VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The IVC-LeumiTech Israeli Tech Review Q3/2024 full report will be published in October, but the preliminary numbers released today provide a reason for optimism, which is pretty remarkable, given the war. Israeli startups raised $2.43 For example, In the last 30 days Salesforce acquired three Israeli startups for a combined $2.6

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VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2023

* Originally published on Calcalist , April 20 2023 Since the day ChatGPT was introduced in November 2022, it has become the fastest growing consumer product, putting the words ‘generative AI’ in the mainstream. Generative AI is advancing at a breakneck speed.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For the past 10 years, with interest rates near zero, VC investors plowed record amounts into tech startups and enjoyed a seemingly ‘easy’ investing environment. Prices went up from round to round, and startups were encouraged to grow, grow, grow, and not to worry about profitability.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Metaverses are emerging concepts that combine technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, blockchain, etc. This tech giant has set its sights on developing the infrastructure and platform necessary for the metaverse to flourish.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

especially if the startup already has a product and revenue? While the answers are somewhat semantic, the pre-seed funding round is making a comeback in 2024 startup financing. Pre-seed round tends to be the first ‘institutional’ round of funding in a startup. A founder asked me what makes a $2M round “pre-seed”?

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2023

OpenAI for enterprise key features: Enhanced privacy, SOC2 No usage caps performs up to two times faster 32k context in Enterprise, allowing users to process 4x longer inputs or files Samsung Electronics, Google and others have restricted employees from using generative AI bots for fear that confidential information will be leaked.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

With new advances in AI, creativity is now being transformed by technology and offered as a services for consumers and companies. Creative automation is the ability to create original, high quality content (text, video, images, music, art, etc) leveraging data and technology. Watch this impressive demo.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 13, 2023

However, the current hype around generative AI feels different. Naturally, a technology like generative AI has the potential to transform and impact many industries, if not all. Many intelligent individuals and consulting firms have written about various industries and their potential use cases for generative AI.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2024

Reflecting on this journey, the tech world was a completely different landscape back then. I’ve written on the VC boom (when money was cheap and due diligence was minimal) to the major reckoning that followed and we’re still yet to see its full impact. That curiosity and desire haven’t subsided over the years.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 20, 2022

After the incredible pace of 2021, tech has definitely pulled back in 2022. With every investment (no matter where we are in the roller coaster ride of the tech market), we ask ourselves “Why this mission-driven team?” In other words, we haven’t changed our philosophy or how we invest. On developing theses in emerging areas.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Paul Graham’s recent essay, Founder Mode , describes the mindset that founders need to adopt to navigate the early stages of building a startup, and how they’re different than ‘manager mode’ which is traditional management/corporate best practices. Focus : Deep expertise in specific sectors or geographies.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 17, 2024

Hunter Walk: Textio , the startup you founded and CEO’ed until a few months ago, is almost 10 years old. I was publishing quite a bit of original research about bias in workplace documents like performance reviews and job posts, a bunch of it went viral, and I got to know a lot of people who eventually became Textio customers.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 4, 2024

The breakneck speed of AI advancement is one of those areas where the stream of information is so constant and so dense, that it’s very hard to process it all, let alone STAND OUT in the crowd. This creates a challenge, but also an opportunity for startups in the generative AI space. How many of them do you know?

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This is not only helpful for startups and investors who are actively deploying in those sectors, but also to founders at the beginning of their journeys who are looking for ‘requests for startups’ or problem areas worth diving into. I chose to focus on 5 areas that are particularly relevant to us at Remagine Ventures.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

We must #BRINGTHEMHOME During November, Israeli startups raised over $750M and we saw the creation of a new Unicorn (more on Eon below). In the wider tech world, Bitcoin nearly crossed the $100K mark, Anthropic raised another $4 billion(!) Never forget that there are still 101 Israelis held hos**ge in G**a.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Peter Thiel The statistics for startup success are well known. About 90% of startups will fail within three years of starting. Within the group of startups that succeeds, the returns for venture investors are concentrated in few companies. The most important companies are those that others don’t see as valuable.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Well done Assaf Rappaport and team Wiz on your undisclosed round of funding to continue the journey of as the fastest growing Israeli startup in history! Way to go Itamar Golan and team Prompt Security on your $18M series A to help companies secure their generative AI tools! Kudos Yehuda Niv and team Spines on your $16.5M

