Last night's Texas Israel Chamber of Commerce dinner brought together leading business leaders from Texas and Israel to discuss mutual business opportunities for trade and investment.
Client, Rick Seger, President of N-trig USA was a featured speaker sharing the panel with Israel Venture Association President, Orna Berry and BIRD Foundation Executive Director, Dr. Eitan Yudilevich.
Client, N-trig, the provider of DuoSense™ technology combining pen and zero-pressure touch for mobile computers into a single device, announced today that they have completed a fund-raising round of $28 million from Canaan Partners, Evergreen Venture Partners and current investors.
In addition to the investment round, N-trig has recently secured a credit facility of $5 million from Plenus, a leading Venture Lending Fund in Israel.
Lately, I have been following Eze Vidra's VC Café.
Eze lives in the Bay Area, covering early stage startups, innovative technologies and venture capital news with a spotlight on Israel.
Started in 2005, VC Café has been featured on The Wall Street Journal and recently ranked as one of the top 100 VC blogs.
Think TechCrunch and GigaOM, but with a focus on Israeli technology. You've got a winning combination is you want to see not only who is doing what in Israel, but who is getting funded.
Because of the work I do with our Israeli clients, and because so much of the business comes through Israel's Venture Capital community, I try to promote the Israel Venture Capital Association initiatives.
Their 2007 directory is now on sale and you can buy it here. The Israel Venture Capital and Private Equity Directory is the most complete volume available on Israel’s venture capital industry. Now in its 11th edition with over 600 pages, the Yearbook includes data on Israeli VCs, their portfolio companies, and feature articles by industry leaders. The directory includes in-depth data on the venture industry, venture capital investors and start-ups operating in Israel.
When I am in Israel, I always remember that the companies that I am working with (and paying us) and funded by VCs. Here is a very funny video (in Hebrew with English sub-titles) on how to raise money from VCs. It translates in any language.
The Israel Venture Association's annual conference starts June 11. You may view the program agenda here.
I was supposed to go, but I just returned from Israel last week, visiting new client, N-trig. I will be back in Israel the week of July 8 for my own PR / Social Media Seminar that is sponsored by BusinessWire.
One of the most telling illustrations of Israel's technology sector is the number of publicly held companies that now rank #3 in the world behind the U.S. and Canada. The chart below may be viewed online via D&A Information's site.
The Israel Venture Association (IVA) in partnership with Red Herring magazine has announced the Second Annual Israeli Startup Contest in conjunction with the Israel Venture Association’s high-tech conference.
This competition is an opportunity to showcase the Israeli hi-tech industry’s hottest start-ups on a world stage.
The winning nine companies will be profiled in Red Herring magazine and in the Israeli media, present their companies to an international audience of over 1,000 potential investors and industry analysts at the IVA Conference in Tel Aviv receive their awards from industry luminaries in a prestigious ceremony at the Conference
Application forms and further details can be downloaded from the IVA’s website by clicking here. Forms must be submitted by May 1st to submissions@redherring.com
The competition is free and open to all company’s whose investors are members of the IVA.
Next week I am in New York visiting several financial institutions to discuss my knowledge, insight, and experience in the IPTV space in the context of my other blog, SAtechBLOG.com
I will be addressing the potential impact for the "phone" companies in the U.S. and the world to disrupt and possibly reinvent the telecom and broadcast industries.
I will be in Silicon Valley doing likewise at the end of July.
Please contact me at alan at weinkrantz dot com if you would be interested in learning more.
Day five of my Israel trip continues.
I am now on my way to Jerusalem for meetings and to see my son, Aaron who is going to school at Hebrew University / Jerusalem. 
One indicator of Israel's thriving technology economy is its venture capital community.
The Israel Venture Capital Association's new 2006 Venture Capital and High Tech Directory is now available for ordering.
If you are a VC anywhere outside of Israel this can be a very valuable source in figuring out who is who and who is funding what.
Often times good deal flow and value addded technologies for your own portfolio companies can be found by doing your due diligence here.
Worth Ordering.
For those of you from out of town (and especially those from Israel) who read my blog, I often have to remind people that San Antonio has a very vibrant and growing technology economy.
Over the weekend San Antonio Express-News' columnist, David Hendricks wrote a very good story on the transition SATAI (San Antonio Technology Accelerator Initiative) is making in its focus to bring in more VC money to town.
I will be will meeting with SATAI President, Jim Pogue later this week at the Olmos Park Pharmacy for breakfast where I will be doing his profile in an upcoming post for my other blog, www.satechblog.com.
Disclosure: I am the former Chair of the SATAI Marketing Alliance Committee and remain an active member of this group.
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