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Recently, our CEO Jon Medved traveled to Australia, shedding light on the huge amount of activity and interest Australian investors and strategic partners have already shown in the Startup Nation. The trip included stops in Sydney and Melbourne, and the celebration of a new milestone-  $1Billion Australian dollars (AUD) under management, with a full 20% coming from the OurCrowd investor community down under! This achievement further highlights the close relationship between OurCrowd, the Startup Nation, and our friends in Australia and Asia. OurCrowd already has a significant presence in Australia, with Managing Partner Dan Bennett heading up the Australia and Asia office from Sydney. As Jon Medved put it in an interview on Sky News “What’s not to like here..you’re a lucky country. You’ve got good people, good laws, good government on all sides of the spectrum, great business…” Watch the full interview with Sky News’ Ticky Fullerton: OurCrowd has also created strong partnerships in the region, with NAB Private becoming a strategic partner in 2017. Welcoming the Israeli contingent, NAB hosted a private lunch in Melbourne, as well...

The Evolution of the Funds Market Venture capital funds have a long and storied history. They have seen legendary returns, like Andreesen Horowitz’s 28X from Instagram and have also seen historic failures (see Juicero). The world of venture funds has historically maintained an air of exclusivity, being led by just a handful of individual fund managers and accessed by a small number of institutional investors and industry insiders. Yet, according to Richard Norman, formerly of Davidson Kempner and H/2 Capital Partners, OurCrowd’s Managing Director of Funds, the funds market is evolving rapidly to include a broad range of opportunities for a wider range of investors. The Wealth of Opportunities across Sectors, Stage, and Geography Today, the world is seeing a remarkable boom in funds.  Venture has traditionally been a one town industry:  Silicon Valley. Yet the global tech scene is providing serious competition. With robust ecosystems from Tel Aviv (Silicon Wadi) to New York (Silicon Alley), Bangalore to Barcelona, fund managers are not only branching out beyond the U.S., they are making their investment thesis about peripheral geographies. Says...

Now taking applications for the 2019 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit March 7th, 2019… save the date! OurCrowd is now taking applications for the 2019 Global Investor Summit. The Summit has grown to become an iconic must-attend event for international and Israeli investors, startups, global corporations, and the wider tech ecosystem. Apply now Did you join us last year? Then you witnessed firsthand the interactive, front-row view to the formerly closed world of venture capital. Over the past four summits, attendees gained exclusive exposure to cutting-edge technologies, access to meetings with the entrepreneurs behind them, and perspectives of the corporate leaders deploying them. The Summit anchors a week of events and activities in Israel and beyond that provide an insider look at the innovation ecosystem, including tech events, workshops, VC forums, CEO interchanges, press tours, and legendary parties.  Get a taste of some of the most popular from 2018’s VIP tech tour, Pre-Summit Leader’s Forum, and ShukTech After Party. Apply now Were you at last year’s Summit? This past February, the 2018 Summit saw over 10,000 people registered from over...

For young startups, navigating the public relations game can be daunting. Telling a story effectively can be the gateway to funding, connections, potential clients, and most importantly, credibility. To help OurCrowd’s portfolio companies master the art of PR, we invited VentureBeat’s Stewart Rogers for an open discussion about the do’s and don’ts to keep in mind when pitching your story to the press. Here are some of the highlights we put together from his talk. You can view the whole talk here. Do’s DO your homework. Want to be of value for a journalist? Analyze the data you already have and figure out what insights can come from it. It’s usually as simple as pulling out relevant data points from your database. Creatively packaging your research is a great hook for journalists, and positions your company as experts in your field. DO show your emotional side. If you have an emotional story of how your startup came about, or a personal experience that demonstrates your concept, sell it. If you can’t elicit an emotional response from a journalist, you probably won’t...