Month: June 2011
12 posts
BVCA Report: The Global State of the IPO Market
The latest Global Trends in Venture Capital report, compiled by the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) and Deloitte, asks the question: "Is a an active IPO market in your home country essential for the success of the venture capital industry in that market?"
Want to Blog for VC Cafe? We’re Hiring!
VC Cafe is looking for guest posts and a full time blogger. Let me tell you why it is an interesting opportunity. Israel has the highest number of startups per capita, and the highest amount of VC investments per capita in the world ($142!). We at VC Cafe have been putting the spotlight on Israeli innovation and VC investments in Israel since 2005
Bitesize Friday: NowForce, Cotendo, United Parents, Zerto and Entrepreneur Resources
Facebook Expands Credits Offers to Europe Via SupersonicAds - a huge deal for the Israeli startup, perhaps thanks to its UK office? AT&T set up new R&D and incubation center in Israel in collaboration with Amdocs - welcome AT&T Foundry. More headlines on this VC Cafe Bitesize Friday
Thoughts on Spanish Startups from La Red Innova 2011
I'm currently in Madrid, Spain, giving a keynote in La Red Innova, speaking about mobile search and its impact on ecommerce. Red Innova is a thought leadership conference held for the third year in Madrid
Bitesize Weekend – quick reads
Bitesize Weekend - quick reads
Save and Print These LumaScapes to Get a Grasp on Digital Media [Infographics]
LumaPartners, a US-based consulting firm, has created a series of infographics that chart the various vertical of the digital media industry including display advertising, mobile, commerce, search, social, and video. Dubbed LUMAscapes, each infographic provides a breakdown of the players in the vertical, by category
TayKey Raised $9 Million To Predict Flock Behavior of Consumers
Online ad startup TayKey has raised $9 million in a B round led by Sequoia Capital, Softbank Capital and Crescent Point. This brings the total investment in TayKey to $11 million, since its inception in 2008.
Parkpool Wants to Make Parking Easier in Tel Aviv Through Collaborative Consumption
If you visited or lived in Israel, you know that parking in Tel Aviv can be a huge problem. Too many cars and too few spots. Two Israeli entrepreneurs in the 30s, Gev Rotem and Ilan Blum, are tackling the problem with their new startup, Parkpool.
It’s a Family (tree) Business: My Herritage Acquires Polish Startup
Techcrunch broke the news on the acquisition of Poland-based Bliscy.pl 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.
Innovative Technology and Design Prototypes from Israel’s miLAB
miLAB is a research and prototyping lab that explores the future of media, technology, and human-computer interaction. Launched in the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC), possibly the top Israeli college (and my alma mater), the lab's ambitious vision is to empower students to create and invent, by bridging media and technology as well as academia and industry.