Author: OurCrowd

OurCrowd’s portfolio company EdenShield featured in The Times of Israel

Jan 15, 2016 | ,

OurCrowd’s portfolio company EdenShield was featured in The Times of Israel, an English-language news website covering Israel, the region & the Jewish world. EdenShield are the producers of a novel plant extract from the Israeli Judean Desert that makes crops odorless to pests, preventing multi-billion dollar crop damage. EdenShield, a portfolio company of Trendlines Agtech, develops insect-control solutions derived from natural plant extracts. The products are nontoxic, so they pose no danger to growers or consumers. And they can be used throughout the growing period, especially during the critical pre-harvest period. According to D. Todd Dollinger of the Trendlines Agtech accelerator, EdenShield’s products “have the capacity to make a major impact on our food chain, making production more efficient and consumption healthier.” EdenShield raised $712,000 from OurCrowd investors in 2014. Read more on The Times of Israel...

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[WayUp in Business Insider] How a 20-year-old NYU student paid his $48,000 tuition bill in a year

Jan 15, 2016 |

New York University is notoriously expensive. Its tuition and fees are among the highest in the US, at about $48,000 a year. On top of that, the cost of living in New York City makes room and board pretty pricey: $17,580. After factoring in books, transportation, and personal expenses, students can expect to pay $70,974 a year, the university predicts. That could be a recipe for a student-loan horror story. But not for one NYU sophomore: Long Island native Eric Hu is paying his tuition bill as he goes. Read more on Business...

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Tell-all webinar: Why are these angels investing with online equity platforms?

Tell-all webinar: Why are these angels investing with online equity platforms?

Jan 14, 2016 | , ,

In a quickly-growing industry, investors are faced with multiple choices when deciding to try a startup investing platform. It can be exciting and daunting as the platforms themselves differ greatly in their business model, deal types, and possible outcomes. Yesterday, Angel Capital Association hosted a 60-minute webinar exploring investor experiences on multiple online equity platforms, including voices from OurCrowd. Over the course of the webinar, Rany Raviv, VP Business Development and M&A Iberdrola Renewables, and Sarit Rozycki, President at SLR Associates, both highly experienced angel investors who have invested through different platforms (including OurCrowd), discuss how they evaluate platforms, including differences in experience, term sheets and, of course, deal flow. They are joined by Jonathan Medved, CEO of OurCrowd, and Shai Magzimof, CEO & Co-Founder of NextPeer, who received equity funding through the OurCrowd platform. The webinar was moderated by Bill Carleton, Attorney with McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren and a key member of the ACA public policy advisory committee. Here are some of the webinar highlights: How did you get involved in equity crowdfunding? Sarit: “The reason I started going to equity crowdfunding is I [was...

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[WayUp in TechCrunch] WayUp Launches An iPhone App To Let Students Apply For Jobs On The Go

Jan 14, 2016 |

It’s obvious that college students love their phones. Which is why WayUp, formerly Campus Jobs, has today unveiled an iPhone app, giving students the opportunity to apply for jobs directly from their smartphone. WayUp originally launched as CampusJob, offering a marketplace where employers could post job listings and students could load up profiles and hunt for jobs during the semester or summer. Read more on...

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[PRESS RELEASE] OurCrowd & Xconomy Release 2015 Industry Report on the Democratization of Investing

[PRESS RELEASE] OurCrowd & Xconomy Release 2015 Industry Report on the Democratization of Investing

Jan 13, 2016 |

Jerusalem/Boston. January 13, 2016 – OurCrowd, one of the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platforms, has released, together with Xconomy, an extensive industry report on the democratization of investing and an overview of the industry in 2015.  The detailed data reveal several key factors reshaping the landscape of investing and what they mean for companies and investors: the ascendancy of private companies, the dramatic increase in VC investing, the growth of crowdfunding, and the soaring number of new opportunities globally and in Israel, with a record year of investment in Israeli technology at approximately $5B. Read more...

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