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OurCrowd Newsletter: May 4th 2014

Sales & Support: +1 (877) 848-0964 Startup Roundup Consumer Physics launches Kickstarter campaign for its futuristic SCiO device Within one day of the campaign’s launch, Israeli startup Consumer Physics (an OurCrowd potfolio company) easily surpassed its $200,000 goal and looks well on its way to raising a sizeable amount of money. SCiO is a tiny spectrometer and allows you to get instant relevant information about the chemical make-up of just about anything around you, sent directly to your smartphone. To read more about the hand-held molecular sensor, click here. OurCrowd In The News View the media coverage of OurCrowd’s $25M funding round announcement here OurCrowd’s portfolio company Boatbound featured on Crowdfund Insider here OurCrowd’s portfolio company Argo (ReWalk) featured on ABC News here OurCrowd’s portfolio company Trendlines featured on Jewish Business News here OurCrowd’s portfolio company Applango featured on Geektime here OurCrowd’s portfolio company Freightos featured on Israel21C here OurCrowd Events  Boca Raton, FL OurCrowd’s CEO Jon Medved will be moderating high-tech event “Imagination Israel” May 4th, 2014 4:00-5:30 PM For more information Click here Technology Corner 18 lifesaving innovations from the Startup Nation Israel...

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Making the Rounds: What investors need to know about the different stages of startup funding

Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp last month marked the largest recorded deal for a venture-capital-backed company in history. While the unprecedented price tag of the purchase was certainly a story in and of itself, what really garnered attention among venture capitalists was that Sequoia Capital was WhatsApp’s lone VC investor.  Although sources differ on the exact stage at which Sequoia first invested in WhatsApp, as well as the exact amount of the initial investment, the general consensus is that the company will reap a return of approximately 50x on an investment made as early as a Series A round of funding. How is it that Sequoia managed to emerge from this deal with profits estimated to be in excess of $3 billion? The answer, though undoubtedly a combination of a variety of factors, is largely based on timing. Jumping back almost three years to April 2011, when WhatsApp had just secured an $8 million investment from Sequoia, the newly-founded messaging service had all of 4,050 reviews for its Blackberry app. To put that into perspective, the Blackberry app now...

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OurCrowd Newsletter: April 6th 2014

Sales & Support: +1 (877) 848-0964 Startup Roundup Samsung in talks to buy Israeli startup ShopCloud for $90M Israeli startup Shopcloud, a provider of software solutions for retailers and businesses, is in talks with giant electronics manufacturer Samsung regarding an acquisition of the company. Shopcloud created an indoor location app that they claim will change the landscape of the navigation industry. To read more about Samsung and Shopcloud, click here. OurCrowd In The News OurCrowd’s Zack Miller published a column in Forbes about crowdfunding here OurCrowd’s portfolio company Surgical Theater featured on Fox News here OurCrowd’s portfolio company eVigilo featured on Israel Hayom here OurCrowd’s portfolio company Easy Social Shop featured on ZDNet here OurCrowd’s portfolio company ReWalk featured in The Sydney Morning Herald here OurCrowd’s portfolio company Boatbound received strategic investment from Brunswick here OurCrowd Events Jerusalem, Israel An exclusive OurCrowd investor Passover breakfast featuring the latest startups we are investing in Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Jerusalem April 20th, 2014 8:30 AM For accredited investors only Reserve your seat Berlin, Germany An exclusive OurCrowd investor event featuring the latest startups we are investing in RAUE LLP, Potsdamer Platz...

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OurCrowd Newsletter, March 9th 2014

Sales & Support: +1 (877) 848-0964 Startup Roundup Mobile advertising startup, AppsFlyer, raises $7M Israeli startup AppsFlyer has one mission in life – making sure an app reaches its maximum potential exposure on the Apple app store and Google play. By providing a robust analytics system, AppsFlyer gives app developers/marketers the ability to tweak their marketing campaigns to get more bang for their buck. The round was led by prominent VCs including Pitango Venture Capital and Magma Venture Partners. To read more about AppsFlyer, click here. OurCrowd In The News OurCrowd’s portfolio company  Trendlines featured on BNN here OurCrowd’s portfolio company  Parko featured in Israel21C here OurCrowd’s CEO Jon Medved interviewed at the 92Y conference here OurCrowd’s portfolio company  ReWalk featured on CBS news here Free eBook: How to Invest in Israel Want to learn more about investing in Israel? The OurCrowd Guide to Investing in Israel is your comprehensive roadmap into the various opportunities to invest in Israel. Learn from experts who not only have successfully invested in the startup nation, but who have helped build it.     Technology Corner Israel’s ShopCloud launches its indoor navigation...

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OurCrowd Newsletter March 2nd 2014

Sales & Support: +1 (877) 848-0964 Startup Roundup 11 Israeli startups shining in the United States If you’re a startup and you’re not going global, chances are you’re not going anywhere. As a startup looks to set up an international office, one of the 1st choices is definitely the US — mainly New York or Silicon Valley. The Huffington Post put together a list of the 11 most exciting Israeli startups turning a lot of heads in the United States. To find out which Israeli startups made the list, click here. OurCrowd In The News OurCrowd’s portfolio company,  Nextpeer featured on VentureBeat here OurCrowd’s portfolio company,  Abe’s Market featured on Fox Business here OurCrowd’s CEO Jon Medved interviewed on Bloomberg Tv here OurCrowd’s portfolio company,  ReWalk featured on BIN here OurCrowd Events OurCrowd in NY and DC Catch OurCrowd in New York and Washington DC this week for exclusive investor events To view the full list of events, click the link below to reserve your seat Technology Corner Researchers working to turn any sunglasses into night vision goggles If you see someone wearing a pair of...

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