STAMFORD, Conn.— Ahmed Khattak started an ecommerce business in New Haven, eventually moving it to Seattle. By 2014, he decided he was ready for a new opportunity and a new location. Friends advised him to start his next company in San Francisco. Instead he choose Stamford. Read more on The Wall Street...
Read MoreRadicle, a $15 million agricultural technology accelerator, is opening in Jerusalem as a program of global crowdfunding VC OurCrowd, in partnership with Finistere Ventures, Cloud Break Advisors and an alliance of top agricultural industry leaders including Bayer and DuPont. In botany, “radicle” refers to the first part of a seedling to emerge from a planted seed. Radicle aims to reduce the time it takes for startups to develop, market and commercialize new ag-tech products that have the potential to meet global farming challenges in productivity, sustainability and quality. Several companies in OurCrowd’s existing portfolio are in ag-tech, including EdenShield, a non-toxic chemical application that protects crops from pest damage; and CropX, a software-driven smart irrigation system. Read it...
Read MorePolice and car insurers say thieves are using laptop computers to hack into late-model cars’ electronic ignitions to steal the vehicles, raising alarms about the auto industry’s greater use of computer controls. The discovery follows a recent incident in Houston in which a pair of car thieves were caught on camera using a laptop to start a 2010 Jeep Wrangler and steal it from the owner’s driveway. Police say the same method may have been used in the theft of four other late-model Wranglers and Cherokees in the city. None of the vehicles has been recovered. Read more on The Wall Street...
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OurCrowd is excited to announce the launch of Radicle, an accelerator fund dedicated to growing early stage agricultural technology startups into proven industry leaders. The fund aims to solve global farming problems and reduce the time to develop, market, and commercialize new agriculture technologies. The $15 million fund is launched in partnership with Finistere Ventures, Cloud Break Advisors, and an alliance of top agricultural industry leaders, including Bayer and DuPont. “We are excited to work with our partners at Radicle to discover, invest, and grow the next wave of AgTech innovation from Israel and around the world and bring to market solutions that address the greatest challenges that will face farmers over the next half century and beyond.” — David Stark, General Partner at OurCrowd It was quite natural for OurCrowd to partner with the Radicle consortium in light of our history and experience with investing in and growing Israeli agricultural companies, such as our portfolio companies EdenShield and CropX. OurCrowd will work closely with our Radicle partners to continue originating investment opportunities in Israel, sourcing high quality startups with strong growth potential. Check out some of the press...
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