Comments on: Oy Vey! Israeli VCs Exceptionally Gloomy on 2009

By: مركز تحميل

مركز تحميل — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:11:16 +0000

Good report, sad to see that things look so gloomy entering 09. Will definitely be time for the worthwhile to show their value and the not so worthwhile to really fall apart, save being sold to bigger entities.

By: منتديات

منتديات — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:09:45 +0000

These are all good projections but somehow they exclude a possibly that we are in the midst of a structural change that goes way beyond Israeli or any VC market.

By: مركز تحميل

مركز تحميل — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:07:54 +0000

I also agree that most all Israeli VC’s have been more conservative then their SV counterparts, question is will that stay this way with the currently declining positions in tech

By: ازياء

ازياء — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:32:44 +0000

Agreed. Couldn’t have said it better myself. The “oy vey” crowd doesn’t fly F16s and doesn’t stand up for itself.

By: dave

dave — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:44:42 +0000

Not always the case.

My company, poketalk.com, just got a brand new round of funding.

We are the first completely free “phone to phone” calling service on the internet.

And in less then three months since our launch we have accumulated over 70,000 users.

By: AliBaba

AliBaba — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:04:47 +0000

Boycott israeli web 2.0 apps:
Jajah
Aniboom
Metacafe
Speedbit
Foxytunes
MySupermarket
Zlango
MyHeritage
WeFi
eSnips
PicApp

By: Michal

Michal — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:59:53 +0000

We should start teaching them, then, shouldn’t we?

That said Roi, I don’t think I agree with the Oy Vey nor the Al Hapanim interpretation.

Israeli VCs tend to paint gloom in order for the lights to shine brighter later. The prevailing doctrine is “Remember we said it would suck? it didn’t suck so bad. Yea to us”.

It’s called valuation-lowering

By: Michal

Michal — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:49:15 +0000

You’d be surprised, boby baby…
Oy Vey – though hardly reflective of the moods for Israeli startups as Roi would have you believe, is just right when it comes to the moods of our F16 pilots these days… or the rest of us Israelis, for that matter.

Oy Vey is so widespread, it doesnt even “sound” Yiddish to most Hebrew-hearing ears.

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By: Boris

Boris — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:12:57 +0000

Is a troll still a troll if he’s making all the right points?

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Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:38:25 +0000

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By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:20:56 +0000

Okkkkaaayyyy, that was a joke. Hold back the reigns, friend. Interesting enough, though, I recall a NY Times article published during the 2007 war when blogging really became heavy in the warzone. Bloggers would sit on their roofs on opposite sides and as they were watching the fighting and bombings unfold, they would engage in debate on the subjects via the internet. It does bring a hole new life to innovation in a crisis zone, whether war, international policy or economic crisis.

By: Guy Gottlieb

Guy Gottlieb — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:28:35 +0000

Ohy Vey is not offensive, I agree Roi is just making the point so the rest of the non-hummus tech crowd that reads techcrunch regularly gets it.
Good report, sad to see that things look so gloomy entering 09. Will definitely be time for the worthwhile to show their value and the not so worthwhile to really fall apart, save being sold to bigger entities.

I also agree that most all Israeli VC’s have been more conservative then their SV counterparts, question is will that stay this way with the currently declining positions in tech?

btw- Al Hapanim wouold have been funnier ( but I agree not as easily understood) my African American as well as Asian Friends in the US use Oy’ Vay! its become a popular english idiom.

By: John

John — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:23:31 +0000

@Daves: I watched the stupid movie. It is a stupid movie proving nothing but the fact that you are insane.

For hard evidence about what Neo was trying to tell you ,watch : http://www.yout...h?v=3vOJCQr1Now

By: StartupSummary.com

StartupSummary.com — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:24:32 +0000

Thanks for the summary of the report. Take a look at some additional comments and analysis on http://startupsummary.com

By: traintalk

traintalk — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:23:29 +0000

Just as with Lebanon II, so now with the present Gaza operation and, apparently, the local VC environment – Israel is in the top league of the few countries broadcasting it all in real time. That includes the loss of perspective and the rule of the last event and conformity of opinion and mood that is part of the phenomena.The bottom line is this does not equate into bottom line investigative reportage or analysis – and is certainly not predictive of tomorrow. It is more like watching microevents like a tickertape – the likelihood of making sense out of that is null. Yes, Virginia, it is depressive and pessimistic. And no, NASA, you are unlikely to figure it out as it unfolds. But it would be nice to come up with an O-ring solution…

By: Daves

Daves — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:11:34 +0000

Well, you don’t say! Funny you should mention people dancing.

http://www.yout...h?v=tRfhUezbKLw

Explain that one please!

9/11 was clearly a Mossad op.

By: Neo

Neo — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:41:09 +0000

You could have produced a lot of energy from the shock waves coming under Palestinians cheering and dancing after 9/11. So next time thousands of Americans die in New York or where you live, you could light up the city again using all that good, positive, peace embracing Palestinian energy of joy.

By: Web Ster

Web Ster — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:36:35 +0000

You should avoid Israeli VC if you’re building web 2.0 , or any web services company for that matter.

There are no Israeli partners who know how to deal with such companies, and the best ones know that the sooner an American who knows his s#*t will jump on board the better – and that’s not because they like Americans, it’s because they don’t trust Israelis with such companies.

However, if you are in software or biotech, then there are some great Israeli VCs who will be able to help you.

By: Dude

Dude — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:37:12 +0000

To hell with the anti-semites!!!! Nothing but mental cancer.

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By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:25:59 +0000

There is a war going on right now and you post this about Israel. Wow!

By: Herbie Lemon

Herbie Lemon — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:24:24 +0000

Stop being so sensitive, the headline is funny.