VC Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 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. ISRAEL TO TRADE FREELY WITH MERCOSUR; ARGENTINA – ISRAEL SIGN FTA.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 1, 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. Israel’s economy grew 4.7% In April, the Bank of Israel raised its 2011 growth forecast to 4.5%

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’ve recently met with several universities, nonprofits, and government employees who’ve all asked the same question: how can we promote entrepreneurship? The first and primary role of a government is to provide basic public goods competently. To the extent that the government fails to do that, it will retard job creation.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2020

For #1, there are calls for action coming from the EU and UK government to companies that can accelerate the manufacturing of respirators. At the time of writing this post there’s already been over 110 entries from Europe and Israel. In this post, I’ll be covering #2 only. Please fill this form to add your company.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Take, for example, Israel, whose rate of entrepreneurship is still growing tremendously, despite being the second-biggest startup hub in the world for the past several years. In the past decade, hundreds of interesting, innovative tech companies have emerged in and around Israel—and they’re worth learning from.

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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. Nevertheless, there are two foundational models represented in Israel with AI21 Labs on the LLM side. AI & Data Ops is a key area for growth.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

A s venture funds struggle to raise money in Israel, seed capital, one of the earliest and riskiest stages of investment, is becoming harder and harder to secure. based Angel capital with early stage technology companies in Israel, and do so in a way that substantially mitigates the risk of seed stage investing.

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VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2020

Israel UP 40% ( Source ) ? “VC investors did not shy away from either first or follow-on investments, bringing the number of VC deals to a record in Q2/2020″ Israel tech fundning report Q2 2020, IVC. What might explain the record breaking deal activity in Israel? Israel’s record breaking Q2 2020 ( Source ).

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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. Israel’s index of leading economic indicators rose a preliminary 0.4%

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

On Monday, Kevin Baxpehler and I hosted the UK Israel Business investor delegation to Tel Aviv, and today I spent the morning with the 8200 EISP startup delegation to London where I was joined by Kirsten Connell (Cylon Lab, Managing Director) Simon Menashy (MMC Ventures, General Partner). Is there too much money?

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VC Cafe

JUNE 9, 2010

T he birth of the Israeli venture capital industry was supported by government programs like Yozma. The proposal will enable investors in startups to receive tax write-offs on investments for high-tech companies who spend at least 70% of their salaries in Israel. Tax incentives for investors in early stage Israeli high-tech companies.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

AWS Startups for the Public Sector – Startups in the public sector focus their technology and business innovation on federal/central and local/municipal governments, primary and secondary education, nonprofits, and non-governmental organizations. No appointed mentors, no mandatory meetings, just a full focus on the venture’s needs.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Britain and Israel are inextricably linked by a profound and intimate history. In truth, the idea of growth through partnerships is nothing new to the State of Israel. With limited natural resources, Israel quickly turned to the potential of its human resource. Guest post By Daniel Saunders.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

A combination of competition for top talent and an effort to bring employees back to the office drove startups in Israel to throw extravagant parties and all-inclusive retreats abroad. 2021 gave us plenty of examples for bad governance in both startups and venture capital. What should we keep and what should we change?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

Germany, Ireland, Israel, and most other non-Asian nations also provide major tax incentives, and huge R&D tax credits. Government should learn from private industry and invest research funds just like a venture capitalist invests startup capital. We need to make a strong manufacturing base a national priority.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The second report, by Startup Nation Central (SNC) Policy Institute paints a similar picture but points a picture at the governments proposed judicial reform as the cause for reduced foreign investor activity (down 40% year over year up to Q3 2023). The proposed judicial reforms caused some short-term uncertainty.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2013

mobile health is taking off in Israel. Even the government (CMMI- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) predict health expenditures will continue to outpace economic growth, jumping 7.4% Tomer Levy, VP of Cardiology and CEO of McKesson Israel, discusses their first mobile product. “It in 2014 to reach 20% of GDP by 2021.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2011

