Israeli Internet company

ColNect

Company description: 

ColNect (collect + connect ==> colnect.com) is a comprehensive online solution for collectors of mass produced collectibles (stamps, notes, coins, baseball cards and so many more) revolutionizing their collecting experience by allowing them to manage their personal collection online and be a part of a designated community.
colnect.com provides a Web2.0 style (user contribution based) comprehensive collectibles database. Users can create their swap and wish lists using the database and easily coordinate a swap with other collectors whom they are unable to meet.

The database is expected to replace most printed catalogs by providing more up-to-date information.
colnect.com is a multilingual site and using translated versions of the site would allow users to swap collectibles with other collectors who don’t speak the same language.
colnect.com provides community services such as ratings (so you know who you can trust), friends (to keep in touch with), forums, and news.

PorTool

Company description: 

PorTool develops a platform that enables the user to transform any Internet material into a perfect message. With PorTool, the user focuses only on the relevant information on the web page, while keeping the entire web page. PorTool is based on technology which allows everyone to mark everywhere on every web page and share the marks automatically via every major technology.

Portool was founded in 6/2007 by Dr. Lev Goldentouch.

 

Shvoong.com

Company description: 

The goal of Shvoong is to summarize all that has been written throughout human history in the areas of literature, scientific research, and popular culture thus providing readers the essence of human knowledge. All the content is written by users, citizens of the world, who not only enjoy sharing their knowledge with everyone, but also earn royalties for their work. The site has no pretension of replacing the real thing - whether books, magazines, or studies - with abstracts, but rather serve as a tool that helps you swim in the sea of information and separate the chaff from the wheat.

Management:

  • Avner Avrahami (Founder) – Avner has previously worked at the Israeli daily newspaper Ha’aretz as both a journalist and editor. Along with is responsibilities at Shvoong, Avner continues to write a weekly column about family relations
  • Eyal Rivlin (CEO) – Eyal was previously COO of Cassava Enterprises and held a number of managerial positions for Internet companies in Israel and abroad.

The company is privately owned and fully funded by Avi Shaked, founder and main shareholder of 888.com.

TripTouch

Company description: 

TripTouch provides a personalized location based travel homepage which lets travellers on the road be in touch by accessing all the knowledge and services they need (with no need for the user to make any customization when changing locations), enabling communities based on mutual location and interests. The company uses smart aggregation of relevant content from travel and local sites.

TripTouch was founded in 2007 by Gil Ruda and Ron Mertens.

As a service for travellers, TripTouch maintains a worlwide Internet Cafe directory.

Kasamba- Expert Advice

Company description: 
Kasamba is a place where 30,000 skilled professionals are ready to give immediate advice or assistance on any conceivable topic, live via chat or email.

eSnips

Company description: 

eSnips is a social content-sharing site, where one can publish and share any media type. There is unlimited flexibility in choosing what to share, and with whom, in 1GB of free space.

eSnips

Yedda- People Sharing Knowledge

Company description: 

Yedda - Connecting people looking for knowledge with people who have the knowledge. An Israeli questions- answers site.

Yedda

IncrediMail

Company description: 

IncrediMail Ltd. is a global leader in email solutions focused on enhancing traditional email communication.

IncrediMail designs, develops and markets an integrated suite of email software products that creates an entertaining email experience by offering users the ability to design a customized and personal presentation.

IncrediMail has completed an public offering on the NASDAQ Capital Market.
On January 31, 2006, the company began trading on NASDAQ.

IncrediMail's NASDAQ symbol is MAIL.

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Dapper

Company description: 

Dapper was founded by Eran Shir and Jon Aizen in late 2005, Dapper aims to make it easy and possible for anyone to extract and reuse content from any website.

Dapper's web site