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  MATERIALS FOR RELEASE: PDF download here Photos and logos ZIP file download here OURCROWD FIRST NAMED ISRAEL’S MOST ACTIVE MICRO VC FUND IVC-APM Report recognizes OurCrowd seed fund’s strong start in 2015 — Tel Aviv / Jerusalem, Israel. February 10, 2016: OurCrowd First, OurCrowd’s seed fund for investing in early-stage Israeli and global ventures, has been named Israel’s most active micro venture capital fund in 2015, according to the latest IVC-APM report by the IVC Research Center and APM & Co. Law Firm. The report analyzed the most active venture capital funds according to the number of early stage investments made in Israeli companies during 2015. OurCrowd First topped the list with seven first investments from its 2015 $10M fund. To date, OurCrowd First has built a highly diversified portfolio of 10 carefully vetted early-stage companies. “We are delighted that OurCrowd First has, in its first year of operation, become the most active micro VC in Israel,” said OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved. “This highlights our commitment to providing seed capital to the growing cohort of Israeli entrepreneurs.” “We are...

  MATERIALS FOR RELEASE: PDF download here Photos and logos ZIP file download here mPREST RAISES $20M TO EXPAND INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERICAL IoT SOLUTIONS GE Ventures and OurCrowd lead Series A investment in Iron Dome software  — UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL Jan. 25, 2016 – 8am IST Menlo Park, Calif., and Petach Tikwa, Israel—January 25, 2016—mPrest, a global provider of mission-critical monitoring and control software for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced today that it has raised a $20 million Series A round of funding. The round was led by GE Ventures, the venture arm of GE, and OurCrowd, one of the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platforms. mPrest will use the investment to expand its international presence in the industrial and commercial markets and rapidly scale to meet the soaring needs of the IoT world. mPrest delivers leading-edge software for “connecting the dots” across multiple complex systems of any scale, from a single facility to a multinational corporation. mPrest’s groundbreaking, generic software platform enables organizations to connect any sensor at any time with unparalleled flexibility. Organizations receive real-time situational awareness...

  MATERIALS FOR RELEASE: PDF download here Photos and logos ZIP file download here HONDA OPENS DOOR TO ISRAELI TECH COMMUNITY Honda engages Israeli tech community for the first time at OurCrowd Global Investor Summit Jan. 25th — Silicon Valley/Jerusalem, January 21, 2016 – Seeking new opportunities for collaboration, Honda will formally engage the Israeli tech community for the first time in a plenary address at the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit, to be held January 25th in Jerusalem. Drawn in by mobility start-ups pursuing vehicle intelligence technologies, apps and software, along with several notable exits, Honda executives and engineers from Japan and North America will descend on the two-day summit. Honda has engaged OurCrowd, the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, to access its portfolio companies and facilitate introductions to notable innovators and entrepreneurs. “Honda believes that partnering together with entrepreneurs, start-ups, developers and academic institutions will help us develop truly transformational new products,” said Nick Sugimoto, Senior Program Director for Honda Silicon Valley Lab, who will address the Summit in a plenary session on the future of mobility. “Israel...

MATERIALS FOR RELEASE: PDF download here Photos and logos ZIP file download here OURCROWD TO HOST 3,000 FOR GLOBAL INVESTOR SUMMIT IN JERUSALEM Largest investor conference in the history of the city — UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL SAT. JAN. 23, 2016 AT 6PM IST Jerusalem, January 23, 2016 – OurCrowd, one of the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platforms, is expecting to host 3,000 investors, entrepreneurs, corporate partners, and venture capitalists from over 50 countries to its second annual Global Investor Summit scheduled in Jerusalem on Jan. 25th.  The event at Binyanei Ha’uma: Israel’s National Convention Center will be focused on the theme “investing in the future.” Six major multinational corporations – Honda, Coca-Cola Company, Samsung Ventures, Philips, Intuit, GE – will provide a preview of their future plans for innovation together with scores of startup companies in the key areas of mobility/transportation, corporate innovation, health, cyber security, connected world, and mobile communications. Speakers include: Nick Sugimoto | Senior Program Director, Honda Silicon Valley Lab Alan Boehme | CTO, Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Architect & Customer/Commercial CIO, The Coca-Cola Company Gonzalo Martínez de...