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| Fund Rated 3.2 | 153 Chars in PrivateOne of a very few people in Israel which actually understands internet ventures, extremely good feedback with a smile which can help you focus[...] [ The Funded ] - Via Orglex

Despite the ominous predictions saying that VC funds will have difficulty raising more money this year, Lightspeed Venture Partners has announced the closing of its eight fund (Lightspeed Venture Partners VIII), oversubscribing its $675 million target by $125 million reaching a grand total of $800 million. The recent round puts [...] [ Venture Capital Cafe ] - Via Orglex

Imagine the Wii with 3D vision. The console would understand if you were behind an object and images would move accordingly and you could reach out with your hand to "touch" items on the screen. The technology is real and it works and PrimeSense, a small Israeli company, is trying [...] [ TechCrunch ] - Via Orglex

Imagine the Wii with 3D vision. The console would understand if you were behind an object and images would move accordingly and you could reach out with your hand to "touch" items on the screen. The technology is real and it works and PrimeSense, a small Israeli company, is trying [...] [ TechCrunch ] - Via Orglex

Canaan Partners led the $20.4 million funding round of Israeli startup Prime Sense Inc. Gemini Israel Funds and Genesis Partners, prior investors in PrimeSense, also participated in this second round. I first wrote about PrimeSense on VC Cafe when they presented at CES this January. PrimeSense is in fact a [...] [ Venture Capital Cafe ] - Via Orglex

Christopher Fountas, a General Partner at Arsenal Venture Partners, was recently in Israel to examine the potential for investment in early-stage water technology companies.Arsenal Venture Partners is a leading venture capital firm focused on the intersection of the commercial and defense markets. AVP manages an early-stage venture capital fund (OnPoint [...] [ Cleantech Investing in Israel ] - Via Orglex

Israeli Start-up Modu is expected to close a round of funding in the next few weeks worth $100 million, according to Globes, an Iraeli business journal. Modu was started 18 months ago by Dov Moran, who previously founded msystems, a company that was sold to SanDisk for $1.6 billion. So [...] [ mocoNews.net ] - Via Orglex

Lots of bad news leaking out of Israeli startup eSnips this week. The company, which is part social network and part file uploading service, continues to grow - recent Comscore says they had 8 million unique visitors in January, up from 2.2 million a year ago. But founding CEO Yael [...] [ TechCrunch ] - Via Orglex

Outbrain, a New York-based, has raised $5 million in Series A funding. Gemini Israel Funds and Lightspeed Venture Partners co-led the round, and were joined by seed backer GlenRock Israel. PRESS RELEASE Outbrain Inc. today announced the closing of a $5M A-round investment led by Gemini Israel Funds (www.gemini.co.il) [...] [ PE Hub ] - Via Orglex

NYC-based Outbrain, a startup that lets users rate and receive blog recommendations, has raised a $5 million first round Gemini Israel Funds, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and GlenRock Israel, which has previously provided backing to the company. The company, founded by Yaron Galai, the co-founder of Quigo (sold to AOL), offers [...] [ PaidContent.org ] - Via Orglex

Outbrain is a new start-up that gives blog readers a way to rate and recommend news items, by using a recommendation engine that is similar to Amazon's feature that offers up other items that people like you have already enjoyed. While there are several such "collaborative filtering" recommendation engines such [...] [ VentureBeat ] - Via Orglex

New York-based startup Outbrain has raised $5 million in a Series A funding from Gemini Israel Funds, Lightsteed Venture Partners and Glen Rock Israel. The company, headed by Yaron Galai, co-founder of Quigo (sold to AOL), provides ratings and recommendations for web content - including blogs. How they are going [...] [ GigaOM ] - Via Orglex

New York-based startup Outbrain has raised $5 million in a Series A funding from Gemini Israel Funds, Lightsteed Venture Partners and Glen Rock Israel. The company, headed by Yaron Galai, co-founder of Quigo (sold to AOL), provides ratings and recommendations for web content - including blogs. How they are going [...] [ GigaOMNET ] - Via Orglex

If you're looking to invest online, you've got the choice of everything from "fantasy portfolios" to social networks. But what amateur investors really need, says San Francisco company Vestopia, is to look over the shoulders of the professionals. Like famed Watergate journalists Woodward and Bernstein, Vestopia hopes to make a [...] [ VentureBeat ] - Via Orglex