Author: OurCrowd

[OurCrowd in The Sydney Morning Herald] The new hot spot for Australian start-ups

Nov 26, 2016 | ,

“It just seems like it’s raining Aussies on us. I’ve never seen so many,” says Jon Medved, chief executive of OurCrowd and one of Israel’s leading hi-tech venture capitalists. After a period of “clearly not enough” investment in innovation, Australia seems poised for a “really great moment”, he believes. It looks like we’re about to realise we can “actually make [money] on minds not mines”, he says in his Jerusalem office, his voice as loud as his floral-themed shirt. Read more on The Sydney Morning Herald here....

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[Freightos in CNBC] Low freight rates aid rock bottom Black Friday prices: Data provider

Nov 24, 2016 |

Black Friday this week will feature cut-throat deals, but how can this be profitable for retailers? Rock bottom freight rates are contributing to the offers. A deep slump in shipping volumes spurred by weaker demand for commodities and slower global trade has a silver lining in sending bulk and container rates to record lows, allowing good to be shipped at low costs, according to real-time freight rate database Freightos. Figured pulled from the database by Freightos highlighted a few key products that may fill holiday season shopping baskets at lower costs because of shipping rates, noting for example than a $2,000 Apple MacBook Pro costs $1.50 to import into the U.S. by freighter. Read more on CNBC...

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[Zebra in VentureBeat] Zebra Medical Vision launches Profound: Get an analysis of your medical scan from the comfort of your own home

Nov 23, 2016 | ,

Zebra Medical Vision (https://www.zebra-med.com/), the leading machine learning imaging analytics company, is launching Profound (http://profound.zebra-med.com) – a breakthrough service intended to help millions of people receive fast, accurate medical image analysis nearly instantly, over the web. The company’s new service allows people to upload their medical imaging scans such as CTs and Mammograms to Zebra’s online service, and receive an automated analysis for key clinical conditions. Read more on VentureBeat...

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[OurCrowd in Geektime] The Israel-Cincinnati Innovation Venture will have corporate and venture capital backing from a number of parties in the US and Israel

Nov 22, 2016 |

US corporation Procter & Gamble announced Tuesday a new innovation hub dubbed the Israel-Cincinnati Innovation Venture. Jerusalem Venture Partners, OurCrowd, and Vintage will be collaborating with P&G on the project alongside US grocery company Kroger, GE, and Fifth Third Bank. The Cincinnati-based program gives five Israeli startups an “unusual opportunity” to pilot new solutions with a multitude of sponsoring corporate investors, chosen from a final list of 20 contenders. The program will cover a wide breadth of industries from fintech to cyber security to big data. The program hopes to have its five teams named by mid-December and the program rolling by February. Read more on Geektime...

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How Jerusalem becomes the next big startup city [OurCrowd Newsletter]

How Jerusalem becomes the next big startup city [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Nov 21, 2016 |

What is Jerusalem doing in order to become the next startup city and which Israeli startups should you look out for this upcoming year?  Read up on these news items and more stories from the Startup Nation, below… Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now How Jerusalem is seeking to become Israel’s new ‘start-up city’ The Jerusalem Development Authority is committed to strengthening hi-tech in the capital. How will they do it? Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News mPrest featured in The Jerusalem Post BioCatch featured in PR Newswire OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved featured in Crowdfund Insider Briefcam featured in PR Newswire Zoomcar featured in Business Standard Argus featured in PR Newswire Intel inaugurates Israel production line $6 billion was invested in the next generation chip production line in Kiryat Gat, including a $300 million government grant. Read more. Rhon Klinikum invests in Israeli company Inovytec The German medical services company has invested several millions dollars in the Israeli resuscitation product developer. Read more. Israeli women entrepreneurs make presence felt Startups from the WFF women’s accelerator have raised over $20 million. Read...

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