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Another Israeli exit (OurCrowd’s 5th!), the EdTech ecosystem, & the life saving entrepreneur [OurCrowd Newsletter]

This last week saw another big Israeli acquisition — marking OurCrowd’s 5th exit! School is in: the  field of education technology is growing fast in Israel. The Israeli entrepreneur who founded not one, or two, but three life saving startups. Read on for the latest in Startup Nation. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Intel acquires sports instant replay startup Replay Technologies US giant Intel is acquiring Israeli startup and OurCrowd portfolio company, Replay Technologies, for a reported $175 million. The company developed multi-dimensional video imaging tech for sports TV coverage. Learn more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News ReWalk featured in Globes Replay Technologies featured in VentureBeat Missbeez featured in NoCamels BillGuard featured in TechCrunch Stringify featured in Lifehacker Syqe featured in Seeking Alpha Israel’s startup ecosystem makes way for EdTech A new ecosystem is growing up around more than 100 Israeli startups developing sophisticated EdTech tools to enhance and transform the learning environment for all ages, learning styles, and settings. Learn more. 3 life saving startups – founded by one man: Ran Poliakine Many Israeli innovations are aimed to making the world a better place. Israeli businessman and...

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PRESS RELEASE: UOB Partners with OurCrowd to Provide Equity Crowdfunding in Asia

MATERIALS FOR RELEASE: PDF download here Photos and logos ZIP file download here UOB PARTNERS WITH OURCROWD TO PROVIDE EQUITY CROWDFUNDING IN ASIA Singapore/Jerusalem, March 3, 2016 –  United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) today announced Asia’s first strategic partnership with a leading global equity crowdfunding platform, OurCrowd. It pairs the Bank’s strengths and depth of experience in serving entrepreneurs as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the region with OurCrowd’s expertise in investing in some of the world’s most promising startups through equity crowdfunding. The collaboration will see UOB making a US$10 million investment in OurCrowd. The accredited investors among UOB’s clients will now have an opportunity to broaden their investments into OurCrowd’s portfolio companies. Through this collaboration, innovative Asian companies with differentiated and highly scalable technology products and services will now get access to another source of funding through OurCrowd’s equity crowdfunding platform. Through equity crowdfunding, they can seek relatively small investments from a large number of investors in return for equity or shares in their startup company. It provides them with the funding needed to develop...

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PRESS RELEASE: OURCROWD MAKES FAST COMPANY’S LIST OF THE WORLD’S MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES, 2016

  MATERIALS FOR RELEASE: PDF download here Photos and logos ZIP file download here OURCROWD MAKES FAST COMPANY’S LIST OF THE WORLD’S MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES, 2016 OurCrowd Places in the Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Israel New York/Jerusalem, February 16, 2016 – OurCrowd, one of the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platforms has made Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list for 2016. Top honorees on this year’s global list include Apple, Alphabet (Google), Slack, Netflix, and Facebook (Instagram), Airbnb, Spotify, GE, Fitbit, Uber, Buzzfeed, Warby Parker, and Huawei. Among the first-time honorees for 2016 are popular consumer brands Taco Bell and Hasbro. The annual ranking honors leading enterprises and rising newcomers that exemplify the best in nimble business and impactful innovation. To produce the 2016 list, Fast Company editors spent a full year gathering and analyzing data on companies around the globe and enlisted machine intelligence software to create topographical maps of innovation across more than 40 sectors of the economy. OurCrowd Founder and CEO Jon Medved said, “We are proud to be named among the top ten companies in...

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PRESS RELEASE: OURCROWD FIRST NAMED ISRAEL’S MOST ACTIVE MICRO VC FUND

  MATERIALS FOR RELEASE: PDF download here Photos and logos ZIP file download here OURCROWD FIRST NAMED ISRAEL’S MOST ACTIVE MICRO VC FUND IVC-APM Report recognizes OurCrowd seed fund’s strong start in 2015 — Tel Aviv / Jerusalem, Israel. February 10, 2016: OurCrowd First, OurCrowd’s seed fund for investing in early-stage Israeli and global ventures, has been named Israel’s most active micro venture capital fund in 2015, according to the latest IVC-APM report by the IVC Research Center and APM & Co. Law Firm. The report analyzed the most active venture capital funds according to the number of early stage investments made in Israeli companies during 2015. OurCrowd First topped the list with seven first investments from its 2015 $10M fund. To date, OurCrowd First has built a highly diversified portfolio of 10 carefully vetted early-stage companies. “We are delighted that OurCrowd First has, in its first year of operation, become the most active micro VC in Israel,” said OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved. “This highlights our commitment to providing seed capital to the growing cohort of Israeli entrepreneurs.” “We are...

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Anatomy of OurCrowd’s Innovative MedTech Portfolio [Infographic]

How do you feel today? Feeling good? Consider for a second your local hospital or doctor’s clinic: The ER, the OR, the lab, the tabletop devices, the drugs and wearables. With constant updates and developments of tech solutions servicing the healthcare and medical industries, the future is bright for MedTech sector, and exciting for both entrepreneurs and investors. Medical technologies are a key focus area for OurCrowd’s investment strategy and comprise over 18% of our overall portfolio. In fact, our first company to exit was ReWalk Robotics (NASDAQ: RWLK), an exoskeleton for people with spinal cord injuries, in 2014. As we continue to build, grow, and exit medical technologies (among others), we’re pleased to share the following infographic capturing the scope of some of the amazing MedTech companies in OurCrowd’s portfolio, proving themselves in this growing industry. Feel good about this infographic? Share if you find it helpful! To find out more about digital health, MedTech, and other investment opportunities on our platform, contact our Investor Relations team or visit our...

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