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Venture Capital Cafe: Daylight Savings: XJet first round, Octavian second round, Petrobras Shopping, Jordan Valley Semiconductors and Q3 Summary
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Uncovering the next big thing. Thursday, November 08, 2007. Daylight Savings: XJet first round, Octavian second round, Petrobras Shopping, Jordan Valley Semiconductors and Q3 Summary. Catching up with some of the recent deals in the industry. Below is a short recap of what's been getting money these days:. Staying on energy, Globes reports. That Brazilian energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), the fifth largest oil refiner in the world, is examining Israeli cleantech for possible investment at ...
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Venture Capital Cafe: Quigo Brings Home the Bacon, 5min for $5M, TransChip Makes an Exit, Refresh 07
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Uncovering the next big thing. Wednesday, November 07, 2007. Quigo Brings Home the Bacon, 5min for $5M, TransChip Makes an Exit, Refresh 07. The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826). For $340M. Yaron Galai and Oded Itzhak ( featured on. VC Cafe in the past. A 'how to' video sharing site, (previously covered here. Raised a $5M round from Spark Capital. IDC research has teamed up with Gemini Israel and Genesis Partners...
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Venture Capital Cafe: Spread The Word: The Israel Web Tour Returns To California
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Uncovering the next big thing. Friday, November 16, 2007. Spread The Word: The Israel Web Tour Returns To California. Back by popular demand - The IsraelWebTour. IWT) has begun taking applications, so before we continue - If you are an Israeli entrepreneur with a startup in any stage, The tour is the ultimate platform for visibility, exposure and fast track access to Silicon Valley’s internet landscape. The deadline for applying companies is December 3rd at 5pm PST- file your application here. The tour s...
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Venture Capital Cafe: AfterDox - Former Amdocs Executives Form an Angel Investment Group
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Uncovering the next big thing. Tuesday, July 24, 2007. AfterDox - Former Amdocs Executives Form an Angel Investment Group. 43 former and present executives from Amdocs. The group of veterans plans to take active roles as mentors, board members and consultants, in order to help build the portfolio companies and raise additional rounds of investments, leveraging their experience and personal rolodex. VP Eli Gelman,. SVP Amir Goldstein (co-founder of Cellcom Israel Ltd. In addition, there are hundreds of no...
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Venture Capital Cafe: Goldman Sachs Invested $100M in Israeli Mobileye
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Uncovering the next big thing. Friday, October 26, 2007. Goldman Sachs Invested $100M in Israeli Mobileye. A Top100 Innovator according to Red Herring magazine. Develops vision systems to prevent imminent accidents by providing. Drivers with tools such as distance keeping between vehicles, dynamic cruise control and timely warnings in dangerous situations. Mobileye's main product is. Its EyeQ vision system. GS made the investment based on a $600M valuation. Expert in 3D vision and pattern recognition,.
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Venture Capital Cafe: Shai Agassi Reinvents the Gas Pump for All-Electirc Cars @ Better Place
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Uncovering the next big thing. Monday, October 29, 2007. Shai Agassi Reinvents the Gas Pump for All-Electirc Cars @ Better Place. After almost becoming the CEO of. Now aims to reinvent 'the pump' - for battery powered all-electric cars. With a $200M investment in his pocket, Shai Agassi. Is planning to build a network of battery-charging stations in the US, Europe and emerging markets with his new venture called ' Project Better Place. And heavy weight investors Edgar Bronfman Sr. And other electric-car ...
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Venture Capital Cafe: Halloween Roundup: Google's platform, EasyStart, Ideas08 and more
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Uncovering the next big thing. Wednesday, October 31, 2007. Halloween Roundup: Google's platform, EasyStart, Ideas08 and more. A few quick bytes of recent news that didn't get their own post on VC Cafe:. Open Social, Maka-Maka and Google's Attempt to Bite From the Facebook Pie. Marc Anderssen of Ning and blog.pmarca (highly recommended read) posted a great summary. And the web-based instant messaging platform Meebo.com. The New York Times. Open Social Screen Cast. Find more screencasts like this on.
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Venture Capital Cafe: The Grass Can Be Greener - Update on Clean Tech
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Uncovering the next big thing. Thursday, October 25, 2007. The Grass Can Be Greener - Update on Clean Tech. Earlier this month, Green Tech Media. Posted a great update by Meir Ukeles. Of Israel Cleantech Ventures. On the growing popularity of Israeli Green Tech companies. I summarized the main points from this report, but I recommend reading the full article. On October 30, Israel will host a cleantech conference. Cosponsored by the Cleantech Venture Network. Ernst and Young, Morrison and Foerster. Cross...
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Venture Capital Cafe: Yedda Means Knowledge (in Hebrew), And Knowledge Means Cash (for Yedda)
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Uncovering the next big thing. Monday, November 12, 2007. Yedda Means Knowledge (in Hebrew), And Knowledge Means Cash (for Yedda). Completed another acquisition of an Israeli start up. It started in 1998, when ICQ was sold for $406M, continued a week ago with the Quigo M&A. For $340M, and it is now the turn of Israel-based Yedda. Yedda-powered features and widgets. Questions on Yedda range from practical to not-safe for work type of questions. For example: I'm searching for copy of 1968 Italian film,...
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Venture Capital Cafe: Quigo, a serious alternative for Google's Ad-Sense, Preparing for IPO
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Uncovering the next big thing. Friday, June 29, 2007. Quigo, a serious alternative for Google's Ad-Sense, Preparing for IPO. The NYC and Israel based online contextual ad technology provider, is preparing for a Nasdaq IPO in early 2008. Quigo has raised $30 million from Institutional Venture Partners, at a company value of $250 million, as part of the preparations for the offering, it says. It closed a $5 million first round in 2004. By providing a real. To Google's ad product, Quigo has earned a place.
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