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What to celebrate: In Q1 Israelis raised $1.5B on Wall Street [OurCrowd Newsletter]

What to celebrate: In Q1 Israelis raised $1.5B on Wall Street [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Apr 6, 2015 |

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...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Webydo featured in TechCrunch

Apr 4, 2015 | ,

Leading technology website, TechCrunch, featured OurCrowd portfolio company Webydo. The company provides graphic designers a powerful set of design tools to build and maintain websites with little technical knowledge. Code-free web design platforms are an increasingly popular tool among web designers.Companies behind these tools promise a design experience that doesn’t require any coding skills or the need for an expensive third-party developer. With Webydo, the user must have a design background working with software such as Adobe Photoshop in order to design sites from scratch, whereas Wix users with no background indesign can create a site by modifying an existing template. Tel Aviv-based Webydo was founded to empower the web designer and subsequently diminish the role of the developer in the design process. Webydo raised $1,292,500 from OurCrowd investors in December 2013. Read more on...

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The Changing Relationship Between Investors and Investments

The Changing Relationship Between Investors and Investments

Apr 1, 2015 |

Meet OurCrowd’s new President, Anthony DeChellis, who featured in the Teach-In Tuesdays webinar below. Anthony, who brings to the discussion his extensive experience in the private banking and institutional finance world, presents the changing investing ecosystem and how the wisdom of the crowd will soon rule the world of finance. Anthony DeChellis previously served as CEO of Private Banking Americas at Credit Suisse, headed Private Wealth Management at UBS, and held a range of leadership positions at Merrill Lynch, including Manager of the European Private Banking Business. This webinar explored: The changing investment ecosystem: The evolution of the advisor-investor relationship and the trends to watch For the people, by the people: Moving from passive investing to participatory investing via crowdfunding Wisdom of the crowd: How individual investors as a collective are driving the future of investment ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: To stay updated on future events and the best news from the Startup Nation, sign up for our newsletter, email us, and follow us on social media. To contact Zack Miller, follow him on Linkedin / Twitter To contact Anthony DeChellis, follow him on Linkedin View the FULL program Download/view the presentation The Changing Relationship Between Investors and Investments...

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Get Started in Startup Investing: OurCrowd’s free 8-day angel investing course

Get Started in Startup Investing: OurCrowd’s free 8-day angel investing course

Mar 31, 2015 | ,

Perhaps you’ve considered dipping your toes in angel investing, but weren’t sure where to begin. Or maybe you have a friend or colleague who you know would be a good fit – if they had the right tools to get started. With the rise of the “socialization of finance” – a new movement that is directly affecting the way people invest their money – new platforms and investment opportunities are becoming more accessible to the general public. The hurdle we often hear is, but how do we learn the basics? This is why we launched the angel investing email course: a free get-started series for beginning angel investors. OurCrowd’s team has gained insights, knowledge and experience from growing the leading equity crowdfunding startup investment platform and now it’s time to help a rising population of angels become the next set of successful players in this ecosystem. Over 8 days, we will deliver tips, strategies and more, compiled from seasoned investment professionals, via email. If you’re serious about startup investing, this primer is the place to begin. Enroll in this...

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What’s next in TVtech? Turkey/Israel relations ‘starting up’. Meet the President. [OurCrowd Newsletter]

What’s next in TVtech? Turkey/Israel relations ‘starting up’. Meet the President. [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Mar 30, 2015 |

A Turkish businessman is attempting to ‘start up’ Turkish-Israeli investor-business relations. heck out 10 startups disrupting TV technology. Meet OurCrowd’s new president, who himself is living the changing world of finance. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Driving innovation: SaaS vehicle company, GreenRoad, raises $26M  SaaS driver behavior and fleet performance service provider GreenRoad Technologieshas raised $26 million. GreenRoad provides fleet businesses a single, comprehensive solution for changing driver behavior and managing fleet performance. The company’s platform helps fleet operators improve driving safety, increase fuel economy, lower insurance premiums, and reduce accident-related costs. Headquartered in California, the company has an R&D center in Israel and an office in London. Learn more. OurCrowd in the News Jon Medved featured in The Times of Israel Bizzabo featured in e27 Apploi featured in The Baltimore Sun Boatbound featured in Realty Today OurCrowd featured in Crowdfund Insider Surgical Theater featured on KING 5 News Boatbound featured in 7×7 Cimagine featured on TLV1 Radio We interrupt this broadcast to bring you 10 hot TV-tech startups Don’t touch that dial! At this year’s third annual Keshet conference in Jerusalem, ten Israeli startups took...

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