Author: OurCrowd

Reuters: “Israel’s Biocatch spots the movement of cyber criminals”

May 8, 2014 | ,

OurCrowd’s portfolio company Biocatch was featured on Reuters, a leading international news agency. Biocatch has developed a novel approach to cyber-security using behavioral analytics to identify unauthorized activity in online and mobile applications. “The main problem for banks today is not catching the fraud but the friction caused with genuine online users,” said Biocatch founder and Chief Executive Benny Rosenbaum. Adding a level of behavioral biometric profiling, he said, can prevent a lot of headache for banks and customers who get unduly flagged. It can also detect scams other systems miss. Several leading financial institutions in the United States and Europe are currently testing [the] company’s product on their online or mobile banking sites.   Biocatch raised $3,300,000 from OurCrowd investors in March 2014. Read more on...

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Teach-In Tuesdays: Join Us (Online) For 2 Educational Events During May

Teach-In Tuesdays: Join Us (Online) For 2 Educational Events During May

May 7, 2014 |

Last month we had hundreds of investors from around the world join us for events from our new webinar series called Teach-In Tuesdays. In this series, we explore investing in early-stage Israeli companies, identify and explain influential tech trends, stay up-to-date with the crowdfunding industry, and examine actionable insights from our own experience running OurCrowd’s investment platform. During May, we’re hosting 2 exciting installments of our Teach-In Tuesdays series. Register for them below. Cashing In: How to Make Money Investing in Startups Tuesday, May 13th (6:00 PM Israel / 12:00 PM NYC /  9:00 AM San Francisco) Join Zack Miller, Head of the Investor Community at OurCrowd, and David Stark, Investment Associate at OurCrowd, as they discuss the investment strategies necessary to build and maintain a successful startup portfolio. By nature, startup investments are a high risk/high reward asset class. Knowledge, therefore, is key in maximizing your profit potential when investing in startups. Join us to learn about: The startup math that investors use to profit from their investments Understand how companies’ valuations change over time and what that means for your investments Learn how OurCrowd and other startup investors...

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Burning up the wires: Media coverage of OurCrowd’s $25M funding round

Burning up the wires: Media coverage of OurCrowd’s $25M funding round

May 4, 2014 | ,

Last week, OurCrowd announced the closing of $25 million series B funding round. The announcement generated a lot of buzz and news coverage across various media outlets. We wanted to share some of the results and compiled several of the top news stories for you. Check out our media coverage highlights below: Wall Street Journal OurCrowd Aims to Widen Pool of Angel Investors to Main Street “Even if it seems like everyone is an angel investor to those based in Silicon Valley or other pockets of the U.S., most wealthy people aren’t thinking about this asset class… Having just raised $25 million in a Series B round, OurCrowd is hoping to help more investors find their way to this market.” VentureBeat OurCrowd’s huge $25M round shows investors are hot on equity crowdfunding “OurCrowd has quickly become a major force in equity crowdfunding… Now the startup wants to ramp up that growth in Israel and abroad: OurCrowd today announced it has raised $25 million in new funding.” Reuters Israel’s OurCrowd raises $25 mln in private funding round “Since launching in February 2013, OurCrowd has...

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OurCrowd portfolio company Argo (ReWalk) featured on ABC News

May 3, 2014 | ,

OurCrowd’s portfolio company Argo (ReWalk) has been featured on ABC News, the news gathering and broadcasting division of the American Broadcasting Company. Argo has developed an exoskeleton device called the ReWalk, providing paraplegics with an independent, natural walking experience that provides them numerous social, psychological, and physical benefits. People who use the [exoskeleton] devices reap health benefits like better circulation, increased oxygen intake, pain relief and better bowel function. And the act of simply being upright and looking people in the eye has psychological benefits. At the very least, people can use the devices to take brief walks… The ReWalk, for instance, can go up and down stairs   Argo (ReWalk) raised $1,280,000 from OurCrowd investors in June 2013. Read more on ABC News here.     The article also contains a video segment, watch it below: ABC US News | ABC Business...

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The Future of Deal Marketing: Using Software and Data Analytics To Target Investors

The Future of Deal Marketing: Using Software and Data Analytics To Target Investors

Apr 30, 2014 |

OurCrowd launched a new webinar series called ‘Teach-In Tuesdays’. In this series, we’ll explore investing in early-stage Israeli companies, identify and explain influential tech trends, stay up-to-date with the crowdfunding industry, and examine actionable insights from our own experience running OurCrowd’s investment platform. Yesterday, we held a webinar as part of the OurCrowd Teach-In Tuesdays series on the  future of deal marketing. Today entrepreneurs are using Internet technologies to identify, target, and land top-notch investors while investors are using the same technologies to find investment opportunities. Additional topics covered in the webinar: The cutting-edge ways top companies are raising money online The 3 mistakes companies make raising money and how to avoid them How to leverage the added transparency of the Internet and shared data to raise more money, more quickly Featured expert: Steven Dresner, CEO and founder of dealflow.com and author of Crowdfunding: A Guide to Raising Capital on the Internet.     ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 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 Steven...

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