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From Ideas to Assets: Common Investor Pitfalls with Intellectual Property and How to Avoid Them

From Ideas to Assets: Common Investor Pitfalls with Intellectual Property and How to Avoid Them

Mar 19, 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 importance of understanding the fundamentals of Intellectual Property rights in order to make informed investment decisions and how to avoid common investor pitfalls with IP. Additional topics covered in the webinar: The various types of Intellectual Property (IP) and how they work Why it is important for investors to read patents Techniques for valuing intellectual property and how investors can do their own ownership research Management, strategizing and budgeting of patent portfolios for companies at different stages of development Featured expert: Heidi Brun, leading patent attorney and Joint Head of the Patent Department at Eitan, Mehulal & Sadot. Ms. Brun  is an expert in all the high-tech fields and specializes in turning complicated concepts and highly mathematical ideas into readily understandable patent applications.    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Be on the lookout for our next...

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OurCrowd Portfolio Company Argo (ReWalk) Featured on Reuters TV

Mar 17, 2014 | ,

OurCrowd’s portfolio company Argo (ReWalk) was been featured on Reuters TV. 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. A powered exoskeletal suit is giving paraplegics a new lease on life, allowing them to walk on their own – even up stairs. The ReWalk is the latest example of a developing technology that might one day make wheelchairs a thing of the past for spinal cord injury patients. Ben Gruber reports.   Argo (ReWalk) raised $1,280,000 from OurCrowd investors in June 2013. View the video below or play it on Reuters...

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OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved on Bloomberg TV’s “Charlie Rose”

OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved on Bloomberg TV’s “Charlie Rose”

Mar 17, 2014 |

On his recent visit to the US, OurCrowd CEO Jonathan Medved was interviewed by talk show host Charlie Rose on Bloomberg Television’s “Charlie Rose.” In the interview Jon discusses Israel’s booming technology sector, investing in early stage startups and OurCrowd’s innovative equity-based crowdfunding platform.   View the video below or play it on Bloomberg...

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6 Tips on How You Can Invest in the Next Billion Dollar Exit

6 Tips on How You Can Invest in the Next Billion Dollar Exit

Mar 16, 2014 | , ,

2013 was a record year for the Israeli high-tech sector as the value of M&A deals and IPOs reached an eight-year high of $7.6 billion. Although there were several exits in the hundreds of millions of dollars (the average exit was for $170 million, the highest in decades), most of that sum was for a small number of mega-exits in high-tech. Of the 45 Israeli exits last year, Google’s acquisition of popular social driving app Waze for about $1 billion made the most headlines. Why Waze was valued over $1 billion What was the big deal about Waze? Well, for starters, it’s not every day you hear about titans like Google and Facebook going head to head in a race to buy out a company. Furthermore, the lucrative deal is one of the largest high-tech acquisitions in Israeli history. Google’s acquisition of Waze put Israeli technology back on the front stage of the international startup scene, signaling new growth for Israeli high tech that was clearly evident in the months following the deal. Until recently, most investors thought it would be impossible to build a billion dollar consumer company in Israel. The Google-Waze deal opened...

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