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Israeli tech to protect Mars astronauts & more [OurCrowd Newsletter]

What is Japan seeking in Israel and why has Israel become the “perfect health tech incubator”? Read up on these news items and more below. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Israeli tech to protect Mars astronauts set for moon mission trial The AstroRad Radiation Shield has been devised by Tel Aviv-based StemRad, which has already produced and marketed a belt to protect rescue workers from radiation emitted in nuclear disasters. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News mPrest featured in Israel21c BioCatch featured in Nanalyze UPnRIDE featured in Globes   Retail tech innovation is booming in Israel We met with more than 25 startups and led panel discussions on innovation at the 2017 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit. Read more. Israel’s Mobileye sets Guinness World Record for VR Surprise presentation at meeting of global CEOs garners 1,867 simultaneous viewings of a virtual reality experience of riding in a driverless car. Read more. Cooperation between Israel and Japan in the Life Sciences So, what, one might ask, is Japan seeking in Israel? The answer: world class R&D and innovation that, combined with Japanese...

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Another win for startup investments between Israel & Germany [OurCrowd Newsletter]

New partnerships between Israel and Germany, and is Israel making America great again? Read up on these news items and more below. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now OurCrowd, Germany’s Innogy team on Israel investments Leading German energy company innogy SE and Israeli equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd have announced a new business partnership. The partnership will scout investment opportunities at Israeli startups for the energy market. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News Freightos featured in Forbes Celeno featured in Yahoo Finance Splacer featured in Globes Can Israel’s high-tech sector make America great again? Here, in Israel, a joke is making the rounds. How does a Saudi do business with an Israeli? Very quietly. Read more. Israeli startups raise $700M in 2017 so far Israeli startups are keeping pace with last year when a record $4.8 billion was raised, according to IVC. Read more. Germany seeks Israeli technology Israeli companies and startups are now being invited to partake in the economic boom in North Rhine-Westphalia. Read more.   News Nuggets Israel’s LightCyber bought for $105M (NoCamels) Israeli company XACT Robotics raises...

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From Ballistics to Blackouts: How One Company Uses Israel’s Military Technology to Help Power Utilities, Keep Lights On

Guest post by Phillip Fine, Jerusalem-based writer/editor.  There’s commercialization of military know-how and then there’s Israel’s commercialization of military know-how. Take mPrest Systems Inc., a software maker headquartered in Petah Tikva, a city of 231,000 roughly 11 kilometres east of Tel Aviv. That company is selling the software that Israel used in Iron Dome – its system for shooting down Hamas rockets — to electric power utilities to help them prevent blackouts. Specifically, by polling sensors, the software allows an electric utility to monitor its equipment. The utility can then better predict when a transformer might pop, thus allowing for repairs before the electricity goes off. One customer, the New York Power Authority, has already used the software to pinpoint transformers that it didn’t even know were problematic, says Natan Barak, mPrest’s CEO, who spoke to Media Line at the OurCrowd global investor summit in Jerusalem Feb. 16. mPrest hopes to sell the software to other electric utilities in the U.S., as well as to power companies in Asia. In fact, the company is customizing its product so utilities...

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Why US corporate giants like Intel need fresh Israeli tech [OurCrowd Newsletter]

This year seems like a good year for Israeli IPOs and Israeli tech may be a secret ingredient to business development – read why below in this week’s Startup Nation newsletter. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Why US corporate giants like Intel need fresh Israeli tech Mammoth American multinationals depend on ingenuity from small Israeli startups to drive their businesses forward. Read more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News mPrest featured in Culture Trip Borro featured in Bridging & Commercial  CEO Jon Medved on i24 News (1:24) Corephotonics featured in Yahoo Finance Neverware featured in Yahoo Finance Syqe Medical featured in Nanalyze Accelerating to warp speed An upbeat conversation about Israel’s tech sector with OurCrowd’s Jon Medved. Read more. Nasdaq expects more Israeli IPOs in 2017 94 Nasdaq-listed Israeli companies have an aggregate $70 billion market cap. Read more. Corporate-Startup partnerships are thriving in Israel When Greg Moran, CEO of Zoomcar, first traveled to Israel last year, he was expecting to have a few business conversations–maybe even to collaborate on a low-level project. Read more.   News Nuggets Ad recovery company Uponit raises $2.3M (Globes) Israeli SaaS company TestCraft raises $1M (Globes)...

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#OCSummit17 Wrap Up: Photos, videos, highlights and more

It’s a #throwbackthursday to end all Throwback Thursdays: Whether you were with us in person or in spirit, there is so much to absorb from the 2017 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit in Jerusalem last week. Take a trip down memory lane and/or catch what you missed. 2017 Global Investor Summit fun facts The Summit featured 79 speakers, 56 exhibitors, and 348 completed crowdbuilding challenges. Even the food was global as 2,400 Belgian waffles, 2,000 cups of Middle Eastern sahlab, and 2,000 bottles of boutique Israeli beer were consumed. Watch OurCrowd TV Grab a snack and catch the highlights from the day of the Summit. Catch what you missed It was impossible to absorb everything at the Summit – catch what you missed by watching the recorded sessions. Note: Sessions are still being uploaded over the next few days, please check back or follow us on Facebook for updates.  Browse the Facebook photo album Find yourself and tag your friends! What’s everyone saying? Join the conversation after browsing #OCSummit17 on Twitter. Or check out the press roundup from the last week around the Summit....

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