VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ].

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

I’m not sure if it has to do with me, but refreshingly, Israel didn’t come up at all apart from the occasional question of how’s my family. Mazel tov Israel (Srulik) Dvorsky and team TailorMed on securing a $40M to connect patients with financial aid solutions!

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2024

Israel must #BRINGTHEMHOME. Good stuff Maya Cohen and team Monto for coming out of stealth with a $9M seed round for your e-invoicing platform to bring order to B2B payments! APPOINTMENTS Congrats Sarai Bronfeld on your promotion to partner at NFX ! Nice job Shmuel Bachinsky and team Quantum Transistors on securing $17.5M

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ].

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ].

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

T he VC funding news from Israel are piling up on my inbox. Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ].

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VC Cafe

MARCH 14, 2025

Freepik partnered with Google to integrate Veo 2 , and now it supports image-to-video. Well done Guy Flechter and team Sola Security on coming out of stealth with $30M in seed funding to offer cybersecurity protection to small and medium businesses! More and more startups are choosing to stay in stealth until after their seed rounds.

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VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

T he second quarter of 2010 has come and gone and despite the depleting VC and incubator capital in Israel, the quarter has brought approximately 40 deals with over $400 million invested. As a part of the round Rina Shainski, General Partner of Carmel Ventures joined company’s board. Infinity Israel-China Fund.

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VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

T he second quarter of 2010 has come and gone and despite the depleting VC and incubator capital in Israel, the quarter has brought approximately 40 deals with over $400 million invested. As a part of the round Rina Shainski, General Partner of Carmel Ventures joined company’s board. Infinity Israel-China Fund.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 22, 2021

The common case in israel is founding teams flying solo without a marketer until it’s imminently necessary. These steps are vital to securing initial funding and attracting pilots, design partners, and customers. . What best practices have you seen in Israel when it comes to community building?

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VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

The company is headquartered in London, UK, with satellite offices in the US and Israel. Legolas Media – Currently in stealth mode, The Legolas Media team is focused on innovating digital display media. Cellcom , the leading mobile provider in Israel, enters the financial services market with new “mobile wallet&# product.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

has announced this morning a $1 million round led by Genesis Partners, Blumberg Capital and Innovation Endeavors , Eric Schmidt’s investment fund, as well as private investors including Joe Londsdale (founder of Palantir). I sraeli startup Any.Do

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

They have been in stealth mode for 2 years now working mainly with network infrastructures and content providers. They are going to remain in semi-stealth mode and are testing their products in the US, Asia, and Europe. Qwilt has offices in Hod Hasharon, Israel and Redwood City, California.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

ElevenLabs partnered with Spotify to launch AI voice audiobooks, competing with Audible. Way to go Ronit Belson and team Sawmills on coming out of stealth with a $10M seed round to transform telemetry data management with AI! The valuation of Safe Superintelligence Inc. OpenAI ChatGPT now has 400 million monthly active users.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

For healing to begin, we must #BRINGTHEMHOME A friend, successful entrepreneur who took a company public, asked me for help on a presentation he was giving about the economic resilience of Israel. on coming out of stealth with $9.5M Mazal tov David Talinovsky and team Bluespine on coming out of stealth with a $7.2M

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2011

Still in stealth mode, 6scan offers a SaaS security protection suite for websites through its main products: 6scan Patrol and 6scan Bodyguard. Nitzan Miron, CEO, served at the National Center for Information Protection in Israel. 6scan plans to target ecommerce platforms and hosting provider as channel partners for growth.

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VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2024

It’s impressive to see what the self described ‘little red dot’ accomplished in its 65 years of independence and I couldn’t avoid comparing and contrasting to Israel. Congratulations Barrel Kfir on joining Dell Technologies Capital as partner, focusing on early stage enterprise tech in Europe and Israel!

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VC Cafe

APRIL 9, 2010

V enture capital funding of Israel companies opened strongly in Q1 2010, with 55 deals completed since January 1oth 2o1o, according to Capital IQ. LucidLogix raised an $8 million round from Genesis Partners, Giza Venture Capital, and Rho Capital Partners for futher R&D and faster penetration of LucidLogix’s gaming graphics chip.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2011

The Big Picture panel: social, mobile, advertising, TV, media – with Google’s Nikesh Arora, Jim Breyer (partner at Accel and board member at Facebook), Thomas Ebeling, Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn, angel investor and partner at Greylock), and Paul-Bernhard Kallen.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

You raised four rounds within 18 months, waiting until your third round before coming out of stealth mode. The reason I mention this is that our fundraising strategy involves first and foremost choosing partners who are human beings that we’d like to join us on our journey. Let’s talk about your financing strategy.

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 12, 2016

As part of our work leading into the new fund, we went on a listening tour - talking to founders about what they want and need from their venture capital partners. What has not changed is that the best founders want experienced guidance, support and value-add, but not interference from their investor partners.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2025

The US is moving to impose tough new restrictions on the export of advanced computer chips and other AI technology to dozens of countries, including Israel. The venture market is healing: Insight Partners announced its new $12.5 George Mathew , Insight Partners NEW FUNDING ROUNDS Congrats Roy K. to fund its expansion.

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Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 3, 2009

My partner, Michael Greeley, refers to Bob as a "National treasure" and New England is very fortunate to have him. Helen is starting another robotics company (currently in stealth mode) and serves as chair of the national Robotic Technology Consortium. Harvard Business School did a wonderful case on the Langer lab. 2) Ray Kurzweil.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 28, 2025

Shaun Maguire said on stage that he believes that Wiz is just the beginning and Israel can create a trillion dollar company. Is it too early to congratulate Roi Tiger and his stealth team on securing $55M in funding for a new cybersecurity startup in stealth? watch this space!

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Earlier this week, Calcalist, Israel’s leading business newspaper launched their 2025 VC Survey with my thoughts on 2024 for Israeli startups and the tech industry at large, as well as and predictions for 2025. And where does this place Israel and its entrepreneurs? You can read the original piece here.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2025

The acquisition of Wiz by Google for $32 billion in cash this week made waves across the whole tech ecosystem in Israel and beyond. It was Israel’s largest exit to date. Way to go Tal Chalozin and team 257 on coming out of stealth with a $9.2 Israels cyber sector defies turmoil, raising $3.79 investment into $1.3

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 20, 2024

From the founders who chose to start companies this year against the odds, to the new funds that managed to attract capital despite the news, and to all the participants in the Israeli tech ecosystem in Israel and abroad – keep on creating! Israel launches new programs to address AI talent shortage.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

I hope his presidency brings stability to Israel, the quick return of the hostages and a new era of prosperity for America and its allies. The police took hours to settle the situation and Israel is sending two rescue flights to get them out. Well done Adiel Gopas on joining Third Point LLC to expand the Israel office!

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