Author: OurCrowd

[Freightos in The Wall Street Journal] Freightos Buys Air-Cargo Rival to Boost Online Marketplace

Aug 31, 2016 | ,

Freightos, looking for an edge in the crowded field of tech-driven shipping startups, is buying a database of air-cargo rates to fill a gap in its new online marketplace. Freightos in July launched a web platform where retailers and manufacturers can compare shipping rates and book cargo transportation, a service the company likens to travel-booking websites. Before the launch, the four-year-old company had focused its resources on ocean and land shipping, but offered fewer options for shippers looking for speedier ways to move their freight. Read more on the Wall Street Journal...

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[Maniv Portfolio Company in TechCrunch] Drive.ai uses deep learning to teach self-driving cars – and to give them a voice

Aug 30, 2016 |

Startup Drive.ai is revealing its product and strategy for the first time, and the autonomous driving tech company is looking not only to create the best hardware and software to enable self-driving cars, but also to make sure those cars communicate with people outside of the car in the most effective way possible. Read more on TechCrunch...

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[Global Kinetics in Financial Review] Aussie medtech company Global Kinetics appoints US CEO

Aug 30, 2016 | ,

Australian medical technology company Global Kinetics, which makes a smart watch-style device to help treat patients with Parkinson’s disease, has appointed a new chief executive from San Francisco as part of its strategy to help drive the company’s US growth. The leadership change for the business, which makes a device called the Parkinson’s KinetiGraph (PKG) that looks like a smart watch but actually records specific movement data of Parkinson’s sufferers, comes after it raised $14.8 million last year from a range of investors including Brandon Capital Partners, in order to enter the US market. Read more on The Australian Financial Review...

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[Surgical Theater in Upload VR] How Surgical Theater Changes The Way Neurosurgeons Operate

Aug 28, 2016 |

Dr. Robert Louis, a neurosurgeon at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Orange County, CA, is pitched some type of new technology, gadget or medication every day. He’s shown things so often that he developed an internal filter that automatically sets expectations a lot lower than the enthusiasm of the rep. But that all changed in October 2015. Read more on Upload...

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[Zoomcar in The Wall Street Journal] Ford Leads $24 Million Funding in India Car-Rental Startup Zoomcar

Aug 25, 2016 | ,

A Ford Motor Co. investment arm is among the companies pouring $24 million into a vehicle-rental startup in India, the latest development in the race to use technology in new ways to target consumers in the world’s second-most-populous country. Bangalore-based Zoomcar allows users to rent its vehicles for as little as an hour at a time, a model similar to the U.S.’s Zipcar Inc., which Avis Budget Group acquired for about $500 million in 2013. Read more on The...

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