Author: OurCrowd

The state of startups in Israel, who made the ‘most innovative’ list, & the top 4 Israeli FinTech leaders [OurCrowd Newsletter]

The state of startups in Israel, who made the ‘most innovative’ list, & the top 4 Israeli FinTech leaders [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Aug 24, 2015 |

The latest from the Startup Nation: new comprehensive report gives an in-depth analysis of Israel’s leading sectors; amazing brain-tech startup making some (neural) waves as it makes worldwide ‘most innovative’ list; 4 Israelis among ‘100 most influential FinTech leaders’; and more… Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now The state of startups in Israel: An in-depth analysis of leading sectors The first half of 2015 has seen Israeli venture capital firms and startups reach unprecedented heights. In the face of myriad studies, statistics, fundings, and exits among Israeli startups and venture capitalists in the past couple of years, a new report aims to undertake a more in-depth analysis of the state of the Startup Nation. The comprehensive report reviews high-tech sectors and examines data to understand current trends and where the industry is headed in the coming years. Learn more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News OurCrowd featured in TechCrunch BillGuard featured in Israel21c OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved featured in The Algemeiner ElMindA featured in the Times of Israel Abe’s Market featured in AdExchanger Webydo featured in Virallery...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company BioCatch featured in TechCrunch

Aug 23, 2015 | ,

Leading technology website, TechCrunch, featured OurCrowd portfolio company BioCatch. 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. Rather than focusing on stopping cybercriminals with walls, new technologies are emerging that work to identify cybercriminals instead. Take the relatively new startup BioCatch, which received $11.6 million in funding over three rounds. BioCatch’s technology works to identify patterns of user behavior in certain applications, creating user profiles that can then be matched to subsequent visits. For example, if you visit an e-commerce platform and move your cursor in a certain pattern, or type at a certain speed, BioCatch will be able to determine, on future visits, whether or not the user with your login credentials is actually “you.” Account takeovers, remote access (RAT), and MitB malware attacks could all be potentially thwarted by this approach. BioCatch raised $3,334,500 from OurCrowd investors in February 2014. Read more on...

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[TechCrunch] Crowdfunding Platform OurCrowd Seeks A Broader Audience, Including Traditional VCs

Aug 22, 2015 |

“Many crowdfunding startups now make it easier for founders to reach a bigger audience of investors. The question is whether investors are as keen to continue funding crowdfunding sites. OurCrowd may find out soon. The two-and-a-half-year-old, Jerusalem-based hybrid platform enables accredited investors to back startups through its site, as well as makes direct investments in each of those companies. In the meantime, it’s thinking about its own, next funding round. To learn the latest about the company, which raised $25 million in Series B funding from undisclosed investors last year, we talked yesterday with founder and CEO (and longtime VC) Jon...

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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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