Author: OurCrowd

[Beyond Meat in New York Post] Restaurants adapt as demand for meatless cuisine heats up

Jan 5, 2020 |

“I think that cooking vegan fare is growing in momentum, and it has encouraged chefs to rise to the challenge,” said Wendy Matthews, US director for Veganuary, a British-based non-profit that opened a branch in the US last year. “The product launches are amazing and unexpected,” she said, adding praise for the fast-food industry, which now offers vegan foods that taste like meat, thanks to companies like Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat. Read...

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[Beyond Meat in Business Insider] Beyond Meat’s chief growth officer says he ‘can’t remember when we’ve ever said no’ to creating a new menu item for a fast-food chain

Jan 5, 2020 |

From McDonald’s P.L.T to Subway’s plant-based meatball sub to KFC’s fried “chicken,” the company has crafted a number of new menu items in partnership with chains over the last few years. According to Beyond Meat’s chief growth officer, Chuck Muth, these partnerships are a major part of Beyond’s growth plan for the future. Read...

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[OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved in CrowdFund Insider] OurCrowd Founder and CEO Jon Medved Recognized as One of 17 Israelis that Shaped the Decade

Jan 5, 2020 |

Jon Medved, OurCrowd founder and CEO, has joined an illustrious group of leaders being recognized as one of 17 individuals who helped to define the last decade. OurCrowd is the largest investment crowdfunding platform in the world having raised over $1 billion since platform launch while boasting dozens of high profile exits. Read...

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In the News: Kicking off 2020 with big wins, including new tender to operate medical cannabis incubator

In the News: Kicking off 2020 with big wins, including new tender to operate medical cannabis incubator

Jan 5, 2020 |

We ended off 2019 with exciting news for OurCrowd and the Israeli ecosystem. Israeli tech raised over $350M in December, and raised a record $8.19B in 2019, easily surpassing the $6.4B raised in 2018, which was itself a record. In OurCrowd’s fifth incubator win, the consortium consisting of OurCrowd, Perrigo and BOL Pharma, won the Israeli government tender to operate CanNegev, a medical cannabis incubator that will be located in Yeruham, in the south of Israel. This will be the world’s first government-supported medical cannabis technology incubator.  As I told NoCamels, in this past decade, the Israeli tech ecosystem came into its own. What was interesting, full of potential and a promising phenomenon, became a powerhouse juggernaut that everybody in the world now has recognized. A decade ago, getting to $1 billion in equity crowdfunded assets was but a dream. I was humbled to be featured as one of 17 Israelis that shaped the decade. Startup Nation and beyond In-depth look at Alpha Tau – Alpha Tau’s Alpha DaRT is the first technology to provide a highly localized and effective...

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