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Eyeview Raises $1 Million Round from Innovation Endeavors
In 2008, we covered the story of EyeView on VC Cafe. Three friends won the Harvard Business School business plan competition, carried on with the venture to raise money from respectable VCs in Israel and land clients like Yahoo and eBay. But since then, very little was heard about the company until now. Beet.tv reported that Innovation Endeavors, the VC fund led by Google's chairman Eric Schmidt, has invested an additional $1 million in Eyeview, bringing the total investment in the company to $6 million to date from Gemini and Lightspeed ventures.
Bitesize Monday: Boxee Raising, Israel Nano Technology, Israeli Chief Scientist
Some of the week's top Israeli startups headlines: Boxee is looking to raise a massive round -Sources say Boxee is out trying to raise a significant funding round, likely in the $10 million to $15 million range.
Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition
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. See the March 2010 edition after the jump.
Breaking: AOL Buying Israeli Video Site 5min Media
AOL acquires 5min media, a web video startup based in Israel for an estimated $50-$65 million. 5min has become a leading video distribution platform with 100 million monthly views.
5min Wins Top Spot in TechAviv’s Peer Awards
TechAviv, the members-only meetup group for Israeli start ups, has concluded its starup competition the "TechAviv Peer Awards". The top spot was awarded to Israel's 5min.com,the leading online platform for how-to, instructional and knowledge videos, which was crowned as the most promising Israeli web start up in 2009. Colnect was a close runner up.
How To Raise Money: Israel’s 5Min Raised $7.5 Million
Israel-based "How to" video site 5min.com has announced a second round of financing of $7.5 million. The round was led by Globespan Capital Partners, a new investor in the company. Spark Capital, 5min's previous investor, joined the round.
IMCandy: A Sweet Way to Monetize Your Video Content
When it comes to video advertising, new contenders are popping out like mushrooms after the rain. The typical…
Wrapping up the Israel Web Tour
After a week packed with meetings, presentations, pitches and networking opportunities, the Israel Web Tour concluded on Friday…
The chosen people: 15 startups to represent Israel in Silicon Valley
Back in November, I posted a call for Israeli companies to apply to the Israel Web Tour, a…
First 2008 bitesize: Israeli tech and investment news 01/04/2008 | VC Cafe
Happy belated 2008! After a week of vacation in sunny Miami, it’s good to be back on the…