Author: OurCrowd

OurCrowd’s portfolio company Curiyo receives PCMag Editor’s Choice Award

Sep 1, 2014 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company, Curiyo, has been awarded PC Magazine’s highest editorial honor, the Editors’ Choice award. Curiyo is a browser plugin that helps deliver relevant content to users curious to know more about a word or phrase on a site, without forcing users to leave the page they are on. The PCMag Editors’ Choice is awarded to products and services that rise above similar products in leading technology categories. In the review, PC Magazine editor Samara Lynn describes Curiyo’s technology as very impressive and gives it a score of 4 out of 5 stars. There is a lot of content to sift through on the Internet. When you want to give your readers of your site more information about a particular word or phrase, it typically involves adding hyperlinks into your site. This means redirecting readers to yet another part of the Internet, when you want them to stay on your site. Curiyo does this work for you and gives your audience extra information they want at a click, without having to leave your site. It’s impressive technology although the long-press feature seems to work a little inconsistently. Curiyo is...

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#WhatsYourBigIdea Podcast: Avoid these myths, generate great ideas

#WhatsYourBigIdea Podcast: Avoid these myths, generate great ideas

Sep 1, 2014 | ,

Investors and entrepreneurs share many myths about where big ideas come from and how to generate them. OurCrowd’s Zack Miller chats with author David Burkus about his book, The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas. Burkus describes the process and environment that enable all of us in the startup ecosystem to consistently generate more (and better!) big ideas. This is part of an ongoing exploration we’ve had with our investor community at OurCrowd about ideas and creativity. To learn more about big ideas, check out IsraelIdeas.com   Zack Miller is the Head of Investor Community at OurCrowd. Zack has been growing investment businesses for the past decade, holding senior leadership positions and consulting some of the top next-generation finance sites. To contact Zack Miller, follow him on Linkedin / Twitter David Burkus is a contributor to Forbes and Harvard Business Review, an Assistant Professor of Management at Oral Roberts University, and the the founder and host of LDRLB, a podcast that shares insights on leadership, innovation, and strategy. To contact David Burkus, follow him on Linkedin / Twitter  ...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company ReWalk featured in Globes

Aug 27, 2014 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company ReWalk Robotics was featured in Globes, the leading Israeli financial daily. FDA approved ReWalk has developed an exoskeleton device that enables paraplegics with an independent, natural walking experience that provides them numerous social, psychological, and physical benefits. ReWalk Robotics has set terms for its Nasdaq IPO. The Yokneam-based company recently changed its name from Argo Medical Technologies to its flagship product, which is a wearable robotic exoskeleton that provides powered hip and knee motion to enable individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) to stand upright and walk. The IPO is set to take place in the second week of September.   ReWalk raised $1,320,000 from OurCrowd investors in June 2013. Read more on...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Bizzabo featured on TechCrunch

Aug 14, 2014 | ,

Leading technology website, TechCrunch, featured OurCrowd portfolio company Bizzabo. Constructing interactive event-groups, Bizzabo utilizes social media in order to facilitate the dialogue between event organizers and guests. Networking and event app Bizzabo has raised an additional $2.5 million in funding, the New York- and Israel-based startup announced today. Bizzabo, which says it has been used to organize 4,000 professional events, plans to use its new funding to add new features. It will rollout a new event management platform later this year.   Bizzabo raised $506,000 from OurCrowd investors in January 2014. Read more on TechCrunch here....

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