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Experience the 2017 Summit through your fingertips – with the OurCrowd App

Experience the 2017 Summit through your fingertips – with the OurCrowd App

Feb 9, 2017 |

We’re pleased to announce a brand new add-on for the 2017 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit: Experience the event with the OurCrowd App! With the OurCrowd App: Participate in hands-on startup growth on OurNetwork Receive push notifications with Summit announcements Follow the Summit feed for extra content Stay on top of your schedule with full agenda view Relive the Summit with photos, video and more after the event Participate in hands-on startup growth Test your ‘Rolodex’ on OurNetwork in the OurCrowd App and play the role of business development partner by matching startups with strategic connections. Throughout the Summit halls, engage with sector-themed LED screens displaying startups’ strategic requests and fulfill them on the app. Download now   By the way, don’t forget to share your Summit highlights with...

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Tel Aviv incorporates driverless cars & more [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Tel Aviv incorporates driverless cars & more [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Feb 6, 2017 |

Tel Aviv’s public transit system is ahead of the game. Read up on this news items and more stories from the Startup Nation, below… Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Tel Aviv among 10 first cities to incorporate driverless cars in public transit Israel’s bustling metropolis Tel Aviv is among a handful of cities worldwide to incorporate driverless cars in its public transit system. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News mPrest featured in Business Wire The Bouqs featured in TechCrunch prooV featured in PR Newswire Global entities come shopping for Israeli cybersecurity As computer devices and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity continue to break new boundaries and create changes to our lifestyle, new cybersecurity technologies to defend our tech-savvy lives are crucial. Read more. Unicorn dreams: Who will be the next billion dollar Israeli startup A popular new pastime in Israel’s tech scene is hunting unicorns. No, not the mythical horse-like creatures with one horn, but startups valued at $1 billion or more. Read more. Largest equity crowdfunding conference ever: OurCrowd delivers the crowd with forthcoming Jerusalem event OurCrowd, a...

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The VC Value-Add Model at Scale

The VC Value-Add Model at Scale

Feb 1, 2017 | , ,

Building the ecosystem. Leveraging the network. Helping our portfolio companies succeed. Every startup wants to work with investors that will help solve problems and spring their business forward. Every venture capital firm boasts their “entrepreneur friendly” initiatives that sets them a part from the others. “We do X better than other VCs.” “We match our founders with experts to advise them with Y.” “We offer to our companies Z to help them raise follow-on funding.” In a growing industry of more than 798 venture capital firms in the U.S. alone, as important as receiving capital is who you get it from. A few brand name venture capital firms embody legendary value-add that offer the edge to outperform others. Andreessen Horowitz, the forefather of value-add venture investing, has built an operating model around giving founders the ability run their companies as if they are serial entrepreneurs who have previously built successful startups. Kleiner Perkins opened a fellowship program to find talented individuals to work with their portfolio companies. First Round Capital has a team that helps their founders fast forward through...

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While American VC slowed in 2016, 4 reasons why Israel saw continued momentum

While American VC slowed in 2016, 4 reasons why Israel saw continued momentum

Jan 31, 2017 |

In early 2016, many pundits predicted a more tepid investment environment, characterized by a slowing venture capital market, a more rational valuation environment, and potential correction in the public markets.  There was a feeling that we were due for a bit of a “hangover” from the 2014-15 startup investing frenzy – which had been driven largely by walls of new capital from the likes of sovereign wealth funds, increased corporate venture money, and family offices. (For more on that, see our thoughts from early 2016 here.) And, indeed, the end-of-year data for 2016 has exposed what everyone pretty much knew: In 2016, venture capital funding in the US was down year-over-year, following five years of consistent growth in funding. According to data provided by Pitchbook, VC funding dropped roughly 14% – from the impressive $79.2 billion funneled into US-based startups in 2015, to a more modest sum of $68.3 billion in 2016. Perhaps even more telling is the decrease in the number of deals done in 2016 vs. 2015: 10,486 in 2015, compared to 7,966 in 2016. And exit activity...

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Israel’s startups are off to a good start in 2017 [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Israel’s startups are off to a good start in 2017 [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Jan 30, 2017 |

How is 2017 looking for Israeli startups, and what are Israel’s advancements in brain science? Read up on these news items and more stories from the Startup Nation, below… Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Israeli startups already raised nearly $400M this year 2017 is shaping up to maintain the record amounts raised by Israeli startups last year. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News Splacer featured in NY Business Journal enVerid featured in PR Newswire MedAware featured in Globes Biggest investor event in Israel to showcase startup magic 5,000 people expected at OurCrowd’s 2017 Global Investor Summit in Jerusalem for close-up look at companies driving the world’s hottest technologies. Read more. Let it get to your head: In 2017, Israel’s on the brain tech scene After decades of being at the forefront of life sciences, specifically in medical technology innovation, Israel is now leading the way in another area of health care and advancement: brain science. Read more. Israel among 5 finalists for Google prize to land spacecraft on the moon “We have waited for this moment for a long time,” says...

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