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Data Storage Startup Infinidat Raises $150 Million at $1.2 Billion Valuation The round was led by TPG Growth and takes total funding to $230 million.

Israeli startup Via Transportation raised $27M in a Series B round led by Israel’s Pitango Venture Capital, the round also had participation from Hearst Ventures and Roman Abramovich’s Ervington Investments. Previous investor 83North, formerly known as Greylock Israel, also invested.

Via, which was launched in September 2013, has remained relatively under the radar, growing mainly by word of mouth.

Via Raises $27M For Its Flat-Rate $5 Urban Carpool-Style Ride Sharing Service While Uber's growth has taken the company into many categories of transportation, from simple car services for individuals through to courier deliveries, a..

Alibaba invests tens of millions dollars as LP in Israeli VC fund JVP

Alibaba investing in Israeli venture capital firm JVP - Globes English The investment will be in the tens of millions of dollars.

VentureBurn magazine ranks Tel-Aviv as Top Startup Ecosystem

VentureBurn, the online magazine dedicated to the global venture capital community recently published a list of the top 20 startup ecosystems worldwide. Israel placed # 2 just behind Silicon Valley and ahead of Los Angeles ( #3), Seattle ( #4), New York ( #5), Boston ( #6), Singapore ( #17) and Bangalore ( #19).

The research was conducted by Intuit and was based on parameters which included startup output, funding, performance, entrepreneurial mindset, trendsetting, support, talent and differentiation.

The authors explained Tel Aviv’s high ranking, writing that “Given major acquisitions like the billion-dollar Waze, which sold recently to Google, clearly Israel’s second biggest city has got the gumption for start-ups.”

Invest in Israel Newsletter - August 2013 Edition As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful to...