A couple of startup founders commented that government grants “pretend to be helpful but actually suck&# , to which Dr. Tan – who chaired the National Research Foundation (NRF) , an agency which disburses grants for innovation – replied that civil servants aren’t exactly the best when it comes to “picking winners&#.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Late 2020 revealed the depth of the Solarwinds hack, which had massive implications for government agencies and (ironically) cybersecurity provider FireEye. He led the company’s global business operations through its centers in the US, the UK, Spain, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Mexico, Australia, Poland, and Israel.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

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. Browse the headlines below for more news.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

Theory Ventures 2024 predictions Israel remains one of the major AI hubs globally In terms of funding, it’s safe to say that Israeli generative AI startups have yet to live to their full potential. Companies can do more with less with generative AI, and Israel remains a major AI hub in terms of talent, capital and ideas.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I ’ve recently came across a paper written by Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir , Israel’s 4th president and a successful scientist who founded Israel’s Chief Scientist Office (CSO). I would do what I could to help establish the State of Israel and contribute to its security and its social and economic development.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2013

Near the end of the week last week, the lastest “the US government is spying on US citizens” scandal broke. Government Says Secret Court Opinion on Law Underlying PRISM Program Needs to Stay Secret. Is the NSA outsourcing its domestic spying to Israel? The post Does The Government Already Have All Of Our Data?

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

The government ; the Innovation Division of the Ministry of Economy , the Chilean Economic Development Agency , (CORFO) which sponsored Start-Up Chile and Do Future in Patagonia as well as Fundacion Chile , the main R&D agency and the National Innovation Council. There seemed to be few tools, techniques and strategies to do so.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 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. CISCO BUYS NDS FOR $5B.

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VC Cafe

MAY 12, 2016

Yesterday was Israel’s 68th Independence Day, and to mark the occasion, Calcalist , a leading business publication in Israel, ranked the 50 most promising private Israeli startups. NSO – Offensive cyber espionage tools for governments (Raised $130M) – 60% of the company is owned by PE fund Francisco Partners.

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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. That’s why I also chose the quote of the week. BRINGTHEMHOME. billion raised between Jan. and mid-June + 12 exits.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

Despite the momentum with India, Israel-China (including Hong Kong) trade is on-track to hit $10 billion this year, representing 13% of total Israeli exports (Bank of Israel). This number is projected to double with the passage of a Free Trade Agreement. Take a look at why, in the mobile sector, at least India is the better choice.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Army veterans and mid-career MBAs hailing not just from the United States but from countries including Saudi Arabia, India, France, Israel and Austria. How to bring together technology, government, and communities to combat violent extremist messaging. Some teams got a quick crash course in turf wars and Government Bureaucracy 101. “In

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2020

After finishing a second national lockdown, amidst weeks of protests against the government and with borders largely closed to foreigners, you could safely say that these are not ‘normal’ days for Israeli startups or the Israeli economy. As a whole, it looks like Israel is headed for another record breaking year.

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VC Cafe

MAY 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. MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY CENTER TO OPEN IN ISRAEL.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A new comprehensive report on human capital in Israel by the Israel Innovation Authority and Startup Nation Central found there’s a shortage of tech employees for Israeli startups and scale ups. Israel’s high tech sector employed 321,000 people in 2019, representing 9.2% What about the solutions?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

These instruments of national power employed in a “whole of government approach” to advance a state’s interests are known by the acronym DIME -FIL. Founded in August 1946, ONR provided support of research at universities when WWII government funding to universities had dried up. Class 2 focused on China, the U.S.’s

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VC Cafe

APRIL 3, 2020

There are questions about the role of government in supporting venture backed startups. The US just announced that startups are eligible for government support as part of the $2 trillion aid package. Israel treasury approved a 650 million NIS for startups and in the UK investors are lobbying for a package. Techjobs Corona.

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VC Cafe

JULY 4, 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. FITCH AFFIRMS ISRAEL AT “A” (OUTLOOK STABLE). DG FASTCHANNEL TO BUY ISRAEL’S MEDIAMIND.

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