Author: OurCrowd

[OurCrowd in Israel21c] Why US corporate giants like Intel need fresh Israeli tech

“Many of Intel’s core products are developed in Israel,” said Joel Fisch, director of Intel Sports Group’s Technology Collaborations, speaking at a press event at the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit in Jerusalem on February 16. Representatives of some 200 multinationals were there to scout out Israeli talent and build on existing relationships. Read more on Israel21c...

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[Zebra in Wired] Radiology by robots: this is what breast cancer looks like tumour-hunting AI

The image above – one of around 400,000 mammograms belonging to Zebra Medical Vision – shows what a breast looks like to AI. It has been colour-coded to make it easier for a self-teaching neural network to identify breast cancer. Using this technique, Zebra Medical claims to have been able to detect cancerous cells with 91 per cent accuracy. This is an improvement on the typical radiologists’ rate of 88 per cent, with fewer false positives. “Right now,” says Zebra Medical founder Elad Benjamin, “this is better than human performance.” Read more on Wired...

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[OurCrowd Summit 2017] OurCrowd TV: Reporting from the 2017 Global Investor Summit in Jerusalem

Wow! What an amazing day in Jerusalem at the 3rd annual 2017 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit. In case you missed it – or want to relive it – we present three episodes of OurCrowd TV, which reported from the scene today at Jerusalem’s ICC, where thousands of people came from around the world countries to talk tech, startups, innovation and investing. Stay tuned for more video, presentations, photos and more as we keep publishing content from OCSummit17. Let us know what you think!  ...

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[OurCrowd in Globes] OurCrowd expands to Taiwan

Israeli global equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has opened a Taiwan office in Taipei office and has formed a strategic partnership with Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank (SCSB). SCSB recently received the approval of the Financial Supervisory Commission, to invest in Jerusalem-based equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd. This makes it Taiwan’s first bank to invest in an overseas FinTech equity crowdfunding platform. Read more on Globes...

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