Author: OurCrowd

[OurCrowd in Forbes] Exploring the growing Asia-Israel links for venture capital and fund-raising

Dec 19, 2016 | ,

Israeli-based crowdfunding company OurCrowd has opened an office in Singapore, its seventh office worldwide, to fund Asian startups and engage with Asian investors funding early stage and high-growth companies. Denes Ban, a successful entrepreneur and technology executive, has been appointed Managing Partner Asia and head of OurCrowd’s Singapore operation. Having recently closed on $72 million to back startups and expand its crowdfunding platform, OurCrowd has already made its first investment in the region, in Zoomcar, a car rental company in India. Co-investors were Ford Motor and Sequoia Capital India. Read more on Forbes...

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[Syqe in The New York Times] Israel, a medical marijuana pioneer, is eager to capitalize

Dec 17, 2016 |

Teva Israel, a subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., recently announced a distribution and cooperation agreement with Syqe Medical, a Tel Aviv company that developed an inhaler for administering marijuana in precise doses. The dose can be tailored to each patient like a standard medical treatment, which experts say should reduce or eliminate the objections of reluctant physicians. Read more on the New York Times...

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[Global Kinetics in PR Newswire] Global Kinetics and uMotif announce technology partnership for Parkinson’s trials

Dec 16, 2016 |

Global Kinetics Corporation and uMotif have announced a new partnership to offer a comprehensive, validated and simple to use data capture platform to advance the treatment and understanding of Parkinson’s disease. Bringing together leading proprietary products, the combined Global Kinetics and uMotif Parkinson’s platform provides a unique means to measure and demonstrate the value of medications, devices and services in Parkinson’s disease, from clinical through to commercial phases of development. Read more on PR Newswire...

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Free as a ‘Bird’: What to watch in wearable tech for visionaries

Free as a ‘Bird’: What to watch in wearable tech for visionaries

Dec 14, 2016 |

See anything amazing lately? Wearable technology has become increasingly popular in recent years, with thousands of products promoting seamless and natural interaction with devices and screens.  By 2020, there are expected to be 411 million smart wearable devices available in a sector worth $34 billion, according to a recent market forecast. What are we seeing out there? Among the most recognized wearable devices is the Apple Watch, which tracks health indicators, serves as a telephone and GPS navigator, among dozens of other functions.  More recently, many varieties of smart glasses have attracted much attention: the mobile messaging app SnapChat just released connected Spectacles sunglasses, which record 10-second snippets of video. ‘When I got the footage back and watched it, I could see my own memory, through my own eyes — it was unbelievable,” Snap’s CEO Evan Spiegel told The Wall Street Journal. But the market success and traction of smart glasses is still uncertain.  There are suspicions that Google will discontinue its Glass smart glasses product, which was released amid major hype in 2012 and named one of the...

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