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Israel in the lead of drone innovation

http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2015/04/29/data-storage-startup-infinidat-raises-150-million-at-1-2-billion-valuation/

Data Storage Startup Infinidat Raises $150 Million at $1.2 Billion Valuation The round was led by TPG Growth and takes total funding to $230 million.

Israeli startup Via Transportation raised $27M in a Series B round led by Israel’s Pitango Venture Capital, the round also had participation from Hearst Ventures and Roman Abramovich’s Ervington Investments. Previous investor 83North, formerly known as Greylock Israel, also invested.

Via, which was launched in September 2013, has remained relatively under the radar, growing mainly by word of mouth.

Via Raises $27M For Its Flat-Rate $5 Urban Carpool-Style Ride Sharing Service While Uber's growth has taken the company into many categories of transportation, from simple car services for individuals through to courier deliveries, a..

Alibaba invests tens of millions dollars as LP in Israeli VC fund JVP

Alibaba investing in Israeli venture capital firm JVP - Globes English The investment will be in the tens of millions of dollars.

PayPal acquired Israeli startup CyActive for $60M. The startup was founded in 2013 and raised $2M only.

FinSMEs | PayPal acquired CyActive FinSMEs is the Flash NewsBlog about Startup and SME financing. It covers seed/angel funding, venture capital and private equity rounds.

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Интернет бум 2014 года В первом квартале 2014 года 160 израильских хай-тек компаний привлекли 673 Миллионов долларов. И хотя это на 16% меньше, чем в предыдущем квар тале ($801М), эта цифра указывает на значительный рост инвестиций по сравнению с предыдущим годом. При этом…

Stratasys, the world’s largest 3-D printer company, is now officially based in Israel. So what does this mean for the future of 3D Printing...

What the Stratasys, Objet & MakerBot Merger Means for the Future of 3D Printing As we announced earlier, Stratasys, like the objects coming out of their print nozzles, has acquired their own third dimension. Last year, the manufacturer of industrial 3D printers married up, merging with Objet and their super-high-end machines (we looked at a 16-micron-capable unit here); it's ju...

Israeli Hi-tech Exits Boom - almost $5B in total from January to August 2013.

IVC Research Center (http://www.ivc-online.com) reports on exits of Israeli companies that amount to $4.9 billion in total in first 8 months of 2013.

Few exits of over $400M each + many exits of over $100M each

International investors notice numerous deals that generated exponential ROI. More and more investments to be injected in Israeli hi-tech companies...

VentureBurn magazine ranks Tel-Aviv as Top Startup Ecosystem

VentureBurn, the online magazine dedicated to the global venture capital community recently published a list of the top 20 startup ecosystems worldwide. Israel placed # 2 just behind Silicon Valley and ahead of Los Angeles ( #3), Seattle ( #4), New York ( #5), Boston ( #6), Singapore ( #17) and Bangalore ( #19).

The research was conducted by Intuit and was based on parameters which included startup output, funding, performance, entrepreneurial mindset, trendsetting, support, talent and differentiation.

The authors explained Tel Aviv’s high ranking, writing that “Given major acquisitions like the billion-dollar Waze, which sold recently to Google, clearly Israel’s second biggest city has got the gumption for start-ups.”

Invest in Israel Newsletter - August 2013 Edition As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful to...

$800M to $1B deal - IBM buys Israeli startup Trusteer

IBM Buys Israel/US Cybersecurity Specialist Trusteer For Between $800M-$1B | TechCrunch Another exit for an Israeli enterprise startup and a deeper move into Israel by one of the world's tech titans: IBM today announced the acquisition of Trusteer, a specialist in cybersecurity primarily for financial services. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed but Israeli financial pape..

$200M acquisition of Israeli startup Jumptap

Millennial Media To Acquire Mobile Ad Company Jumptap For $200M+ In Millennial Stock | TechCrunch Millennial Media just announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Jumptap, a deal that brings together two well-known mobile ad companies. The acquisition press release describes the deal as "a predominantly stock transaction," with Jumptap shareholders to receive 24.6 milli..