IsraelWebTour
The Israel Web Tour was the first Internet competition organized to bring 15 Israeli startups to Silicon Valley. CEO's of the chosen companies flew to the US for exclusive meetings with the Valley's hot startups, VC's and potential partners. The Tour included private one-on-one meetings, topical roundtable discussions with Silicon Valley’s most influential leaders as well as an invitation only opportunity to attend company presentations. The 2006 IsraelWebTour Companies were: BeInSync, Fixya, FoxyTunes, Gizmoz, ILCU, inter8ing, Kasamba, MatchActivity, MyHeritage, RadarSync, Skylow, SpearCast, Trusted Opinion, ViewScore and Yedda.
The participants of IsraelWebTour at their visit to eBay campus
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Panel Discussion at eBay |
VC Panel at WSGR |
Media Coverage of IsraelWebTour
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VentureBeat |
Haaretz |
The Marker
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Israel21c |
From the Presenting Companies CEOs
"The IsraelWebTour is an excellent, well organized and orchestrated initiative; it exceeded my expectation and provided ample opportunities for networking with top players in the Silicon Valley and exposed us to new business opportunities. This helped us to accelerate our success and contributed to expand our growing affiliate and partnership network. Well done !"
Avichai Nissenbaum, CEO, Yedda
"The organizers of IsraelWebTour worked above and beyond our expectations to put us in front of the movers and shakers of the industry. It was also synergetic to get together with other CEOs of leading Internet startups –joint ventures are likely to emerge between the attending companies as a result."
Gilad Japhet, CEO, MyHeritage
"From hearing Katrina’s experiences as Flickr’s co-founder, to chatting with Sergey Brin at Google’s cafeteria and discussing investment strategies with Michael Moritz over breakfast at Sequoia, the IsraelWebTour was a great learning experience!"
Hanan Lifshitz, CEO, SpearCast
"IsraelWebTour was a great opportunity for inter8ing, as a web 2.0 early stage venture, to meet with potential partners, consultants and investors – and, in general, to get a true feeling of the U.S. market. We have found the tour beneficial and eye-opening, and hope that it would be the first of many, giving more Israeli internet companies this unique opportunity."
Eli Swed, Founder, inter8ing
"The Israel WebTour, through its well-organized agenda, caliber of hosting companies, and exposure it provided to funding opportunities, provided my company with opportunities I was not able to receive at any other similar event. The Israel Web Tour had a great impact on Fixya’s ability to receive funding, form strategic partnerships with the biggest companies in the industry, and jump-start the process of positioning its self as a leader in its space."
Yaniv Bensadon, CEO, Fixya
"The tour was a great opportunity for us to approach the Silicon Valley, create new business connections and present our company. The networking, panels, meetings and organization were truly exceptional. Thanks a lot!"
Vitaly Sirota, CEO, FoxyTunes
"IsraelWebTour is all about the young companies. The perfect combination of an organization and the amazing people, who have the power and uses it for the sole benefit of the Israel young startups."
Reem Greiver, CEO, SkyLow |
