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Sirin Labs raises $72M, ‘Geek PicNic’ transforms JLM, & meet the father of Israeli VC [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Sirin Labs raises $72M, ‘Geek PicNic’ transforms JLM, & meet the father of Israeli VC [OurCrowd Newsletter]

May 2, 2016 |

What’s new? Sirin Labs raises $72M to build the Rolls-Royce of smartphones. What’s happening? The first-ever ‘Geek PicNic’ transformed Jerusalem’s Sacher park into a futuristic wonderland. Who’s innovating? Meet Yigal Erlich, the father of Israeli Venture Capital. Read up on these news items and more, below. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Sirin Labs nabs $72M to build the Rolls-Royce of smartphones Israeli stealth startup Sirin Labs has raised an impressive $72 million to create the most advanced mobile device that combines the highest privacy settings, fastest operating system, and the world’s finest materials. Learn more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News Surgical Theater featured in CinemaBlend ReWalk featured in ABC Online Global Kinetics featured in CBS SF First-ever ‘Geek PicNic’ transforms Jerusalem park into futuristic wonderland Last week the country’s first Geek PicNic took place in Jerusalem’s Sacher Park, featuring a three-day high-tech festival of technology, science, and arts, and showcasing a high number of Israeli innovators. Learn more. Yigal Erlich: The father of Israeli Venture Capital The venture capital industry in Israel was created in the 90’s thanks to government support in the...

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Experience Passover in the Startup Nation with OurCrowd

Experience Passover in the Startup Nation with OurCrowd

Mar 23, 2016 | ,

Passover is just one month away, and as you make your plans to visit Startup Nation, we want to take the opportunity to invite our investor community to celebrate with us at OurCrowd’s Annual Passover Event. Join us for breakfast on April 28th in Jerusalem and meet with OurCrowd’s team, fellow accredited investors, and founders & CEOs from the OurCrowd portfolio. There will good food, great drinks, wonderful company and stellar presentations, including some of our latest investment opportunities. When April 28, 2016 8:30am-10:30am Where Jerusalem Space is limited. Please register here. Registration closes Monday, April 18th We hope to see you there and wish you a festive holiday! For more information about OurCrowd events, please contact Investor.Services@OurCrowd.com ABOUT OURCROWD OurCrowd is one of the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platforms for accredited investors to invest in Israeli and global companies. Managed by a team of seasoned investment professionals and led by serial entrepreneur Jon Medved, OurCrowd vets and selects opportunities, invests its own capital, and brings startups to its accredited membership of 10,000 global investors. OurCrowd investors must meet stringent accreditation criteria and invest...

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Another Israeli exit (OurCrowd’s 5th!), the EdTech ecosystem, & the life saving entrepreneur [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Another Israeli exit (OurCrowd’s 5th!), the EdTech ecosystem, & the life saving entrepreneur [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Mar 14, 2016 |

This last week saw another big Israeli acquisition — marking OurCrowd’s 5th exit! School is in: the  field of education technology is growing fast in Israel. The Israeli entrepreneur who founded not one, or two, but three life saving startups. Read on for the latest in Startup Nation. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Intel acquires sports instant replay startup Replay Technologies US giant Intel is acquiring Israeli startup and OurCrowd portfolio company, Replay Technologies, for a reported $175 million. The company developed multi-dimensional video imaging tech for sports TV coverage. Learn more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News ReWalk featured in Globes Replay Technologies featured in VentureBeat Missbeez featured in NoCamels BillGuard featured in TechCrunch Stringify featured in Lifehacker Syqe featured in Seeking Alpha Israel’s startup ecosystem makes way for EdTech A new ecosystem is growing up around more than 100 Israeli startups developing sophisticated EdTech tools to enhance and transform the learning environment for all ages, learning styles, and settings. Learn more. 3 life saving startups – founded by one man: Ran Poliakine Many Israeli innovations are aimed to making the world a better place. Israeli businessman and...

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PRESS RELEASE: UOB Partners with OurCrowd to Provide Equity Crowdfunding in Asia

Mar 2, 2016 |

MATERIALS FOR RELEASE: PDF download here Photos and logos ZIP file download here UOB PARTNERS WITH OURCROWD TO PROVIDE EQUITY CROWDFUNDING IN ASIA Singapore/Jerusalem, March 3, 2016 –  United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) today announced Asia’s first strategic partnership with a leading global equity crowdfunding platform, OurCrowd. It pairs the Bank’s strengths and depth of experience in serving entrepreneurs as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the region with OurCrowd’s expertise in investing in some of the world’s most promising startups through equity crowdfunding. The collaboration will see UOB making a US$10 million investment in OurCrowd. The accredited investors among UOB’s clients will now have an opportunity to broaden their investments into OurCrowd’s portfolio companies. Through this collaboration, innovative Asian companies with differentiated and highly scalable technology products and services will now get access to another source of funding through OurCrowd’s equity crowdfunding platform. Through equity crowdfunding, they can seek relatively small investments from a large number of investors in return for equity or shares in their startup company. It provides them with the funding needed to develop...

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PRESS RELEASE: OURCROWD MAKES FAST COMPANY’S LIST OF THE WORLD’S MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES, 2016

Feb 16, 2016 |

  MATERIALS FOR RELEASE: PDF download here Photos and logos ZIP file download here OURCROWD MAKES FAST COMPANY’S LIST OF THE WORLD’S MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES, 2016 OurCrowd Places in the Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Israel New York/Jerusalem, February 16, 2016 – OurCrowd, one of the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platforms has made Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list for 2016. Top honorees on this year’s global list include Apple, Alphabet (Google), Slack, Netflix, and Facebook (Instagram), Airbnb, Spotify, GE, Fitbit, Uber, Buzzfeed, Warby Parker, and Huawei. Among the first-time honorees for 2016 are popular consumer brands Taco Bell and Hasbro. The annual ranking honors leading enterprises and rising newcomers that exemplify the best in nimble business and impactful innovation. To produce the 2016 list, Fast Company editors spent a full year gathering and analyzing data on companies around the globe and enlisted machine intelligence software to create topographical maps of innovation across more than 40 sectors of the economy. OurCrowd Founder and CEO Jon Medved said, “We are proud to be named among the top ten companies in...

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