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$438M acquisition, Israeli apps ticking on Apple Watch, the best is yet to come [OurCrowd Newsletter]

$438M acquisition, Israeli apps ticking on Apple Watch, the best is yet to come [OurCrowd Newsletter]

May 4, 2015 |

This last week saw a big acquisition for the Israeli software industry. Got your Apple Watch yet? Israeli apps are already available. China seeks Better Place-type technology. Read on for the latest in Startup Nation. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Francisco Partners buys Israeli company ClickSoftware for $438M  US private equity fund Francisco Partners has acquired Israeli automated mobile workforce management and optimization solutions provider ClickSoftware Technologies for $438 million. Headquartered in Petah Tikva, ClickSoftware is a leader in the mobile workforce management space, with its software helping hundreds of businesses, utilities, and emergency organizations to boost productivity and increase customer satisfaction, while decreasing overall service costs. Learn more.  OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News  Bizzabo featured in Successful Meetings Consumer Physics featured in Financial Times OurCrowd featured in ThinkAdvisor ReWalk featured in WNDU Lucid Energy featured in New York Times OurCrowd featured in Crowdfund Insider BillGuard featured in Fast Company Borro featured in WatchTime Israeli apps already ticking on Apple Watch The long anticipated Apple Watch went on sale recently in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, the UK and the US. Apple...

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Beyond Start-Up Nation: Jon Medved discusses Israeli innovation at Milken Institute’s Global Conference

Beyond Start-Up Nation: Jon Medved discusses Israeli innovation at Milken Institute’s Global Conference

May 3, 2015 |

Last week, OurCrowd’s founder and CEO Jonathan Medved took part in an inspiring panel discussing Israel’s growth platform for global co-innovation. The event was part of the 18th annual Milken Institute Global Conference: “Over the past decades, Israel has turned adversity into a competitive advantage. Beyond the geopolitical storms raging around it, Israel’s future rests largely on its ability to continually reinvent its technological mojo and transfer it to partners in other emerging economies. Co-innovation with new partnerships focused on global problems with high growth potential, such as water management, agricultural science for food, alternative energy, health, and of course, cyber-security — in which Israel already has world-beating technology — are key. Israel’s strategic economic plan envisions the scaling up of startup nation models in many regions. Yet this requires closing gaps in economic participation within Israel itself and strengthening ties beyond its “island” economy. At this event, we’ll report on our fieldwork in research, development and training in Israel.” The event was moderated by Glenn Yago, a senior fellow and founder of the Financial Innovations Labs at the Milken Institute and the senior director of the Milken Innovation...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company BillGuard featured in Fast Company

May 1, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company BillGuard was listed by award-winning tech magazine, Fast Company, as one of 5 simple ways to manage your money. BillGuard identifies fraud and “grey” charges, which cost consumers over $25B annually, by analyzing crowdsourcing transaction data from its millions-strong user base. Use BillGuard to pipe all your accounts into one eye-pleasing dashboard. Each time you log in, you’ll see how much you’ve spent, how much is left of your monthly budget, and what you’ve recently purchased. The app features identity protection from Experian and alerts you to charges being made from faraway locations. If there’s a charge you don’t recognize, you can dispute it with a few taps: BillGuard says it’s rooted out more than $60 million in fraudulent charges. BillGuard raised $3,896,064 from OurCrowd investors in August 2014. Read more on Fast...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Webydo featured in The Next Web

May 1, 2015 | ,

Leading technology news website, The Next Web, listed OurCrowd’s portfolio company Webydo as one of 10 Israeli startups to watch in 2015. Webydo provides graphic designers a powerful set of design tools to build and maintain websites with little technical knowledge. Founded in 2012, Tel Aviv based Webydo is a code-free web design platform for freelance web designers and agencies. The company was founded on the premise that the web is increasingly turning into a creative medium. Until now, developers have enjoyed centre-stage, and Webydo is looking to change the tide by empowering individual designers to take control over the full creative process. “Since the early days of web, it has all been about code creation. Our focus has been to develop a powerful code generator to help designers take control of the creative process,” said Shmulik Grizim, the CEO and co-founder of Webydo. Webydo raised $1,292,500 from OurCrowd investors in December 2013. Read more on The Next...

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WatchDox acquired for $100M, 19 Israeli Red Herring winners, & the drip irrigation pioneer [OurCrowd Newsletter]

WatchDox acquired for $100M, 19 Israeli Red Herring winners, & the drip irrigation pioneer [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Apr 27, 2015 |

Blackberry is back – buying Israeli startups. Red Herring awards for 19 Israeli companies. A best friend in Intel. Jerusalem as a tech hub… and much more. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Blackberry buys Israeli-based startup, WatchDox, for an estimated $100M  BlackBerry, the Canadian company whose eponymous devices once dominated the smartphone market, announced it was acquiring the Israeli-U.S. startup WatchDox for approximately $100 million in a bid to further bolster its security credentials. The WatchDox software, which is being used by some of the world’s largest federal agencies, private equity firms and a slew of major Hollywood studios, gives clients full visibility and control over how their files are edited, copied, printed or forwarded. Learn more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News  Lucid Energy featured in The Huffington Post Borro featured in the Wall Street Journal SightDX featured in Forbes Consumer Physics featured in CEA Blog BioCatch featured in Detroit Free Press Boatbound featured in Naluda Magazine 19 Israeli startups among Red Herring Europe Top 100 winners Since 1996, leading tech news magazine Red Herring annually reviews thousands of candidates for each...

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