Author: OurCrowd

[SmartAsset in Bloomberg] Brookstone Capital Management Partners With SmartAsset To Boost Investor Prospecting For Its Network Of Independent Registered

SmartAsset, the largest independent marketplace connecting consumers to financial advisors, and Brookstone Capital Management (BCM), a leading SEC-Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) firm providing fee-based asset management services, today announced a strategic partnership to bolster the marketing solutions that BCM Independent Advisor Representatives have access to. BCM’s network of 1,000+ independent financial advisors doing business in all 50 states can now utilize SmartAsset’s SmartAdvisor platform to augment customer acquisition operations. Read...

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[Edgybees in Inside Unmanned Systems] Edgybees Announces Strategic Appointments of H.R. McMaster, Brett B. Lambert, and Aki Yamaura to Advisory Board

Edgybees, the leading visual intelligence technology company, announced today the appointment of Lieut. Gen. H. R. McMaster (US Army, ret.) as the newest member of its U.S. advisory board. McMaster joins shortly after the appointments of Brett B. Lambert and Aki Yamaura. McMaster, Lambert, and Yamaura will utilize their comprehensive backgrounds in defense, national security and intelligence, and remote sensing and geospatial data, respectively, to steer Edgybees through a pivotal stage of growth as it gains footholds in these critical sectors in support of U.S. and allied customer solutions. Read...

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Surgical Theater helps separate conjoined twins

Advanced virtual reality technology from OurCrowd portfolio company Surgical Theater played a major role in the success of the separation of conjoined twins, a very rare operation, the Jerusalem Post reports. The twelve-hour procedure, the first of its kind performed in Israel, took place at the Soroka-University Medical Center in Beersheba on one-year-old twin girls who were born with their heads attached at the back. Using Surgical Theater’s virtual reality platform, the medical team conducted dozens of operation simulations before the actual surgery, enabling them to plan each step precisely. The procedure received global coverage from The New York Times, BBC and many others. It is only the twentieth time the operation has been performed anywhere in the world. Both girls are expected to make a full recovery and lead normal lives....

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