Three best-in-class startups from Microsoft's Israel accelerator program are traveling around the U.S. seeking investment and business connections.
It's a good day for European and Israeli startups seeking funding, as Accel Partners announced a new $475 million fund today for early-stage tech companies.
Battery Ventures has closed its tenth fund to support companies of all shapes and sizes, as well as a side fund dedicated to later stage growth and buyouts.
Facebook might have almost fully penetrated core markets such as the U.S. and Europe, two regions in which the world's largest social network's growth is slowing. But there's still plenty of room to grow in the MENA regions: the Middle East and North Africa countries.
Just as the ceasefire was being signed and the rockets and planes stopped flying, all digital hell broke loose online as electronic hacking attacks exploded 2500 percent.
Everything.me raises $25 million to make smart phones "dynamic" by presenting apps you may need in real-time.
With an apparent dearth of customers, the highly-hyped and hugely-capitalized electric car startup Better Place is shuffling its management in pursuit of a more effective business strategy.
The Israeli Defense Force has, in the most egregious display of death-worshipping idiocy I've ever seen, gamified its war blog, giving visitors badges and points for tweeting, sharing, and otherwise spreading the word about Israel's war on terror.
Yes, it has come to that. Our real-time world of real-time media now includes real-time war.
Guest Post Not only does Israel have the highest density of tech startups in the world, but these startups attract more venture capital per person than any other country -- 2.5 times more than the United States.
The fund is part of a larger effort by the venture firm to raise $1 billion for a number of new funds that stretch across many continents.
Israeli startup Cortica raised $7 million in a second round of funding. The investment was led by Horizons Ventures, not to be confused with Silicon Valley’s Horizon Ventures. Horizons Ventures (mind the “s”) is owned by the Hong Kong billionaire …
Since its April launch at VentureBeat’s DEMO Spring conference, mobile app development company UppSite has raised $2.1 million, bringing its total funding to date to $2.7 million.
UppSite is an Israeli company that provides a one-stop shop for web publishers …
While security researchers have uncovered many things about the Flame malware, one big question has remained unresolved: Who created it?
They might not be surprised by the answer. According to anonymous Western officials, Flame was the work of the governments …
It’s been rumored for some time that the Stuxnet virus, which attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities in 2010 before escaping and wreaking havoc on the public Web, was a joint effort between the U.S. and Israel. But, aside from security firm …
Two of the leading players in the 3D printing market have merged, with Stratasys and Objet Ltd. joining forces in a $1.4 billion deal, the two companies announced this morning.
The transaction between the two will position the newly combined …
Here are the 35 startups that presented at the recent Israel Innovation Marathon event in Tel Aviv.
Israel is a fun country, because it shows strength in a variety of markets — from chips, to security, to web development. The …
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Israel’s start up economy is hotter than ever. But a question haunts entrepreneurs there: Why are Israeli start-up hits generally so small? Where is their version of Instagram, the Silicon Valley-based photo-sharing company that Facebook just bought for $1 billion …
I’ll be traveling to Tel Aviv next week, and I’m looking to meet with entrepreneurs.
I’m setting up meetings during my stay at the Israel Innovation Marathon event on March 27 and 28, and have arranged for several half-hour slots …
Microsoft has launched its first-ever startup accelerator at its Israel R&D Center, with an expressed purpose of helping young cloud-focused companies.
The Windows Azure Accelerator, which was first reported by TechCrunch, will provide space and mentoring like a normal accelerator, …
