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. valuation to complete the acquisition of PayU ! based on recent report by Fusion VC ( source ) In the years 2015-2024 Israeli startups in stealth raised over $125M.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2023

One of the biggest myths I have found in the entrepreneur community is that every startup needs one or more outside investors for credibility and success, and perhaps is even entitled to at least one. Friends and family are key at the idea and early development stages, when you have minimal business valuation.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The valuation of Safe Superintelligence Inc. billion valuation ) to provide comprehensive cybersecurity protection for governments and national organisations! ? Way to go Ronit Belson and team Sawmills on coming out of stealth with a $10M seed round to transform telemetry data management with AI! Plane is taking off.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 28, 2021

Creators that are able to grow a community while keeping engagement levels high have a greater opportunity to make a living from their craft more than ever before in history. We’ve made several investments in the space (some are still in stealth). CREATORS SHOULD MAKE MONEY FOR THEIR WORK also DONT CHARGE ME FOR YOUR PODCAST ?

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Big congrats Yevgeny Dibrov and team Armis on your $200M series D (at a valuation of $4.3 Mabruk Matan Bar and team Melio on your $150M series E (at $2 billion valuation ) to integrate cash flow management, accounts receivable and accounts payable solutions! There’s a lot to celebrate in our “Small” community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2016

One of the biggest myths I have found in the entrepreneur community is that every startup needs one or more outside investors for credibility and success, and perhaps is even entitled to at least one. Friends and family are key at the idea and early development stages, when you have minimal business valuation.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

made a big splash this week when they announced their $1 billion “seed” round (at $5 billion valuation) to deliver safe superintelligence. NEW FUNDING ROUNDS Congratulations Ofir Ehrlich and team EON (still in stealth) for raising $80M at a rumoured $800M valuation 9 months from inception! on your $18.5M

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

At what valuation? It is such a small community that it is hard to raise money by stealth. It is such a small community that it is hard to raise money by stealth. How much is soft-circled (committed)? Convertible or equity? Cap or warrants? This also happens with VCs. Information flows.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

As well as tripling the company’s valuation to $4 billion since January 2021, the round came as the company grew its monthly processing volumes by 5,000% in 18 months. You raised four rounds within 18 months, waiting until your third round before coming out of stealth mode. Let’s talk about your financing strategy.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 23, 2012

This will have huge implications on your paid search strategy, your valuation of clicks you get from Google and Bing. I was advising a stealth mobile application company (hello future one billion Facebook dollars!) " Sure, not all 209 million will end up on your site, but you define the pets category! So do the right thing.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Bitcoin topped a record of all time at $87,000, Chinese gaming giant Tencent reported 47% surge in profits from gaming and AI, and Perplexity is nearing $500M funding round at $9 billion valuation as it started introducing ads. on coming out of stealth with $9.5M There’s a lot to celebrate in our “small” community!

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2024

ServiceTitan went public with a $9 billion valuation – is the IPO window opening? Kol hakavod Alan Bekker, PhD and team eSelf AI for coming out of stealth with a $4.5M There’s a lot to celebrate in our “small” community! Midjourney launched Patchwork , a virtual world building tool. Keep on creating!

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VC Cafe

MARCH 28, 2025

Firgun is all about genuinely feeling and expressing happiness, pride, or admiration for members of our community’s accomplishments, good fortune and wins. billion valuation ) for your secure enterprise browser! There’s a lot to celebrate in our “small” community. watch this space! Keep on creating!

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