Homeowners today are sitting on a record amount of equity, thanks to the recent run-up in home prices, but a lot of them can’t access that cash. They don’t have the credit scores to qualify for a home equity loan or a cash-out refinance. Read...
Read MoreSamsung signed a deal to acquire Tel Aviv-based smartphone camera company Corephotonics for a reported, but unconfirmed, sum of $150-$160 million. Read...
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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. 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. Top tech news this week Consumer Hardware…Eurofins UK and Consumer Physics launch an advanced on-farm feed analysis solution in UK. FinTech…Insurance Company Lemonade Tops $57 Million in Revenue in 2018. Agriculture…Taranis Launches Industry-First Automated Crop Emergence and Stand Count Solution. News from the industry “Over Valentine’s Day weekend in 2016, a winter storm wiped out most of New England’s peach crop — a development that left Sweetgreen’s supply...
Read MoreenVerid Systems, the pioneer of HVAC Load Reduction® (HLR®) technology, today announced the hiring of Christian Weeks as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Weeks will assume the new role effective immediately. Read more...
Read MoreBioCatch recently announced a new platform designed to prevent authorized push payment (APP) fraud, and has now detailed some of the benefits in a new blog post explaining the technology. Read more...
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