Author: Kalia Natan

Shimon Peres & the Startup Nation [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Last week, the Startup Nation lost one of its dominant influencers — former President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres. He once said that “in Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advantage: our minds.” This father of the Startup Nation will be sorely missed. Read up on this story and other news items, below. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Shimon Peres urged Israel to dream and innovate Former president Shimon Peres, who died Wednesday at the age of 93, was not one to take the easy way out, always looking for new solutions — whether fighting for peace or pushing for new technologies. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News OurCrowd featured in City A.M. OurCorwd First featured in Geektime OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved featured in The Huffington Post Freightos featured in Forbes Global Kinetics featured in Parkinson’s News Today Surgical Theater featured in VR-Focus Benny Landa: Entrepreneur of the decade 14 year ago, founder Benny Landa sold digital printing company Indigo to HP for $830 million, making it one of the 10 largest exits in the history of Israeli high...

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PRESS RELEASE: Greek AgTech Startup Centaur Analytics Raises $1.3 Million to Tackle Post-Harvest Agriproducts Waste

————– Greek AgTech Startup Centaur Analytics Raises $1.3 Million to Tackle Post-Harvest Agriproducts Waste Centaur announces $1.3M funding round led by OurCrowd First to accelerate the commercialization of its proprietary wireless sensors and cognitive services platform for monitoring and protecting post-harvest products quality Jerusalem, Israel, and Volos, Greece — September 28, 2016 – Centaur Analytics, an AgTech IoT startup that provides real-time stored agriproducts monitoring and protection solutions, announced today that it has raised $1.3 million in a round led by Israel’s most active seed-stage venture fund OurCrowd First, to accelerate the commercialization of its proprietary wireless sensors and cognitive services platform for monitoring and protecting post-harvest product quality. Piraeus Jeremie Technology Catalyst Fund from Greece and Xponentialworks Founder and former 3D Systems CEO, Avi Reichental participated in the round and Mr. Reichental joined the company as its Executive Chairman. “The protocols and storage principles for maintaining quality of stored agriproducts have not changed much over the last 150 years, which is quite remarkable given 21st century food safety advances and concerns for a growing world population,” said Yori Nelken,...

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OurCrowd raises $72M & the Israel NY tech scene [OurCrowd Newsletter]

What’s new? OurCrowd raised $72M in a series C founding round to expand operations. Who’s trending? These Israeli entrepreneurs are making waves and impacting ecosystems around the world. Read up on these news items and more, below. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now OurCrowd raises $72M in new Series C funding round OurCrowd is excited to announce the closing of a $72 million Series C funding round to expand its operations and invest in other businesses. According to Crowdnetic, this is the largest pure equity investment in a crowdfunding company. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News OurCrowd featured in Fortune BriefCam featured in Hartford Courant OurCrowd featured in TechCrunch Surgical Theater featured in BusinessWire OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved featured in Benzinga Global Kinetics featured in MedCity News 10 Israelis making a mark on New York’s tech scene The number of Israeli startups taking root in NYC is growing all the time. From big companies that created industries to small startups enhancing market niches, Hebrew-speaking entrepreneurs are helping to propel the NYC tech scene forward. Read more. Israeli startups, data collection, and the end of privacy The battle between...

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PRESS RELEASE: OurCrowd Raises $72 Million in new Series C Funding Round

MATERIALS FOR RELEASE: PDF download here Photos and logos ZIP file download here OurCrowd infographic here OurCrowd Raises $72 Million in new Series C Funding Round Crowdfunding platform has to date invested over $300M in 100 portfolio companies and funds Jerusalem, September 21, 2016 – OurCrowd, the global equity crowdfunding leader announced today the closing of $72 million in Series C funding. Participants in this latest round include financial institutions, family offices, and private investors from five continents. “OurCrowd has grown exponentially since our launch in 2013 to become the leading global platform for Equity Crowdfunding,” said CEO Jon Medved. “This transformative Series C funding will allow us to take advantage of the growing investor interest in quality equity crowdfunding and further expand our global operations. One half of the round will be invested in the expansion of our 7 global offices, and further developing our technology platform. The other half of the Series C funding will be used to make sure that each and every company which raises funding on our platform receives participating investment from the General Partner...

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GoforIsrael conference, GreenTech innovation, & more [OurCrowd Newsletter]

The latest from the Startup Nation: around 100 Israeli startups are flocking to Shanghai for the GoforIsrael conference; check out the growth potential of these amazing GreenTech innovations; Israel and Australia are two nations at the AgTech frontier; and more… Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now 100 startups expected at GoforIsrael event to woo Chinese investors Around 100 Israeli high-tech and startup companies are expected to take part in the GoforIsrael conference in Shanghai, China, which aims to introduce Israeli technology to Chinese investors. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News prooV featured in Business Insider OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved featured in Calcalist [Hebrew] ReWalk featured in BBC UPnRIDE featured in Reuters Engie and Argus featured in Financial Times Pixie featured in RFID Journal Growing innovation with OurCrowd’s GreenTech portfolio As we continue to build, grow, and invest in sustainable technologies, we’re pleased to share the following infographic capturing the scope of some of the amazing GreenTech companies in OurCrowd’s portfolio. Read more. Israel and Australia: Two nations at the AgTech frontier AgTech is changing the way the world farms. What are Israel and Australia doing to bring this ancient...

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