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In the News: The next Israeli space launch: Summer 2019

April 15, 2019 by OurCrowd

Israel made history last Thursday as the seventh country to achieve lunar orbit, and nearly the fourth to land on the moon. The Beresheet project by SpaceIL is already starting its prep for its second mission, and we look forward to the giant leaps ahead! In fact the next Israeli launch into space is another private endeavor: Israeli startup and OurCrowd portfolio company NSLComm plans to launch its nano-satellite technology for the first time into space this summer. Watch this 1.5 minute tech preview with CEO Raz Itzhaki Tamir:

Back on Earth, we are pleased to welcome SoftBank as an investor in a few OurCrowd companies – including Lemonade and Klook.

Startup Nation and beyond

Congratulations to the Lemonade team on their $300M raise...this startup is well on its way to becoming one of the most exciting to come from Israel.

Real-time blood testing startup Sight Diagnostics successful in clinical trial.

Featured on the front page of The Business Times, an interview with OurCrowd Managing Partner Denes Ban: Major VC player from Israel plans Asia fund, but says it’ll watch out for froth.

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In the News: NVIDIA CEO: Everyone wants Israeli companies

April 8, 2019 by Naama Segal

Israel’s innovation is being noticed: The CEO of NVIDIA says “One of the things I’ve learned about Israeli companies is that everyone wants them” and Intel Capital president says that often Israel generates better ideas than Silicon Valley. To date, Intel has invested $435M in Israeli startups. Israel is on track for attempting its landing on the moon as Beresheet spacecraft successfully enters lunar orbit. Join me at NOAH Tel Aviv on Wednesday with an OurCrowd discount code (see below).

Startup Nation and beyond

The new weapon against money laundering gangsters: Banks and law enforcement agencies are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to help combat the growing problem.

Eilat inks deal with skyTran, taking step toward futuristic pod transport system.

From Forbes: How social robots could help older patients help themselves.

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Can Startups Fix Broken Accounts?

March 31, 2019 by OurCrowd

Below is an excerpt from OurCrowd’s Q1 Innovation Insider, which you can download here.

Life without banking and credit cards in 2019 can feel like a real stretch of the imagination, but for many across the globe — from the developing world to the United States — it is very real.

No credit score means no financial history. No financial history means no lease. No lease means no mortgage, ever. No credit card means no e-commerce. No bank account means high fees for every cash checked. The obstacles go on and on. As the saying goes, it is expensive to be poor.

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Mobility Miracles

March 19, 2019 by OurCrowd

Below is an excerpt from OurCrowd’s Q1 Innovation Insider, which you can download here.

“Still today I have no idea how I lost control. The car turned over three times. I got out of the car fully conscious, telling everyone I feel great, but I just can’t feel my legs.”

For centuries, paraplegics like Israeli software engineer Adir Siman Tov, 27, had one option for mobility: wheelchairs, which can have damaging psychological, medical and financial effects. Twenty years old at the time of the accident, Adir felt a “giant black cloud” hanging over him.

Then came UPnRIDE Robotics. Founded by Dr. Amit Goffer, a quadriplegic, the company is passionate about changing the lives of mobility- impaired individuals. UPnRIDE’s wheeled robotic device brings the user from sitting to standing position, providing upright and seated mobility, indoors or outdoors, over a variety of surfaces and slopes.

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Top 10 Tech Impact Trends presented at #OCSummit19

March 13, 2019 by OurCrowd

A much anticipated event at the annual OurCrowd Global Investor Summit is the presentation of what we predict will be 10 tech trends throughout the year ahead, reflecting the views of our investment team as well as input from our global network. In light of this year’s Summit theme, Global Impact, Stav Erez and Eli Nir presented 10 tech impact trends which we believe will change the world for the better in 2019. Before we jump into this year’s trends, have a look at the video below in which we address the outcome of the trends presented at our 2018 Summit:

*Find the video of the full presentation at the bottom of this post.

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Can Startups Fix Broken Accounts?

Mobility Miracles

Top 10 Tech Impact Trends presented at #OCSummit19

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