VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

We must #BRINGTHEMHOME It’s been a tough year for Israeli startups, but they fought hard to keep their companies alive, despite dealing with war, record low venture capital volumes, and the usual challenges of running a startup. There are still 101 Israeli hostages in G**a.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Way to go Itamar Golan and team Prompt Security on your $18M series A to help companies secure their generative AI tools! series A to help authors self-publish their books with the help of AI! Great milestone Dvir Hoffman and team CommBox on your $15M series B to build the future of customer experience powered by AI!

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2024

It’s easy to find bad news about venture capital these days. In other words, the venture capital bust has only just started. 2023 was a rough year for Venture Capital and for startups, and it might get even worse. Global venture funding fell 42% year over years to $248.8

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Well done Eyal Malinger and Oren Peleg and team Resurge Growth Partners on the first closing of an investment vehicle focused on helping companies caught between the venture capital and private equity worlds. In total, generative AI companies received $35 billion in 2024.AI Global funding also dropped.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2023

billion on 78 generative AI deals —almost as much as was invested in all of the previous 5 years combined, according to PitchBook data. According to a new industry report by Skyquest , AI will contribute $15.7 trillion to the global economy, with $6.6 The global generative AI market was valued at USD 8.12

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

To put things in context, global venture funding in Q2 2023 reached $65 billion, an 18% decline quarter over quarter, and a 49% drop compared to the second quarter of 2022, when startup investors spent $127 billion, according to Crunchbase. Amidst this bleak funding environment, AI has been a saviour, reports the WSJ.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Venture capital is down 36% globally QoQ and a lot of startups face an uncertain future. The nature of venture capital cycles. Venture capital is cyclical in nature, meaning that there are ups and downs in the market. In a down market, it can be more difficult to raise venture capital.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

A new report by F2 Venture Capital, Google Cloud and Deloitte Israel shines a spotlight onto the buzzing emerging AI landscape in Israel so I couldn’t resist covering it. On a high level: The Israeli AI startup ecosystem is booming, with over 2,150 active AI companies, representing ~30% of the local tech sector.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Way to go Dean Leitersdorf and team Decart on coming out of stealth with a $21M seed round for a new inference model that enables companies to dramatically reduce the cost of generative AI – wow ? source in links section) Israel ranks amongst the top markets based on stock option policy according to Index Ventures.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2024

Finally, Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon just reported that the company is using generative AI to increase its productivity, updating 850 million product catalog entries 100 times faster than human-led methods. 25 years of the venture capital industry booms and busts visualised by SVB. Anduril Industries raised $1.5

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Generative AI is a beacon of hope In this grim scenario, Artificial Intelligence, and more specifically Generative AI, emerges as the global industry’s lifebuoy, attracting investments and elevating valuations of entities across the spectrum. The proposed judicial reforms caused some short-term uncertainty.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 28, 2024

Global: From VC Cafe : consumer startups still got Mojo! Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2024 by World Economic Forum AI’s $200B question has turned into AI’s $600B question by David Cahn MEDIA OF THE WEEK We remember the important words and legacy of the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks as we combat the ever-growing virus of antisemitism.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

I wrote about the major takeaways on VC Cafe and you can access the report by F2 Venture Capital here. Ori Goshen of AI21 Labs reveals what is broken in Enterprise AI and what’s needed for the next phase. puts the spotlight on the reasons to be optimistic about the continent’s future tech potential.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Kudos Adi Perry and team with on securing a $10M seed round to turn cities into communities with generative AI! ROI from Generative AI is a rising concern. Salmanson and team Cherre on the $30M series C for your real estate data analytics and management platform! The EU has a competitive problem.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

But there’s a catch – the rise of agentic AI will likely lead to increased startup formation and venture capital activity, creating a more complex and competitive market. The returns will likely be more concentrated. The stakes are higher, and the technical barriers to entry are substantial.

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Start Up Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

The market size is over $US10 billion globally in revenue. Many of these are funded by respected venture capital firms such as AZ16. The estimated number of people with ongoing AI-centric relationships is in the many millions. And I’m not just talking about a text based chatbot people can flirt with.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2024

Proud to support the ecosystem with Remagine Ventures as we are in the process of closing 4 deals right now. In the wider tech world, Generative AI startups raised $14.4B of global venture capital volume. in Q2 2024 alone, which is 16.5%

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Iuri Struta , S& P Global ( source ) I was listening to Bret Taylor , the founder and CEO of Sierra, former co-CEO of Salesforce, ex CTO of Facebook and current chairman of OpenAI on the 20VC podcast. He talked about where we are in the timeline of generative AI and it made me realise that we’re making an interesting shift now.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Up to 38% of jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean could be exposed to generative AI, the World Bank Group identified in its 2024 report. Industry leaders Google and Massy aim to close the gap between the Caribbean, Latin America, and AI. While AI is set to contribute 5.4%

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Also, repeat founders are driving industry stability, securing 46% of total 2024 funding while leading only 31% of startups Sender Cohen is leading an effort to raise $800M to create “Nevo Labs” in Israel , akin to Bell Labs back in the day to bring back top brains to Israel and help them combine AI with hard sciences.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Global VC hit a new high with $32 billion invested in October 2024, Bitcoin crossed the $75K mark since Trump became president, an all time hight. AI robotics startup Physical Intelligence raised $400M from the likes of Jeff Bezos and OpenAI, Mistral AI launched an API for content moderation. 94% YoY in AI funding in Oct.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2025

.” Des Traynor, co-founder of Intercom AI startups attracted a record 46.4% of the total $209 billion raised in venture capital funding in 2024. According to the CB Insights 2024 State of Venture Capital report, while VC activity somewhat recovered from the low point of 2023, deal volume was hit an 8 year low in 2024.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 20, 2024

NVIDIA introduced the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, a $249 compact generative AI supercomputer that delivers significant performance gains at half the previous model’s price. NEW FUNDS Kudos Eitan Reisel and team vgames on your new $142M fund III to invest in global gaming companies!

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2025

Below is the startup landscape for MCP and the future of AI tooling according to Andreessen Horowitz ( source ) The concentration of venture capital: 31% of All VC Money Last Year Went Into Just 20 Deals according to report by Redpoint ( source ) Eli Sharabi spoke to the UN Security Council this week – watch his powerful testimony.

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