Author: OurCrowd

[OurCrowd in Zirra] Zirra SUN100’s top VCs

Apr 4, 2017 |

Not everyone in this list are VCs: Some non-VC financial enterprises are involved in either investing or lending money to the SUN 100 club, including Silicon Valley Bank, which is a bank focused on tech companies, and Viola Credit (formerly Plenus), a lending fund. In addition, OurCrowd is a crowdfunding platform, and Mitsui is a corporate VC. Two VCs in the list have decided not to raise new funds and to focus on their existing portfolios: Gemini Israel Ventures and Genesis Partners. Read more on Zirra...

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[enVerid in PR Newswire] enVerid HLR® technology solves air pollution challenges for leading business school in China

Apr 4, 2017 |

enVerid Systems Inc., a leader in energy savings and indoor air QUALITY equipment for commercial and educational buildings, today announced that the Shanghai-based China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) has achieved superior indoor air quality per the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards, and 80 percent reduction in the utilization of outside air, through the installation of enVerid HLR® (HVAC Load Reduction) modules in its state-of-the-art lecture theater. enVerid’s HLR technology is the only solution on the market to intelligently capture and clean indoor air of contaminants, including carbon dioxide (CO2), formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and particulate matter (PM2.5), ensuring superior indoor air quality to help improve students’ cognitive performance, health and comfort. HLR uses a patented air treatment and recycling system for HVAC systems, enabling a reduction in the amount of outside air required to ventilate a building, which also saves on heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) costs. With outdoor air pollution up by 8 percent since 2011 according to the World Health Organization, this is of high importance especially in countries like China, where air...

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[NooBaa in PRWeb] NooBaa announces general availability and Clouditalia partnership

Apr 4, 2017 |

NooBaa today announced worldwide availability of the NooBaa Enterprise Edition product offering. NooBaa is a software-based object storage solution that greatly improves infrastructure and business flexibility by enabling dynamic hybrid and multi-cloud data management. The NooBaa solution allows enterprises to consolidate unstructured data management across multiple locations and cloud environments in a simple and elastic manner by pooling datacenter capacity resources with public cloud capacity in a single namespace. The Enterprise Edition provides full scale-out and high availability, public cloud integration, and a pay-as-you-go subscription license. Along with the new release, NooBaa Customer support is now available across Americas and EMEA regions. Read more on PRWeb...

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[Trendlines in The Times of Israel] Trendlines gets grant for urinary incontinence device

Apr 3, 2017 |

Trendlines Labs is to receive a grant from the Singapore Israel Industrial Research and Development Foundation for the development and clinical trial of its stress urinary incontinence (SUI) product, which is being developed in partnership with the Singapore General Hospital. The 50 women in the trial, expected to start mid-2017 at the hospital, will provide feedback on the product. The foundation will provide up to 50 percent of the $400,000 the partners need to fund the final product development and clinical trial. Read more on The Times of Israel...

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[BioCatch in Security News Desk] Getting personal with biometrics for security

Apr 3, 2017 |

Another pertinent example of banks gravitating towards biometrics is, undoubtedly, the successful trial conducted by BioCatch – which specialises in behavioural biometrics – at NatWest Bank. The bank has been deploying the BioCatch technology since the start of 2016 within Coutts and for some of its business customers. Simon McNamara, Chief Administrative Officer at NatWest has been impressed with the breadth of behavioural biometrics that the BioCatch technology can monitor: “We’ve already seen many examples of it alerting us to suspicious activity and protecting our customers from fraud,” he says. Read more on Security News Desk...

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