Author: Kalia Natan

Investment rounds, cool technologies, & trending entrepreneurs [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Find out which Israeli startup raised a significant round of financing for their innovative technology; meet top five Israeli female entrepreneurs; discover OurCrowd’s Olympics connection; and more this week from Startup Nation… Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Premature baby nutrition company, Nutrinia, raises $30M Israeli biotech startup Nutrinia has closed $30 million Series D financing to fund two pivotal trials for registration in separate indications related to acceleration of gut maturation and adaptation. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News UPnRIDE featured in Israel21c MedAware featured in Haaretz Zebra featured in FierceBiotech OurCrowd featured in Globes Freightos featured in Israel21c OurCrowd featured in Crowdfund Insider These five female tech leaders inspire innovation in Israel Meet five female entrepreneurs whose vision and leadership are the driving force behind some of the most innovative technologies developed in the Startup Nation. Read more. Winning the Gold for innovation: OurCrowd’s Olympic connection As the 2016 Rio Olympics are rapidly coming to a close, we survey four outstanding companies from our portfolio, highlighting their current and potential contributions to the sports technology sub-sectors and events inside and outside the arenas. Read more. Mapping Israel’s marketing technology...

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Winning the Gold for Innovation: The OurCrowd Olympics Connection

The Olympic Games have always been a time for the world to come together and admire the potential of the human species as a whole, especially the athletes’ physical and mental capabilities, like talent, skill, and strategy. But there’s a lot more to admire about the international sporting event, namely the proliferation of amazing technological advances that help the athletes on an individual level and facilitate the event itself taking place. High-level security technology, medical innovations, and imaging technology, for example, are being put to service in sports and sporting events to prevent and treat injury, improve training and performance, enhance the experience for fans, and more. As the 2016 Rio Olympics are rapidly coming to a close, we survey four outstanding companies from our portfolio, highlighting their current and potential contributions to the sports technology sub-sectors and events inside and outside the arenas – the OurCrowd-Olympics connection. BriefCam As the developers of a revolutionary video synopsis technology, BriefCam has a direct connection to the summer Olympics as it is helping Rio monitor its bank of surveillance cameras and is assisting authorities in keeping track of what’s happening at street...

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Kaltura raises $50M, Israeli startups win awards, and more [OurCrowd Newsletter]

What’s new? Kaltura raises a whopping $50 million. What’s trending? 12 Israeli sensor technologies. Who’s winning global innovation awards? You guessed it — Israeli startup! Read up on these news items and more, below. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Israeli startup Kaltura raises $50M to ‘videofy’ the world On its way to becoming a “unicorn?” Israeli open-source video platform Kaltura has raised a whopping $50 million from American investment bank Goldman Sachs. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News Consumer Physics featured in Israel21c Borro featured in Bridging & Commercial ReWalk featured in Healio Israeli startups win Beijing Global Innovation Awards Israeli startups took first and second place at the Global Innovation Awards 2016, an international startup competition featuring 21 startups from around the world competing for $1.5 million in cash prizes. Read more. 12 Israeli sensor technologies that will rock your world Today’s sensors provide key information on everything from digital health to airport safety. Here are a dozen Israeli sensor pioneers that illustrate the country’s strength in this powerful sector. Read more. Israeli SportsTech companies pitch in US With advanced technologies that include...

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August fundings start big, Israeli entrepreneur success secrets [OurCrowd Newsletter]

This last week saw big funding rounds for a number of Israeli startups. Get some tips and insights from several successful Israeli entrepreneurs, including Shlomo Kramer and Splacer founders Adi Biran and Lihi Gerstner. It’s a new era for female Israeli entrepreneurs. Read on for the latest in Startup Nation. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Startups nail down big funding in first week of August The first week of the month posted big funding rounds for a slew of Israeli startups in a range of fields including 3D printing, social networking, MedTech, mobile, and cybersecurity. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News BioCatch featured in Times of Israel Freightos featured in BBC Splacer featured on Forbes Webydo featured in Fox Business Panorama featured in The Huffington Post ReWalk featured in WBJournal 5 success secrets from serial entrepreneur Shlomo Kramer Starting his career in the Israeli Army’s elite 8200 information security corps, Shlomo Kramer has helped found a string of publicly traded information security companies with a total market capitalization of $26.6 billion. Read more. Interview with Splacer founders Adi Biran and Lihi Gerstner Adi Biran and Lihi Gerstner, founders of...

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Another OurCrowd exit, Israeli tech and the future of transportation [OurCrowd Newsletter]

OurCrowd’s portfolio company Fireblade was acquired by StackPath. Learn about the tech that helped put Israel on the automotive map. Read up on these news items and more, below… Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Israeli cyber startup Fireblade sold to 1-yo StackPath Israeli cyber firm Fireblade (an OurCrowd portfolio company) has been sold to StackPath, an intriguing company founded a year ago that has already raised $180 million. Fireblade is developing technology for securing websites against attacks by hackers and denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News Engie featured in TechCrunch Fireblade featured in Globes Freightos featured on Times of Israel Zoomcar featured in Geektime Influitive featured in Financial Post Surgical Theater featured in Tech Insider Israeli technology and the future of transportation Today, we’re at the forefront of a new revolution in mobility. Advances in computer vision and navigation technology have helped put Israel on the automotive map. Read more. Not just fun and games: Seeking tech behind video games When 500 people gathered last week in Tel Aviv for the 10th annual GameIS Developers conference, the focus was on tech and its...

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