The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

Having raised a $35m Series A round from Accel Partners and angel investors behind ebay, Flickr and Squarespace to expand their global presence (which now include offices in San Francisco, Berlin, Paris and Rio), 99designs remain the darlings of the Aussie startup scene and one to watch. Halfbrick Studios. Accelerators.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The top 20 tech billionaires globally have lost $480 billion on paper in the past year. This is largely due to several major stock market crashes and global economic uncertainties. Europe faced a similar fate and funding for the third quarter in Europe totalled $16 billion, down 44% year over year from $28 billion.

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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). as ranked by U.S. Of these MBA unicorns, 63 founders are represented.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. The group is about 22 people; managing directors, partners and COO’s of major investments firms in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, and Tunisia.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

NEW FUNDS Congratulations Gil Dibner and team Angular Ventures on the debut of your $125M fund III to invest in Israel and Europe early stage B2B tech! APPOINTMENTS Mazal tov Ophir Shay on joining TLV Partners as associate after spearheading the Next October initiative to commemorate the memories of Oct 7 victims with startups.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

.” Known for their “100% pure fruit” smoothies, juices and more recently vegetable pots, Innocent grew rapidly from a humble annual turnover of £ 400,000 in 1999 to become Europe’s leading natural smoothie company in 2010 with annual sales of £ 130 million.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

There hasn’t been such a full list of Israeli startups coming to Europe since Barcelona’s World Mobile Congress. The UK is Israel’s second largest export market following the US, but Israeli startups often ‘forget Europe’ when it comes to Internationalizing their product. ClarityRay - Company Website.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Finally, the Israeli stock market outperforms global peers despite war, surging 27% in 2024. Adam Fisher , Bessemer Venture Partners NEW FUNDING ROUNDS Congratulations Gal Moav and team Evinced on your $55M series C to provide accessibility tools to software developers! Truly inspiring.

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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. I caught a glimpse of this energy during my Venture Partner tenure with the folks at GGV Capital , who’ve been successfully investing exclusively across China and the U.S.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Since I wrote that post, millions more entrepreneurs have launched their businesses globally. Thanks to the Web and mobile connectivity, more and more people have access to online resources for education and information – the combination of on-the-ground expertise and this access to global information is creating a revolution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. This approach, popularly known as “ glocalization ,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate.

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Yokum Taku, Corporate and Securities Partner at the Palo Alto, California Office of Wilson Sonsini agrees, “I can’t think of a good reason not to shift early stage seed financings toward convertible equity away from convertible debt.”. Kleiner Perkins Partners With Rock Health To Give Health Tech Startups A Boost. Enterprise.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 2, 2019

Series A round , alongside Unlock Ventures Partners and Maveron. And last but not least, we announced our investment in Celo , an open-sourced crypto-powered global payment platform. This provides a seamless customer handoff from Ada’s AI-powered chatbot to live chat platform partners including Zendesk, SalesForce, and Nuance.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally. Stanford University rolled out a free online Machine Learning course.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Find global sources now.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. Fifty of its manufacturing activities and 70% of its consolidated revenues derive from global operations.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2016

Startup Labs get involved in the life of the company and become its business partner from all angles, which increases its likelihood of succeeding. The same can be said for Eastern Europe, where an array designer and developer talent is coming out of the woodwork; creating a lucrative environment for successful startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Find global sources now.

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

The goal was to share our experiences in the realm of angel investing with an array of global audiences, by participating in various lectures, discussions and workshops. It was organized by Diane Roberts of Xcell Partners and held at the StartupBaseCamp accelerator in Dublin. We also discovered that Estonians love to sing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. This approach, popularly known as “ glocalization ,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Thanks to Janet Bannister, Managing Partner, Real Ventures , and Erika Cramer , Co-Managing Member, How Women Invest, for thoughtful comments. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

The two Data Collective managing partners, who are currently raising fund number two, tell me that the timing is right for a fund committed exclusively to Big Data companies, as the barriers to entry in launching these sorts of startups are only getting lower. The partners are currently in the middle of successfully raising their second fund.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

