scholarly journals Exploring Israeli Venture Capital Investing In Renewable Energy

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
David A. Blum
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Venture Capital ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Venture Capitalists ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Venture Capital Funding ◽  
Israeli Government ◽  
Capital Funding ◽  
Venture Capital Firms

Israel’s venture capital market is one of the largest in terms of capital investing in the world.  However, in 2014, 5 of 83 independent venture capital firms located in Israel invested in renewable energy portfolio companies. The result of investing in few renewable energy firms in Israel is a continued reliance on imported fossil fuels from geographically distant nations. The importation of fossil fuels creates an added security risk in an already hostile political environment. The gap in research addressed in this paper explored factors for the small number of renewable energy firms receiving venture capital funding in Israel. The research question guiding this study was what are the factors for the small number of renewable energy firms receiving funding in Israel. The lack of renewable energy firm funding appears to be as a result of three factors. First is low return on investment. Second is regulatory uncertainty from the Israeli government. Third is the lack of knowledge of renewable energy by independent venture capitalists. 

Trademarks and Venture Capital Funding

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joern Hendrich Block ◽  
Geertjan de Vries ◽  
Philipp G. Sandner ◽  
Jan H. Schumann
Keyword(s):  
Venture Capital ◽  
Venture Capital Funding ◽  
Capital Funding

Start A Fire: Creating Value and Growth

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Sarit Markovich ◽  
Oded Golan ◽  
Charlotte Snyder
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Venture Capital ◽  
Media Management ◽  
Conference Room ◽  
Tel Aviv ◽  
Management Platform ◽  
Venture Capital Funding ◽  
Capital Funding ◽  
Social Media Management ◽  
A Company

In March 2017, Oded Golan sat in his technology startup's conference room with his co-founder, pondering the fate of their company, Start A Fire. In just four years, the two entrepreneurs had taken an idea that started in Golan's apartment in Tel Aviv and turned it into a company that had raised $3.5 million in venture capital funding and served more than 3,000 of the world's biggest brands using an innovative content distribution and social media management platform that enabled brands to improve communication and engagement with their followers

scholarly journals Private equity and venture capital in South Africa: A comparison of project financing decisions

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 258-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Portmann ◽  
Chipo Mlambo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Venture Capital ◽  
Private Equity ◽  
Venture Capitalists ◽  
Project Financing ◽  
Financing Decisions ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Risk Appetite ◽  
Investment Opportunities ◽  
Venture Capital Firms

This paper investigates the manner in which private equity and venture capital firms in South Africa assess investment opportunities. The analysis was facilitated using a survey containing both Likert-scale and open-ended questions. The key findings show that both private equity and venture capital firms rate the entrepreneur or management team higher than any other criterion or consideration. Private equity firms, however, emphasise financial criteria more than venture capitalists do. There is also an observable shift in the investment activities away from start-up funding, towards later-stage deals. Risk appetite has also declined post the financial crisis.

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