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:: Me Syndrome ::
I'm doing a little data mining for you guys and gals today.
Following you will find a table taken from a Globes survey in which VC Fund managers were asked to select the most promising Start-Ups of 2001. I have marked those in which I was
able to find reference the fund was selecting one of the companies it invested in as "most promising". All in all I have been able to find reference for 42 out of 65 picks, but I'm probably missing
some.
Kind of speaks for itself doesn't it?
| Fund |
Pick 1 |
Pick 2 |
Pick 3 |
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AIG Orion
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CyOptics
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Foxcom Wireless |
Packet
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Ampal
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Expand
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PowerDsine
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XACCT
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Apax
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Charlotte's Web
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EZchip
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TDsoft
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Carmel Ventures
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Emony
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Niragongo
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Orsus
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Cedar
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BigBand
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Tundo
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Challenge (Etgar)
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CelVibe
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PowerDsine
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Trellis Photonics
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Concord Ventures
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Exent
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Chiaro
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Saifun
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Emicom
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Expand
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Send2Post
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WebCollage
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Eurofund
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CelVibe
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CyOptics
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Verisity
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Evergreen
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Mercado
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Mutek
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P-Cube
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Garage.com
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Axerra Networks
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InfoCyclone
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Unwired Express
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Gemini
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Charlotte's Web
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TDsoft
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Saifun
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Genesis Partners
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Appletix
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CelVibe
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Redux
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Golden Gate Bridge Fund
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Cellonet
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Firebit
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Saifun
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Israel Seed Partners
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Chiaro
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PowerDsine
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XACCT
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Jerusalem Global
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Chiaro
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Friendly Robotics
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Saifun
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Magnum
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EZChip
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Phonetic Systems
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Wintegra
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Polaris
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Mercado
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MystiCom
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Saifun
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Sadot
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Connect One
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Nomad IQ
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RealM
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Shalom.com
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3G.com
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E-ntouch
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Optivera
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Vertex Venture Capital
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Actelis
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Dpharm
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PowerDsine
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Walden Israel
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Actelis
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Lynx Photonics
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Mercado
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Ah, and one more thing - the table had this following note attached to it: "Note: Funds and start-ups are ranked alphabetically, not in order of
importance."
I'm not sure about start-ups, but as for funds, I'm sure most found this very disturbing. What? No order of importance? How can that be? Don't they know who is important
here?
Wadi Writer #1 (Gray)
WadiList@mail.com
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