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Older, Richer, More Customers: Accelerators Go Corporate
Corporate accelerators are a recent phenomenon, both in Israel and globally. Microsoft selected Israel last year to launch its very first accelerator program. The company takes no equity, with the emphasis on business and technical mentoring.
eBay acquires the GiftsProject and Opening Social Center in Israel
eBay acquired Israeli startup The GiftsProject for an undisclosed sum, according to AllthingsD. Founded in 2009, The GiftsProject has created a social commerce application, enabling users to vote, comment and buy a gift together as a group. Back in February, the GiftsProject announced a partnership with eBay as well as $1 million seed round from Gemini and Index ventures.
The Interconnected Tech Industry [Infographic]
Mashable published a brilliant infographic on the connections between the large tech companies in the valley, including Google, Microsoft, Apple, Paypal, eBay and others. So whether someone was a Paypal Mafia member or a Xoogler, the conclusion is that they all end up filling their pockets and working for one of their neighbors in San Francisco, Mountain View or Palo Alto.
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.
Monetizing Groupthink – Interview with Israel’s Gift Project
The Gifts Project is a social ecommerce platform enabling group gifting. Its CEO, Ron Gura, was a mentor at Seedcamp Tel Aviv 2011, an early-stage micro seed investment and mentoring programme. Startup Intelligence recently interviewed him for VC Cafe.
The Gifts Project Announces New Investor and a Partnership with eBay on Social Shopping
The Gifts Project, a social commerce platform, has been making quite a few headlines recently. The company raised $1 million in seed from Gemini and a few days later, European VC Index Ventures was mysteriously added to its investors page. The terms of the additional funding were not disclosed. Today, the Gifts Project announced a partnership with eBay, in which the e-commerce giant will host the Gift Project's 'white label' application, which enables users to set up their own Group Gift pages on eBay
EyeView’s Flash Tutorials Convert Better
Lock and load – that’s what five Israeli startups did this week announcing a total of $30 million…
EyeView, Bukisa, Soluto: Introducing Early Stage Israeli Startups
Like the appetizer sampler in a restaurant, this is supposed to be a teaser, or an appetizer if…
eBay’s Paypal acquires Israel’s Fraud Sciences for $169 million, 12 times the return for investors
In an effort to fight fraudulent transactions and boost trust in online purchases, Paypal, the online payment service…