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In the News: Big news from 3 brilliant startups

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Congrats to Hailo on the launch of Hailo-8, their deep learning processor for edge devices. MultiVu raised a $7M seed round for its next-gen 3D sensor, led by OurCrowd, Cardumen Capital and Hong Kong-based Junson Capital. In other big news, Zebra Medical Vision received FDA approval for the world’s first AI chest X-ray triage product. 

Startup Nation and beyond

Including insights from myself and others: India & Israel – The New Tech Frontiers.

Check out Venture Capital Journal: OurCrowd, Israel’s most active investor, blends VC and crowdfunding model. 

With a second WannaCry looming, more than half of industrial sites are vulnerable. How do we avoid it? See it in Forbes.

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In the News: Lots of IPO talk, while Israel works to ‘scale up’

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Everyone’s talking about how it’s raining IPOs – following Beyond Meat’s Nasdaq debut, Uber went public this past Friday; see interesting data here on today’s tech IPOs. Or watch my interview where I discuss how OurCrowd provides access to startups before they go public. Is Israel at 71 a scale-up nation? Read what I and other VCs have to say in this article.

Startup Nation and beyond

“There are more than 6,600 startups in Israel’s small and connected economy, 14 times the concentration of startups per capita in Europe.” Turning 71, Israel can look with pride at the tech firms it has generated.

Featured in Forbes: How is fintech unicorn Lemonade disrupting the insurance business? See how the startup BioCatch prevents identity fraud by observing device interactions.

Great coverage of Sweetch: Promising patients’ compliance and engagement with AI-based behavioral intelligence engine.

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Honing Harvest: With CropX, this farmer can water crops with precision

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The hardest thing was to see what the results were two days after you watered, to see if you were leaching things down or if you were actually applying enough.

Born and raised in Colorado, Kendall Nye has been farming as long as he can remember. One of the greatest challenges is determining when and how much to water crops without a real-time indication of the plants’ needs.

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In the News: Who’s craving private investments?

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Can you taste it? The talk this weekend was Beyond Meat’s IPO, debuting on the Nasdaq (BYND) last Thursday, exceeding expectations. In this Bloomberg interview, OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved explains that for us, it’s not just about another exit – it’s that individual investors got access to Beyond Meat before it went public by investing with OurCrowd. 

Watch OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved on Bloomberg

Meanwhile, read on about another hot topic, BOL Pharma and Israel’s cannabis tech scene: BOL Pharma grows in a favorable climate that made Israel leader of $100B medical cannabis market. Two big sectors join to create new solutions: how self driving tractors and AI are changing agriculture, featuring Taranis in Forbes.

Startup Nation and beyond

Read this Israeli tech overview, including, “Israel has even invented a new type of venture capital, with a crowd-sourced venture fund named OurCrowd.” Israel’s High-Tech paradise: Built by the IDF, increasingly looking to Arab-Israeli talent.

Hillel’s Tech Corner: Holograms saving lives; captures the essence of RealView Imaging’s amazing new tech.

Israel announces its participation in World Expo 2020 in Dubai; the Foreign Ministry welcomes “the opportunity to… present Israeli innovations and trailblazing technology in.. water, medicine and information technology.” [Read more…]

‘This Is Not A Sausage’: Plant-based proteins sizzle with startups like Beyond Meat (BYND)

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Last week, OurCrowd portfolio company Beyond Meat made its Nasdaq debut (BYND). The company is the first venture-backed ‘meat alternative’ startup to go public. If you haven’t already been, it’s time to pay attention to what is going on in this industry.

Startups creating plant-based proteins are upending the meat industry by appealing to vegans and omnivores alike, while dramatically cutting energy, water and greenhouse gas emissions. The numbers don’t lie. Meat-free, meat-less, “flexitarian” eating is filling stomachs across the globe. So much so, that investors who hedge their bets on the next big thing are having a hard time arguing with a 20% growth margin in one year alone. 

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‘Hope is A Global Thing’: Nas Daily shares an impact message

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If you haven’t already encountered Nuseir Yassin, better known as video blogger Nas Daily, he’s the guy who has probably popped up in your Facebook newsfeed a few times over the last few years.

Nas travelled the world for 1,000 days, uncovering impactful stories and sharing viral videos about them for millions of followers to enjoy. More recently, in his OCSummit19 plenary session, “Hope is A Global Thing,” Nas spoke about what drove him to change his stable trajectory and follow his passion, ending up an expert and world-renowned storyteller – and how the ability to tell a story can impact global innovation.

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In the News: Most successful Q1 for Israeli hi-tech in 6 years

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A new IVC-ZAG report shows that Israeli high-tech raised $1.55B in the first quarter of 2019, “the most successful first quarter in the past six years.” Here’s an insider’s view on the most active Israeli venture investor, startup investing, and the value of network in 2019 in this thoughtful Forbes piece written about OurCrowd. Another OurCrowd exit: Vimeo acquires Magisto which we invested in this past August. Congrats to the Magisto team! 

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Startup Nation and beyond

“Zebra’s work experience with radiologists in more than 50 hospitals worldwide highlights the role of AI as Augmented Intelligence…” Check out the full feature in Forbes: AI Startup Zebra Medical Vision Enlists Deep Learning To Save Lives.

What if there was a “spell-checker” to prevent doctors from prescribing the wrong medicine? Read about how Dr. Gidi Stein founded MedAware, the startup catching prescription errors and already helping nearly 6 million in the United States and Israel.

A game changing product to improve our health: Consumers get another digital home health offering as Tyto Care and Best Buy launch TytoHome.

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