Author: OurCrowd

These Companies are Shaping the Future of Corporate Innovation

These Companies are Shaping the Future of Corporate Innovation

Jan 22, 2016 | , ,

By 2020, the laptop will take a backseat in importance to smartphones and wearable devices in the workplace, a recent study by Cisco said; in fact, today’s employees under the age of 35 already complete tasks faster using mobile devices and apps rather than personal computers. More than half of these so-called millennials consider themselves available for work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and prefer working a flexible schedule, utilizing various mobile devices, rather than a 9-5 job in the office. This changing office culture is just one of the ways that technology is altering the corporate world, from how people work to how enterprises do business to how customers make decisions. The first major shift in the corporate world came in the 1980s, with the introduction of the PC. These computers made it possible not just to organize and store information more efficiently, but also gave professionals the opportunity to write their reports and keep their own records, rather than relying on a secretary or central typing center. The advent of email in the 1990s...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Zula featured in The Next Web

Jan 21, 2016 | ,

OurCrowd’s portfolio company Zula was featured in The Next Web, a leading technology news website. The company has created ZCast, a social podcasting platform for producing high-quality, multi-member podcasts from an iPhone. I thought Opinion was the easiest possible way to create a podcast, but it turns out I was wrong. ZCast is an app out today for iOS and the Web that makes live, interactive podcasting a cinch. Tightly integrated with Twitter, you sign in, tap a button, give your podcast a title and away you go. Adding other people to a conversation is as simple as entering their Twitter handle and sending an invite. If they have the app, they’ll get a push notification or otherwise you’ll send them an automated tweet inviting them to download it and get involved. Zula raised $385,000 from OurCrowd investors in May 2013 and $407,022 in a follow-on funding round in June 2014. Read more on The Next Web...

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[PRESS RELEASE] Honda Opens Door to Israeli Tech Community

[PRESS RELEASE] Honda Opens Door to Israeli Tech Community

Jan 21, 2016 |

Silicon Valley/Jerusalem, January 21, 2016 – Seeking new opportunities for collaboration, Honda will formally engage the Israeli tech community for the first time in a plenary address at the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit, to be held January 25th in Jerusalem. Drawn in by mobility start-ups pursuing vehicle intelligence technologies, apps and software, along with several notable exits, Honda executives and engineers from Japan and North America will descend on the two-day summit. Honda has engaged OurCrowd, the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, to access its portfolio companies and facilitate introductions to notable innovators and entrepreneurs. Read more...

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[Replay Technologies in The Australian] Intel and Replay Technologies put sport fans in the 3D director’s chair

Jan 21, 2016 |

Camera technology coupling 360-degree capability with 3-D is changing the world. For starters, it’s the basis for the new marvel of virtual reality. You don a headset, look up, down and around, and experience the illusion of being in another world. It could be elsewhere on planet Earth, on a roller-coaster, in the ocean or weirdly immersed inside a cartoon. But there’s more to 360-degree tech and 3-D than that. In his keynote address at the giant Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich announced a collaboration with Israeli company Replay Technologies that takes the instant replay in sport to another level. Read more in The...

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5 Innovative Technologies Tackling Women’s Health Challenges

5 Innovative Technologies Tackling Women’s Health Challenges

Jan 21, 2016 | ,

In the United States, heart disease is the number one cause of death in women, responsible for about 1 in 4 female deaths. But only 54% of women realize this, and many are not diagnosed until it is too late. In fact, 64% of women who die of coronary disease do not have any previous symptoms, or at least do not recognize such symptoms, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Another disease, cervical cancer, which when caught early can be treated with much success, can be fatal if not detected. Of the 275,000 women who die each year around the world from this disease, 85% are in poor countries, where screening is not as accessible as in the United States and Europe. As we see here, in the field of women’s health, there are a number of factors, including perception, education, and access to care that can mean the difference between life and death. These statistics are sobering, but there are many changes in progress that leave room for optimism, including developments in the high-tech field. There...

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