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MSN To Part Ways With Joint Partner in Israel; Swaps Out Expedia For Orbitz on Travel - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 06 Jul 2008 01:00 AM PST

Microsoft-owned MSN is going to part ways with its JV partner Internet Gold in Israel, and will be running MSN Israel portal on its own from October this year, the…

Israeli Search Marketer Kenshoo Raises Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 09 Apr 2008 10:48 PM PST

Kenshoo, an Israeli search engine marketer, has raised an unspecified second round from VC firm Arts Alliance. The investment follows closely on the heals of its first round, from Sequoia,…

Google AdSense Has The Power To Lower Your Stock Price - 4 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 11 Jan 2008 02:34 PM PST

Google giveth and Google taketh away: many websites rely heavily on Google’s AdSense program for revenue. Israeli email marketer IncrediMail apparently relies so much on AdSense that, when it told…

Search Startup Hooja Gets $1.5 Million Funding - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 31 Dec 2007 11:24 AM PST

Israeli search startup Hooja has received $1.5 million in its first round of funding, reports Globes. The still-stealth site was funded by individual investors, including Peter Thiel, one of the…

What ICQ Did Next: New UGC TV Site Knocka.tv In Testing; Gets $5 Million Funding - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 04 Dec 2007 01:47 PM PST

The world may not need another user-generated video portal, but it may raise an eyebrow to the one launched in alpha mode this week by the Israelis who gave the…

AllofMe Raises Funds From ICQ Backer Vardi For Media Timelines - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 27 Nov 2007 01:54 PM PST

Tel Aviv-based AllofMe, a company that will allow users to organize their media chronologically, has raised unspecified funds from Yossi Vardi, founding investor of ICQ, and former financial executive Shlomo…

Taboola Raises $1.5 Million First Round For Video Discovery - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 15 Nov 2007 01:27 PM PST

Taboola, an Israeli video discovery startup, has raised a $1.5 million first round from Evergreen Venture Partners, according to TechCrunch. Taboola is working on a snap-in service that other video…

AOL Acquires Israeli Social Search Start-Up Yedda; Second Buy In A Week - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 11 Nov 2007 08:35 PM PST

AOL (NYSE: TWX) has acquired Israeli start-up Yedda, a social search questions-and-answers service launched in 2006 with proprietary semantic matching technology. No financial terms disclosed. Founded by Avichay Nissenbaum and…

Ad Network eXelate Raised $4 Million First Round - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 31 Oct 2007 10:21 AM PST

eXalate, an Israel-based based ad network, has raised a $4 million first round from Carmel Ventures, reports TechCrunch. The company offers a variation on behavioral targeting through the use of…

Personalized TV Provider Imagine Communications Raises $15 Million Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 29 Oct 2007 06:18 AM PST

Imagine Communications, an Israeli firm developing technology to make TV more personalized, has raised a $15 million second round from Court Square Ventures, according to Globes Online. The company has…

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