Author: OurCrowd

Safer Scooters on the Streets of Rome, Heading to London Trials LINK, the shared electric scooter service created by OurCrowd portfolio company Superpedestrian, launches in Rome in September. The company, a robotics startups spun out of MIT, already operates the scooters in several US cities and has been approved by the UK government to participate in trials for a London tender. Putting safety first, the company’s Vehicle Intelligence Platform of embedded computers and cloud software enables its scooters to protect themselves from damage during and between rides by detecting problems including battery fires, short circuits, or failed brakes, and take corrective action to avert damage. The system prevents more than half of all issues that cause scooters to fail, and streamlines operations if they arise, with cost savings of up to 50%. SEC’s Historic Decision Broadens Definition of Accredited Investor Last week’s historic decision by the US Securities and Exchange Commission to broaden its definition of an “accredited investor” is a game-changer for the venture capital industry, boosting access to the kind of investments in startups that OurCrowd has helped pioneer....