Future Simple was one those successful “side-projects” we started with Uzi Shmilovici, an amazing designer and entrepreneur from Israel and now the CEO of Future Simple. What are you currently involved with? See this ).

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VC Cafe

MARCH 31, 2021

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. VC Cafe: There’s a rise in community led startups.

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Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

Based in Israel, Outbrain has been around since 2006 solely focuses on solving the content discovery problem for publishers. It has signed some big names like Forbes, Newsweek, and Heavy.com onto its roster of publisher partners where content can be recommended. billion Unique Visitors, on 3 million discussion communities.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We’ve deployed more than $10B across 400+ AI & cloud companies in the past four decades and have been fortunate to partner with many exceptional cloud & AI founders globally. We can’t wait to see what the next decade will bring.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

In an interview to Calcalist , Eyal Reshef, chairman of IMA said the rise in the number of Israeli start ups is largely thanks to a 70% sponsorship provided to the Israeli exhibitors by IMA, the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute, the Israeli Foreign Trade administration and Matimop, the Israel Industry Center for R&D.

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Up and Running

MARCH 5, 2018

Our target customer is male-identifying, age between 28 and 45 with a relatively small family—a partner and 0-1 children. and Israel. GIV Mobile targets community-minded individuals who are looking for ways to “give back” by offering to donate 8 percent of a user’s monthly bill to a charity of their choice. Where: Geographics.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2015

However, for the past eight years, my partners and I at Foundry Group haven’t once scaled vertically (we haven’t added any partners since 2007 when we started) until we added Lindel Eakman as part of Foundry Group Next. Barclays (New York, South Africa and Israel). Techstars Mobility (Detroit). Techstars IoT (NYC).

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 22, 2024

In recent years, there has been growing recognition of volunteering’s impact on sustainable business practices and community advancement. This is particularly evident in initiatives like Volunteers for Israel, where individuals like Marco Bitran can contribute to positive change through volunteer efforts.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and representatives from the UK digital sector will officially launch the British Embassy High-Tech Hub in Israel, in a 300 people event planned for Thursday this week and followed by an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 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. Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics also reported a higher-than-expected annual growth rate of 4.5

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VC Cafe

MARCH 14, 2025

Firgun is all about genuinely feeling and expressing happiness, pride, or admiration for members of our community’s accomplishments, good fortune and wins. Freepik partnered with Google to integrate Veo 2 , and now it supports image-to-video. There’s a lot to celebrate in our “small” community.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 22, 2021

The common case in israel is founding teams flying solo without a marketer until it’s imminently necessary. These steps are vital to securing initial funding and attracting pilots, design partners, and customers. . There’s a rise in community led startups.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

I know we romanticize the LGBT entrepreneur making an app for the LGBT community, but too many of our ideas are “ghettoized” and not seen as “big ideas”. For later-stage companies, I suggest the Association for Corporate Growth online community, Axial , and Preqin. Don recommends: Don’t just do startups “for us”.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Described by The New York Times as “the most important organization affecting America’s relationship with Israel,” AIPAC (The American Israel Public Affairs Committee) advocates for U.S. cooperation with Israel on a wide range of issues. From promoting peace between Israel and its neighbors to facilitating U.S.-Israel

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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. According to Izhar Shay, a general partner at Canaan Partners, “The investment community has matured to recognize they need to plan for scale.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 6, 2018

where I am now a Venture Partner?—?in First Round has been an incredible partner in our journey from startup to public company. The CEO also has the ability to shape how the company serves its communities. Debra and I recently went to Israel for the first time and we found it to be very similar?—?because in our Series A.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Francois Hollande, President of France, led a delegation this week of 260 senior French executives and government officials to Israel for the 2 nd annual France-Israel Innovation Day. French President Hollande, Israel’s President Peres and Prime Minister Netanyahu hold a robot snake in Tel Aviv.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 22, 2010

T he Commercial Office at the Embassy of Israel in London and the Israel Export Institute have organized a New Media delegation , taking place on the first week of July. VC Café is privileged to support the event as the main media partner. Tickets for the mini-show case event on July 6th are limited.

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VC Cafe

MAY 18, 2023

as a management consultant and in 1977, he co-founded Apax Partners, a private equity firm. Apax Partners became one of the most successful private equity firms in the world, and Cohen became a billionaire. For example, the Acumen Fund has invested in a solar energy project in India that is providing clean energy to rural communities.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 17, 2011

While many founders coming out of Israel have the entrepreneurial DNA, the physical distance from their customers, potential partners and backers as well as a cultural gap on how to do business in the US, often inhibits their startup’s growth in the early stages. Gil and Shuly are currently conducting interviews in Israel.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Previous Celeno investors Pitango Venture Capital , Greylock Partners , Miven Venture Partners, and Cisco Systems Inc. Mobile gaming company Oberon Media raised a fifth round of $16 million – some of the funds raised are from previous investors Goldman Sachs, Infinity I-China Fund and Oak Investment Partners.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2024

More about Firgun and why it matters on VC Cafe : [link] Israel’s preemptive strike on H**bolla* may have prevented a wider regional war, according to analysts. This week was marked by the liberation of Kaid Farhan Elkadi, a Bedouin Arab hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas during the 7 October attack on Israel. Keep on creating!

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