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Civic engagement in Startup Nation, Google Israel’s Yossie Matias, and the latest from 8200 [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Civic engagement in Startup Nation, Google Israel’s Yossie Matias, and the latest from 8200 [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Mar 23, 2015 |

Check out apps dedicated to helping with civic engagement and citizenship. Two Israeli-US startups raise over $50 million. Kids are designing self-driving cars. Read on. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Two Israeli-US startups, Fundbox and Playbuzz, raise a total of $56M Two Israeli-US startups announced this week that they raised multi-million financing rounds, Fundbox lined up $40M and Playbuzz $16M. Founded in 2013, Fundbox uses sophisticated technology to determine the risk profile of small businesses to which it advances loans. Playbuzz, founded in 2012, enables publishers, bloggers, marketers, and brands to connect with audiences through quizzes, lists, surveys, and rankings. Learn more. OurCrowd in the News Cimagine featured in GizMag Bizzabo featured on MarketingBuddy BillGuard featured in Investopedia MUV featured in Israel21c OurCrowd featured in Crowdfund Insider Lucid Energy featured in The Washington Post Elections 2.0: Top Israeli apps transforming civic engagement As Israelis exercised their right to vote in last week’s election, it’s important to note that on a daily basis the Startup Nation exercises its right to be innovative. In the months leading up to the elections, Israel’s thriving startup ecosystem...

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Trenches to Traction: How Israel’s elite intelligence unit powers the Startup Nation

Trenches to Traction: How Israel’s elite intelligence unit powers the Startup Nation

Nov 19, 2014 | ,

OurCrowd launched a new webinar series called ‘Teach-In Tuesdays’. In this series, we’ll explore investing in early-stage Israeli companies, identify and explain influential tech trends, stay up-to-date with the crowdfunding industry, and examine actionable insights from our own experience running OurCrowd’s investment platform. Yesterday, we held a webinar as part of the OurCrowd Teach-In Tuesdays series on the Israeli military intelligence unit that drives the Startup Nation’s high-tech industry. This elite technology unit’s alumni who enter into the civilian market have earned a reputation for their unique entrepreneurial skills and for creating outstanding, successful, and innovative startups. Topics covered in the webinar: How Unit 8200 helped transform the basis of Israel’s economy and drives the startup ecosystem The skills acquired from serving in Unit 8200 and how alumni apply them for the entrepreneurial world Success stories of Unit 8200 alumni Sage advice from experienced Unit 8200 alumni-turned-entrepreneurs Featured expert: Gadi Mazor, CTO and General Partner at OurCrowd, and Unit 8200 alum.     ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: To stay updated on future events and the best news from the Startup Nation, sign up for our newsletter, email us, and follow us on social media. To contact Zack Miller, follow him on Linkedin / Twitter To...

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Teach In Tuesdays: Join us (online) to learn about the elite IDF unit driving the Startup Nation

Teach In Tuesdays: Join us (online) to learn about the elite IDF unit driving the Startup Nation

Nov 13, 2014 |

Each month OurCrowd has hundreds of investors from around the world join us for online events from our webinar series called Teach-In-Tuesdays. In this series, we explore investing in early-stage Israeli and global companies, identify and explain influential tech trends, stay up-to-date with the crowdfunding industry, and examine actionable insights from our own experience running OurCrowd’s investment platform. During November, we will be hosting an educational webinar on Tuesday, November 18th, as part of our Teach-In-Tuesdays series. Register for the event below. Trenches to Traction: How Israel’s elite intelligence unit powers the Startup Nation Tuesday, November 18th (6:00 PM Israel / 11:00 AM NYC / 8:00 AM San Francisco) The ultimate startup boot camp? That would be Unit 8200. Join the Israel Defense Force’s Unit 8200 alum Gadi Mazor, also CTO and General Partner at OurCrowd, and Zack Miller, Head of the Investor Community at OurCrowd, for a lively Q&A discussion about the Israeli military intelligence unit that drives the Startup Nation’s high-tech industry. This elite technology unit’s alumni who enter into the civilian market have earned a reputation for their unique entrepreneurial skills and for creating outstanding, successful, and innovative startups. Join us...

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