Bitesize Monday: Recap of Israeli startup investments and product launches

June 2011 kicks off with the completion of HTIA, Israel’s high tech association conference, where more than 90 (!) startups have exhibited. May has been a busy month for Israeli startups with great exposure in Techrunch disrupt in New York, funding rounds and debate about the future of the Israeli venture capital funds. Below are the headlines.

BITESIZE BLOG POSTJune 2011 kicked off with the completion of HTIA, Israel’s high tech association conference, where more than 90 (!) startups have exhibited.  May has been a busy month for Israeli startups with great exposure in Techrunch disrupt in New York, funding rounds and debate about the future of the Israeli venture capital funds. Below are the headlines.

Israeli startups launches and VC rounds



New products/innovation

  • Sniffing out disease -A nano ‘nose’ developed by Israeli Prof. Hossam Haick can detect and classify cancer, kidney disease and other serious ailments just by analyzing breath samples
  • A human touch for computer-generated voices – Israel’s Vivotext develops the world’s first artificial text-to-speech system that actually sounds like a real person is talking.

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Eze is managing partner of Remagine Ventures, a seed fund investing in ambitious founders at the intersection of tech, entertainment, gaming and commerce with a spotlight on Israel.

I'm a former general partner at google ventures, head of Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe and founding head of Campus London, Google's first physical hub for startups.

I'm also the founder of Techbikers, a non-profit bringing together the startup ecosystem on cycling challenges in support of Room to Read. Since inception in 2012 we've built 11 schools and 50 libraries in the developing world.
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