Author: OurCrowd

[Wave in Canada Newswire] Wave closes US$24MM strategic funding to accelerate the embedding of financial solutions into its market-leading small business software

May 30, 2017 |

Wave (waveapps.com), the leading provider of financial management software for entrepreneurs and small business owners, announced a US$24 million strategic financing today, with participation from leading financial services companies including National Australia Bank (NAB), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Portag3 (the investment arm of PowerCorp focusing on financial services innovations), and Exhibition Capital. The investment also includes funding from existing investors CRV, Social Capital, BDC IT Venture Fund and BDC Capital, OMERS Ventures, Harbourvest and OurCrowd. Read more on Canada Newswire...

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[Global Kinetics in Financial Review] Brandon Capital on board as Parkinson’s smartwatch firm Global Kinetics seeks $30 million

May 29, 2017 |

Emerging Australian medtech success story Global Kinetics is raising $20-30 million to keep commercialising its smartwatch-style Parkinson’s treatment device. The company is also working on an expansion into telehealth in partnership with French hospitals and developing an app to give Parkinson’s patients more control over their own treatment. Read more on Financial Review here....

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Take a look at Israel’s coolest startups & more [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Take a look at Israel’s coolest startups & more [OurCrowd Newsletter]

May 29, 2017 |

Which Israeli startup did Microsoft just acquire and which companies made it to Business Insider’s top picks? Read up on these news items and more below. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now The 25 coolest tech companies in Israel Israel continues to produce an impressive number of highly successful tech companies for a country with a population of just 9 million people. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News Scopio featured in Globes Zebra featured in NoCamels Freightos featured in Air Cargo News BioCatch featured in FindBiometrics OurCrowd featured in Business Insider Global Kinetics featured in Fox34   Israel and Quebec launch $12M R&D program Setting up the collaboration program was one of the highlights of a week-long visit by a 100-strong trade delegation to Israel led by Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard. Read more. Mobileye unveils new Jerusalem office campus Mobileye expects to increase workforce to 4,000 people once premises in Har Hotzvim tech park are built. Read more. Microsoft buys cybersecurity company Hexadite for $100M The Israeli company has developed software to investigate threats and rate the seriousness of cyber security alerts. Read more.   News Nuggets Cybersecurity...

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[Zebra in Business Insider] The 25 coolest tech companies in Israel

May 25, 2017 |

Founded in 2014 and backed by the likes of Salesforce billionaire Marc Benioff with $20 million (£16 million), this Tel Aviv-based company says it has taught an algorithm to identify early signs of breast cancer with the help of thousands of previous mammograms. That constantly improving algorithm — trained using a technique known as machine learning, which is a type of AI that equips computers with the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed — is now better than radiologists using the best computer aided detection (CAD) methods for mammography, the company claims. Read  more on Business Insider...

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