tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.vccafe.com/2009/03/12/cotendo-secures-7-million-from-sequoia-and-benchmark/';tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; Two of the marquee names in the US venture capital industry decided that Israel’s Cotendo is investment worthy -   Sequoia Capital and  Benchmark Capital  j...

IAB’s Interactive Advertising Outlook for 2009 paints an optimistic picture: more money flowing into online ads as a result of increased reach, mobile penetration and more people online.  DocJax is a new search engine for documents, I loved playing with it. More effective than advanced Search...

Jason Calacanis, the CEO of Mahalo, has some good advice to CEOs who are struggling to keep their start ups afloat.  Rather than keeping a blog, he sends a weekly-ish newsletter - sign up here to get his updates.  I have included his latest post below.  As reference, he is also offering to come i...

There is no magic formula to secure funding from any VC, let alone one that is not in your home country. It’s almost like finding a relationship - if you’re lucky, you will find the partner of your dreams, but there’s going to be a lot of due diligence before you commit to anything...

In 2007, when vertical search was hotter than Twitter, people search was the cherry to pick. Indeed, many tried.  Spock  Spokeo, Wink, Peekyou, Pipl.com and in some ways, Israel’s own Delver, to name a few. Now the people search vertical is heating up again with the recent launch of two pr...

As the volume of user generated content grows, discovering quality content is becoming harder and harder. Just think about how much crap you read in blogs for the one link you feel is note worthy, or these days, Twitter worthy. BloggersBase is looking to solve the problem through a competition-based...

The World Mobile Congress 2009 wrapped up in Barcelona this week. Despite the relatively low expectations given the world economic recession, GSMA 2009 set the tone for an exciting year in mobile developments. Israeli start ups: Despite a terrible location in the basement, Israeli start ups had a s...

Calcalist reports that Pitango is trying to stop the acquisition of 3DV systems by Microsoft, which is currently being ‘cooked’ by Kleiner Perkins. Pitango claims that the bid put forth by Microsoft (approximately $35 million) is too low and that Kleiner is simply trying to cash out on ...

Haaretz was the first source to report that Microsoft is about to put the first Israeli exit in 2009 on the map.  According to the report, Microsoft is in talks to acquire 3DV Systems for $35 million. The Israeli start up has reportedly raised $38.6 million to date, which means that shareholders wi...

The Mobile World Congress 2009 will take place in Barcelona next week (Feb 16-19), under the big cloud of uncertainty that the current economic downturn presents to the mobile industry. Reports are saying that the event organizers expect a 15% decline in the number of visitors, compared to the 54,00...