Author: OurCrowd

OurCrowd’s portfolio company MentAd featured in VentureBeat

Jun 18, 2015 | ,

Leading technology website, VentureBeat, featured OurCrowd portfolio company MentAd, a predictive marketing platform sold to businesses as a service that recalibrates existing marketing campaigns and targeting efforts based on proprietary analysis of existing customer data. Palo Alto, California-based MentAd is announcing today it has raised $4.7 million to support its particular approach: “your next customer will be similar to the last.” The company has developed mass analysis and segmentation of historical customer data as a way of identifying the next wave of customers and the kind of advertising that will appeal to them. MentAd raised $498,304 from OurCrowd investors in June 2014. Read more on...

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[Inc.] How a New Wave of Tech Unicorns Is Rising Out of Israel

Jun 16, 2015 |

“Today, Fortune lists just over 100 US-based unicorn startups, and Israel has proudly produced several of their own — thanks, in no small part, to venture capitalists investing millions into Israeli tech-businesses. ‘Israel has produced ten billion dollar unicorn exits over the last two years,’ says technology VC Johnathan Medved, CEO of...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Webydo featured in Inc.

Jun 16, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company Webydo was featured in Inc., a leading monthly publication and website focused on growing companies. Webydo provides graphic designers a powerful set of design tools to build and maintain websites with little technical knowledge. With solid backing from experienced entrepreneurs, new inflow of funds from Chinese investors, and industries needing innovation, companies like Webydo and Meta are aiming to be the next Israel startup unicorns. Webydo offers a code-free cloud platform that empowers web design professionals looking to break away from the traditional process of handing work off to a developer, or the less desirable alternative of using amateur tools. Last year, the company raised a $7 million Series B investment led by OurCrowd, Magna Ventures and a group of strategic investors. To date Webydo has raised $13 million. Webydo raised $1,292,500 from OurCrowd investors in December 2013. Read more on Inc....

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WalkMe raises $25M, 12 cool Israeli apps, & Google CEO praises Startup Nation [OurCrowd Newsletter]

WalkMe raises $25M, 12 cool Israeli apps, & Google CEO praises Startup Nation [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Jun 15, 2015 |

What’s new? WalkMe raised $25 million to expand worldwide. What’s cool? These 12 new apps from Israel. Who praised Israeli high-tech? Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, who gushed over the country’s innovation culture. Read up on these news items and more, below. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now WalkMe walks customers through websites – and raised $25M in the process When WalkMe co-founder Eyal Cohen’s mother asked him to show her how to do stuff online all the time, he decided to be a good Jewish son and step up to the plate: by creating an online assistance platform. Four years later the successful Israeli company raised $25 million in Series D funding to launch a New York office, expand its current teams in San Francisco, Tel Aviv, and Melbourne, and increase customer acquisition. Learn more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News  Boatbound featured in ChicagiInno OurCrowd First featured in Globes Jon Medved interviewed on Voice of Israel Lucid Energy featured in CNBC Bizzabo featured in GrowthHacks.Ninja Freightos featured in The Loadstar 12 of the coolest new apps from Israel Take a selfie without hands? Connect...

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