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| Nov 26, 2019 | Seed Series: UpWest Founding Partner Shuly Galili | 27 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Today in the Seed Series we speak with Shuly Galili, co-founder of UpWest with Gil Ben-Artzy. We talk about UpWest investing in Israeli companies with pre-seed funding, how they support early stage ... |
| Jun 20, 2019 | Is seed investing still a local business? | Shuly Galili Contributor
Shuly Galili is a founding partner at UpWest.
According to CB Insights, the number of seed-stage funding deals in the U.S. declined for the fourth straight year in 2018, continuing a trend that has seen the number o... |
| Feb 26, 2019 | Zone7 raises $2.5 million seed round to predict injury risk for athletes | Zone7, the company using data and analytics to identify the potential for injuries with athletes, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding.
The company monitors athletes’ performance to determine when they need to be rested to avoid the pote... |
| Feb 14, 2019 | Why your startup may not be as great as everyone says | Gil Ben-Artzy Contributor
Gil Ben-Artzy is a founding partner at UpWest Labs.
One of the very first things we ask Israeli entrepreneurs who are hoping to break into the U.S. market is to tell us how their product or service is being receive... |
| Apr 26, 2018 | Why Israeli startups tackle ‘unsexy’ industries with AI | According to PitchBook, VC investors worldwide put more than $10.8 billion into AI and machine learning companies in 2017. Both VCs and large enterprises have focused on the technology.
It’s hard not to get caught up in the frenzy. Self-dri... |
| Apr 26, 2018 | Why Israeli startups tackle ‘unsexy’ industries with AI | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
According to PitchBook, VC investors worldwide pu... |
| Mar 27, 2018 | Shuly Galili and Yahal Zilka join us in Tel Aviv | In a bit more than two months, the TechCrunch team is heading to Tel Aviv for a day-long event. And I’m excited to announce a couple of new speakers — Shuly Galili from UpWest Labs and Yahal Zilka from Magma Venture Partners.
While both Gal... |
| Feb 21, 2018 | UpWest Labs just raised $18 million to bring Israeli founders to the US | The micro venture firm UpWest Labs was founded nearly six years ago in Palo Alto with one mission in mind: to bring Israeli founders to the U.S. when their companies are still nascent and provide them with enough financial and other resourc... |
| Oct 24, 2017 | Why Samsung doesn’t beat Apple where it matters | Guy Hirsch Contributor
An innovation strategist, Guy Hirsch is the former director of Innovation Strategy and lead of Retail Innovation at Samsung, mentor at UpWest Labs and two-time venture-backed founder.
Samsung’s competition with Apple ... |
| Dec 4, 2015 | Daily funding roundup - December 4, 2015 | iPinYou bagged $78M; Prosetta raised $31M; ZeroFox secured an additional $27M funding
Desino, a Cologne, Germany-based wheelchair manufacturer, completed a €500,000 (approximately $546,000) Series A funding round. Backers included Prof. Mic... |
| Dec 3, 2015 | uMake raises $4.5M series A for its 3D sketching iOS app | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Correction 7:52 a.m. PST: uMake’s series A funding is for $4.5M, which combined with $700K in seed funding in September brought total f... |
| Dec 3, 2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| Dec 3, 2015 | uMake raises $4.5M series A for its 3D sketching iOS app | Correction 7:52 a.m. PST: uMake’s series A funding is for $4.5M, which combined with $700K in seed funding in September brought total funding for uMake to $5.2M.
With quality pen-enabled tablets finally catching on, it’s a great time to be ... |
| Dec 3, 2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. User interface design app Figma launches with $14M, led by Greylock Partners
Figma, a startup that has built a web-based too... |
| May 5, 2015 | CodersClan Wants To Make Code Outsourcing Better, Raises $820K Seed Round | CodersClan started out as a marketplace for easily outsourcing small coding tasks. Now, the company is setting its sights on allowing its customers to request full development projects and it’s announcing that it has raised an $820,000 seed... |
| Mar 24, 2015 | Keywee Gets $9.1M From Eric Schmidt, NY Times For Its AI Approach To Content Marketing | While Facebook is reportedly talking to publishers to host their content as a way of boosting the number of people who read it, one more startup is entering the fray to help publishers improve readership and traffic on their own sites, spec... |
| Feb 4, 2015 | Startups: 3 ways to keep from burning through your cash | Since Bill Gurley made headlines about startup burn rates and risk in September of last year, there has been a near unanimous chorus of VCs and entrepreneurs agreeing that keeping it lean and minimizing outsized risk is the way to go.
