Author: OurCrowd

[MedAware in Globes] Prescription error elimination company MedAware raises $8M

Aug 16, 2017 | ,

Israeli prescription error elimination co startup MedAware has raised $8 million in Series A financing round with investments from BD (Becton, Dickinson & Co.), Gefen Capital, OurCrowd and Yingcheng City Fubon Technology Co. In addition, MedAware has received grants from Israel’s Innovation Authority and the BIRD Foundation, as well as from the European Commission as part of its Horizon2020 program, bringing the company’s total funding raised to date to $12 million. Read more on Globes...

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[PowWow in PR Web] PowWow Mobile to Showcase its Award-Winning Rapid Mobile App Platform in the Mobility Zone at VMworld 2017

Aug 15, 2017 |

PowWow Mobile, the leader in enabling enterprises to simplify and extend business apps to mobile, today announced that it will sponsor and exhibit in the Mobility Zone at VMworld 2017, taking place from August 27 – 31 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Convention Center in Las Vegas. During the event, PowWow Mobile will showcase how its award-winning rapid mobile app platform, SmartUX™, empowers organizations to accelerate the creation and delivery of secure and intelligent mobile apps to support their digital business. Read more on PR Web...

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[Global Kinetics in PR Newswire] Global Kinetics Corp Secures First US Patent For Its Digital Health System

Aug 14, 2017 |

Melbourne, Australia and Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Global Kinetics Corporation (GKC), a digital health company revolutionizing the management of Parkinson’s disease, announced today it has recently received Notice of Allowance for U.S. patent application 12/997540, protecting the company’s lead product, the Personal KinetiGraph™ (PKG™) (Parkinson’s Kinetigraph™ outside of the U.S.) system, which the company is marketing in the U.S. The patent application pertains to the objective measurement of bradykinesia. Bradykinesia, or slowness of movement, is one of the most common symptoms, and a defining feature, of Parkinson’s disease. The capacity to continuously measure this movement symptom underpins the PKG system. Read m ore on PR Newswire...

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Amazon and Whole Foods: What We Learned About Corporate Innovation

Amazon and Whole Foods: What We Learned About Corporate Innovation

Aug 14, 2017 |

The following is an excerpt from the OurNetwork Q2 Innovation Report, downloadable here. Amazon and Whole Foods: What We Learned About Corporate Innovation By Yehoshua Zlotogorski When does staying ahead of your competitors require inventing something new and when is M&A enough? Where do we draw the line between technological innovation and business model innovation? Let’s take a look through the lens of the recent Amazon-Whole Foods (WFM) tie in, and shed some new light on this acquisition. It’s all about the kale chips Let’s start with the why. Before jumping into what I think is the real reason (spoiler alert), I’ll touch on the mainstream narrative I’ve read over and over, which has mainly been about “Amazon eating the world” and how Amazon is playing offense in same-day delivery with this acquisition. WFM gives Amazon two main things: real estate in populated areas and a grocery arm large enough to supply Amazon Fresh. The real estate play has clear synergies: Amazon now has 400 stores located in prime (pun intended) locations, able to serve as hubs for other...

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