StartupIsrael News:
Event: MIT Forum- Internet Workshop
Submitted by gil on May 4, 2008 - 10:12.The event will take place in May 6th, 10:00 , Room 405, Recanati Building, Tel Aviv University .
Main topics: Traffic and Advertising, Arbitrage and Content, Business Models, Company Presentations.
Speakers:
Yaron Galai, Founder & CEO, Quigo, Outbrain
Avichay Nissenbaum, Founder & CEO, Yedda
Alon Atsmon, Founder & CEO , Picitup
Saar Wilf, Co-Founder & CEO, FraudSciences
Oren Rosen, Founder, GStock
Sounds really interesting, and there's a chance for 1-2 startups to be invited to present their business idea to the event participants, and receive feedback from the speakers. (For details on this option please call Yuval Rotstein, on 03.6405608).
Jinni raises 1M$ from Startup Factory
Submitted by ron on May 1, 2008 - 12:23. Angels | Fund raisingJinni raised their first seed investment - 1M$ from Startup Factory. Jinni develops a personalized recommendation engine for movies and TV shows, and also allows users to "consume" the content via the TV or the computer (not sure what that means really).
Read more here (TheMarker, hebrew)
Libox (Erez Philosoph's stealth startup) raised over 1M$
Submitted by ron on April 9, 2008 - 15:15. Angels | Fund raising | Venture CapitalLibox, a stealth "consumer-product" startup has raised over 1M$ from Evergreen, Partam and Eilon Tirosh.
Read more here (TheMarker, hebrew)
Kenshoo raises a "few million dollars" from Arts Alliance
Submitted by ron on April 9, 2008 - 06:24. Fund raising | Venture CapitalKenshoo just raised a few million dollars from european VC Arts Alliance. Kenshoo developed a system that manages advertisement campaigns over several networks at the same time.
Read more here (TheMarker, hebrew)
Globes: Israeli VCs "ready for the slump" with over 2 Billion dollars
Submitted by ron on April 9, 2008 - 06:17. Venture CapitalGlobes reports that the Israeli VCs are"ready for the slump", with over 2 Billion dollars ready for investments.
Read more here (Globes, hebrew)
Kontera signed agreements with Microsoft and LinkedIn
Submitted by ron on April 9, 2008 - 06:13.Kontera announced today that it signed an agreement with Microsoft and LinkedIn to use thier technology in their contextual advertisements. Kontera will display ads in LinkedIn from Microsoft's sites. Kontera's system is quite similiar to AdSense - it's all about contextual ads.
Read more here (Globes, hebrew)
Under the Radar Conference
Submitted by gil on April 5, 2008 - 18:05.Under the Radar is a conference in Silicon Valley that showcase 32 global tech startups that have launched within the year.
They are looking for companies that aren’t from the valley.
They've had excellent companies from Ireland, London, Barcelona, Israel, Canada and more.
Now they are “calling for companies” for the Under the Radar conference on June 3rd at the Microsoft campus in Mountain View, Ca.
Actus-Imago raised 1M$
Submitted by ron on March 27, 2008 - 07:34. Fund raisingActus-Imago raised 1M$ from private investors using Rimon Capital investment bank. Actus-Imago is into Internet digital media systems, focusing on search for video content.
Read more here (TheMarker, hebrew)
WebCollage raises 10M$
Submitted by ron on March 27, 2008 - 07:29. Fund raising | Venture CapitalWebCollage (software solution for eCommerce) raised 10M$ from Greylock VC, and existing investors Gilde, Sierra and Ceedar.
Read more here (TheMarker, hebrew)
FixYa raises 6M$
Submitted by ron on March 19, 2008 - 05:51. Fund raising | Venture CapitalFixya announced a $6 million B round from existing investors Mayfield and Pitango. Techcrunch reports that the site has been growing at a respectable clip. In the U.S., comScore measured 1.5 million unique visitors in February, up 107 percent from the year before (see chart below). Worldwide, comScore estimates 3.7 million unique visitors in January (the company claims 6 million uniques).