Venture Capital
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)
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 $6 million B round from existing investors Mayfield and Pitango. Techcrunch reports that the site has been growing at a respectable clip. In the U.S., comScore measured 1.5 million unique visitors in February, up 107 percent from the year before (see chart below). Worldwide, comScore estimates 3.7 million unique visitors in January (the company claims 6 million uniques).
Gigya raises 9.5M$ led by US fund MayField
Submitted by ron on March 11, 2008 - 08:55. Fund raising | Venture CapitalGigya, who's into monetizing and advertisement in social media, raised 9.5M$ led by US VC MayField and other Israeli VCs.
Read more here (Globes, hebrew)
Outbrain raises 5M$ from Gemini and Lightspeed
Submitted by ron on February 26, 2008 - 06:15. Fund raising | Venture CapitalOutbrain (an LGI-Lab backed company) got more support from Gemini and lightspeed - a 5M$ round A investment. Outbrain allows bloggers to add a "rating" system feature to their blogs.
Read more here (Ouriel Ohayon's blog)
Carmel Ventures finished raising 235M$ for their third fund
Submitted by ron on February 5, 2008 - 06:46. Venture CapitalCarmel ventures have finished raising 235M$ for the new fund. They will continue their previous investment focus, investing in late-stage companies, including Internet ones.
Read more here (TheMarker, hebrew)
SemantiNet raised 1.7M$
Submitted by ron on January 23, 2008 - 06:16. Fund raising | Venture CapitalSemantiNet (developing some search-related technology) has just raised 1.7M$ from Giza. They claim to 'bring content to the user' which is better than having the user actively search for content, and also make a personalized product. Previous investors include Jeff Pulver and Yossi Vardi.
Read more here (Globes, hebrew)
Also here (Israel Digital News)
Pudding media raised 8M$
Submitted by ron on January 6, 2008 - 07:03. Fund raising | Venture Capital