Author: OurCrowd

OurCrowd’s portfolio company ElMindA featured in the Times of Israel

Nov 23, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company ElMindA was featured in The Times of Israel, an English-language news website covering Israel, the region & the Jewish world. ElMindA is the world’s first FDA-cleared neuronal functional assessment tool. ElMindA’s solution uniquely measures how different parts of the brain communicate by uploading measured neural activity into the cloud where proprietary algorithms map out neural association. Fresh from its recent award as one of the 49 most innovative startups in the world by the World Economic Forum, Israeli biotechnology firm ElMindA, developers of the world’s first FDA-approved neural functional assessment tool to visualize serious brain trauma and illnesses, announced last week that it had received $28 million in a Series C financing round. ElMindA had to turn away investors anxious to put their money into what could be the next big Israeli med tech exit, according to investment experts familiar with the firm. ElMindA raised $2,282,318 from OurCrowd investors in July 2015. Read more on The Times of...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Cimagine featured in WIRED

Nov 19, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company Cimagine was featured in Wired UK, a popular news site and magazine covering technology, culture, business, and politics. Cimagine hopes to boost sales and increase consumer confidence by providing a mobile platform on which to visualize merchandise three dimensionally in their intended locations. Cimagine provides a markerless augmented reality (AR) visualisation platform for retailers and brands, which enables users to visualise products in life-like 3D, at a click of a button. […] Cimagine was chosen by Forbes, Microsoft and Coca-Cola as one of Israel’s most promising start-ups, and boasts the largest implementation of AR in retail to date with Shop Direct, and the world’s first Endless AR showroom at John Lewis – two of the UK’s largest retailers. Cimagine raised $389,071 from OurCrowd investors in July 2014. Read more on Wired UK...

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ABC Interview: Jon Medved on Australia, breaking barriers, and crowdfunding

ABC Interview: Jon Medved on Australia, breaking barriers, and crowdfunding

Nov 19, 2015 |

OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved was featured on Australian Broadcasting Company’s leading program “The Business.” In the interview, Jon discussed the proposed new Australian regulations on crowdfunding, how crowdfunding helps both entrepreneurs and investors, and what it means to use innovative equity crowdfunding platforms. Before business packs up for Christmas there will be an innovation statement to digest. Part of it was released this week with new reforms on crowdfunding for small businesses and startups. Jon Medved, entrepreneur and founder of the Isreali based OurCrowd speaks to Ticky [Fullerton]. View the segment here: Extended interview with Jon Medved from OurCrowd (Source: Australian Broadcasting...

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Mapping innovation: OurCrowd’s portfolio around the globe

Mapping innovation: OurCrowd’s portfolio around the globe

Nov 18, 2015 |

Sure, lots of companies have offices around the world – so do we. But for a leading global equity crowdfunding platform, it’s worth taking a step back and taking a closer look at how far the portfolio travels. Over the last few years, OurCrowd has grown into a  leading Israeli and global equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors. What started out as a small group of close friends and business partners working together in a garage has turned into a global community of tens of thousands —  investors, entrepreneurs, and supporters — together building a new model for investing in the future Facebooks and Googles. To date, OurCrowd has raised over $170 million in equity crowdfunding for its 80+ portfolio companies which include leading companies dispersed across all four corners of the earth. Take a look below to visualize and interact with the OurCrowd ecosystem. This map illustrates where our portfolio companies are located, what they do, and how to contact them, plus our teams’ locations around the world. OurCrowd around the globe [xyz-ihs...

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