Angels

Jinni raises 1M$ from Startup Factory

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Jinni 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$

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Libox, a stealth "consumer-product" startup has raised over 1M$ from Evergreen, Partam and Eilon Tirosh.

Read more here (TheMarker, hebrew) 


SeeToo (chat-and-video), backed by Yossi Vardi is now in limited beta

SeeToo is now in limited beta. Techcrunch reports that they raised 1M$, with Yossi Vardi leading the round. SeeToo allows users to view a video together and chat.

Read more here (Techcrunch)


US-based Zitleman group to invest 20M$ in Isareli startups

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Zitleman group has allocated around 20M$ to invest in Israeli startups, cooperating with Glenrock VC. They will invest in Round-A and later stages, but only about 100K$ in each company. They have already made several investments in Israel, and say they do no limit themselves to any field or company type.

Read more here (TheMarker, Hebrew) 


Yossi Vardi and Shlomo Nehama invests in Allofme

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Allofme will enable users to create a "life-album" from their photos, videos, text - and basically all their "digital" stuff. The album will show a "timeline" or journal with all the information.

Allofme, based in Tel-Aviv, has 8 employees, and plans to launch their beta soon. They will also start a new financing round.

Read more here (TheMarker, hebrew) 


EMB Capital - a new fund to invest in internet/cellular content companies

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EMB capital is a new fund (or really an angel club) that wants to invest in content companies (internet/cellular). They will invest in 3-4 companies a year, no more than 1M$ per company.

Read more here (Globes, hebrew) 


Yossi Vardi and Shlomo Nehama invests in Linqee

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Yossi Vardi and Shlomo Nehama invests in Linqee, which will build a new web video application. Linqee was founded 9 months ago by Alon Hochberg, and has 5 employees. They say they have enough money and do not plan to raise any more.

Read more here (TheMarker, hebrew) 


AfterDox - new 'angel club' will invest in internet startups

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AfterDox, a new group of 40 private investors has raised several million dollars and will invest in internet companies, IT and telecom. They want to invest several thousand dollars in each company, and to help the company raise a larger round

Read more here (Globes, hebrew) 


TripTouch Raises Seed Investment and Getting Ready for Launch

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TripTouch announces its first investment from a group of private investors, lead by a leading high-tech angel investor.

TripTouch is a new Web travel company targeting a neglected segment: independent travellers during their trip.


Yossi Vardi invests in YouFig

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Yossi Vardi makes another web 2.0 investment - in YouFig. YouFig is a new startup, apparantly in the user-generated-content market. They aim to penetrate the US market soon, and will require more investment

Read more here (TheMarker, Israel) 


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