Posted on May 1, 2008 by Dani Dechter
WorkLight Inc., a startup that provides web 2.0-style access to a wide variety of enterprise applications and databases, today announced that it has closed a series B round of funding totaling $12 million led by Pitango Venture Capital, Israel’s largest VC. Founded in 2006 by CEO Shahar Kaminitz and CTO Yuval Tarsi, the company was [...]
Filed under: Communications, Web 2.0 | Tagged: genesis partners, worklight, yuval tarsi, shahar kaminitz, pitango, shlomo kramer, index ventures | No Comments »
Posted on April 29, 2008 by Dani Dechter
According to webware, tech-support startup Fixya will announce a partnership with Best Buy whereby “customers wanting to perform their own fixes (or trying to dig others out of trouble) can go to the Best Buy Web site and access http://geeksquad.fixya.com from the “Customer Service” tab. They can search by product, SKU, manufacturer, or product category, [...]
Filed under: Biotech, Communications, Healthcare, Medical Devices, Medicine, Other, Software, Web 2.0 | Tagged: cleveland clinic foundation, erez gavish, fixya, intercure, mazor, perytons, resperate | No Comments »
Posted on April 26, 2008 by Dani Dechter
Jeff Pulver announced in his blog that he’s resigning as director of PulverMedia. Here’s a rough translation of Guy Grimland’s article in the Marker:
A Blow for Israeli Startups? Jeff Pulver Announces His Resignation from PulverMedia
Jeff Pulver, one of the biggest name investors in Israeli startups and a well-known figure amongst Israeli entrepreneurs, announced at the [...]
Filed under: Communications, Media Technologies, Other, Web 2.0 | Tagged: jeff pulver, jerusalem ventures, pulvermedia, ticc, von | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 16, 2008 by Dani Dechter
Partner Communications Company, which operates the Orange cellphone network in Israel, has launched NewACT’s mSync-based suite of services, branding it ‘Orange Forever’, according to the press release.
The service allows subscribers to synchronize their contacts, calendar, pictures, videos and messages between their cellphone and the Orange website. Subscribers are then able to edit, manage and archive their data on the [...]
Filed under: Communications, Hi-Tech, Media Technologies | Tagged: msync, newact, ofir yaffe, orange, orange forever, partner, rafi ton, synchronization | No Comments »
Posted on April 14, 2008 by Dani Dechter
Human Monitoring Ltd. is a Tel Aviv-based developer of video and image processing solutions for PC and embedded platforms that uses innovative algorithms and superior DSP engineering capabilities to produce high quality, low cost video products.
The six year old startup has recently teamed up with Kulabyte, a [...]
Filed under: Communications, Hi-Tech, Web 2.0 | Tagged: human monitoring, image processing, kulabyte, matisse h.264, nitzan rabinowitz, video optimization | No Comments »
Posted on March 30, 2008 by Dani Dechter
Spikko is a three-year-old Israeli startup that claims to have developed a way to offer free telephone services between any mobile phone or land line and any other phone anywhere in the world. The service is now in beta mode but CEO Shai Gilboa says the service will be launched globally in the very [...]
Filed under: Communications, Hi-Tech | Tagged: alon carmel, free telephone, igal ahouvi, shai gilboa, skype, spikko | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 25, 2008 by Dani Dechter
Modu, which recently raised $100 million, has just been named the world’s lightest mobile phone by the Guiness Book of World Records: It weighs 40.1g (1.41 oz.) and its dimensions are 72.1 mm (2.8 inches) x 37.6 mm (1.4 inches) x 7.8 mm (0.3 inches).
Throughout Modu’s design process the emphasis has been on keeping [...]
Filed under: Communications, Hi-Tech | Tagged: guiness world records, lightest phone, modu, zack weisfeld | No Comments »
Posted on March 24, 2008 by Dani Dechter
Cellular technology start-up Modu Ltd., which is valued at $150 million, has secured $100 million in funding commitments from investors, according to Globes. It’s still trying to raise additional funds and is continuing to present to local and overseas investors. The company was founded just 18 months ago by Dov Moran, a seasoned [...]
Filed under: Communications, Hi-Tech | Tagged: dov moran, gemini funds, genesis partners, handset, modu | No Comments »
Posted on March 19, 2008 by Dani Dechter
Founded in 2006, Tel Aviv-based CelloTrip uses technology stored in most cellphones to translate text messages into different languages. Simply text the message to the CelloTrip headquarters and receive a message seconds later with the translated text. Like the guys over at onehourtranslation, it seems that some Israeli techpreneurs see translation services as the next [...]
Filed under: Communications, Media Technologies, Other, Web 2.0 | Tagged: cellotrip, instant messaging, itzhak ron, languages | No Comments »
Posted on March 16, 2008 by Dani Dechter
An Israeli telecommunications start-up has signed deals to provide its Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) platform to Swiss-based Cyberlink and UK-based Telent Plc. Actelis Networks, which was founded in 1998 in Petach Tikva but is now based in Silicon Valley, is a leading provider of Carrier Ethernet over Copper™ networking equipment. [...]
Filed under: Communications, Hi-Tech, Telecommunications | Tagged: actelis, beat tinner, copper, cyberlink, efm, efmplus, ethernet, isp, ramon amat, telent, yaron altit | No Comments »
