Author: OurCrowd

OurCrowd’s Portfolio Company Consumer Physics Featured In Gigaom

Apr 30, 2014 | ,

Popular technology website, Gigaom, featured OurCrowd portfolio company Consumer Physics, which has developed the world’s first affordable molecular sensor – the Scio – that fits in the palm of your hand. While scientists and researchers use near-infrared spectroscopy on a regular basis, there are lots of consumers that would love to know more about the chemical composition of the world around them, whether it’s identifying the pills left in the back of the medicine cabinet or figuring out whether the fruit at the farmer’s market is ripe. Consumer Physics will offer both Android and iPhone apps, and also hopes to develop a platform upon which third parties can build their own apps. While the SCiO prototype is about the size of a large keyring, the actual module is much smaller. It’s closer to the size of a smartphone camera module, and could one day be included in a variety of forms, including wearables.   Seeded by OurCrowd and top tier Silicon Valley VC Khosla Ventures, Consumer Physics has just emerged from stealth mode with the launch of a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. Read more on...

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OurCrowd’s Portfolio Company Nextpeer Featured In VentureBeat

Apr 30, 2014 | ,

Leading technology website, VentureBeat, featured OurCrowd portfolio company Nextpeer, which has developed a platform that allows any iOS developer to easily integrate a first-class multiplayer experience into their games. Nextpeer said today it is adding 1.5 million users a day to its multiplayer mobile game platform. The rate of growth on Android is about 15 times the pace of the growth when the company debuted on iOS a year ago. Altogether, more than 70 million users are playing Nextpeer-enabled games. Nextpeer raised $325,000 from OurCrowd investors in December 2012, $350,000 in its 2nd round of investment in March 2013 and $660,000 in its 3rd round of investment in January 2014. Read more on...

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[PRESS RELEASE] OurCrowd Closes $25M Series B Funding Round

[PRESS RELEASE] OurCrowd Closes $25M Series B Funding Round

Apr 28, 2014 |

Jerusalem, Israel April 28, 2014: OurCrowd, the leading global equity crowdfunding platform, announced the closing of a $25 million Series B funding round. This round, according to OurCrowd and published data, is the largest investment round in the equity crowdfunding sector to date. The investment will be used both to further expand OurCrowd activities in Israel and worldwide, and to provide general partner funding participation for each OurCrowd deal on its website. Terms of the investment, and the list of participants in the round, were not disclosed. Read more...

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