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[PRESS RELEASE] Two OurCrowd Portfolio Companies ElMindA and Consumer Physics Named to World Economic Forum 2015 List of “Technology Pioneers”

[PRESS RELEASE] Two OurCrowd Portfolio Companies ElMindA and Consumer Physics Named to World Economic Forum 2015 List of “Technology Pioneers”

Aug 6, 2015 |

Jerusalem/Geneva. August 6, 2015 – OurCrowd, the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, today announced that two of its portfolio companies, ElMindA and Consumer Physics were named by the World Economic Forum to their prestigious list of “Technology Pioneers 2015,” a selection of 49 of the world’s most innovative companies. This annual award is granted to companies “poised to have a significant impact on business and society” and past recipients have included companies like Google (2001), Twitter (2010), AirBnB (2014), Dropbox (2011) and Kickstarter (2011). Read more...

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[Crowdfund Insider] OurCrowd Portfolio Companies Consumer Physics & ElMindA Named as Most Promising Tech by World Economic Forum

Aug 6, 2015 |

“ElMindA and Consumer Physics, two companies financed by global equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, have received a prestigious recognition in being included in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Technology Pioneers 2015.  Each year the WEF selects 49 of the worlds most promising tech companies to highlight their innovation and promising future.  Past recipients include names like Google, Twitter, Kickstarter, AirBnB and...

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Save the Date: OurCrowd’s Global Investor Summit, January 2016

Save the Date: OurCrowd’s Global Investor Summit, January 2016

Aug 6, 2015 |

We are delighted to announce the upcoming OurCrowd Global Investor Summit, scheduled for January 25-26th, 2016, in Jerusalem! OurCrowd will be hosting over 2000 investors from 50 different countries, 100+ entrepreneurs and companies, 100 corporate and venture funds, various managers and leaders to celebrate Israel’s surging tech ecosystem and the transformation of innovation finance by equity crowdfunding. The OurCrowd Global Investor Summit will feature a series of in-depth forums and seminars about tech trends, company building, and investing. For further details about the event and to reserve your seat, apply at summit.ourcrowd.com. This is our second annual summit after last year’s event gathered nearly 1000 attendees from 27 countries and was hailed as the largest tech investing event in Jerusalem’s history. Please mark your calendars and join us for the Summit. We look forward to seeing you in...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Consumer Physics featured in Wired UK

Aug 5, 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. Tel Aviv is where the money is. The startup nation became the exit nation in 2014, with Israeli tech sales and IPOs hitting $15 billion (£9.5bn) according to analysis by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. ### Consumer Physics wants to build a molecular map of the world. Founded by Dror Sharon and Damian Goldring in 2011, it makes the $250 USB-sized SCiO molecular spectrometer that can identify the chemical make-up of objects. It raised $2.7m on Kickstarter, and says it will be ready to ship its first SCiO this autumn, with 1,000 developers signed up. 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 MorphiSec featured in Business Insider

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OurCrowd portfolio company MorphiSec was featured in Business Insider, an American business and technology news website. MorphiSec has developed a cyber-security solution that morphs programs in order to make them invisible. Dudu Mimran is the co-founder of an Israeli security startup called Morphisec that is creating a super-secure version of Microsoft Windows like “Microsoft should be doing” he tells Business Insider. There’s reason to believe him. In addition to his startup, he’s also the CTO of Deutsche Telekom Innovation Laboratories in Israel. And he’s the chief security officer of Cyber Security Research Center at Ben-Gurion University. MorphiSec raised $1,220,510 from OurCrowd investors in March 2015. Read more on Business...

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