Applications for MassChallenge Israel close in just 2 days! The startup accelerator connects entrepreneurs with the resources they need to succeed immediately with no strings attached. Boston-based. 300+ top mentors. Hundreds of startup events. Support in housing and travel to the US. Access to $1M+ in total cash prizes with no equity taken. Apply before the April 10th deadline!...
Read MoreOurCrowd is happy to announce the funding of our portfolio company FireBlade (aka SiteBlackBox), a website protection company against cyber attacks. The company raised $4.5 million in its latest round of financing. SiteBlackBox is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company developing products to protect websites and valuable online assets by neutralizing traffic from hostile sources, while ensuring the highest quality-of-experience to legitimate users. The Tel-Aviv based startup was founded in 2008 by Shay Rapaport (CEO) and Erez Azaria (CTO) with a simple mission – to help websites prevent losses and boost revenues by providing them with real-time insights into their site’s traffic and user activity. For more information read the full article published in...
Read MoreOurCrowd is meeting with investors across the US! If you’d like to attend one of our many meetups around the U.S., please email events@ourcrowd.com or Audrey Jacobs (our new VP of Business Development) by clicking here. If you indicate which city/event you’d like to attend, she’ll send you an invitation. Note: some events are small, private events, and some have already filled up – we’ll work to accomodate you as best we can. Boston – April 3, 2013 Visiting companies: Applango Lunch meeting at the offices of Foley Hoag with the American Technion Society Invite online: http://foleyhoag-jonmedved.eventbrite.com/ 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm meeting with MassChallenge and the New England Israel Business Council Invite online: http://masschallengeourcrowd2013.eventbrite.com/ Chicago – April 4, 2013 Companies: Abe’s Market, Applango Closed 12PM meetup – email events@ourcrowd.com for an invite 6PM evening event with the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce Closed event – email events@ourcrowd.com for an invite Seattle – April 5, 2013/ April 7, 2013 Companies: Lucid Energy Friday April 5, 2013, 12PM meeting with Ryan Swanson & Cleveland PLLC Email events@ourcrowd.com for an invite Sunday,...
Read MoreOurCrowd is proud to announce the funding for our 1st U.S. portfolio company Lucid Energy Inc., a provider of renewable energy systems. Lucid Energy’s patented LucidPipe™ Power System enables industrial, municipal and agricultural facilities to generate clean, reliable, low-cost electricity from the water grid. “We are thrilled to be working with OurCrowd,” said Gregg Semler, CEO of Lucid Energy Inc. “The speed and efficiency of the OurCrowd platform – which has brought entrepreneurial investors to us from as far away as Israel, New York, Brazil and Australia – is amazing.” Lucid Energy, based in Portland, Oregon, was formed in 2007 as an innovative clean technology company focused on creating a new way for industries to turn the untapped energy of moving water into cost-saving, renewable energy. “Water usage worldwide is growing rapidly, and in order to meet this demand, thousands of miles of water pipelines are being built in fast-developing countries while, at the same time, many of the world’s existing pipelines are aging and in dire need of repairs.” For more information read the full article published on...
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