VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

A s 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 WEF RANKING IMPROVES TO 24TH PLACE, BOOSTED BY INNOVATION.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). The Alexa Fund also provides up to $200 million in venture capital funding to fuel voice technology innovation. AI startups in the Alexa Fund portfolio.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Zuckerberg said he plans to increase spending on AI technology to as much as $65 billion this year. NEW FUNDS Congratulations Gil Dibner and team Angular Ventures on the debut of your $125M fund III to invest in Israel and Europe early stage B2B tech! Kudos Gil Gilboa on joining Repeat Ventures !

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

A s 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 STATISTICS BUREAU FORECASTS 4% GROWTH IN 2010. For previous editions, click here.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Investors include Zeev Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, and Vertex Ventures Israel. Yanai Oron, General Partner at Vertex, has said that his firm invested in DataRails because of the profile and strength of the platform’s positive reviews. DataRails has already raised $53.5

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. Innovation Clusters.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2022

As investors in gaming, entertainment tech and consumer, this is a topic my partner Kevin Baxpehler and I have been actively researching and investing in at Remagine Ventures for the past few years. . It’s a combination of advancements in technology and changing consumer behaviour. What is the metaverse?

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Today, with the decentralising nature of the Internet, distributed cloud technology and a growing sentiment toward entrepreneurship, the global startup ecosystem has never been so dispersed. And this is just one of the many pioneering technologies surfacing out of this mid-sized Southern city of the Netherlands. Pune, India?.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

The networking dinner that was held on day one was attended by the Israel-based Battery investment team and some of their portfolio company CEOs, including Pursway CEO, Elery Pfeffer. Tags: Battery Ventures Celtel International Danny Warshay E-Ink Israel ProfitLogic Pursway R&R VC Cafe POCD. By: Geoffrey Mugliston.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2010

Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures, Jason Calacanis , founder of Mahlo.com, and Mark Suster of GRP Partners, have all weighed in on the nature side – you’re born being an entrepreneur or your not. Mark Suster, Vivek Wadhwa and Patrick Chung, Partner at New Enterprises Associates will be debating. Or look at Israel.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

The founders of Quigo ( an enterprise search company based in Israel that was competing directly with AdSense ) tracked Mike down while doing a CEO search. Overture became intrigued by Quigo’s AdSonar technology and wanted help targeting ads for their content business. Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Organizations like Worldwide Investor Network and the US-Israel Business Council are helpful in this area. I’m looking for someone who wants to lead this. - Organizing events for local mid- to large-company CIOs / CEOs to meet technology startups , in order to help startups get traction and keep their momentum going.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

About a year and a half ago, we got accepted to the Elevator accelerator program in Tel Aviv, Israel. We had built an impressive technology and a really cool product in less than three months, and we tried keeping it “lean” in every way we could. For us, being specifically based in Israel, these were our four main advantages.

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VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2016

Japan is the world’s #3 economy…but not for Israel. It is not even a top 10 trading partner. In September, NEC becomes the first Japanese multinational to launch an R&D Center in Israel, focusing on cyber security. A series of high profile business delegations to Israel ensued in 2016.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2013

mobile health is taking off in Israel. According to Susan Berson, Managing Partner for Mintz Levin (www.mintz.com) and an expert in Healthcare regulation, “Obamacare changes the equation. Tomer Levy, VP of Cardiology and CEO of McKesson Israel, discusses their first mobile product. “It MST- Medical Surgical Technologies ([link].

