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Israel’s startup ecosystem powers ahead, amid a year of change

TechCrunch

A significant event came with acquisition by AOL of the the ICQ messaging system developed by Mirabilis. Jerusalem’s economy and therefore startup scene suffered after the second Intifada (the Palestinian uprising that began in late September 2000 and ended around 2005). billion (£7 billion), came from Jerusalem.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Slashing churn rates, visa side hustles, YC S22 Demo Day faves

TechCrunch

The median Series A raised by developer-tooling companies fell to $47.5 Twitter Space: What can today’s founders learn from the 2000 dotcom bubble burst? In 2000, many high-flying internet startups turned into smoking craters. @yourprotagonist. 10 onboarding improvements that cut our customer churn by nearly 3x.

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How Biotech Startup Funding Will Change in the Next 10 Years

Y Combinator

In 2005, when Y Combinator started, there was already a well developed ecosystem of venture capital firms in Silicon Valley and Boston. The only model of institutional seed funding was the “business incubator” model, where VC firms would fund well-connected founders they knew and incubate them in their office.