VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2024

2023 was a rough year for Venture Capital and for startups, and it might get even worse. I believe there are a lot of problems need solving, my outlook is longer term and I invest in new companies (most of the startups that Remagine Ventures II will invest in don’t yet exist). In many ways, Edward is right.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 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. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. The Israel/U.S.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2020

It seems to be the season for startup lists and the glory hasn’t skipped Israeli startups. This week saw several of them get global recognition. Its polymorphic engine scrambles the application’s runtime environment randomly and without a trace, making the memory space unpredictable to attackers.

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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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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

News )—Stanford GSB, Harvard Business School, UPenn Wharton, Chicago Booth, MIT Sloan, Kellogg, UC Berkeley Haas, and Columbia Business School—and eight of the top ten global MBA programs , are all on the list of unicorns. Global Fashion Group (3x HBS, 2x Wharton). Of these MBA unicorns, 63 founders are represented. Shazam (GSB, Haas).

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. All the usual caveats apply.

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VC Cafe

MAY 14, 2024

The generative AI market is exploding globally, with venture capitalists pouring $12.8 billion into startups in just the first quarter of 2024, according to Pitchbook data. Israel is positioning itself as one of the potential leading hubs for generative AI globally. million, closely followed by security ($781.34

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VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

Google I/O: It’s a startup world. To achieve the trifecta of startup success (money, talent, ideas), a vibrant startup community can make the difference between success and failure. It created awesome companies, but the army doesn’t do ecommerce, or much mobile, which are now the biggest growth engines in startups.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 25, 2013

If you look at some of the latest startup offices, there seems to be a competition to who can have the coolest ping pong tables, kitchen, and big TVs displaying real time data. We spoke to some of the hottest startups to hear their experiences and tips for building a space that welcomes productivity, creativity, and keeps employees happy.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

I did a keynote on innovation hubs at the newly created DoFuture program , spoke at Santiago’s Startup Weekend on Customer and Agile Development, and at a Conference in Patagonia supported by the Ministry of Economy’s Innovation Division. Chile has decided that it wants to be an innovation hub in South America. Venture Capital.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 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. AMERICAN CHIPMAKER BROADCOM BUYS ISRAEL’S PROVIGENT FOR $350 MLN.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. All the usual caveats apply.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

Of course, that was not 100% true, with innovative startups and large outcomes occurring in Europe, in Asia, and other parts of the USA. Global and Local. and seen the rise of absolute juggernauts with deeply global ambitions such as Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and Xiaomi.

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

I was interviewed by TheMarker (Hebrew only) on why Israeli startups haven’t been part of the mega funding rounds in AI. I thought it’s a good timing to elaborate on where I see opportunities for Israeli startups in this rapidly growing space. billion, a 73% YoY drop, according to a new report by Viola.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2011

The open fireside chat session at The Pigeonhole Cafe , and coincidentally enough powered by questions from real-time question-and-answer conference tool Pigeonhole Live (and a Singapore-based startup, to boot), is possibly the first time a presidential hopeful faced off with members of the local startup scene.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Earlier this month I spoke at the 2022 Israel Gaming Summit by Calcalist, Playtika and Google. The event was a get together for the Israeli ecosystem: startups, corporates, investors and academics in the gaming space. Gaming in Israel in 2022. Israeli gaming startups generated $8.6 Israeli gaming startups generated $8.6

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 2, 2023

That’s of course part of a global trend. On a global level, venture financing of private companies dropped 33% year over year, from a record $733B in 2021 to $490B in 2022. billion according to the 2022 Israel high tech ecosystem report by Viola Ventures. Israeli startups 2022 funding summary. billion to $17.1

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VC Cafe

JUNE 28, 2024

Despite the war in Israel over the past 9 months, both the rate of capital raising and exits of Israeli cyber startups in the first half of 2024 were the highest since 2021. Well done Roy Cohen and team Fetcherr on your $90M series B to leverage AI for your dynamic airfare pricing engine! BRINGTHEMHOME. and mid-June + 12 exits.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2019

When it comes down to startups, as well as emerging businesses, they have to make efforts to succeed in getting where they want. Startups in developing economies, for instance, are addressing their issues through ingenious technologies and solutions. The question now is: what are the best markets for startups?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

In my experience, the Silicon Valley startup model, focused on disrupting established industries, has treated the USA well and created some great global businesses. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective. In Silicon Valley’s classic model, startups must start “asset light.”

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

At today's roundtable, we had entrepreneurs presenting from Brazil, Israel and India. Next, Nir Savitzki from Israel, presented JobVoyage , a social CRM service for job seekers. The world we live in today is truly global, and I am proud of the 1M/1M initiative's ability to support this global business network.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

Legendary tech entrepreneurs, startup celebrities, and even the creators of Twitter itself are on the service. gazelle_CEO : Gazelle CEO Israel Ganot discusses gadget trade-in, smarter consumption, and reCommerce. plibin : Find out what Evernote CEO Phil Libin has to say about startups, tech, and of course, taking notes.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

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. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. ISRAEL 2ND LARGEST CENTER FOR TECH STARTUPS.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Funding news.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Funding news.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Funding news.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Funding news.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2023

It’s a global phenomenon, but to be successful in AI, startup hubs require a density of AI engineers, access to data and compute power and access to capital. But it’s not only the AI startups that are active in the generative AI space. In just a couple of months the current version includes 68 startups.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Yair Geva is a partner at Herzog Fox & Neeman , one of the leading Israeli law firms that has helped facilitate some of the major exits and deals in Israel within the past few years. For Israeli tech companies – startups and bigger companies alike – this is a rare opportunity, and it won’t last forever. billion people in 2009 to 4.9

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

startups and innovation emanating from various points on the globe. But visiting with entrepreneurs and executives from Europe, Israel, India, Singapore, and beyond brought the matter into much sharper relief. venture capital funding, which in turn is four times as much as in all of Europe.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Israel Startup Network (ISN), led by Arlene Marom, one of our affiliate partners, organized the event with us. New Global Markets. First up, David Nordell from Kfar Ya'avetz, Israel, pitched New Global Markets , a solution for making it easier for banks to offer their customers global banking facilities.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 2, 2017

Part 2 of a series about machine learning in Israel, originally posted on VC Cafe. As an example, Ex-Googler Sebastian Thurn estimated that the going rate for self-driving engineering talent is $10 million per person. Silicon Valley is naturally the largest hub with over 1,000 machine intelligence startups.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Recent SaaS trends and the Accel Euroscape of the 100 most promising companies in Europe and Israel This article was co-authored with my colleague Pia d'Iribarne and published initially on Tech.eu. in SaaS companies globally. Our investments in the space have followed suit. We’ve invested $2.3B and Intacct for $0.85B.

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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. At Kinnernet, I had the privilege to spend time with some great people from Israel, Europe, and the US. ."

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

F or all the advertising and ecommerce startups out there: the Consumer Commerce Barometer (CCB) is a great way to gain market insights into how consumers interact with the internet as a source of information for purchasing decision.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

F or all the advertising and ecommerce startups out there: the Consumer Commerce Barometer (CCB) is a great way to gain market insights into how consumers interact with the internet as a source of information for purchasing decision.

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Europe eCommerce Marketing 87

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

F or all the advertising and ecommerce startups out there: the Consumer Commerce Barometer (CCB) is a great way to gain market insights into how consumers interact with the internet as a source of information for purchasing decision.

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