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October 26, 2016
Barnea & Co. Continues to Assist the Heseg Innovators Program (HIP).
The new HIP Boost program is a direct continuation of the HIP program with which our firm was associated in the past. During HIP Boost, graduates of the HIP will undergo a comprehensive process to accelerate their early stage startups into growing and sustainable businesses.
Next week a panel presentation event will be held with leading mentors giving insights to the entrepreneurs. Adv. Yuval Lazi was chosen to be the legal advisor for the HIP Boost program.
September 30, 2016
Barnea & Co. Represented the Private Equity Fund IGP Investment in Jacada
Barnea represented Israel Growth Partners (IGP) in an agreement to buy 300,000 Jacada shares, 7% of the company's share capital, from Robert (Bob) Ashton's investment firm Kinetic Catalyst Partners.
October 19, 2016
Legal Aid for Startups Targets Social Ventures
Barnea is pleased to co-operate with the IDC Legal Clinic for Start-Ups in mentoring the law students participating in the clinic and entrepreneurs from underprivileged communities engaged in social business ventures.
October 13, 2016
Hackathon for Sustainable Urban Mobility
Adv. Asaf Shalev will serve as a mentor and participate at the Herzliya sustainable urban mobility Hackathon, which takes place on October 27th , in cooperation with the European Union.
October 6, 2016
Israeli Army May Crack Down on Ex-Soldiers Profiting from Tech Expertise
Adv. Yuval Lazi, Partner at Barnea was interviewed by the Times of Israel regarding a new policy the Israeli army is mulling that would regulate the technologies and the expertise soldiers can use once they leave. Yuval commented that the rights to any intellectual property that a soldier has developed or produced during his time in the army — patents, lines of code or even photos — belong to the army and not to the individual.
August 25, 2016
Mistakes to be avoided by early-stage entrepreneurs
Ariella Dreyfuss will lecture to early-stage entrepreneurs who participated in StarTAU's Elite Entrepreneur Program.
The lecture will deal with founders agreements and what you need to avoid as a new startup.
July 27, 2016
Reverse Vesting and Holdback – Good News for Entrepreneurs?
Earlier this month the Israel Tax Authority presented its position that the sale of equity by a founder should be treated as a capital gain and not income, irrespective of whether such shares had been subject to a Reverse Vesting mechanism and/or Holdback. A double edged sword for entrepreneurs.
July 21, 2016
Barnea & Co. Was Selected to Work In Conjunction with the IDC Legal Clinic For Startups
Barnea was selected to work in conjunction with the IDC Legal Clinic for Startups in supporting law students and entrepreneurs from under represented sectors, in the 2016/2017 academic year.
July 13, 2016
"Made in Lod" Boot Camp
Barnea will participate today in the "Made in Lod" Boot camp. Made in Lod is a social enterprise, tech, and small business accelerator being directed by PresenTense and the Lod Young Adult Center. Adv. Yuval Lazi will discuss the common mistakes young startups make.
June 22, 2016
The Startup CEO Roundtable
IBM, Barnea and Marketing Envy will host a Round Table for CEO’s of start-ups which have raised over 1 million USD. As part of the program, Micky Barnea will discuss the challenges to be faced during second round capital raising.
The event will take place at Barnea’s offices.
June 9, 2016
Raising Funds and Selling Your Start-Up: Be Prepared
From day one most Israeli entrepreneurs are already looking for their exit. Unfortunately they are not always prepared and preparation is the key.
May 31, 2016
TAU Innovation Conference 2016
Barnea invites you to the TAU Innovation Conference 2016. The conference is the largest international innovation conference in the Middle East, with over 6,000 attendees from across the world. This includes entrepreneurs, industry leaders, diplomats, investors, and highly respected keynote speakers at educational and networking events. As Barnea is a participant in the event, our clients enjoy a 35% discount (Password: TAUBarnea2016)
As part of the event, Micky Barnea will participate in the IPO and exits panel, Yuval Lazi will participate in the fundraising panel and Yuval Lazi and Ariella Dreyfuss will be judges at the Tel Aviv StartUp Challenge competition.
May 31, 2016
Tel Aviv University MBA Hackathon
Adv. Yuval Lazi and Adv. Itay Gura attended at the Tel Aviv University to lecture to participants in the Tel Aviv University’s MBA Programs in Innovation and Entrepreneurship on some of the legal and commercial aspects of starting a business. The participants took part in a Hackathon on 30th May.
May 17, 2016
Micky Barnea will lecture on investment agreements
Micky Barnea will deliver a lecture to entrepreneurs tonight at TRI/O (Tech Entrepreneurship Hub) at Kfar Quasim, on investment agreements. TRI/O is a collaboration of three entities: Tsofen, an Arab-Jewish organization promoting the integration of Israel’s Arab citizens into the hi-tech industry, MIT Enterprise Forum and MEPI - Middle East Partnership Initiative , a USA fund that offers assistance, training, and support to groups and individuals striving to create positive change in Israeli society.
May 10, 2016
Google Campus Startup School: Legal
Yuval Lazi will lecture (May 16, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM) at the Google Campus Startup School for entrepreneurs on 10 Annoying Legal Mistakes of Early Stage Start Ups as well as the advantages of Founders' Agreements.
Google Campus is part of a global network including Campus Tel Aviv and Campus London.
May 8, 2016
Things you need to know about stock options
How options are being used as a tool to solve the problem for start-ups of recruiting, remunerating, incentivizing and retaining quality employees.
Daniel Lorber, head of the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation team, published an article in the IDC Legal Clinic for Start-ups website.
In the article, Daniel reviews the basic concepts of options and discusses how to adopt a stock option plan and the possible routes available for the company.
May 3, 2016
Barnea & Co. represented Azrieli Group
Barnea represented Azrieli Group in its acquisition of the eCommerce platform and activities of Buy 2 Networks Inc., a public company traded on the TASE. The acquired platform and activities provide an eCommerce platform for consumers to purchase a wide range of products.
The acquisition price is NIS 70 million. Azrieli was represented by Micky Barnea.
April 26, 2016
The initiative to limit executive salaries could drive away Israeli high-tech companies
The high-tech sector is concerned about the impending passing of legislation which would effectively further restrict the salaries payable to executives in the financial sector. The concern is that this legislation could be extended to apply all types of listed companies , including Israeli high-tech companies listed on venture capital markets abroad. Micky Barnea, as an experienced lawyer in the high-tech field, was interviewed by TheMarker
April 17, 2016
Adv. Yuval Lazi to represent Barnea as a judge on "Demo Day"
Adv. Yuval Lazi will participate tomorrow as a judge at the final event of the Startau elite entrepreneurship program "demo day".
This program is a unique acceleration program intended for young entrepreneurs, whose involvement in the program commences at concept stage. The program gives these young entrepreneurs the tools and knowledge to advance the concept to the point where it is ready for investment within three months.
Among the judges will be Samsung Venture Invesment, Krypton Venture Capital and Deutsce Telekom.
April 12, 2016
Legal Business: Israel 2016
The Legal Business magazine has dedicated its April edition to Israel, with a focus on current topics and trends in the country. Simon Jaffa was interviewed regarding Israel's high- tech industry.