Tag: israeli startups

In the News: Israeli startups raised $1B by March; OurCrowd announces $1B, all-time

This past week was a marathon of unparalleled events, culminating in the 2019 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit. With more than 18,000 registered from 183 countries, it was an amazing day spent celebrating innovation. Lots of headlines came out of the Summit including OurCrowd’s $1B raised in commitments. Here’s a first look at videos, photos and press from the day – more to come! Startup Nation and beyond NASSCOM President Debjani Ghosh: India and Israel should collaborate to define new norms of digital world. Read more, including what Ghosh said in a panel at the 2019 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit. Brodmann17 raises $11M led by OurCrowd, for its automotive computer vision tech that runs on any CPU. Also check out Arbe Robotics, Brodmann17, and Cognigo featured in 2019 Red Herring Top 100 Europe Winners. Israeli startups have raised $1B in the first two months of 2019, and $550M in February. Top tech news this week  Enterprise Software…Forecasters use Iron Dome science to handle disasters, featuring mPrest. Healthcare…Spray-on nanofibre ‘skin’ treats burns and wounds, featuring NanoMedic. Cybersecurity…Morphisec Announces 1620% Year-Over-Year Growth. News from the industry  Building Diplomacy: From the Ground Up (The Jerusalem Post)  Past, Present,...

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The planet’s most startup-friendly accelerator is coming to Jerusalem

Calling all players in the Israeli startup ecosystem! As part of the closing event at OurCrowd’s Global Investor Summit, MassChallenge Israel invites you to celebrate the launch of its Jerusalem branch. The event will include a special showcase of some of Israel’s most promising startups, and a presentation from MassChallenge and other special guests on the road ahead for the world’s largest startup accelerator as it builds its permanent presence in Jerusalem. Who: MassChallenge CEO John Harthorne, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, and MassChallenge Israel Managing Director Israel Ganot Where: The Hanger at The First Station, Jerusalem When: January 25th, @7PM Register here for the MassChallenge 2016 Launch Event We hope to see you...

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Mobile Health: 8 Israeli Tech Trends, 8 Crazy Nights 2015 (8/8)

It’s that time of year! Join us for the next eight days for what’s become an OurCrowd tradition: highlighting during Hanukkah — the festival of lights – the top eight Israeli tech trends that spark the interest of our investment team and what they see on the ground. Trend #8: Mobile Health Behind the trend: For years, the business of health care has been the focus of much debate in the US. As costs of medical care increase, quality of patient care hasn’t followed suit. More and more individuals are looking to preventative care as a way of avoiding costly procedures and unnecessary medication. Naturally, greater availability of personal mobile devices make it so individuals can more easily take charge of their own well-being, from wireless-enabled wearable technology devices and sensors like Fitbit to personal fitness training apps and data trackers for smartphones. What’s up next: Mobile health, or mHealth, is all about the apps, and Israel is at the cutting edge of mobile health technologies. The industry in Israel has seen quite a growth spurt in recent years as Israeli entrepreneurs...

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Drones: 8 Israeli Tech Trends, 8 Crazy Nights 2015 (7/8)

It’s that time of year! Join us for the next eight days for what’s become an OurCrowd tradition: highlighting during Hanukkah — the festival of lights – the top eight Israeli tech trends that spark the interest of our investment team and what they see on the ground. Trend #7: Drones Behind the trend: Admit it. It’s on your Hanukkah gift wish list. After all those bird’s eye view videos on Facebook of your college roommate’s Victorian home, Bay Area neighborhood and snowboarding trip in Vail, you’ve finally confessed your desire for your very own drone. You’re not alone. As drone technology has improved and costs lowered, people are clamoring for their own commercial unmanned aircraft and coming up with creative uses for them. Drones are being used for more than just real estate sales and vain entertainment purposes, however. Farmers use them for aerial survey of fields and crops. Police employ them for surveillance purposes. In fact, drones were a huge hit at the Paris Police Expo last month, where manufacturers noted an increase in inquiries and demands from police...

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Video Tech: 8 Israeli Tech Trends, 8 Crazy Nights 2015 (6/8)

It’s that time of year! Join us for the next eight days for what’s become an OurCrowd tradition: highlighting during Hanukkah — the festival of lights – the top eight Israeli tech trends that spark the interest of our investment team and what they see on the ground. Trend #6: Video Tech Behind the trend: Video has been the top focus of online marketing and advertising in recent years and shows no indication of disappearing as a promotional preference in 2016. With Google’s decision to include video-based advertisements in search, and Twitter and Facebook testing auto-play video in their user’s feeds, it’s clear the industry’s biggest players believe the market is ready to accept more video as advertising. This is in no small part due to our current obsession with promoting ourselves via video through apps like Instagram, Snapchat, Periscope, or Vine. Last month, Snapchat announced that it had six billion video views a day. Also last month, Instagram launched its second video app – Boomerang –that combines photos and one-second videos that run in loops backwards and forwards. What’s...

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