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Bitesize Friday: Israeli startups get funded, launch new products

VC Cafe

Israeli incubators are predicted to increase their investment volume (but not size) in 2010. That’s according to a survey conducted by the Incubators Technology Forum. In 2009 incubators invested in 81 new ventures. Fribiz , a syndicated virtual currency platform launched this week. via TheMarker ).

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10 Ways To Win In 2014: An Entrepreneurs’ Guide To A Successful Startup

YoungUpstarts

For current founders, in our hyper-pressurized worlds of being incubated, accelerated, and constantly switching modes between pitching and executing, how do we successfully navigate the labyrinth to success? by Melissa Thompson, CEO of TalkSession. 2014 will be a formative year for new business owners and early-stage entrepreneurs.

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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

Syndicates Those in charge of a syndicate are called “syndicate leads.” Individuals invest modest sums in numerous businesses, even when working together in syndicates such as angel networks. The earliest investors in a business are usually syndication.

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A Visit With the European Startup Community

Gust

We arrived from Moscow on April 25th; the following day, I spoke on Raising Money to Go Global at StartSmart , a conference held at an incubator and innovation center named Technopolis Ülemiste. Tallinn is the capital of Estonia, located just across the Bay of Finland from Helsinki.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 32: Evangelos Simoudis and Ashok Srivastava

Steve Blank

they often confuse the vehicles to innovation –a venture fund, or an incubator or something else — with actual innovation. This is (why it’s important to have) a cohesive board and a cohesive investors’ syndicate because the investors sit on the board of the company and make the company work. Evangelos : Yes.

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10 Alternative Funding Sources For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Variations on this theme include early licensing or white-labeling agreements.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Some angel investors join together in syndicates. Till now, nearly all seed firms have been so-called "incubators,"so Y Combinator gets calledone too, though the only thing we have in common is that we investin the earliest phase. According to the National Association of Business Incubators, thereare about 800 incubators in the US.