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Experience Passover in the Startup Nation with OurCrowd

Experience Passover in the Startup Nation with OurCrowd

Mar 23, 2016 | ,

Passover is just one month away, and as you make your plans to visit Startup Nation, we want to take the opportunity to invite our investor community to celebrate with us at OurCrowd’s Annual Passover Event. Join us for breakfast on April 28th in Jerusalem and meet with OurCrowd’s team, fellow accredited investors, and founders & CEOs from the OurCrowd portfolio. There will good food, great drinks, wonderful company and stellar presentations, including some of our latest investment opportunities. When April 28, 2016 8:30am-10:30am Where Jerusalem Space is limited. Please register here. Registration closes Monday, April 18th We hope to see you there and wish you a festive holiday! For more information about OurCrowd events, please contact Investor.Services@OurCrowd.com ABOUT OURCROWD OurCrowd is one of the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platforms for accredited investors to invest in Israeli and global companies. Managed by a team of seasoned investment professionals and led by serial entrepreneur Jon Medved, OurCrowd vets and selects opportunities, invests its own capital, and brings startups to its accredited membership of 10,000 global investors. OurCrowd investors must meet stringent accreditation criteria and invest...

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[Pixie in the Times of Israel] The Most Successful Israeli Startups

Mar 22, 2016 |

Israel has become a very popular place for entrepreneurs to launch their startups, Tel Aviv in particular has become home for many tech based and other startups. This is because brilliant businessmen and women who have graduated from Israeli universities had dreams of making it big, even outside their country. If someone will look into the number and variety of Israeli startups that have found global success, it becomes clear that those bright entrepreneurs fully achieved their goals. Here are some of the most successful Israeli startups that have been launched in the past couple of years. Read more in the Times of...

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[Taranis in Financial Times] Hotter world craves food tech revolution

Mar 22, 2016 |

Taranis, another agri-tech start-up, is “mostly a big data company”, says chief executive and co-founder Ofir Schlam. It applies advanced analytics to crop spraying. The company has developed a weather forecasting model — looking at factors such as precipitation, humidity and temperature — to determine where farmers need to spray to avoid fungal diseases and bacteria. Read more on Financial Times...

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[Australian Financial Review] Is crowdfunding the best way to invest off-market?

Mar 18, 2016 |

Individuals investing through a crowdfunding platform should be looking for a place where they can access deals and invest alongside – and on the same terms as – respected venture capital firms, says Dan Bennett, OurCrowd Australia and Asia managing director. Crowdfunding platforms should also be responsible for vetting businesses, based on quality factors such as experience and previous success of founders, he adds. OurCrowd, which began in Jerusalem, Israel, in 2013 and has since started branches in California and New York in the United States and more recently in Australia, has so far raised $300 million among a base of 1200 individuals investing in 100 companies globally, according to...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company enVerid featured in Globes

Mar 17, 2016 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company enVerid was featured in Globes, the leading Israeli financial daily. enVerid has developed an energy saving solution using a patented air treatment and recycling system for HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) systems. Israeli startup enVerid Systems is raising NIS 80-90 million in a financing round led by Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI). The Israeli bank’s investment unit Leumi Partners has invested NIS 37 million in enVerid Systems in return for 17% of its shares. The company, which was founded in 2011 by Dr. Udi Meirav and Dr. Israel Biran has developed specialized HVAC systems which offer energy savings and improved air quality for commercial buildings. enVerid raised $1,568,500 from OurCrowd investors in October 2013 and $1,838,916 in a follow-on funding round in 2014. Read more on...

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