Author: OurCrowd

The Genius of the Startup: Jon Medved and Barbara Corcoran discuss the genius of great business ideas

The Genius of the Startup: Jon Medved and Barbara Corcoran discuss the genius of great business ideas

Mar 4, 2014 | ,

On Monday, OurCrowd’s founder and CEO Jonathan Medved and ABC’s hit show “Shark Tank” investor Barbara Corcoran  took part in an exhilarating conversation about the genius of great business ideas. The Genius of the Startup event is part of 92nd Street Y’s 7 Days of Genius festival on genius. The event was moderated by Betty Liu, award-winning business journalist and editor-at-large for Bloomberg Television. He has invested in more than 100 Israeli start-ups, helping 12 of them get in excess of $100 million. She went from straight-D student to a multi-millionaire when she parlayed a $1000 loan into The Corcoran Group, which sold in 2001 for $66 million. Jon Medved and Barbara Corcoran discuss the genius of the startup.   Missed it live? View the 92Y event webcast recording here or watch the video below.   Jonathan Medved and Barbara Corcoran in Conversation with Betty Liu: The Genius of the...

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[PRESS RELEASE] OurCrowd Celebrates One Year Anniversary

[PRESS RELEASE] OurCrowd Celebrates One Year Anniversary

Feb 26, 2014 |

Jerusalem, Israel February 26, 2014: OurCrowd the leading global venture capital-crowdfunding platform, celebrated its one year anniversary this month. Since launching in February 2013, OurCrowd has successfully raised over $35 million for 33 Israeli and global early stage companies. Fourteen of these companies have raised over $1 million in investments, and twelve companies have conducted follow-on funding rounds. OurCrowd’s investor community is rapidly expanding and fast approaching 4,000 accredited investors from 23 different countries around the world. OurCrowd’s largest raise to date for a specific company was $2.1 million. OurCrowd has issued an infographic to celebrate these and other relevant statistics from its first year of pioneering equity crowdfunding. Read more...

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OurCrowd Celebrates 1 Year Anniversary: From Garage to the Boardroom [Infographic]

OurCrowd Celebrates 1 Year Anniversary: From Garage to the Boardroom [Infographic]

Feb 26, 2014 |

February 2014 marks OurCrowd’s one-year-anniversary and we wanted to take a moment to look back and celebrate our first year of pioneering equity crowdfunding. In just 12 months, OurCrowd has become the world’s leading Israeli and global equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors. What started out as a small group of close friends and business partners working together in a garage has turned into a global community of tens of thousands —  investors, entrepreneurs, and supporters — together building a new model for investing in the future Facebooks and Googles. We’re so proud of what the OurCrowd community has accomplished in just one year and are looking forward to continuing on this journey together in the years to come.    ...

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OurCrowd’s Portfolio Company Nextpeer Featured In VentureBeat

Feb 26, 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. Lots of mobile games are still solitary experiences. Nextpeer wants to change that by making it simple for developers to add multiplayer play to their mobile games… The company has more than 55 million installations of games that use the SDK. Nextpeer currently supports more than 2,800 games on iOS and 200 games on Android. In these games, players can compete side by side with their friends. The benefit for developers is clear. People play games longer if they are engaged, and multiplayer keeps them engaged as their friends get involved. And engaging games are far more likely to monetize.   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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