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A Blue & White exit, mapping Israel’s cyber landscape, & Waze co-founder on Google’s $1B acquisition [OurCrowd Newsletter]

A Blue & White exit, mapping Israel’s cyber landscape, & Waze co-founder on Google’s $1B acquisition [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Aug 17, 2015 |

Find out which Israeli startup was acquired by a fellow Israeli company; explore Israel’s leading cybersecurity tech scene; hear from Waze co-founder and former CEO Uri Levine how his company’s $1B sale to Google really went down; and more this week from Startup Nation… Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Israel’s CyberArk acquires fellow Silicon Wadi company CYBERTINEL Digital security firm CyberArk has acquired fellow Israeli company CYBERTINEL in a deal that could see the merging of the two companies’ groundbreaking cyber security systems. According to a report from Israeli website Calcalist, the deal is worth upwards of $20 million. CyberArk first went public on the Israeli Stock Exchange last year. CYBERTINEL specializes in technology that identifies cyber threats, which will help its new parent company improve its own abilities in the field. Learn more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News  OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved interviewed on featured on Bloomberg TV Consumer Physics featured in WIRED UK CropX featured in Tech.eu OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved featured in The Australian Abe’s Market featured in Supermarket News BioCatch featured...

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[CrediFi in CNBC] How big data is transforming real estate

Aug 14, 2015 |

Assessing a storm’s damage to a house; responding to a prospective buyer’s concerns about a property; designing offices that suit the needs of its tenants—all are key tasks of the real estate business that are rapidly being made faster and less expensive as the industry adopts lessons from technology, lessons that have already dramatically changed industries such as finance and health care. Read more on...

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And The Winner Is… | Notable awards received by OurCrowd’s portfolio companies

And The Winner Is… | Notable awards received by OurCrowd’s portfolio companies

Aug 13, 2015 | ,

Over the last few months, OurCrowd’s portfolio companies have received several awards in various competitions recognizing their innovative achievements in their respective fields and in the broader startup ecosystem (such as the 9 companies who won The Red Herring Top 100 award this April). Here is a quick recap of some of our companies’ recent notable awards: ElMindA and Consumer Physics named by the WEF “Technology Pioneers 2015” Consumer Physics and ElMindA were two of the 49 companies from 10 countries selected by the World Economic Forum as the Technology Pioneers of 2015. The World Economic Forum’s annual Technology Pioneers program recognizes early-stage companies from around the world that are involved in the design, development and deployment of new technologies, and are poised to have a significant impact on business and society. Consumer Physics and ElMindA were selected from among hundreds of applicants by a selection committee of 68 academics, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and corporate executives. Nativeflow Named a 2015 “Cool Vendor” in Mobile Security and IoT Security by Gartner Nativeflow has been recognized for its innovative dynamic wrapping technology as a Cool Vendor in...

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NICE Systems sells unit for $100M, Israeli impact investing, & the banking tech revolution [OurCrowd Newsletter]

NICE Systems sells unit for $100M, Israeli impact investing, & the banking tech revolution [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Aug 10, 2015 |

What’s new? Israel’s NICE Systems sold a unit to Battery Ventures for $100M. What’s trending? Social responsibility and impact investment. What’s changing? The global and Israeli banking industry as it adopts new tech innovations. Read up on these news items and more, below. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Battery Ventures buys NICE Systems unit for $100M NICE Systems sold its Physical Security Business Unit (PSBU) to technology investment firm Battery Ventures for $100 million. According to the terms of the deal, PSBU, which provides video management, video analytics, and situation management solutions, will be spun out into an independently operating business. This is the second division NICE Systems has sold in as many months. In July, the company completed the sale of its intelligence and cyber division to Elbit Systems for $118 million. Learn more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News  Consumer Physics featured on Voice of Israel MorphiSec featured in Business Insider CrediFi featured in CNBC ElMindA & Consumer Physics featured in Crowdfund Insider ReWalk featured on Bloomberg Businessweek Influitive featured in Entrepreneur Doing well...

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