YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

gazelle_CEO : Gazelle CEO Israel Ganot discusses gadget trade-in, smarter consumption, and reCommerce. dennysantoso : Founder and CEO if SixReps.com Danny Santoso tweets all about social fitness, fat loss, and nutrition. Ischaefer : Deep Focus CEO Ian Schaefer loves to tweet about branding and advertising, especially in social media.

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Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 239

VC Cafe

MARCH 16, 2025

Mention that you do “Consumer tech” as a startup founder and you’d be limiting your funding options to one third of the venture capital funds (in Israel that figure is probably closer to 10%). Until now, consumer tech was perceived as a risky binary investment.

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Technical Review B2C Generative AI IPO 78

VC Cafe

MARCH 28, 2011

Now, when your friend’s birthday comes round, one person can identify a gift, click on the product page’s Group Gifting widget, and invite a group of friends via social networks to contribute to paying for the gift online. An organizer can invite the gift-giving participants either through social networks or email invitations.

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Israel Widget eCommerce Early Stage 97

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. This is Face.com’s second round, after previously raising about $1 million from Rhodium and local angels Yaniv Golan (AOL, ex Yedda) and Yariv Gilat.

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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. Plarium – Multi player games for social networks (Raised Unknown). Image credit: Kosher OC Magazine.

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Israel Software Review Analytics eCommerce 60

VC Cafe

JUNE 14, 2010

The acquisition extends 888’s reach and market share in the fast growing social networks and smart mobile devices, such as iPhone and Android powered handsets, and leaves us well positioned to take advantage of this growth.”. 888 Holdings is a publicly traded company in the London Stock Exchange (LSE:888).

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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. PERRIGO TO INVEST $40 MILLION IN ISRAEL.

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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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Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

Shel Israel , famous tech blogger from Wave 1.0 Tags: Social Media social networking technology Twitter. So with the metoric rise of Twitter now forecast at 45 million as of August 3rd, 2009 (and rising fast), has Twitter Killed the Blogger Star? I would argue it’s the exact opposite. Thank you, Twitter.

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Israel Social Network Social Media Forecast 219

VC Cafe

JULY 11, 2011

The Israel Innovation Road Trip , is an effort to raise both funding and awareness. event, following 14 similar ones in Israel, Turkey and Europe. Israel Innovation Road Trip company list. CallApp turns the mobile network into a vibrant (and huge) social network by “wrapping” each call with social tools and information.

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Israel Artificial Inteligence Turkey Boston 92

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The companies are largely based around social and e-commerce initiatives, with Eugene Kim, the principal at Sparklabs, saying that they “reflect major trends in Asia in terms of what you’ll see in the coming years, such as growth in the e-commerce space, new targeted social networks and completely new innovations.”.

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South Korea Asia Azure Silicon Valley 166

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I wrote to Ismael requesting that I be on in the first day and in a panel on the main stage with Om Malik, Shel Israel, Rajen Sheth (from Google), Karen Leavitt (WebEx) and Ismael himself. You think that anybody really believed 1999 that two young kids out of Stanford had a shot at unseating Yahoo!, Excite, Ask Jeeves and Lycos?

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2011

The self proclaimed “social network with training wheels&# , enables kids to create and share audio, video and images with their parents, who can then control with whom the kids information is shared whether it is public or private (similar concept to Google+ Circles) as well as what channel is used for sharing, be it other social networks (Facebook, (..)

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Social Network Networking Web Audio 99

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2011

It’s in this environment that Tel Aviv, Israel-based video technology company Giraffic is hoping to thrive in. Giraffic ‘s technology is targeted at media companies, content distributors, video sharing sites, software game developers, social networks, and device manufacturers which require enhanced video content delivery.

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Video Technology Bandwidth Israel 154

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2009

In the past 6 months we’ve heard from Dmitry Shapiro on the future of online video, Ian Rogers on the future music model, David Sacks on the future of social networking and Michael Crandell on where Cloud Computing is headed. couponing, vertical social networks, Internet TV, etc. All have been fascinating.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

ops team in NY, dev team in Philly and having dev teams in Israel). Social network app developer and ad network. RockYou (Asia) is primarily focused on the development of social networking apps and games; founded as a joint venture between RockYou, SoftBank and SK Telecom. Total raised: $56.3mm.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 22, 2010

T he Commercial Office at the Embassy of Israel in London and the Israel Export Institute have organized a New Media delegation , taking place on the first week of July. Virtual Web provides innovative social network marketing solutions. VC Café is privileged to support the event as the main media partner.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

According to comScore Media Metrix, out of the countries monitored by comScore Canada, Israel and the US are the top three consumers of Internet per capita and time spent online. Israelis are one of the world’s leaders in terms of time spent in social networks, only second to Russia. hours in the UK. online in May 2010.

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Internet Israel Canada Russia 135

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

According to comScore Media Metrix, out of the countries monitored by comScore Canada, Israel and the US are the top three consumers of Internet per capita and time spent online. Israelis are one of the world’s leaders in terms of time spent in social networks, only second to Russia. hours in the UK. online in May 2010.

Internet 135

Internet Israel Canada Russia 135

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

According to comScore Media Metrix, out of the countries monitored by comScore Canada, Israel and the US are the top three consumers of Internet per capita and time spent online. Israelis are one of the world’s leaders in terms of time spent in social networks, only second to Russia. hours in the UK. online in May 2010.

