Author: OurCrowd

[The Wall Street Journal] Crowdfunding: Exciting, Expensive, Tough to Exit

Oct 16, 2015 |

“Look, for instance, at OurCrowd, launched 2½ years ago. The firm has funded 80 technology companies, mostly in Israel, with $170 million from approximately 1,500 investors putting up as little as $10,000 apiece, says chief executive Jon Medved. With startups staying private much longer than they used to, ‘you gotta play here,’ rather than in the public markets, he says. The firm is seeking to generate ‘double-digit’ annual returns, says Mr. Medved. One of its portfolio companies, ReWalk Robotics Ltd., went public last...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company MUV Interactive featured in Fox News

Oct 16, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd’s portfolio company MUV Interactive was featured in Fox News, a leading American television news network. MUV Interactive is the developer of a pioneering solution that’s enabling users to turn any surface into a touchscreen. Developed by an Israeli company called MUV Interactive, the Bird is currently in beta testing. It will launch next year. The small device attaches to your finger and looks a bit like a ring. The developers say it will only weigh about an ounce. It connects to a base station in the same room which triangulates your exact finger position right down to the centimeter. In the demo for FoxNews.com conducted by Rami Parham, the CEO and founder of MUV, the Bird was used to control a slideshow at first. Parham swiped and clicked on slides. The device can sense pressure-sensitivity, similar to the new 3D Touch feature on the iPhone 6s. The Bird doesn’t require a special projector or software and works by syncing to the MUV base station. MUV Interactive raised $902,000 from OurCrowd investors in August 2013. Read more on Fox News...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Consumer Physics featured in Wired UK

Oct 15, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd’s portfolio company Consumer Physics was listed as one of Europe’s hottest startups in 2015 by Wired UK, a popular news site and magazine covering technology, culture, business, and politics. Consumer Physics has developed the world’s first affordable molecular sensor – the SCiO – that fits in the palm of your hand. “We’re building the world’s largest database for molecular fingerprints,” Dror Sharon, CEO and co-founder of Consumer Physics — the Israeli company behind SCiO, told WIRED 2015. The SCiO is a tiny near-infrared spectrometer, and works using a beam of light that bounces between the object and sensor, relaying molecular information. Seeded by OurCrowd and top tier Silicon Valley VC Khosla Ventures, Consumer Physics raised $3,300,000 from OurCrowd investors in its 2nd round of funding in May 2014. Read more on Wired...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company MUV Interactive featured in Forbes

Oct 12, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd’s portfolio company MUV Interactive was featured in Forbes, a leading business and finance magazine. MUV Interactive is the developer of a pioneering solution that’s enabling users to turn any surface into a touchscreen. Ever wish you had a mobile presentation you could whip out during an impromptu elevator pitch? Well, Monday, Israel-based startup MUV Interactive released a ring-like hover piece for exactly that. The Bird, as the company calls it, will be able to interact with multiple surfaces–an impending trend we’ve seen with virtual keyboards. MUV Interactive raised $902,000 from OurCrowd investors in August 2013. Read more on Forbes here. [xyz-ihs...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company MorphiSec featured in Globes

Oct 6, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company MorphiSec was featured in Globes, the leading Israeli financial daily. MorphiSec has developed a cyber-security solution that morphs programs in order to make them invisible. Israeli startup Morphisec, which develops cyber security prevention and detection tools, has closed a $7 million Series A funding round led by JVP, GE Ventures, Deutsche Telekom, Portage Advisors llc., and OurCrowd. Morphisec’s patented suite of security defense tools protects enterprises against targeted and zero-day attacks utilizing the concept of polymorphism – in other words, by turning attackers’ tactics back on themselves. This innovative security method provides enterprises with the ability to detect attacks earlier than ever before, to block them, and to create fingerprint information of attacks. MorphiSec raised $1,220,510 from OurCrowd investors in March 2015. Read more on Globes...

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