Author: OurCrowd

[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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[BioCatch in FindBiometrics] BioCatch Named in Both European and North American Red Herring Awards

Behavioral biometrics specialist BioCatch has been included in Red Herring’s Top 100 awards for both Europe and North America. These are annual rankings determined by the media company, which focuses on an investor audience looking to learn about innovative companies. Commenting on this year’s results, Red Herring CEO Alex Vieux said organizers were “extremely pleased” with the winners of both the Top 100 Europe Award and the Top 100 North America Award, and lauded BioCatch specifically for its “exceptional work in the behavioral biometrics space, validated by customers around the world”. Read more on FindBiometrics...

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[OurCrowd in Crowdfund Insider] OurCrowd and China Based P3 Innovation Partner to Fund Early Stage Deals

Leading global equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has recently formed a new partnership with P3 Innovation, part of Pico Far East Holdings Limited. Founded in 2016, P3 Innovation is a strategic platform founded by the Pico Group that is located in Pico Creative Centre in Shanghai’s Jiading District. The P3 location offers 3,000 sq. m. of space for a variety of innovation-based start-ups focusing on a broad theme – “cultural, creative and technology”. Read more on Crowdfund Insider...

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[OurCrowd in The Jerusalem Post] Israeli, Indian partners team up with Motorola to launch Jerusalem incubator

Aiming to give Jerusalem-based start-ups a global edge, Israeli and Indian partners have teamed up with American data communications giant Motorola Solutions to establish a hi-tech incubator. The incubator, led by equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, will focus on frontier technologies such as big data, analytics, artificial intelligence, fintech, storage, the Internet of Things and computer vision, according to the partners. Read more on The Jerusalem Post...

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