We're pleased to announce MashBash Tel Aviv, Mashable's first International MashMeet! Israel's tech community is growing at a substantial rate. Large corporations that have major offices in Israel include AOL, Cisco, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft. Israel also has over 50 Venture Capital Funds and over 15 Technology incubators. There are literally hundreds of startups and hundreds more that have emerged as top competitors in the technology sector. Mashable is throwing a great party/networking event for Israel's tech scene on Wednesday, June 11th, 2008.
In addition to our MashBash Tel Aviv, Mashable will be covering at least 10 Israeli based startups and perhaps a few surprises through our Israel Media Tour Series. Please see below for information on how to get involved. The MashBash Tel Aviv and the Israel Media Tour sponsored by Yedda (an AOL company).
What: MashBash Tel Aviv
Why: 500 Person, 3 hour Open Bar on the Beach in Tel Aviv, Celebrating Israel's Booming Tech Culture
Where: Galina Beach Club (recently fully renovated), Hangar 19, Tel Aviv Port, Israel
When: Wednesday, June 11th, 19:00 - 22:00
RSVP?: You Must RSVP through EventBrite, 500 person limit
Who?: 500 people, including the startups, Venture Capitalists, Entrepreneurs, high profile CEOs and Mashable's Adam Hirsch
MashBash Tel Aviv Exhibitors
Yedda (an AOL company) provides publishers and content sites with its Ask & Answer platform for increased user-engagement, reach and ad revenue.
Copenda, a unique social people search engine, allows users to cross-search leading social networks to find their friends, singles for dating, people with similar interests and more.
HooQs is a personal mobile media service that lets you publish and share video and music channels for cellphones and receive personalized media recommendations.
Outbrain provides bloggers, media companies (news/magazines), blog networks, rss readers and other publishers with a free rating and personalized content recommendation widget.
*There is room for 1 more exhibitor, please contact me immediately if you are interested at events [at] mashable [dot] com
Mashable will spend time in Israel interviewing key Web 2.0 startups, active Israeli technology corporations, the venture capital firms behind the big Israeli funds and a few big names along the way.
*To apply to be considered for inclusion in the Israel Media Tour, please send an e-mail to events [at] mashable [dot] come with the following information: Company Name, 20 word description, Web site, 50 word description on why you should be covered in the Israel Media Tour
MashBash Tel Aviv and Israel Media Tour Media Partners
"The new landscape of social media is allowing all of us to better interact, share, and communicate our messages around the globe. The Blonde 2.0 blog focuses on the Web 2.0 communities and tools that allow us to do just that."
"The.co.ils is the leading blog dedicated to Israeli startups, entrepreneurs and Web2.0 trends. It also organizes Web2.0 events such as TWS2008."
"Founded by Nick O'Neill, The Social Times was created as a way to leverage social technology to build the social web industry."
"GarargeGeeks is an Israeli based not-profit physical and virtual space for innovative and creative people to introduce, network, expose, create, brainstorm, innovate and build."
Public Relations Partner
360° Digital Influence is a global word of mouth marketing discipline with a methodology for identifying and engaging digital influencers and activating networks of people to share and recommend products, services and issues. We create engaging experiences designed to promote awareness, brand loyalty, advocacy and conversion.