Author: OurCrowd

[Surgical Theater in Huffington Post] Is the timing right for VR in healthcare?

Tech giant Intel believe we might be in a similar situation with regards to virtual reality. Whilst the library of content is gradually growing, the hardware to provide smooth, realistic virtual reality is now here. Indeed, so convinced are Intel of the potential of VR that they have teamed up with Surgical Theater to offer virtual reality services to surgeons via their Precision VR platform. Read more on Huffington Post...

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[OurCrowd in Australian Financial Review] NAB private banking in alliance with Israel’s OurCrowd

Clients of National Australia Bank’s private bank will get special access to venture capital raisings by global technology companies, with NAB and the Israeli equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd announcing a collaboration deal on Sunday. NAB joins United Overseas Bank of Singapore and Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank of Taiwan in assisting OurCrowd to distribute deals while also getting access to start-ups funded through the platform, one of the world’s largest crowdfunding groups that has raised over $600 million for more than 120 early-stage companies. Read more on Australian Financial Review...

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Here’s the tech that excites these top entrepreneurs [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Porsche invests in Israeli tech, Jerusalem installs a state-of-the-art wireless network, and Israeli scientists announce a new treatment for ALS. Read up on these news item and more below. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now The tech toys and tools that excite top entrepreneurs Everybody has their favourite app, gadget or new technology that can make life easier, work more productive, and the future that much more exciting, and entrepreneurs are no different. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News Celeno featured in PR Newswire mPrest featured on ILTV Nanorep featured in PR Newswire Wave featured in Newswire Canada Freightos featured in FleetOwner Global Kinetics featured in PR Newswire   Porsche to invest in Israeli auto-tech Porsche says it will invest tens of millions of euros in Israeli smart car startups through the Magma and Grove venture capital funds. Read more. Israeli scientists announce new treatment for ALS Drug developed at Ben-Gurion University said to improve brain function and life expectancy, may help Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s sufferers too. Read more. Smart city: Jerusalem installing cutting edge wireless network An independent, state-of-the-art wireless network will place the capital at...

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[OurCrowd in Business Insider Australia] NAB is collaborating with an Israeli crowdfunding platform to offer startup investments

The National Australia Bank private banking division is partnering with Israeli crowdfunding platform, OurCrowd, to offer NAB customers access to OurCrowd startup investments. The bank says it’s an Australian first giving its clients access to one of the world’s largest equity crowdfunding platforms, which entered the local market three years ago. Read more on Business Insider here....

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[Surgical Theater in The Wall Street Journal] Virtual Reality finally catches on—with businesses

The use of VR is spreading especially quickly through medicine. VR 3-D modeling of the brain developed by Surgical Theater LLC is already being used for planning and practicing neurosurgeries in hospitals at New York University, University Hospitals in Cleveland and Mount Sinai among others. A clinical study published last year in the Journal of Neurosurgery found that preoperative practice with Surgical Theater’s rehearsal platform reduced the time it took to repair aneurysms, which suggests it also made the surgeries safer. Read more on The Wall Street Journal here. Watch the video...

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