Author: OurCrowd

[Splacer in NoCamels] Splacer, Israeli Airbnb of event spaces, offers coolest party pads

Mar 5, 2017 |

Splacer, which combines the words “space” and “place”, is an online marketplace for event spaces. The startup curates and lists over 1000 spaces in the US, with hundreds of listings in major US cities including: New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Just two weeks ago, the company announced it has expanded into the Miami market and plans to add more metro areas in the coming months. Read more on NoCamels...

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[OurCrowd in CNBC TV18] OurCrowd Global Investor Summit 2017

Mar 3, 2017 |

Young Turks travels to Jerusalem in Israel to bring you all the action from the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit 2017. In its 3rd year, the summit is the world’s largest equity crowd funding event and the biggest investor event in Israel. This year over 6000 attendees from over 80 countries gathered in Jerusalem, the capital of the start-up nation. Watch the video on CNBC...

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[Freightos in Forbes] Zvi Scheiber’s Freightos born out of frustration with archaic freight business

Mar 2, 2017 | ,

Freightos is a fast-growing, Israeli-headquartered SaaS software company designed to simplify the complicated and archaic shipping business. Founded by software engineer and serial entrepreneur Zvi Schreiber in 2012, the firm works with 90 percent of the top freight forwarders and automated 60,000 price quotes in the last quarter. Today, the company, not only helps freight with pricing but also is adding marketing and sales as a service with an online freight marketplace. “We are very much like an Expedia for freight,” says Schreiber. The company recently announced the beta launch of the Freightos International Freight Index™ (FIFI). FIFI aggregates live freight rates from hundreds of carriers, forwarders, and shippers, enabling data-informed decision-making, free of charge, for businesses of all sizes. Read more on Forbes...

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