THE SPECIAL US-ISRAEL TWO WAY STREET:YORAM ETTINGER
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Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: US-Israel Initiative”
1. Four Israeli universities are included among the top 30 computer science
universities in the world (US – 20 universities, Canada – 2, UK – 2,
Switzerland – 1, Hong Kong – 1), according to the Academic Ranking of World
Universities (ARWU), commonly known as the Shanghai ranking, a publication
compiled by the <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Jiaotong_University>
Shanghai Jiaotong University – one of the three most influential rankings.
2. George Gilder, Chairman of the Great Barrington, MA-based Gilder Fund
Management and Gilder Cremers Fund, author of “The Israel Test”: “Israel
cruised through the recent global slump with scarcely a down quarter and no
deficit or stimulus package…in an array of leading-edge technologies. It
is the global master of microchip design, network algorithms and medical
instruments… Israel is incontestably the world leader in water recycling
and desalinization… Israel is also making major advances in longer-range
missile defense, robotic warfare, and unmanned aerial vehicles that can stay
aloft for days… It raised its exports 19.9% in 2010’s fourth quarter and
27.3% in the first quarter of 2011. Israelis supply Intel with many of its
advanced microprocessors, from the Pentium and Sandbridge, to the Atom and
Centrino. Israeli companies endow Cisco with new core router designs and
real-time programmable network processors for its next-generation systems.
They supply Apple with robust miniaturized solid state memory systems for
its iPhones, iPods and iPads, and Microsoft with critical user interface
designs for the OS7 product line and the Kinect gaming motion-sensor
interface, the fastest rising consumer electronic product in history…
U.S. defense and prosperity increasingly depend on the ever-growing economic
and technological power of Israel. If we stand together we can deter or
defeat any foe… We need Israel as much as it needs us (Wall Street
Journal, July 5, 2011).
3. The $1.25BN West Lake Village, CA-based ValueClick acquired Israel’s
Dotomi for $295MN (Globes, Aug. 4). The $2.5BN Boston-based Great Hill
Partners acquired Israel’s Plimus for $115MN (Globes, Aug. 9).
4. The Baltimore-based JMI Equity, Bloomberg Capital, the San
Francisco-based First Round Capital, ComCast’s VC fund, Genacast and the
Menlo Park-based Institutional Venture Partners participated in a $33MN 3rd
round of private placement by Israel’s DoubleVerify (Globes, August 31).
Denmark’s Saxo Bank acquired 25% of Israel’s online broker’s solutions
company, Leverate, for $12.5MN (Globes, July 29). Japan’s Fujitso Fund and
FinTech Fund participated in a $12MN round by Israel’s Asocs. Additional
investors are expected to follow George Gilder’s Gilder Cremers, which
participated in the previous round (Globes, August 31). The Palo Alto-based
Greylock Ventures and the Menlo Park-based Opus Capital participated in a
2nd round by Israel’s Wanova (Globes, Aug. 24). The Menlo Park-based
Sequoia Capital and Deutsche Telekom’s T-Venture led a $9.5MN 3rd round by
Israel’s Innovid (Globes, August 31). The Menlo Park US Venture Partners,
Santa Clara-based Webb Investment, San Francisco-based WI Harper and
Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors invested $4MN in
Israel’s Quixey. Schmidt also invested in Israel’s Gogo-Boots, EyeView and
AnyDo (Globes, August 30). Johnson & Johnson invested a few million dollars
in a 3rd round by Israel’s LifeBond (Globes, Aug. 9). The Munich-based
Atlantic Capital Partners invested $2.2MN in the 2nd round of Israel’s
GreenSql (Globes, August 11).
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