Authored by Bat Blue Founder and CEO, Babak Pasdar and Gillian Ibach, Lead Cyber Intelligence Analyst, the book goes beyond an honest diagnosis that security as it exists is not working, to offer meaningful and specific guidance on how to build effective, agile and sustainable cyber security. Their solution is a radical departure from traditional security’s broken and haphazard approach. Read more on PR...
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Last week, leading Israeli tech blog Geektime hosted the 2016 Geek Awards, the first annual competition and award ceremony to recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, entrepreneurs, and investors of the year in Israel. The team of judges that helped pick the candidates and winners in various different categories included leading experts and representatives from the industry, such as Saul Singer, Inbal Orpaz, Hilla Brenner, Assaf Gilad, David Shamah, and more. 5 of OurCrowd’s portfolio companies were nominated in four different categories (Engie was nominated twice!), winning two awards! Here is the breakdown of OurCrowd representation at the 2016 Geek Awards: Best Israeli IoT startup Both Engie and Argus were nominated in this category, with the latter taking home the prize! Other nominees included Sensibo, Earlysense, and GreenIQ. Argus Cyber Security is one of the first startups to address the security challenges inherent in connected cars. In October Argus, an Israeli firm focused on automotive computer protection, announced that they wrapped up a $26 million Series B funding round. Argus markets an embedded hardware that integrates with the car’s computing systems on the production line, acting like a standard...
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OurCrowd CEO Jonathan Medved was featured on CNN’s “Quest Means Business,” where he discussed the future of tech investments with the show’s host, Richard Quest. In the interview, Jon discussed the power of the ‘crowd’ and how equity crowdfunding is a game changer, the Startup Nation’s booming tech sector, and OurCrowd’s 2016 Global Investor Summit — where 3,000 investors, entrepreneurs, and industry tech leaders gathered for the biggest investor event Jerusalem has ever seen. View the video below or play it on...
Read MoreOurCrowd’s portfolio company Replay Technologies was featured in VentureBeat, a leading technology website. Free Dimensional Video (freeD), developed by Replay Technologies, provides sports fans with an immersive real-life viewing experience with a vision of true virtual reality sports viewing. Replay Technologies has installed 36 5K high-definition cameras around Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., where the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers will square off on Sunday. Those cameras can capture the action from almost 360 degrees. What’s more, CBS will be able to “freeze” the action and rotate the view so fans can get a clear line of sight to the action. Referees will even be able to get a clear view of the ball when doing replays for possible penalty calls. Dubbed Free-D, the replay video can make fans anywhere feel like they’ve got the same view as the lucky ones seated on the sidelines. Each camera is connected to a dedicated Xeon E5-26XX server, powered by Intel. Those servers take the video from the different angles and render it into 3D voxels, or a 3D-animated view...
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How do you feel today? Feeling good? Consider for a second your local hospital or doctor’s clinic: The ER, the OR, the lab, the tabletop devices, the drugs and wearables. With constant updates and developments of tech solutions servicing the healthcare and medical industries, the future is bright for MedTech sector, and exciting for both entrepreneurs and investors. Medical technologies are a key focus area for OurCrowd’s investment strategy and comprise over 18% of our overall portfolio. In fact, our first company to exit was ReWalk Robotics (NASDAQ: RWLK), an exoskeleton for people with spinal cord injuries, in 2014. As we continue to build, grow, and exit medical technologies (among others), we’re pleased to share the following infographic capturing the scope of some of the amazing MedTech companies in OurCrowd’s portfolio, proving themselves in this growing industry. Feel good about this infographic? Share if you find it helpful! To find out more about digital health, MedTech, and other investment opportunities on our platform, contact our Investor Relations team or visit our...
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