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Revealed at CES: Smartphone scans objects for molecular authenticity [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Revealed at CES: Smartphone scans objects for molecular authenticity [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Jan 9, 2017 |

Read on for a review of Israel’s 2016 exits, technologies at CES and more from the Startup Nation. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Changhong’s H2 smartphone lets you scan objects for molecular authenticity Chinese tech company Changhong is unveiling a new smartphone, the H2, that can scan objects for molecular authenticity using a technology developed by Consumer Physics and Analog Devices (ADI). Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News prooV featured in Jerusalem Post ReWalk featured in TechCrunch BriefCam featured in Wired VocalZoom featured in Business Wire MUV Interactive featured in Jerusalem Post Argus featured in PR Newswire Israel tech exits totaled $10 billion in 2016 Israeli high-tech companies closed 104 exit deals in 2016 for a total of $10 billion, up 12 percent from 2015. Read more. Women’s high tech status improves in 2016 Ethosia CEO Eyal Solomon: We’re seeing a positive trend that is no less than a revolution. Read more. The coolest Israeli technologies wowing the crowds at CES 2017 From wearable technologies to artificial intelligence, the Israeli delegation to CES 2017 is showcasing a wide set...

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What Babe Ruth could teach about maximizing returns on your startup investments

What Babe Ruth could teach about maximizing returns on your startup investments

Jan 5, 2017 | ,

It’s seems a waste to talk about startup investing without sharing some of the most awe-inspiring successes. We could start with Accel, the VC that invested $12.7 million in Facebook’s series A to buy 11% – back in 2005 – in a deal that was widely ridiculed for the valuation that Accel was willing to pay. Of course, Accel had the last laugh. In 2012, at IPO, Facebook’s market cap was over $100 billion, meaning that Accel eventually realized a return of 800 times its principal investment. Or else we could have a look at Bessemer Venture Partners’ $6 million series A for Intucell in 2011, which purchased them nearly half of the Israeli startup. Two years later – with no additional funding – Intucell was acquired by Cisco for nearly $500 million. Bessemer’s stake of about 50% returned over 25-30 times their principal investment. It goes without saying that these are the sorts of stories you generally don’t find outside of the VC space, in other asset classes – and it’s the magnetic pull that draws investors to startups. At...

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[UPnRIDE in NoCamels] Meet the winners: Our pick for 2016’s coolest Israeli startups

Dec 29, 2016 |

UPnRIDE, a revolutionary Segway-like device that allows quadriplegics to stand up and move around almost anywhere, is poised to change the life of thousands of paralyzed people. The Israeli device was developed by Dr. Amit Goffer, who already previously invented the ReWalk exoskeleton, another revolutionary device that enables paraplegics to walk and climb stairs. His new device will help quadriplegics (people paralyzed from the neck down) to stand and be mobile. Read more on NoCamels...

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Record high-tech funds raised in 2016 [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Record high-tech funds raised in 2016 [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Dec 25, 2016 |

2016 was a good year for Israeli high-tech funding! Read on for the latest Startup Nation news… Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Record high-tech funds raised in 2016 Israeli high-tech companies have raised at least $4.6 billion this year, up from $4.4 billion in 2015. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News Zoomcar featured in TechCircle Celeno featured in PR Newswire OurCrowd featured in ETtech Appdome featured in Business Wire UPnRIDE featured in Israel21c ReWalk featured in PR Newswire   Spreading Israeli tech throughout Africa, Sivan Ya’ari transforms the lives of millions Providing African villages with Israeli solar, water and agricultural technologies, the nonprofit organization, founded eight years ago, has so far completed 128 projects in seven countries, transforming the lives of more than one million people. Read more. Eight new US-Israeli R&D partnerships to receive $7.2M in funding The projects, which cover a wide range of sectors – such as agrotechnology, medicine, material sciences and homeland security – will each receive conditional grants of up to $1M from BIRD.Read more. Exploring the growing Asia-Israel links for venture capital and fund-raising More...

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Burning up the wires: Media coverage of OurCrowd’s $72M funding round

Burning up the wires: Media coverage of OurCrowd’s $72M funding round

Sep 22, 2016 |

Yesterday, OurCrowd announced the closing of $72 million series C funding round. The announcement generated a lot of buzz and news coverage across various media outlets. We wanted to share some of the results and compiled several of the top news stories for you. Check out our media coverage highlights below: Bloomberg Israel’s OurCrowd Raises $72 Million to Boost Crowdfunding Deals “With $36 million earmarked for OurCrowd’s operations, it’s the largest pure equity investment in a crowdfunding company, according to Crowdnetic, a New York-based research firm.” TechCrunch OurCrowd raises another $72M to build out its equity crowdfunding platform “What’s interesting about OurCrowd — which is based out of Israel — is that helps startups tap into certain sources of funding more directly than they might have done in the past: while a family office might have been an LP at a venture capital fund that backed a startup, now that family office might choose to engage more immediately via OurCrowd’s platform.” Wall Street Journal OurCrowd Raises $72M for Crowdfunding Gambit (PDF version) “Equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has raised a $72 million Series C round, much...

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