That ... |
| Feb 4, 2015 | Startups: 3 ways to keep from burning through your cash | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Since Bill Gurley made headlines about startup bu... |
| Nov 10, 2014 | UpWest Labs Nurtures Promising Israeli Startups In Silicon Valley | UpWest Labs was founded in 2012 with a simple idea. Israel has tons of startup talent, but much of the funding is in the U.S. The founders decided to put the two together and bring a small group of promising Israeli entrepreneurs to the U.S... |
| Feb 12, 2014 | With $20M Raised Among Grads, Israeli-American Accelerator UpWest Unveils Its Latest Cohorts Of Top-Notch Transplants | Depending on whom you ask, Silicon Valley and Israel have either had a long and prodigious symbiotic relationship when it comes to technology and technology companies, or Silicon Valley wouldn’t be able to find Israel on a map. Either way, ... |
| Oct 7, 2013 | oDesk Launches Startup Accelerator Partnership Program | Redwood City, CA-based online workplace oDesk announced the launch of a new startup accelerator partnership program called oDesk Upstarts.
The program will help startups in 20+ partner accelerator programs delegate tasks in tech hubs, inclu... |
| Aug 9, 2013 | Sentinel Labs Raises $2.5M in Seed Funding | Sentinel Labs, a Palo Alto, CA-based cyber-security startup, raised $2.5m in seed funding.
According to TechCrunch, backers included Data Collective, Granite Hill Capital Partners, Accel Partners and other angel investors.
The company inten... |
| Jul 3, 2013 | UpWest Labs launches its fifth batch of Israeli startups (exclusive) | Silicon Valley’s investors are increasingly looking to fund startups in emerging tech hubs around the world.
Many of the prestigious firms have their eyes on Israel, which has established itself as fertile ground for tech companies. Some of... |
| Mar 15, 2013 | UpWest Labs’ Fourth Batch Of Israeli Startups Look To Go Big In The U.S. By Taking The B2B Approach | In January of last year, Gil Ben-Artzy and Shuly Galili launched a startup accelerator with the intent to expose Silicon Valley to the next generation of hot Israeli tech companies — and vice versa. While Israel has long been a hotbed for i... |
| Nov 19, 2012 | Get funded! An idiot’s guide to angel investment | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Silicon Valley’s most prolific angel investors ar... |
| Nov 14, 2012 | Invi Turns Texting Into A Rich Media Experience, Raises $750K | Invi, a startup trying to integrate a broad range of media into the texting experience, is launching on Google Play today. It’s also announcing a seed round of $750,000 from Li Ka-Shing’s Horizons Ventures, Atlantic Bridge, and various ange... |
| Nov 13, 2012 | HoneyBook Takes Traditional Wedding Albums Online & Makes Them Social | Palo Alto-based HoneyBook is launching its online wedding albums service into private beta today, offering a way for couples to organize and share all the digital media related to their wedding, including photos, videos, music, and other co... |
| Oct 9, 2012 | Funding Daily: Living the high life | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In venture capital land, “lifestyle business” usu... |
| Oct 9, 2012 | Social Beauty Startup Preen.me Raises $800K From Genesis & Horizons Ventures | Preen.me, a Tel Aviv-based social beauty startup, is today announcing having closed on a healthy $800,000 round of seed funding led by Genesis Partners. The round also saw participation from Li Ka-Shing’s Horizons Ventures as well as indivi... |
| Oct 4, 2012 | Funding Daily: Welcome to the Winners’ Circle | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
During the first part of this week, 77 companies ... |
| Aug 13, 2012 | Groovideo Launches Mobile App To Easily Create Awesome Group Videos | The mobile video space is heating up, as a number of startups have launched to help users create and share interesting videos with one another. To date, most have been limited to individual users uploading videos and posting them to other s... |
| Jun 24, 2012 | Inside Upwest Labs, The Startup Accelerator That Brings Israel To Silicon Valley [TCTV] | There is certainly no shortage of startup incubators and accelerators these days, but Silicon Valley’s Upwest Labs is doing something especially unique. Upwest, which got off the ground in January, focuses on entrepreneurs with Israeli root... |
| Jun 13, 2012 | With Top Firms On Hand, Israeli-American Accelerator UpWest Labs Debuts Its Second Class | At Aol’s offices in Palo Alto this evening, UpWest Labs pulled back the curtain on its second batch of startups. While the accelerator is open to companies of all breeds, be they advertising, mobile, or security-focused, its second class is... |
| Mar 29, 2012 | Israeli-American Accelerator UpWest Labs Graduates Its First Batch Of Startups | When it comes to countries with thriving startup ecosystems, Israel ranks among the best. With nearly 5,000 startups currently in business — second only to the U.S. — the country’s pool of entrepreneurial talent has been attracting Western ... |
| Feb 7, 2012 | UpWest Labs Closes The Missing Link Between New Israeli Startups And Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley investors have been going to Israel for decades to take advantage of its pool of hardcore tech entrepreneurs. But a new generation of consumer-focused companies has been emerging in the country over the last few years — and t... |