Author: OurCrowd

Fast Company on Parko: an Israeli startup to watch after Google buys Waze

Jun 12, 2013 | ,

Fast Company called OurCrowd portfolio company Parko an Israeli startup “to watch” in the wake of Google’s gigantic $1B+ acquisition of Waze. Contributor Nadav Shemer describes Parko as among “the most innovative businesses likely to follow the crowdsourced mapping tool’s path to high-value exits.” “Recent studies show that city drivers spend at least 20 minutes on average searching for a parking spot. Parko has developed a crowdsourcing solution for parking in a similar vein to Waze’s solution for traffic: It connects motorists looking for a spot with others about to leave one, while its algorithm identifies parking spots without users needing to remove their phones from their pockets.” OurCrowd investors backed Parko with a $350,000 round in 2012. Read more on Fast Company’s site...

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LeWeb: “Will Equity Crowdfunding be the Next Big Thing?”

Jun 11, 2013 | ,

Informilo featured OurCrowd in its June 2013 print magazine for Le Web London, one of the world’s largest tech conferences. “Equity crowdsourcing platforms […] potentially have important impact on the tech industry by helping to solve the seed and Series A funding crunch and transforming the way angels and VCs syndicate deals.” Read more here (PDF...

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The Next Web: “FreightOS: Bringing sexy back to the freight industry”

Jun 9, 2013 | ,

The Next Web’s Shira Abel spoke with Zvi Schreiber, CEO of OurCrowd portfolio company TradeOS, on June 9th. Their interview focused on the company’s push to modernize the freight industry. TradeOS’ ability to bring change to an industry that has been “shockingly Internet-resistant” is, in Abel’s words, “sexy”. TradeOS, funded by OurCrowd investors in 2012, is building the world’s premiere B2B marketplace for freight forwarding, called FreightOS. “The final stage of business to consumer sales has been very well automated by companies like Amazon and Ebay,” Schreiber explained in an interview with OurCrowd in 2012, “while business to business transactions mean sending quotes by email and fax and waiting for days.” FreightOS is bringing the same efficient online platform found in B2C sales to the B2B world. Read an excerpt of the piece below, or view it on The Next Web here. Zvi Schreiber is the CEO of FreightOS and a repeat, successful entrepreneur. Three out of the last four companies he’s founded were acquired. Tradeum was his largest success with a “home run” exit of $500 Million in shares...

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Lucid strikes deal for company to install, operate its in-pipe hydro power system

Jun 6, 2013 | ,

The Portland Tribune covered Lucid Energy’s deal to begin work on their latest contract, the Conduit 3 Hydroelectric Project based in Oregon. “Site Based Energy, a four-year-old Idaho company, has agreed to be the principal investor and operator of a new in-pipe hydro power system developed by Portland’s Lucid Energy called the Conduit 3 Hydroelectric Project.” Read more online at the Portland...

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