AngelList also partnered with SecondMarket to create an investment vehicle for these investments. As Smartphones Reach A Global Tipping Point, Why Your Product Isn't As Simple As You. As Smartphones Reach A Global Tipping Point, Leader Samsung Shipped 71M Devices In Q1, Nearly 2X As Many As Apple. Enterprise. Smartphones.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 13, 2023

With this new round of funding, Simbe will be able to reach out to more retail partners around the world and spread its message of how AI and robotics can improve the shopping experience for consumers. The global market for inventory robots is projected to increase from $2.9 Finished more than 1.7 billion in 2021 to $9.5

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

billion in 2007, as investors worldwide tightened their belts in the wake of the global financial crisis. real GDP growth for Israel in 2010 in the absence of extraordinary developments, and Fischer has said the economy may grow more than that if the global recovery accelerates. Foreign direct investment in Israel reached $3.8

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2023

First and foremost, PGC it’s a meeting palooza – I received over 40 requests for meetings, mainly from game studios all over Europe. Highlights from the report: Global gaming industry saw record year with over 1300 deals and $127B in disclosed deal value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

For a startup, find an international partner, or hire a new team member who has done it before. The most successful project resulted in release of localized products, for all the major languages in Europe, within four weeks of US product introductions. Prior experience is critical.

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Babbling VC

OCTOBER 3, 2011

For those of you not in the know, they are one of the largest limited partners ( LP's : investors in venture capital funds) in Europe and are basically in almost all the funds throughout the market. Hence anything from them is going to be based on information that truly represents the situation in Europe. . This is a tough one.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Amidst an increasingly connected world, globalization is the order of the day. However, while the benefits are many (including more efficient communication and greater potential for collaboration), today’s digital age can put increased pressure on young businesses to expand globally — and to do so quickly. from France.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

owing to projected weakness in the economies of Israel’s main trading partners, the United States and Europe. Shamir Optical reported revenues of $142 million in 2009, generated mainly in Europe and the United States, and has about 1,400 employees. US CHIPMAKER PMC SIERRA ACQUIRES ISRAELI WINTEGRA. billion, of which $2.5

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 14, 2018

I am working to develop deeper relationships with LitLife’s school and district partners to ensure that our literacy consulting work is as effective as possible. By highlighting work that is going well with partners, we can also cast a light on the amazing work happening in each of our sites! 7- New ideas and partners.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2022

In fact, 2021 was the year that my sister and business partner quit her 9-5 corporate job and we both went full time with the business. With all of the challenges created by the global pandemic– supply chain shortages, hiring difficulties, new technology– Improovy remained transparent with its customers and employees. 6- Authentic.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

. “think globally, act locally&#. Siemens’ global sustainable board is made up of the business heads of each unit. global trends: climate change, demographic change, urbanization. general population of Europe is pretty savvy about being green. customers have broader problems.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 17, 2024

AI investments pushing venture funding back up After three years of consecutive decline, funding of private AI and cloud companies across the US and Europe is climbing again at $79B, up 27% vs. 2023 and 65% vs. 2020. The take private activity also remains healthy with 2024 on track to reach $40B, which is in line with 2023.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

miiCard supports the UK, North America, Western Europe, India, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. This offline stage, responding to Anti Money Laundering, Know Your Customer Regulations and the Proceeds of Crime Act, is a massive barrier to global trade and the market demands its elimination.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The American VC funds are now coming to Europe , seeing European startups as a new asset class worth investing in. The dry powder in Europe seems to go way beyond the ski slopes. Another question is around exits in Europe , and availability of late stage capital. The challenges is Israel are different than in Europe.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 20, 2012

At the same time, Goodman says he wants Bright to go broader than its own website, possibly by partnering with other hiring products like Taleo and Jobvite. RelayStrategy Developers Smartsourcing Global Services Epsilon Concepts - LA Web Design Company Developers Arul & Associates LLC Accounting The Resumator HR admin. Enterprise.

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