Venture Capital

20 stories about Venture Capital
אורן בר און 28.4.20

Startups Urgently Need to Be Put on Life Support

03.05.20|Oren Bar-On
To secure the industry’s future, along with its contribution to the state’s economy, the Israeli government must set up a fund dedicated to young companies that are completely dependent on venture capital funding
סיגלית שיחת ועידה בנק הפועלים

Covid-19 Crisis Will Bring Seed Investments Down, Says Grove Ventures Partner

19.04.20|Naomi Zoreff
Sigalit Klimovsky, a partner at Israel-based venture capital firm Grove Ventures, spoke Sunday at Conference Call, Calcalist’s online convention on tech in the coronavirus era
עו"ד ליאור אבירם שותף מנהל בשבלת

The Real Pains of the Tech Sector Are Yet to Come, Says Senior Shibolet Partner

08.04.20|Meir Orbach
Lior Aviram who heads the tech practice at Israeli law firm Shibolet says the Covid-19 crisis caught the entire industry unprepared
קומרה מימין ארז שחר בועז דינטי ו סיון שמרי דהן

Late Stage VC Qumra Presents Annual 10 Promising Israeli Startups List

02.04.20|Hagar Ravet
This will be a challenging year, but extraordinary companies will find a way to continue to grow and develop, according to Qumra partner Sivan Shamri Dahan
מימין מנכ"ל חממת נילסן אינובייט דב ירקוני מנכ"לית לאומי טק יפעת אורון

Over Half of VCs Have Stopped or Cut Down Investments, Survey Finds

26.03.20|Meir Orbach
A survey of 131 venture capital funds conducted by Israeli startup Wizer shows that 25% intend to completely stop investments and another 32% will reduce spending
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More Capital Than Venture: Israel’s Tech Companies Under Covid-19’s Shadow

18.03.20|Meir Orbach and Hagar Ravet
Industry veterans are preparing for uncertain times but are also seeing opportunities—to reduce inflated valuations, birth new domains, and adopt more efficient models and methods
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Spanish-Israeli Venture Fund Cardumen Capital Raises $60 Million in Commitments

12.03.20|Amarelle Wenkert
Cardumen focuses on early stage deep tech startups. The fund is led by former Samsung Ventures investors Gonzalo Martinez de Azagra and Roy Gottlieb
קומרה מימין ארז שחר בועז דינטי ו סיון שמרי דהן

In Israel, Just 8% of VC Investing Partners Are Female, Data Shows

11.03.20|Hagar Ravet
Sivan Shamri Dahan, general partner at Tel Aviv-based venture capital firm Qumra, thinks VC funds need to take a more proactive approach towards diversity
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The World Needs More Female Investors

08.03.20|Efrat Shuster
From greater diversity to an emphasis on impact technologies, women who invest can potentially transform the tech industry for the better
גד חולדאי קרן פיטנגו

Pitango Venture Capital Appoints Gad Huldai as Partner

01.03.20|Meir Orbach
Huldai, who served as a venture partner at Pitango for the last three years, will join the firm’s early stage fund
קנאביס רפואי מריחואנה כנס כלכליסט

Cannabis May Be Stalled, but Cannabis Tech Is Racing Forward

23.02.20|Sophie Shulman
2019 may have temporarily halted the growth of the global cannabis sector, but the shockwave impacted public companies more than the technology itself
דב מורן מייסד גרוב ונצרס ממציא ה דיסק און קי

Venture Capital Firm Grove Raises $120 Million in Commitments for Second Fund

18.02.20|Meir Orbach
Grove has already made two investments from its second fund that will be announced in the upcoming months
סיטי סיטי גרופ סיטיבנק Citi

Citi’s Most Promising Israeli Fintech Startups for 2020

16.02.20|Elihay Vidal
Citi accelerator, together with collaborators Israeli Discount bank, Intuit, and Visa published a list of Israel's most promising fintech startups
מימין אורן יונגר סגן נשיא ו גלן סולומון מנכ"ל משותף GGV Capital

An Alibaba Early Backer Looks to Israel

11.02.20|Meir Orbach
GGV Capital manages some $6 billion in assets across seven funds, counting Airbnb, Slack, Grab, and Houzz among its portfolio companies. To entice Israeli startups to hop on its bandwagon, the fund has sent over two of its leading executives
ג'ף הורינג מייסד ושותף מנהל ב קרן אינסייט האמריקאית

Israelis Need to Avoid Hype, Focus on Building Good Companies, Says Insight Co-Founder

11.02.20|Hagar Ravet
Jeff Horing, co-founder and managing partner at Insight Venture Partners, led the fund’s investment in Israeli website building company Wix.com Ltd. in 2011, and has been behind the fund’s recent increased interest in Israel
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How Will Israel Fare When the Nasdaq Jet Finally Runs out of Fuel

05.02.20|Sophie Shulman
Wall Street just had its strongest decade of gains. Should it crash, would the tech-dependent Israeli economy survive unscathed?
אמיר אורעד מנכ"ל Sisense ועידת ניו יורק 2019

Sisense In the Process of Raising a $100 Million Round Led by Insight Partners

09.01.20|Golan Hazani
The round is being raised according to a company valuation of $1.1 billion; Insight Partners has been making headlines this week with a series of deals involving Israeli companies
כנס כלכליסט ניו יורק גף הורינג

Insight Partners in Negotiations for Senior Israeli Venture Fund Gemini V

09.01.20|Meir Orbach
Earlier this week, the New York venture firm confirmed that it had acquired Israeli IoT security startup Armis for $1.1 billion
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Veteran VCs Vanished Because They Got in the Way of Entrepreneurs, Says Fiverr CEO

01.01.20|Elihay Vidal
Micha Kaufman spoke Monday at a conference on trends and forecasts in Israeli venture capital
ועידת התחזיות 31.12.19 אורן זאב משקיע

I Hope 2020 Is a Year of Recalculation, Not Collapse, Says Oren Zeev

31.12.19|Tomer Hadar
The Israeli angel investor spoke Tuesday at Calcalist’s Forecasts 2020 conference in Tel Aviv