Author: OurCrowd

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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[Kenna Security in The Wall Street Journal] Survey Roundup: A Critical Look at Board Debate

Oct 2, 2015 |

Critical Eye: A survey of around 345 female board members by WomenCorporateDirectors and executive development firm Bright Enterprises Inc. found 77% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that boards would make better decisions if they were more open to debate and argument, while 94% agreed or strongly agreed with the statement that succeeding as a board member means being open to criticism. Nearly 80% said board members need more training in how to give criticism. Read more on The...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Neverware featured in CNN Money

Sep 30, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd’s portfolio company Neverware was featured on CNN Money. The company repurposes obsolete school computers though desktop virtualization to make them function better than they did when newly purchased. Jonathan Hefter is passionate about two things: education and problem solving. The 29-year-old has put both at the heart of Neverware, the startup he founded in 2011. Neverware created software that revives old school computers and gets them running like new again. […] The company worked with Google to develop a cloud-based operating system called Cloudready. Built on Google’s browser-based Chromium operating system, it basically converts existing PCs and Macs into a Google Chromebook. Neverware raised $1,012,000 from OurCrowd investors in January 2014 and $107,424 in its 2nd round of funding in September 2014. Read more on CNN...

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