| ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bg_white-squares.png) ![](https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/563170507_d1223ef77d_o.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Omar TĂ©llez It's no wonder that with over 4,000 startups in the Greater Tel Aviv area, Israel is ranked 1st in the world for innovative capacity in 2014 by the IMD Global... read more | | ![](https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/465789420.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Colleen Taylor, Kyle Russell | | ![](https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/11295788563_d2a1b4a9e2_k.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Ron Miller | | ![](https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/dsc_0178-cropped.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Steve O'Hear Property Partner is a London-based startup that lets anybody invest in the 'buy to let' market (as it's called here in the UK) starting from as little as £50.... read more | | | ![](https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/mentor.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Rhett Morris "I've probably revised this investor pitch deck 200 times," a founder told me recently. She'd met with more than 50 potential investors before closing a... read more | | ![](https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/1508449626_05b622a140_b.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Ben Narasin, Jeremy Abelson With 137% returns in an approximately two year period, there's logic in mutual funds continuing to throw big dollars into strong IPO candidates, thus... read more | | ![](https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/moneymattress.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Charles Moldow On Lending Club's February 2015 quarterly earnings call, an analyst asked CEO Renaud Laplanche a simple question: have you considered getting the loans... read more | | ![](https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/yappy-hour.jpg?w=210&h=158&crop=1?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | I’ve already posted one interview from last weekend’s Yappy Hour event at South by Southwest... read more | | ![](https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/gg-test-pattern-sepia3.jpg?w=210&h=158&crop=1?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | The Gillmor Gang — Dan Farber, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Meerkat the next shiny... read more | | ![](https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/crunchweek-4-3.jpg?w=210&h=158&crop=1?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Welcome back to our temporary CrunchWeek set as we rebuild Video Land here at TCHQ. This week Sarah Lane,... read more | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |