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In the News: What does Nas Daily have to say after 1,000 days?

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Congratulations to the latest star of our incubator, Labs/02, after announcing a big round: C2A raises $6.5M for its in-car cybersecurity platform. Meanwhile – his 1,000 days of daily one-minute videos may have come to an end, but Nas Daily is far from done! Top vlogger and entrepreneur Nuseir (Nas) Yassin will be joining us for three days of Summit Week, March 5-7! For your chance to hear him give a TEK Talk and more, register here.

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Startup Nation and beyond

Zebra Medical Vision will now improve the lives of 90% of Israeli patients….looking forward to the rest of the world joining: Zebra Medical Partners With Three of Israel’s Largest Healthcare Providers.

Check out One World Identity’s list of top 100 Influencers in Identity, including Trusona CEO Ori Eisen.

Specializing in environmental protection and sustainability, Israel to establish multi-million dollar environmental protection lab.

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In the News: Watch the future of healing, live, on March 7th

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Heavy investment activity rings in 2019 in Israel, including funding rounds for Syqe Medical, TytoCare, Hailo, Foretellix, Celeno and CrediFi. As we look ahead to March 7th, the 2019 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit will celebrate how in today’s globalized climate, startups are able to amplify their know-how to tackle the critical, complex challenges facing society. We were proud to be featured in Globes this weekend (Hebrew). P.S. did you know Jerusalem was named the fastest-growing tourist destination of 2018? We are doing our part as 15,000 are expected to register to the Summit, of which 45% currently ticketed are from overseas…Grab your spot if you haven’t already.

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Startup Nation and beyond

Nanomedic will change the way that millions of burn patients are treated—watch their live demo on March 7th at the OurCrowd Summit: Groundbreaking Israeli medical device, Nanomedic, treats burns without ever touching the patient.

Robotaxis: can automakers catch up with Google in driverless cars?

With the aim of doubling the number of female-led initiatives supported by the authority within two years, Israel Innovation Authority Launches Grant Program for Female-Founded Startups.

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In the News: Samsung’s latest acquisition – is one of our own

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This week we congratulate our portfolio company Corephotonics, which was acquired by Samsung – so proud of David Mendlovic and team! In other news, Intel will invest an unprecedented $11B in an Israel factory, creating around 1,000 jobs. Take a sneak peek at some of the incredible sessions we have lined up at the 2019 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit, and don’t forget to register.

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Startup Nation and beyond

Check out this piece, Start-ups on High Road to China, which features myself, a leading VC from China, and entrepreneurs across sectors.

Working with China and the US “is going to require some fancy footwork”, I recently told Bloomberg. I am ready to dance…read more here.

Airobotics adds LiDAR into aerial drones, expanding use case possibilities.

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In the News: The cannabis tech opportunity is hot – and here

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Big news: The Israeli Cabinet is set to approve the export of medical cannabis. We are excited that an investment of ours is one of the few that qualify for the export, and are proud to take part in the growth of the thriving Cannabis Tech sector as we partner with Colorado-based 7thirty to build the world’s leading global cannabis technology venture capital fund. Watch a recap of OurCrowd’s time in Las Vegas at CES 2019, where our companies participated and made headlines. Then claim your ticket for the Israeli version of CES, the 2019 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit on March 7th.

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Startup Nation and beyond

Our man in Africa, David Mataen, writes: On innovation, Israel is the place to watch.

Congratulations to AI chip startup Hailo Technologies, expanding its series A to more than $20 million! Read about the Hailo-8 Fast Track Program, offering selected partners the chance to evaluate samples of the Hailo-8 processor.

The Future Is Now: “Now we can do incisionless surgery” With INSIGHTEC CEO Maurice R. Ferré MD and Fotis Georgiadis.

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In the News: Watch – Innovation doesn’t stop for politics

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We’ve had a big week for OurCrowd as we continue advancing our tech cooperation with Asia. Watch my interview on CNBC at the Asian Financial Forum, or watch the full version in which I announce that KEB Hana, Korea’s largest bank joins as our newest investor and partner, and discuss what the U.S.-China trade conflict means for deal flow and venture capital investments. 

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We are very excited to share that enVerid won the Product of the Year award at AHR Expo, the most prestigious award in their industry, right after securing the 2019 Innovation Award; they are addressing the air quality crisis by cleaning indoor air and saving energy.

Startup Nation and beyond

2018 was a record-breaking year, continuing a quite remarkable five-year run of steady increases in capital invested in Israeli tech startups: Read thoughts from me and others in Forbes, on what comes next

This just in: 2018 Innovation Report from the Israeli Innovation Authority

Great outcome for team ForceNock and congratulations to the team at Labs/02, our new incubator on their first exit in their first year of operations

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Why Uber Bought JUMP

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When Uber bought a small electric bike company in April 2018, it came as a shock to many. What was behind the acquisition of JUMP Mobility Technologies, an OurCrowd portfolio company? What did it suggest about how innovative companies could stay on the cutting edge of business models and technologies?

A disruptive innovation gives new consumers at the bottom of a market access to a product or service historically only accessible to consumers with a lot of money or skill. These innovators figure out how to compete asymmetrically with market leaders, ultimately overturning — or disrupting — the status quo. New technologies, new business models, social trends or government policy may catalyze this process. [Read more…]

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In the News: News from CES 2019; see the same tech in Jerusalem on March 7th

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Our team was at CES 2019 last week, along with representatives from 15 portfolio companies and funds. 12 were featured in Israel21c’s “27 to watch” and check out the groundbreaking Israeli tech that turned heads. Congrats to Intuition Robotics on the huge news of collaborating with Toyota Research Institute on a breakthrough in-car companion agent. We’re only just getting started… If you’re excited about the tech you’re seeing from CES, get your ticket for the 2019 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit:

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Startup Nation and beyond

With thoughts from me and VayaVision’s CEO: RPT-Mobileye leads Israeli charge into China’s autonomous car market

Another amazing partnership! Israel’s Innoviz to provide Samsung unit with sensor tech for self-driving cars

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News Blog: OurCrowd @ CES

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Startups from OurCrowd’s portfolio made waves at CES 2019!

Our representing companies made us proud at CES, displaying their incredible technology, receiving awards and forging promising partnerships! Take a look at the news roundup below:

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