Author: OurCrowd

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

Feb 19, 2017 | ,

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

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

Feb 16, 2017 | ,

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

Feb 16, 2017 | ,

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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[OurCrowd in The Times of Israel] OurCrowd gets funds, partnership with Taiwan’s bank

Feb 16, 2017 |

OurCrowd, the Jerusalem-based global equity crowdfunding platform, said Thursday it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Taiwan-based Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank (SCSB) in an effort to expand the venture fund’s Asian reach. The partnership will open the door for Chinese customers of the bank to invest in OurCrowd’s portfolio companies, enable OurCrowd to access and invest in Chinese technologies, and also help foster commercial and strategic partnerships between Israeli startups and Chinese companies, Jon Medved, OurCrowd’s CEO, said in an interview. Read more on The Times of Israel...

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[Zoomcar in The Economic Times] Fast Company names Zoomcar among India’s Top 10 innovative companies

Feb 16, 2017 |

Zoomcar, India’s first self-drive car rental company, announced that it has been named by Fast Company as one of the Top 10 Most Innovative Companies from India for 2017. Most Innovative Companies is one of Fast Company’s most significant and highly anticipated editorial efforts of the year. To produce the 2017 list, Fast Company reporters surveyed thousands of enterprises across the globe to identify the most notable innovations of the year and trace the impact of those initiatives on business, industry, and the larger culture. Read more on Economic Times...

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