Author: OurCrowd

While 2016 was not a particularly strong year for the global venture capital market, the same could not be said for the sector in Israel. “There was one country that has bucked this trend completely, and that country was Israel,” Jon Medved told thousands of people gathered at in the 2017 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit in Jerusalem on Thursday. Read more on The Jerusalem Post...

Much of the talk around President Trump’s meeting this week with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House surrounds the political and security relationship between the two countries. That is important. But it is only part of the story. Despite having a tiny population of eight million people, Israel is playing a crucial role in helping to power the U.S. economy for the next generation. It is no exaggeration to say that the U.S.-Israel economic and commercial relationship is transforming the economies of both countries, creating a virtual circle of productivity and growth. And what is behind this? In one word: innovation. Read more on The Washington Times...