Sun.Aug 04, 2019

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Striking The Right Balance

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I was talking recently to a friend who advises a lot of boards. I asked him his view on boards overall. He said that he saw two styles, both of which he found problematic. The first style is the “rubber stamp board” that does whatever the CEO asks of them. The second style is the “meddling board” that acts like it is running the business.

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In the News: Israel’s latest IPO + a foodtech menu

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The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange hosted its own IPO this week; as I told Bloomberg , “this is a sort of transformative moment that might focus the minds of Israeli companies.”. What’s on the menu for Israeli foodtech? See the breakdown of 252 startups, as reported it in Forbes , along with what’s in store for the new Sparks foodtech incubator (with Finistere Ventures, Tnuva, Tempo Beverages and OurCrowd).