In February the Israel Web Tour rolls into Silicon Valley. Ninety Israeli startups applied to join the tour, and fifteen of them were selected to attend. The tour consists of a week-long conference and cultural exchange between Silicon Valley and Israeli entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.
The general public is invited to parts of the show. more information is available on this website, including speakers.
Participating startups include 5min, Plymedia, AllofMe, Nuconomy, ClickTale, blogTV, Sportingo, PicScout, Qoof, 8hands, Velingo, Innovid, Semingo, PageOnce and Journeys.
I moderated a panel at the event last year. Highlights from that panel and the event in general are in the video below.
Michael,
I’m on the Israel Web Tour’s steering committee and I provided additional coverage on each of the 15 participating companies. These are going to be Israel’s hottest web companies for 2008….
Here’s my post from last week: http://www.vccafe.com/2008/01/.....companies/
and here are some of the recent headlines:
* Exclusive Interview: Ten questions with the founder of TripTouch.com
*Arnold Schwarzenegger: your Israeli seed investment just raised $8M
* Overview: 16 Israeli companies at CES 2008 this week
So, for Israeli specific coverage, tech innovation and vc deal flow, I invite you to check out VC Cafe (www.vccafe.com)
Thanks,
Eze
Curious how a country smaller than the state of Maine has such a high ratio of startups/access to capital…
#51 look below
‘Un-American’
Google in HebrewOh, the conspiracy theorists will have a field day. The director of Google’s Haifa research center says, in an interview with Globes, a local business newspaper: “The thing is that essentially, Google is built on a certain degree of Israeli character that is very un-American.” To be sure, the R&D boss, Yoelle Maarek, refers, at least ostensibly, to the Mountain View search engine’s risk-taking culture, which is, presumably, akin to the boldness of an Israeli tank commander. But, for the more paranoid anti-semites, the quote will just confirm their worst fear: that the future has arrived, and the Jews got there first. It was bad enough that the leading PC maker, enterprise software company and operating system are all run by tech moguls (Michael Dell, Larry Ellison and Steve Ballmer) of Jewish origin. Now the cabal even organizes the information itself. Do no evil? That’s what they would say.
re #35, you’re right, “craigslist” not such a good name.
Craig
craig@craigslist.org
Nothing special about Israel, besides the fact that it’s a bunch of Jews.
Jews == Innovation, creativity, know how, brains, and entrepreneurial drive and spirit.
Let’s see just a partial list of the companies that define technology and their Jewish founders:
Google: both Google boys are Jewish (yes, Brin AND Page)
Facebook: Zuckerburg - definitely a Member of The Tribe…
Intel: Andy Grove - yap M.O.T. as well
Oracle: Larry Elliosn - got the Jewbone in him
Dell: Michael Dell - yes, there are Jews in Texas too
Craigslist: Craig Newmark, drank Manishevitz as a kid
IAC/InteractiveCtop: Barry Diller - in the Shool in Yum Kipur too
Mark Cuban - MOT
Microsoft: Steve Ballmer, CEO not a founder, but nevertheless MOT
EBay: Meg Whitman, MOT CEO
more…
Marzipan From Toledo
Im not a comedian, so i care less about being funny. However, what I see going on now in Palestine should make any sane person ashamed, not proud. You know the Germans are still to this day paying pensions and compensation to the survivors of the holocaust. They are very ashamed of their history and I cannot help feeling that one day many innocent Israelis will feel the same.
Right now though I care more about the victims of your countries oppression than I do about not opening a can of worms. This is nothing personal, nor about individuals who have no control over their state, however, that does not extend to those who are ignorant as to the reality on the ground and who condone it.
why has my earlier post been removed ?
several earlier posts should also be removed if thats the way u r going to operate - poor show guys !
Qoof.com What a amazing idea and technology. I look forward to it going live so I can start Using it right away! Usermericals is the wave of the future after seeing Qoof I got very excited.
Howard
Hi Hi… dont forget that in many israeli companies/start-up there are arab partners, like in NearConn.com…
Jews have lots of brain… But no heart!
from what i heared, NearConn will be the surprise of this year. it’s a very special startup with a super special team…
There are 3,000 startups in Israel = same number like in the US.