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Greenfield Partners published the latest HR (human resources) Israel startup landscape. Credit: Ortal Sasson, Greenfield Partners. Insurtech (or Insurance tech) has produced a number of unicorns in Israel: Lemonade, Hippo Insurance, Next Insurance, Earnix and AtBay to name a few. HR Tech Landscape.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Data by Carta (mostly US companies) reveals that although on average startups saw a 50% reduction in funding in 2023 (the impact in Israel was closer to 65%) pre-seed funding rounds rose by 51%! Sam Altman recently said that we’re not far from the day that we’ll see a billion dollar company with one or few employees.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I n its first investment in Israel, Russian search engine Yandex is rumoured to invest $3.4 million in Israel’s Face.com , a startup developing face recognition technology. As a result of the investment, Yandex’s CEO Arkady Volozh is now a member of Face.com’s board.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

In addition, Battery’s partners showed their commitment by putting more money into the fund themselves than in its past funds, among other moves, he said. Geography : The Company invests throughout the world, with most investments are made in North America, Europe, Israel and India.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Voice AI applications will unlock $10B of new software TAM over the next five years Bessemer Venture Partners Remember when talking to machines felt like science fiction? As a VC watching this space, I’m seeing a perfect storm brewing: massive investment, breakthrough technologies, and untapped markets ripe for disruption.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Despite the war, Israels technology industry presented record figures for mergers and acquisitions according to a new report from Vintage Investment Partners. Despite the war, Israels technology industry presented record figures for mergers and acquisitions according to a new report from Vintage Investment Partners.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2023

More and more, people are experimenting with these new technologies that enable anyone to write better, brainstorm, invent, craft and get inspired with text, images, video, voice, music and more. The talent pool for AI startups in Israel is deep. While ChatGPT is most famously known, there are over 750 generative AI globally.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Earlier this week YL Ventures announced a 7-figure USD investment in Israel-based Seculert , a new non-intrusive Security-as-a-Service that comprehensively detects cyber threats affecting corporate networks. The exact sum was not disclosed.

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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

JULY 21, 2020

I believe I am qualified to talk about this as I spent ~6 years at Google in strategic partnerships (commerce), as head of Campus London (Google’s first physical startup hub), Head of Google for Entrepreneurs Europe (now called Google for Startups) and eventually general partner for Google Ventures.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2024

During these nearly two decades, I’ve had the extraordinary privilege of being a front-row witness to Israel’s incredible startup scene. While it is going through a challenging period now, Israel continues to stand as a powerhouse of innovation and technology, ranking 6th in global innovation according to Global Finance.

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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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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Evangelos has spent the last 15 years as a Venture Capitalist, first at Apax Partners and later at Trident Capital. The last 40 years have seen an explosive adoption of new technologies (social media, telecom, life sciences, etc.) As Carlota Perez points out , (see Figure 1) technology revolutions happen every half-century or so.

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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

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

In an interview to Calcalist , Eyal Reshef, chairman of IMA said the rise in the number of Israeli start ups is largely thanks to a 70% sponsorship provided to the Israeli exhibitors by IMA, the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute, the Israeli Foreign Trade administration and Matimop, the Israel Industry Center for R&D.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 28, 2011

We rarely hear of such a large round amongst Internet startups in Israel, which is why Wix’s founding round is particularly interesting. Wix , the Israel-based flash website platform, has announced a D round of $40 million. Wix, the Israel-based flash website platform, has announced a D round of $40 million.

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Up and Running

MARCH 5, 2018

Our target customer is male-identifying, age between 28 and 45 with a relatively small family—a partner and 0-1 children. New technologies can make nailing down your demographics and psychographics much easier (and cheaper) than in the past. and Israel. Where: Geographics. Where are your customers? Start with social.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2015

But while many contemporary technology approaches embrace scale horizontally, many business approaches are limited to primarily scaling vertically. Barclays (New York, South Africa and Israel). If you’ve spent any time with me, you know that scaling horizontally is a huge part of how I think. Techstars Mobility (Detroit).

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

You need close partners in that journey and you get many sorts of partners - investors, employees etc. - Mike Weider, my co-founder at Blaze, was a much more experienced, technology-minded business person than me, and much better connected to the VC world. It’s a community movement, rather than a technology or specific practice.

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VC Cafe

JULY 2, 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. to JVP and Carmel, the highest performing funds. .

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