Venture Capital

20 stories about Venture Capital
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To Reach Unicorn Status, Some Companies Make Great Compromises, Says Oren Zeev

04.10.19|Meir Orbach
In an interview with Calcalist, leading angel investor Oren Zeev talks about his investment approach and the end of the extreme valuations bubble
תל אביב רמת גן מבט על מלמעלה

Israeli Tech Continues to Draw Investors

24.09.19|Sophie Shulman
2019 has seen median and average deal sizes increase in comparison to 2018, which has seen more venture capital funding raised than any other year in the past decade
צוות קרן סקיי

SKY Private Equity Acquires Aztek Technologies

22.09.19|Hagar Ravet
Israel-based Aztek offers cloud environment planning and implementation as well as software license agreement management for enterprise customers
ועידת לונדון איזי וידרה antidote

Tel Aviv-Based Media-Tech Fund Remagine Raises $31 Million

15.09.19|Meir Orbach
In September 2018, London-headquartered media and telecommunications company Sky announced a $4 million commitment to the fund
מימין ברק רבינוביץ' גוני סאקס

Tel Aviv Venture Capital Firm F2 Capital Raises Second, $75 Million Fund

27.08.19|Meir Orbach
F2 has already raised $55 million in commitments for the new fund, according to a Monday filing
סקוט בריידי אינוביישן אנדברס הון סיכון

Funding Is on the Rise, and With It, Expectations

15.08.19|Hagar Ravet
Israel is experiencing the summer of gigantic funding rounds. What does it mean about the local tech ecosystem?
רועי קתמור מ חברת Ensilo

Cybersecurity Startup EnSilo Raises $23 Million

11.07.19|Meir Orbach
EnSilo’s cybersecurity tools are designed to combine antivirus and post-attack data protection to lower risk of data theft or ransom, even when the system is compromised
תל אביב מבט מעל זירת הנדלן

Tech Exits Nearly Doubled in Valuation in First Half of 2019, Report Says

04.07.19|Hagar Ravet
Despite a year-over-year drop in the number of deals from 73 to 66, the total sum of deals jumped from $6.49 billion in the first half of 2018 to $14.48 billion—$7.58 if omitting the yet to be completed Mellanox-Nvidia acquisition
מנהטן ניו יורק

In 2018, Israel-Linked Companies in New York Generated $18.6 Billion in Revenue

30.06.19|Adi Pick
From 2009 to 2018, 436 Israeli-founded companies opened and maintained offices in New York State, according to a new report by the New York–Israel Business Alliance
מוסף שבועי 18.2.16 בשר מתכנתים כיתת סייבר ב תיכון אוהל שם רמת גן

With Tech Talent Too Expensive, Israeli Startups Look to High School

28.06.19|Sophie Shulman
The ever-increasing demand for tech talent in Israel—and the continuous rise in salaries that inevitably follows—is pushing startups to look for creative solutions for their human resource woes
ועידת לונדון גיא הורוביץ דויטשה טלקום

Deutsche Telekom Raises $350 Million Fund

25.06.19|Meir Orbach
DTCP, the telecommunications provider’s investment fund, is one of the most active investors in Israel tech and has two Israeli partners
העיר תל אביב זירת הנדל"ן

Corporate Funds Are Taking Over Israel's Startup Scene

19.06.19|Hagar Ravet
Israel has seen a record $7.5 billion invested in startups in 2018. Unlike previous years, corporate venture arms played a role in almost half of the year’s deals
ארז שחר קומרה קפיטל כנס משקיעים 2019

Israeli Companies Can Scale Up Because Market Changed Dramatically, Says Qumra Capital's Erez Shachar

18.06.19|Adi Pick
Venture capitalist Erez Shachar, partner at Qumra Capital, spoke Tuesday at Calcalist's investors' event It Tech Two to Tango, held in Tel Aviv
חנן ברנד cornerstone venture partners כנס משקיעים 2019

Startup Nation? Israel Is Set to Become an R&D Nation, Says Venture Capitalist

18.06.19|Adi Pick
Hanan Brand, partner at Cornerstone Venture Partners, spoke Tuesday at Calcalist's investors' event It Tech Two to Tango in Tel Aviv
עומר כביר בשיחה עם אהרון מנקובסקי פיטנגו כנס משקיעים 2019

Company Culture Matters Just as Much as the Technology, Says Venture Capitalist

18.06.19|Lilach Baumer
Aaron Mankovski, a managing general partner at Pitango Venture Capital, spoke Tuesday at Calcalist’s investor event It Tech Two to Tango
רותי אדר סמסונג אלקטרוניקס כנס משקיעים 2019

Venture Capital Is a People Business, Says Samsung Investment Director

18.06.19|Tofi Stoler
Rutie Adar, a director at Samsung, spoke at a panel Tuesday with Intel Capital investment director Yair Shoham and Justine Zwerling, head of primary markets Israel at the London Stock Exchange, as part of Calcalist’s investor event in Tel Aviv
סופי שולמן בשיחה עם מייקל אייזנברג מ קרן אלף כנס משקיעים 2019

Investors Should Back Entrepreneurs Who Are Willing to Learn, Says Venture Capitalist

18.06.19|Tofi Stoler
Aleph Venture Capital Managing Partner Michael Eisenberg spoke Tuesday at Calcalist's investors' event It Tech Two to Tango, held in Tel Aviv
מאיר אורבך בשיחה עם אדם פישר שותף bessamer venture partners כנס משקיעים 2019

Despite U.S. Trade War, Chinese Money Still Critical to Israeli Tech, Says Venture Capitalist Adam Fisher

18.06.19|Adi Pick
Venture capitalist Adam Fisher, partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, spoke Tuesday at Calcalist's investors' event It Tech Two to Tango, held in Tel Aviv
ספנסר מוהן קרן Finistere

Venture Capital Firm Finistere Is Committed to Israel, Says Founding Partner

11.06.19|Omer Kabir
On Tuesday, the San Diego-Based VC, along with several local partners, won a government tender for the establishment of a foodtech startup hub in Israel’s northern Galilee region
קרן NFX גיגי לוי פיט פלינט ג'יימס קורייר

NFX Raises Second, $275 Million Fund

22.05.19|Meir Orbach
NFX's first fund, closed with commitments of $175 million in October 2017, has yet to see an exit but some of its more mature startups already raised hundreds of millions of dollars