Author: OurCrowd

OurCrowd’s portfolio company BioCatch featured in The Next Web

Nov 9, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd’s portfolio company BioCatch was featured in The Next Web, a leading technology news website. The company has developed a novel form of authentication used by online businesses to continuously guarantee users are who they say they are, by analyzing their behavioral and cognitive responses. BioCatch uses clever analysis of how you interact with banking apps to make sure that you’re the same person who logged in. There’s more to biometric security than fingerprint readers and retina scanners; there are all sorts of ways your body can betray your true identity, and these can be used to catch criminals in the act. From the angle you hold a device at, to the way you browse around an app, BioCatch captures a profile of legitimate users and tracks how the app is used later in a session to make sure it stays consistent. BioCatch raised $3,334,500 from OurCrowd investors in February 2014. Read more on The Next Web...

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Game changers: 4 tech trends re-inventing the world of competitive sports

Game changers: 4 tech trends re-inventing the world of competitive sports

Nov 5, 2015 | ,

Back in 1994, we marveled at coaches being able to communicate with their quarterbacks through headsets embedded in helmets. By 2012, fans and players expected helmets to use technological advances to provide better injury protection. At the same time, new materials couldwithstand a one hundred MPH beanball, and embedded sensors were sending signal warnings based on the force of a collision.  This followed the trajectory of sports technology, a burgeoning sector that even today, merits major-league attention. Sports tech has captured the imaginations of Michael Jordan and Mark Cuban, both of whom participated in a recent $44 million funding round for Sportradar, a sports data science company that has contracts with three major sports leagues as well as Google and Yahoo Sports. Advances in sensor technology, nanotechnology, imaging technology, as well as the cloud and communication tools that fuel the Internet of Things, are being put to service in sports to prevent and treat injury, improve training and performance, and enhance the fan experience. Wearables Sports wearables generally fall into two categories: devices and materials. Fitbit is the most well-known fitness wearable,...

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Where in the world are you coming from? Global Investor Summit by the numbers

Where in the world are you coming from? Global Investor Summit by the numbers

Nov 4, 2015 |

We are just under three months away from the annual Global Investor Summit, Israel’s largest gathering of top tech innovators, startups, angel investors, VCs, and other industry leaders. Remember last year? Nearly 1000 attendees from 27 countries came to Jerusalem for the Summit. This year’s global crowd of 2,000+ will engage with the future of crowdfunding and startup investing, along with what’s on the horizon for the hottest tech sectors. Since the summer, we’ve been delighted to see registrations pour in from around the world. Take a look at just how global this year’s Summit will be: So far, registrations for the 2016 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit span across the six (inhabited) continents, with the largest group hailing from the Startup Nation itself. All together, registrants originate from 38 countries worldwide: Joining our investors will be 100+ companies, 100 corporate and venture funds, strategic corporate partners and industry leaders, coming together to investigate and celebrate Israel’s surging tech ecosystem and the transformation of innovation finance with the rise of equity crowdfunding. For further details about the event and to reserve your seat, apply at...

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SimilarWeb pulls in $25M, 15 Israeli wearable techs, & 3D-ing the playing field [OurCrowd Newsletter]

SimilarWeb pulls in $25M, 15 Israeli wearable techs, & 3D-ing the playing field [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Nov 2, 2015 |

What’s new? Israel’s SimilarWeb raised an impressive $25 million. What’s trending? Wearable technologies revolutionizing the market. Who’s making waves in the Startup Nation? Q&A with Oren Yogev on the transition of military tech to commercial use. Read up on these news items and more, below. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Israeli SimilarWeb raises $25M to meet expansion goals Web analytics superstar SimilarWeb raised a whopping $25 million in their latest funding round. The startup is generally described as setting the new industry standard. Learn more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News BioCatch featured in Times of Israel Morphisec featured in the SPAMfighter OurCrowd featured in Globes MUV Interactive featured in Israel21c 15 Israeli wearable techs that will disrupt our lives By 2018, the global wearables market is expected to be worth $19 billion, and Israeli companies play a major part in reaching that goal, pioneering core technology, and retail products for this market. See the full list. Q&A with Replay Technologies CEO and co-founder Oren Yogev Oren Yogev talks about his company’s revolutionary free-dimensional video...

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