Author: OurCrowd

[OurCrowd in The Times of Israel] Canada shoots for tech boost as Trump shuts doors

“There is a thriving, growing tech scene in Canada, driven in some degree already by tech entrepreneurs who have immigrated to Canada,” David Shore, the Canadian representative of the Jerusalem-based crowdfunding venture capital firm OurCrowd, said in an email interview. “If the US has a more closed-door policy, Canada is a natural friendly alternative destination.” Read more on The Times of Israel here....

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[Splacer in The New York Times] Renting your home out, by the hour

Splacer, which started in Tel Aviv, has attracted 700 New York City listings since it entered the marketplace in 2014. A third of the spaces are residential, and the rest are commercial, like restaurants, galleries and warehouses. Peerspace, a San Francisco-based company, arrived in New York in November 2015 and now has 600 listings in this market, about 150 of which are residential. And about a third of Thisopenspeace’s 300 listings in the city are residential. Read more on The New York Times...

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