“It seems like everybody knows about crowdfunding nowadays — even your parents. But what’s less well-known is equity-crowdfunding. Instead of investing to back a campaign and support a new product, you invest to support a new company and to receive a stake in the company in exchange. OurCrowd was built by seasoned investors and is open only to accredited investors, giving it a more focused...
Read MoreOurCrowd and four of our portfolio companies — BillGaurd, Webydo, Consumer Physics, and Cimagine — were featured on Forbes, a leading business and finance magazine. Forbes tech contributor Ilya Pozin listed the top 24 Israeli Companies You Should Watch For. Here’s what he had to say about OurCrowd and its portfolio companies: It seems like everybody knows about crowdfunding nowadays — even your parents. But what’s less well-known is equity-crowdfunding. Instead of investing to back a campaign and support a new product, you invest to support a new company and to receive a stake in the company in exchange. OurCrowd was built by seasoned investors and is open only to accredited investors, giving it a more focused approach. BillGuard: In the modern world, credit card fraud and identity theft are unfortunately all too common. BillGuard provides a simple, streamlined solution to help users keep track of all of their credit card activity, along with their credit score. Critically, the service helps users protect themselves against fraud by closely monitoring their activity. BillGuard raised $3,896,064 from OurCrowd investors in August 2014. Webydo: The idea behind Webydo is...
Read MoreLeading technology website, TechCrunch, featured OurCrowd portfolio company Freightos. The company offers a Software as a Service cloud solution for automating pricing and sales in the trillion dollar freight (cargo) industry. Freightos, essentially, is building the Kayak or Expedia for international shippers. Both individual users and freight forwarders can use the platform to search for and filter shipping options by price, time, route, fees involved, or type of transportation. “It’s quite straightforward, and quite analogous to what you’ve seen in other industries,” says [Freightos founder Zvi] Schreiber. “But in this industry, it’s really quite revolutionary.” Freightos raised $550,000 from OurCrowd investors in November 2012 and $110,000 in a follow-on funding round in 2013. Read more on...
Read MoreProgrammatic ad tech platform Digilant on Wednesday announced it has partnered with cross-device targeting firm Crosswise. Crosswise asserts that it’s technology can match disparate devices — including computers, tablets and smartphones — to their individual users. Read more in...
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apsalar, a global leader in mobile data management and mobile app measurement, today announced a partnership with Crosswise, a leading provider of cross-device identification mapping. Under the agreement, Apsalar will offer cross-device matching as a service for its Mobile DMP clients. Through the partnership, Apsalar Mobile DMP clients will be able to use the Crosswise device map as a tool to link the mobile-app-, mobile-web- and PC-web-data of millions more consumers to create true cross-device profiles and deliver “360-degree customer insights”. Read more in Business...
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