Author: OurCrowd

OurCrowd’s Argo (ReWalk) featured In Bloomberg Businessweek

Nov 17, 2013 | ,

Leading business and finance magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, featured OurCrowd portfolio company Argo (ReWalk) and quoted OurCrowd’s CEO Jon Medved about investing in medical-device technologies. Last year [Larry Jasinski] the former Boston Scientific exec became chief executive officer of Argo Medical Technologies, a 42-person startup in Yokneam Illit, Israel. Argo’s main product is the ReWalk, an exoskeleton for helping paraplegics walk again. In Israel, “we are on the cusp of a golden age of medical-device investment,” says Jonathan Medved, founder and CEO of Jerusalem-based OurCrowd, a crowdfunding site that has invested in Argo. “People sense this is where the money is.” Read more on Bloomberg Businessweek here. Argo (ReWalk) raised $1,280,000 from OurCrowd investors in June 2013.      ...

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[Forbes] Here’s What General Electric’s (GE) Big Bet On Crowdfunding Looks Like

Nov 12, 2013 |

“GE’s partner in their new crowd funding venture is with an equity crowdfunding platform called OurCrowd. Scott Kurnitt, an OurCrowd investor, believes GE likes the OurCrowd model because, ‘We don’t have to hand over our money to a fund and hope they invest it properly. We can decide what to invest in deal by deal.’ Kurnitt also likes that OurCrowd provides post investment support to its portfolio companies like making industry introductions, marketing assistance and strong...

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The (Startup) State of Mind: 5 amazing brain technologies from Israel

The (Startup) State of Mind: 5 amazing brain technologies from Israel

Nov 6, 2013 |

There is no doubt about it, Israel is at the forefront of cutting-edge technologies in hundreds of various fields, pushing the boundaries in art and culture, biotech, medicine, the environment, science and technology. From drip irrigation to gadgets like the Disk-on-Key, from solar windows to the PillCam, almost any device you pick up has it’s origins in Israeli tech. The Startup Nation’s remarkable ingenuity constantly produces breakthroughs in products and processes that affect the way people around the world live their every day lives. With that in mind (no pun intended), it’s interesting to take a look at what innovations the top brains in Israel are working on in the neuroscience field. Bioassociate, a consulting firm for investors and businesses operating in the life science arena, put together a collection of Israel’s most prominent and promising brain tech companies, all of whom they claim exhibit a particular fondness for the word “brain”. Take a look at our summary below! Five Israeli Brain Techs to Watch 1) Brainsway Jerusalem-based Brainsway is a developer and marketer of Deep TMS systems, a novel, noninvasive medical device for treatment of a...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Lucid Energy featured on Bloomberg TV

Nov 5, 2013 | ,

OurCrowd’s Portland-based portfolio company Lucid Energy, a provider of renewable energy systems, was featured on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg West.” Planet Forward Host Frank Sesno interviewed Lucid Energy CEO Gregg Semler and discussed the company’s development of hydroelectric power that doesn’t hurt the environment. Lucid Energy’s patented LucidPipe™ Power System enables industrial, municipal and agricultural facilities to generate clean, reliable, low-cost electricity from the water grid. View the video below or play it on Bloomberg TV here.  ...

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