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The Evolving Fintech Landscape & The Indian Market

The Following content is from our partners, YES FINTECH, part of YES bank. Are you a FinTech Startup? Apply to the YES accelerator by Oct. 7! Evolving Fintech landscape & The Indian Market Over the last couple of years, the narrative in fintech has been changing, from fierce competition to collaboration. It’s no longer the established players, banks, trying to smother the new entrants, startups, or the startups trying push the incumbents out of the game. Now it’s about the two collaborating to co-create solutions. India has experienced the emergence of numerous FinTech start-ups, incubators & accelerators over the last few years. As of today, India has everything that it needs in order to establish itself as a global FinTech hub. With a large market of unserved customers, increasing mobile penetration, favorable demographics, an active start-up ecosystem and a large technology talent pool, India has potent opportunity that is waiting to be seized in the FinTech space. The environment in India for fintech startups to thrive is also very supportive, with a boom in investments & the various policy...

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Job searching? 46 #OCportfolio companies are hiring! Check out their listings here!

As OurCrowd’s investments continuously grow both in size and quantity, our existing portfolio companies are rapidly expanding too. To date, OurCrowd has invested $450M in over 120 portfolio companies, many of which won international awards and are widely acclaimed for their innovative products and amazing all-star teams. So, if you’re hoping to get your foot in the high-tech industry door, dreaming about being part of the exciting startup ecosystem, or know someone looking for a job in the hottest markets, you’ve come to the right place! Check out the listings below to see how you might have the chance to work for some of our awesome portfolio companies! Don’t see something relevant to you? Join OurTalent, OurCrowd’s talent-matching platform, where members of the OurCrowd Community can recommend and refer their professional contacts to OurCrowd portfolio companies. Agentology– We are always looking for talented and passionate people. Most importantly, we kick ass and have fun doing it. From Happy Hour to go-karts, beer tours to hockey games – we believe in celebrating hard-work and success! Client Success Advisor- San Diego, USA Lead Team/ Customer...

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Portfolio Meetups: CMO Meetup Recap

What do you get when you stick 20 marketers from across 5 sectors in one conference room? Excellent insights into how to overcome challenges and try new ideas. This week, OurCrowd hosted the first of its Portfolio Meetups series, an initiative aiming to bring together portfolio companies to share ideas, help each other with challenges, and of course, network. The series kicked off  with a CMO meetup and round table discussion at OurCrowd’s Herzliya office. It was an excellent opportunity to leverage and learn from one another, whether it was startup tips for doing outreach to the right person in a target company, to introducing a product to a population weak on tech. Here are the group’s top 4 tips: The power of presentations Presentations are your time to shine, so skip the PowerPoint and tell a story. Make your goal moving people to tears, not just bland explanations of your technology, The Trendlines Group’s Karen Kozek advises. Covertix CEO, Ben Coleman, suggests that if you absolutely must use a slideshow, make sure it isn’t too empty or too...

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Tech Diplomacy: Israel, Oslo, and OurCrowd

Tech Diplomacy: Israel, Oslo, and OurCrowd You’ve heard of diplomacy, but have you heard of tech diplomacy? It’s no secret that Israel has been leading the world of innovation. VCs and financial backers from every industry flock to the Startup Nation, which has the highest number of startups per capita in the world, and ranks third in NASDEQ listings, just behind the U.S. and the UK. The success of Israel in becoming the biggest hub for startups after Silicon Valley, has gained international attention, with other countries seeking to learn the secret. With natural resources running thin, countries dependent on traditional economic commodities are trying to get in front of the wave by creating new revenue streams beyond oil and coal. They are looking to build technological innovation engines to boost their economies and make their resources last longer. Countries like India and China, historically wary of their relationship with Israel, are warming their stance, exchanging trade agreements (most recently with India) and building technology collaboration corridors, particularly in health and AgTech. This isn’t surprising, given growing populations that...

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Global Payments Part Three: Blockchain and the Future of Finance

Blockchain Payments The following is part three of our FinTech series, discussing the future of FinTech, and the recent explosive growth of blockchain’s disruptive potential. By Jordan Odinsky (@jordanodinsky) and Sarah Lavin For those who have been following the markets, cryptocurrencies have taken the center stage on popular media outlets such as CNBC, MSNBC, and Fox Business. Powered by blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies are not just a new branch in FinTech, it is a new investment asset class entirely. Simply put, blockchain is one of the most important technological innovations of our time. Seen by many as the next phase of the Internet evolution, blockchain will transform the way humans communicate, engage in commerce, and trust each other. In the last 12 months alone, the market cap has skyrocketed. It is being estimated at $100B+. By definition, blockchain is a public distributed ledger of transactions held together in packages or “blocks” (hence the name). Precisely because the blockchain is decentralized, meaning that it isn’t owned or managed by one central authority, it has such a dramatically disruptive influence on the...

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