Author: OurCrowd

[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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[BioCatch in Enterprise Times] NatWest chooses BioCatch over IBM

Nov 21, 2016 | ,

UK bank NatWest has chosen behavioural biometrics firm BioCatch to help secure its online banking. BioCatch has been deployed at NatWest subsidiary Coutts since the start of 2016. The bank has now decided to go with a larger roll-out across the business. The decision to go with BioCatch will come as a blow to IBM who has been a long-term security partner to NatWest. It currently provides its Trusteer Rapport to NatWest customers free of charge and has its own behavioural biometric solution. It will be interesting to see how IBM responds to this lost business. Read more on Enterprise Times...

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[Crowdfund Insider] OurCrowd’s Jon Medved: Business is Booming

[Crowdfund Insider] OurCrowd’s Jon Medved: Business is Booming

Nov 18, 2016 |

OurCrowd’s co-founder and CEO Jon Medved is one of the most vocal advocates in the investment crowdfunding sector. Medved has created one of the most prominent funding marketplaces, eschewing borders and definitions to raise capital for promising early stage companies around the globe. A best in breed crowdfunding site, OurCrowd invests in every single company that it lists on its platform – so investor interest is closely aligned. OurCrowd has garnered unique deal access, too. Smaller investors can find themselves investing alongside big name VCs like Sequoia, Khosla Ventures and perhaps Mark Cuban. This is typically pretty difficult unless you have big money or operate in Silicon Valley. Read more on Crowdfund...

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