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2024

In July 2024, Israeli startups raised $703 million in 28 deals, more than double the amount raised in July 2023 (before the war). It’s a testament to the fact that Israeli tech delivers #NOMATTERWHAT. In the wider tech world, Generative AI startups raised $14.4B in Q2 2024 alone, which is 16.5%

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2024

We must #BRINGTHEMHOME It’s been a slower news week in Israeli startups due to the holidays of Sukkot and Simchat Torah. In the wider tech world, Anthropic upgraded Claude 3.5 NEW FUNDS Congratulations Gili Raanan and team Cyberstarts on the new (and fourth) $60M fund to invest in seed stage Israeli cybersecurity startups!

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2023

His new book Strategy in the Digital Age: Mastering Digital Transformation, explains how digital technologies enable the creation of innovative services and products. In the digital age, technology has pervasive impacts, and data plays a central role in transforming customer value propositions, operations, and the structure of industries. [02:44]

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 2, 2024

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! He's been an SEO specialist to Fortune 500 companies and venture backed startups around the world for two decades. AI is part of that story. Dale (03:16): Yeah, so Perplexity is one of many generative AI search engines. This is John Jantsch.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

More About Lloyed Lobo: Follow Lloyed on LinkedIn Listen to the Traction Podcast Lloyed’s website Pre-order From Grassroots To Greatness: 13 Rules to Build Iconic Brands with Community Led Growth Get Your Free AI Prompts To Build A Marketing Strategy: Download now Like this show? Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

In November 2022 I published a post titled “ generative AI will go mainstream when it goes from playful to useful “, and I think you will agree that this transition is in full swing. 2023 was the year generative AI went mainstream The pace of advancement in generative AI has been astounding.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

New details about the real costs of training the model (much higher) and the source of the data (distilled from OpenAI against the T&Cs) are slowly surfacing, but it’s clear that Chinese AI startups are here to stay. Baichuan AI is pivoting toward specialized AI models for finance and healthcare.

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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. Israeli startups deliver #NOMATTERWHAT. Salesforce spent $2.6 Well done Marina S.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

The Department of Defense has thought that Artificial Intelligence is such a foundational set of technologies that they started a dedicated organization- the JAIC – to enable and implement artificial intelligence across the Department. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. AI in National Security.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

As an investor in entertainment tech, gaming, and next-gen consumer tech at Remagine Ventures , this topic is of particular interest to me. In this post, I’ll explore some of the best-in-class examples of AI content creation and attempt to forecast future trends in this rapidly evolving field. trillion and $4.4

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

It’s only been a bit over a month since the start of 2025 past year has witnessed seismic shifts in technology, from breakthroughs in generative AI to emerging solutions in climate tech and healthcare. This is an extension of the previous list with new sources and startup requests.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Deloitte announced this month its 50 Fastest Growing Technology Companies, placing a spotlight on a number of innovators. We are proud to celebrate their achievements and recognize them as the driving force behind the country’s technological advancement and economic prosperity.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

7:44] What mistakes do you see people making when it comes to using AI technology? [9:04] 9:04] What are some tips to get the best end product when using AI? [10:18] 10:18] What are some of the end use cases really going to be with images in AI? [12:07] 12:07] What technology is driving all of the image creation? [13:22]

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VC Cafe

JULY 20, 2024

The tech ecosystem is crucial for Israel’s economy. According to a new report by Startup Nation Central, the Israeli tech ecosystem defied the odds in H1 2024. Yet another example on how Israeli tech delivers #NOMATTERWHAT. customers and Microsoft new AI system ‘SpreadsheetLLM’ unlocks insights from spreadsheets.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 6, 2025

The costs later turned to likely be higher in reality, but the possibility of disrupting the dominance of US foundational models and the infrastructure they rely on (Nvidia) rattled the market and triggered a huge tech sell off and Nvidia’s loss of $650 billion in market cap in a single day.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2025

” Des Traynor, co-founder of Intercom AI startups attracted a record 46.4% Requests for startups are a way for investors to communicate what might work and where they are actively looking for startup teams. The predictions offer significant opportunities for startups across different sectors.

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