Internet 135

Internet Israel Canada Russia 135

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

According to comScore Media Metrix, out of the countries monitored by comScore Canada, Israel and the US are the top three consumers of Internet per capita and time spent online. In comparison, a typical Israeli over the age of 15 spent,on average, 38.3 hours online in May 2010, compared to 32.3 hours in the UK. online in May 2010.

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Internet Israel Canada Advertising 138

VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2011

So far 500 artists signed up, mostly from Israel and the US. According to the founders, Eyal Yair and Ron Hartman, the main benefit of the system is the ability for artists to distribute their music and charge for downloads, across social networks, but especially on Facebook. It is intended to serve both students and faculty.

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Israel Incubator Startup Florida 99

VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

SupersonicAds – a dominant leader in virtual currency monetization for online games, virtual worlds and social networks. The company is headquartered in London, UK, with satellite offices in the US and Israel. Supersonicads was founded in 2008 by Gil Shoham (CEO) and Arik Czerniak (COO) and Nissim (Romi) Romano (CTO).

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Media Israel Stealth Venture Capital 109

VC Cafe

JUNE 8, 2011

by Israel-based MyHeritage.com. Bliscy will help MH increase reach as the acquisition brings MyHeritage family network to 56 million registered users and approximately 762 million profiles, 18 million family trees and 116 million photos. In 2008, MyHeritage.com acquired Kindo.com , a family social networking site from London.

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Poland Israel Germany Social Network 87

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Events have already been held this year in Bangalore, Austin, Barcelona and New York, and the next event on the list is taking place in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 21st. So who are the “Smartest&# startups in Israel? The next event on the list is taking place in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 21st.

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Israel Cloud Startup Security 108

VC Cafe

JUNE 24, 2011

AT&T set up new R&D and incubation center in Israel in collaboration with Amdocs – welcome AT&T Foundry. Cotendo raises $17 million in Series D from its current investors: Benchmark Capital , Sequoia Capital and Tenaya Capital as well as two CVCs: Juniper Networks and Citrix Systems.

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United Kingdom Venture Capital Taiwan Israel 107

ReadWriteStart

MAY 7, 2012

Even if you remove legal barriers between people and allow them to interact, they are still separated by distances caused by geography, lack of trust, inefficient social networks and differences in culture and language. The answer is that micro-level programs can have macro-level effects.

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Silicon Valley North Carolina San Diego Taiwan 128

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Dick Kramlich and Yoram Tietz at E&Y's Journey conference, Israel, Nov 2011. He has co-founded the venture firm NEA, investing in many successful companies including Juniper Networks, ImmuneX, Macromedia, and Dallas Semiconductor. Y – This is your first time in Israel. China has more patents filed than the USA.

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Israel China IP Singapore 87

VC Cafe

JULY 20, 2011

One inbox, all of your social media accounts and social network messages at the same place. The sharing of files and links is ‘secured’ as AVG automatically scans the messages using through AVG LinkScanner , which checks links exchanged through social media in real time. He currently serves as CEO.

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Social Media Israel Social Network Aggregator 84

The Next Web

MAY 7, 2013

TM: I was born in Israel, spent most of my adult life in the US. The company is based in Cyprus with development centers in Belarus, Israel and China. Do you see Viber ever moving ‘up the stack’ and becoming a social network tying everything together, rather than a predominantly communications-focused service?

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Mobile Iran Belarus Cyprus 125

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

I srael-based Pursway (formerly known as Datanetis) announced its series A of $6 million led by Battery Ventures office in Israel. Pursway uses patent pending sentiment analysis technology on social networks, enabling clients to identify the influencers and followers for each of their products product within their customer database.

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North America Israel Europe Database 74

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

Also, Irit Dabby from Tel-Aviv, Israel, discussed GoodyTag , a neat concept about tagging photos of products differently than you would tag or 'like' a regular link or photo on social media.

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Bootstrapping San Jose Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 124

VC Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2011

Sean Parker described himself as a platform builder (Napster, Facbeook, Causes) and commented on how he was portrayed in the ‘Social Network’ movie. He was less bullish on Israel and India, which raised a few eyebrows in the audience. This was his most successful book launch ever.

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Europe Cofounder Stealth Israel 92

VC Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2017

It would be hard to compete with Google on search, Facebook on social networking and Amazon on ecommerce. Continue Reading → This is a content summary only. Click on the post title to continue reading this post, share your comments, browse the website and more!

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Social Network eCommerce Networking Search 79

ithacaVC

MAY 11, 2012

Cayo-Tech (Tel Mond, Israel) ‘Guard My Angel’ is a mobile application that watches over you without compromising your privacy. Tivity (NYC) A social network for people looking to find, schedule, and share active lifestyle activities with people around them. ( [link] ). Website under development). www.streamspec.com ).

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Philadelphia Denver Israel Social Network 58

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Simply fill in this form provided by the Israeli Foreign Trade Administration, Matimop and the Israel Export Institute. IPgallery’s deployed converged communication solutions include core network centric solutions and Value Added Services for residential and business subscribers. Logia Group. Wireless Links.

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Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

VC Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2011

invite friends to participate in the process of selecting a gift, splitting the cost and spreading the word on the group purchase through social networks.

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Angel Investor Hosting Social Network Analytics 90