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 27, 2008 by Dani Dechter
Today Israel’s innovators made all kinds of headlines from cleantech to medical devices to software security.
Let’s start with TechnoSpin. The four year old startup has raised $8 million from US VC 21 Ventures. They develop and produce rotors for small wind turbines which, it claims, are cheaper to produce and more easily assembled than competitor’s [...]
Filed under: Alternative Energy, Biotech, Cleantech, Healthcare, Hi-Tech, Media Technologies, Medical Devices, Security, Semiconductors, Software, Uncategorized | Tagged: 21 ventures, applicure, biomedix, endogun, gizmox, maayan, meytag, technospin, trafalgar | No Comments »
Posted on April 13, 2008 by Dani Dechter
IBM is on a rampage. After scooping up XIV, partnering with Siverge and now talking with Ctrue and Diligent Technologies, it has now signed an agreement to buy FilesX, an Israeli data-recovery startup founded in 2000. The startup’s flagship technology, Xpress Restore, allows instant recovery of critical systems, servers and applications to any point-in-time.
According to Globes, IBM is paying [...]
Filed under: Hi-Tech, Software | Tagged: benchmark, data recovery, filesx, genesis partners, storage protection | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 14, 2008 by Dani Dechter
IBM recently bought Israeli storage start-up XIV for $350 million, but according to Haaretz it’s now looking to buy another Israeli start-up, CTrue Ltd. Apparently IBM is not alone in tempting the secretive firm into its giant nest - Siemens also wants a piece of the pie.
But Rehovot-based CTrue, which specializes in three-dimensional imagery [...]
Filed under: Hi-Tech, Software | Tagged: ctrue, siemens, three dimensional imagery, biometric identification, shai yaakobi, rehovot, xiv | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 12, 2008 by Dani Dechter
Microsoft has announced its intentions to buy Israeli start-up Kidaro, a leading provider of desktop virtualization solutions for enterprises. Analysts estimate the price at a whopping $90-100 million. According to inside sources, the unexpected offer was set up by Opus Ventures Partner Dan Avida, former CEO and President of Decru. He was [...]
Filed under: Communications, Hi-Tech, Software | Tagged: kidaro, pitango capital, desktop virtualization, opus, dan avida, kevin brown, decru, desktop optimization, virtual pc | No Comments »
Posted on March 1, 2008 by Dani Dechter
According to Haaretz, Eyeblaster, an Israeli company founded in 1999 and valued at $300 million which develops rich media technologies is preparing to raise tens of millions of dollars this year by launching its IPO on Nasdaq. The company, which is headed by CEO and co-founder Gal Trifon, had initially raised $2 million from [...]
Filed under: Hi-Tech, Media Technologies, Software | Tagged: advertising, eli barkat, eyeblaster, gal trifon, Insight Venture Partners, jonathon kolber | No Comments »
Posted on February 29, 2008 by Dani Dechter
Israel’s Catalyst Investment, along with Carmel Ventures and Pitango Venture Capital have invested $4.25M in Boston-based Proficiency, a “leading developer of solutions that enable manufacturers and their suppliers to extract and share product knowledge from diverse engineering and manufacturing environments.”
According to Yair Shamir, CEO of Catalyst, “Proficieny has revolutionized the way people view their [...]
Filed under: Hi-Tech, Software | Tagged: aerospace, automotive, boston, carmel ventures, catalyst investment, engineering, north america, proficiency, solutions | 1 Comment »
