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Nazareth-Based Fund For Arab-Israeli Startups Raises $10M
A new Nazareth-based VC, called FBF (For Better Future), has announced that it has raised $10 million, which it intends on investing in Arab-owned startups in Israel. FBF’s founder, Mussa Naim told...
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Hutchison Water Acquires Kinrot Ventures
Chinese-owned company Hutchison Water has announced the acquisition of Kinrot Ventures, a technological incubator founded in 1993 in Israel, as part of the Israeli Incubator Program. Kinrot is a...
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Israeli Idomoo Wins Target Video Challenge At Ad:tech NY
Idomoo, an Israeli company which develops platforms for mass-scale customer communication via personalized video, has won the Target Social Video & TV Challenge at this year’s ad:tech New York...
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Google Inaugurates New Startup Campus In Tel Aviv
Online search and advertising giant Google has opened a Startup Campus in Tel Aviv. The company describes the campus as a “one-floor event & community space and pre-accelerator program.” Google...
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British PM Cameron Announces ‘Tech Envoy To Israel’
Prime-minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron has announced that he intends to encourage cooperation between Britain and Israel in the field of high tech. Cameron made the announcement during the...
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Israeli Startups To Compete In Innotribe For The First Time
Innotribe, a competition between startups involved in financial technology, will launch in Tel Aviv early January. Although this will be the third year in which the competition, sponsored by the...
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Singaporean Spring Capital Eyes Israeli Startups For Investment
Spring Capital, a VC owned by the Singaporean government, which manages $150 million, is looking to invest in Israeli startups. Israeli financial magazine Globes reports that the VC is in talks with...
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Israel Is One Of Three Focus Regions For New Samsung Investment Fund
Korean electronics giant Samsung has announced that its new $100 million seed-investment fund will focus on three regions: Silicon Valley, Massachusetts and Israel. In addition, the Korean company...
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MassChallenge Accelerator Sets Up Shop In Israel
American accelerator program MassChallenge is setting up shop in Israel. The accelerator, which was founded in Boston in 2010, is a nonprofit organization supported by Kraft, Verizon, Fidelity...
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JANVEST Technologies Raises $5M For Israel-Focused Angel Fund
JANVEST Technologies announces the closing of its $5 million Angel fund to be invested in 10-12 early stage Israeli technology start-ups, of which seven have already been selected. The fund will...
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IVC: Israeli Companies Raised $474M In Q1 Of 2013
Israeli high tech and venture capital database IVC reports that Israeli companies have raised an overall amount of $474 million in the first quarter of 2013. The amount is two percent lower than funds...
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eBay Is Setting Up Startup Incubator In Israel
Online retail giant eBay is setting up an incubator in Israel. Calcalist reports that the incubator, to be built at the company’s Israeli headquarters in Netanya, will focus on startups dealing with...
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Video Creation Platform Idomoo Raises $9M
Israeli startup Idomoo, which developed a platform for easily creating personalized videos for companies, has closed a $9 million financing round, led by Marker. TechCrunch reports that Idomoo’s...
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Canaan Partners To Invest $60M In Israeli Startups
American VC Canaan Partners is setting up a fund for investing in Israeli startups. Calcalist reports that funds for the $60 million fund will be raised over the next few months. Canaan excutives,...
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Citi To Open Accelerator For Financial Startups In Israel
International financial giant Citi has announced that it is opening an accelerator program in Israel for startups developing financial technology. The accelerator, Citi’s first in Israel, will operate...
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Tel Aviv 2nd Best Place In The World For Startups
The Boston Globe, one of the most influential newspapers in the US has ranked the best places in the world for opening a startup. Topping the list is the Silicon Valley in California and Tel Aviv is...
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Online Guidance System ‘WalkMe’ Raises Over $1M
WalkMe, a Tel Aviv based startup that provides online step-by-step guidance systems, announced that it has received funding from Mangrove Capital Partners. The amount of funding remained undisclosed...
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Supermodel Bar Refaeli Invests In MyCheck
Israeli Supermodel Bar Refaeli has invested in MyCheck, an Israeli company that develops smartphone payment apps. MyCheck developed an app that doesn’t require a chip embedded in the smartphone in...
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Intigua Wins First Place In The “New Tech” Category At VMworld 2012
Israeli startup company Intigua, which develops virtualization technology, has won first place in the “new technology” category at the international cloud and virtualization conference VMworld 2012....
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Palestinian Startup Yamsafer Is First Ever To Get VC Funding
Yamsafer, a website designed for Arab speaking tourists planning to visit the Middle East and northern Africa, is the first ever Palestinian startup to receive VC funding. The investment came from...
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