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Zlango’s Second Round Will Fund Global Expansion

Benchmark Capital led the $3 million round of investment in Zlango, an Israeli start up developing graphic icons for text messaging. This is the second round of financing for Zlango, who has raised $16.5 to date. Previous investors include Benchmark, ...

From EZE VIDRA, Venture Capital Cafe,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Benchmark Capital,  LinkedIn Corp,  Telecom Italia

Qlipso Real-Time Flash Content Sharing Client

Today, in order to share a video or a slideshow with friends, users have to copy a link and either post it on a social network or paste in an email. The sender has no idea on whether his contacts actually consumed the content, nor can he tell what was ...

From EZE VIDRA, Venture Capital Cafe,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Myspace,  TechCrunch

Bitesize Wednesday: Exits and Layoffs

Riverbed is looking to develop its WAN optimisation product line by buying its competitor, Expand Networks. The Israeli Globes media outlet reports that advanced negotiations are under way, although neither company would comment. Motorola Inc. on ...

From EZE VIDRA, Venture Capital Cafe,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Motorola, Inc.,  Wall Street Journal

Boxee Set Up Box On Its Way

In the NewTeeVee Live conference held in San Francisco last week, Avner Ronen, Boxee’s CEO, announced that the company is planning to unveil its new hardware product, the Boxee set up box slated for release in 2010. According to a recent post on the ...

From EZE VIDRA, Venture Capital Cafe,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Boxee

Finding Similar Content on the Web (Guest Post by Or Offer)

As the Web changes and gets bigger, finding relevant and interesting content becomes harder. Trying to solve that problem, Microsoft recently added a new function to IE8, a suggested sites feature. That is a great tool to discover more sites to visit, ...

From EZE VIDRA, Venture Capital Cafe,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Google Inc.,  eBay Inc.,  Wikipedia,  Facebook Inc.

Invest in Israel Newsletter: October 2009 Edition

“Siemens and Solel are a perfect match. Solel enriches Siemens’ capacities… Israeli companies are very successful, backed by years of experience, development and production of field equipment for the creation of solar energy,” – Peter Loescher, ...

From EZE VIDRA, Venture Capital Cafe,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: International Monetary Fund,  NASA,  Pfizer Inc.,  Venkatraman Ramakrishnan,  UNESCO

Event: Israel and the Global Economic Crisis

On Sunday November 15th, Said Business School at Oxford University is hosting a one day conference  focusing on the impact of the Global economic crisis on Israel. It is a good opportunity to hear and meet prominent speakers: Prof. Zvi Eckstein: Deputy ...

From EZE VIDRA, Venture Capital Cafe,  10 Nov 2009

JVP Media Studio Invests Seed Round in Navajo Systems

JVP Media Studio, the incubator fund of Jerusalem Venture Partners, has announced an undisclosed seed round in Navajo Systems. The Israeli start up develops unique data encryption systems for cloud computing and SaaS applications. Navajo targets ...

From EZE VIDRA, Venture Capital Cafe,  10 Nov 2009

Outbrain’s New Outloud, A Powerful Paid Recirculation Tool (CEO Interview)

If you are a blog reader or publisher, I’m sure you’ve seen and interacted with Outbrain’s products. Founded in 2005 by Ori Lahav and Yaron Galai, Outbrain began by offering 5 start voting widgets to blogs. Next, Outbrain started offering related ...

From EZE VIDRA, Venture Capital Cafe,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: USA Today,  America Online

Connect With Members of VC Cafe… On Twitter

Now you have an opportunity to connect with fellow entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, industry professionals, developers and potential partners, using the new, shiny, Twitter Lists. We have created different lists to satisfy your ...

From EZE VIDRA, Venture Capital Cafe,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc

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