Author: OurCrowd

Raising the bar for event planning – with $22M. Exploring the high hopes for China by Israel’s grandfather of the hi tech boom. Relive SXSW with Bruce and Zack. Read on for last week’s highlights. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now HoneyBook raises $22M to make event planning a piece of cyber-cake  Events planning platform, HoneyBook, raised $22M in a Series B funding round. HoneyBook, derived from “honeymoon” and “booking,” is a technological hub for professional event planners and the contractors they hire — where brides-and-grooms-to-be (or other customers coordinating a multi-pronged operation) can comfortably manage all facets of their event from any web-enabled device. The company says it will use the new funds to expand to every major city in the US within the next 12 months. Learn more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News  ReWalk featured on Fox 32 News Highcon featured in Packaging Europe Abe’s Market featured on WCIU OurCrowd featured in Times of Israel Viewbix featured in NY Business Journal Lucid Energy featured in Not Impossible Israeli Mobileye’s tech powers longest-ever driverless car journey Israel’s Mobileye, maker of safety systems that...

In Israel this Passover, there is much to celebrate: Israeli companies raised $1.5 billion during Q1 2015 – already on track to overcome the total amount from 2014. Read on to learn how Israeli tech will help solve the world’s food crisis and what the next five years hold for Israeli entrepreneurs. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Off to a great start in 2015: Israeli companies raise $1.5B on Wall Street in Q1 Israeli companies conducted eleven offerings on Wall Street in the first quarter of 2015: three IPOs and eight secondary offerings. An almost unimaginable total of $1.5 billion was raised, considering that $3.9 billion was raised in all of 2014. Seven of the 11 offerings were by biomedical companies while the other four were by technology companies, including two information security companies. These figures have earned this batch of Israeli representatives a place of honor on Wall Street. Learn more. OurCrowd in the News Jon Medved featured on TheStreet Cimagine featured in Times of Israel Pixie featured in Inc. Abe’s Market featured in FoodNavigator-USA ReWalk featured in Reuters BioCatch featured in Israel21c...