Author: OurCrowd

[Agentology in TechCrunch] Agentology, the referral network for real estate agents, closes on $4.5 million

Real estate is one of those industries that has been rather slow on the uptake of technology, which makes a lot of sense. Buying and selling a home is one of the biggest, most personal decisions in a person’s life, and the shift to online browsing, transactions, etc. was bound to take longer than other sectors. Brokers, too, have grown accustomed to their ways and are usually hesitant to use technology to upgrade their processes. Read more on TechCrunch...

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[Global Kinetics in PR Newswire] Global Kinetics Corporation Big Data Highlights Unmet Needs & Global Variations in Parkinson’s Disease

Global Kinetics Corporation (GKC), a leader in digital health technology for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD), today announced that it has developed a dataset of more than 10,000 reports of symptoms from patients with PD. The database was used to analyze symptomology from patients across the globe and presented in a poster at the recent International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. Read more on PR Newswire...

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[Zebra in The Jerusalem Post] Tech Talk: Israel’s Fortune 500 Companies

The Ayn Rand Center awarded the 2017 Atlas Award to Israeli start-up Zebra Medical Vision, which has developed algorithms that diagnose diseases and medical problems even before symptoms arise. The ceremony, which took place in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Hall, was the final event of the competition in which 70 Israeli start-ups competed; and only three reached the final stage. Read more on The Jerusalem Post...

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[Argus in The Wall Street Journal] Tech Companies to Watch

The Wall Street Journal set out to identify companies that show signs of becoming emerging leaders. A data analysis assessed their founders’ experience, investor track record, amount of investments raised, growth of workforce and buzz about the company. These five factors were given an equal weighting to calculate a maximum score of 100. Read more on The Wall Street Journal...

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