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OurCrowd to Host its First Virtual Job Fair on Jan. 17 Event will highlight thousands of available vacancies at more than 170 startup companies Monday, January 17th, 2022 5-7pm Israel Time Online JERUSALEM, Jan. 12, 2022 – OurCrowd, Israel’s most active venture firm, will host the OurCrowd Virtual Job Fair on Monday, Jan 17th. The online event will highlight thousands of vacancies across OurCrowd’s portfolio companies and feature CEOs and HR experts who will advise jobseekers on resumes, interviews, self-marketing, and better use of LinkedIn. Workshops will be led by Wendy Singer, Executive Director of Start-Up Nation Central; Alexandra Borok, Talent Account Director of LinkedIn; and Helen Gottstein, an expert in executive communications and strategy. Jobseekers wishing to attend can register for 1:1 interviews and upload their resume at: https://events.ourcrowd.com/ourcrowd-job-fair/ Laly David, OurCrowd Partner and Head of Business Development, said: “We at OurCrowd are continuously looking for the most relevant ways to add value to our portfolio companies and support their path to growth. We are excited to be holding the first OurCrowd Virtual Job Fair to benefit our portfolio companies...

Demand for staff soars 244% over previous yearPost-pandemic hiring slowdown expected in 2022Hybrid work model dominates post-pandemic workplacesJob openings at OurCrowd companies rise by 244% over 12-month period65% of companies plan to scale back hiring in 2022Majority of OurCrowd startups expect hybrid work model to continuePandemic negatively impacted many startups’ physical expansion plansFirst OurCrowd virtual job fair to take place in Jan 2022 JERUSALEM, Nov. 30, 2021 – OurCrowd, Israel’s most active venture firm, today released its Q3 2021 Our Crowd High-Tech Jobs Index revealing that despite robust hiring across the industry over the past 12 months, companies are predicting a recruitment slowdown in 2022. OurCrowd portfolio companies showed strong demand for new hires with a 244% year- on-year increase in the number of jobs advertised from Q3 2020 to Q3 2021. In a survey, 65% of OurCrowd startups said they had hired more aggressively in this past quarter, but the same proportion of 65% say they will scale back hiring to key positions only in 2022. This is the fourth quarterly high-tech jobs survey by Jerusalem-based OurCrowd, the world’s largest venture investing...

OurCrowd incorporates wholly owned subsidiary OurCrowd Arabia in ADGM, operating as fund manager regulated by ADGM’s Financial Services Regulatory AuthorityDr. Sabah al-Binali appointed Senior Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of OurCrowd Arabia JERUSALEM, November 22, 2021 – OurCrowd, Israel’s most active venture firm[1], today announced its approval and licensing by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the marquee international financial center in Abu Dhabi, to operate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), making it the first-ever Israeli venture capital firm to obtain licensed status with ADGM. OurCrowd Management (Arabia) Limited (OurCrowd Arabia) will operate as a fund manager regulated by the ADGM’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority. The establishment of OurCrowd Arabia in ADGM was announced during a panel at the fifth edition of ADGM’s Fintech Abu Dhabi Festival, held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council. Jon Medved, CEO and Founder of OurCrowd, said: “This historic development, a fruit of the Abraham Accords, will not only allow OurCrowd to raise funds in the UAE, but also promote local Emirati and regional startups to our 160,000 global investors...

October 7, 2021 – SEATTLE & JERUSALEM – OurCrowd, the online global venture investing platform has been named the most active venture capital investor in Israel in a ranking published by investment industry bible PitchBook. This will mark the ninth year in a row that PitchBook has ranked OurCrowd as number one on the list. “We are proud to be leading the hightech industry in Israel, which is now firing on all cylinders. The performance of the Startup Nation has never been better. Israel is already home to more than 70 billion-dollar unicorns – about 10 percent of the global total – with dozens of IPOs, SPACs and mergers and acquisitions,” said OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved. “Israel’s ability to create new breakthroughs in a broad range of disciplines such as medicine, agriculture, mobility and transportation, food technology, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, drones, the cloud, cleantech, semiconductors – just to name a few – will continue to drive investment and success in Israel’s remarkable tech ecosystem. OurCrowd looks forward to bringing thousands of new accredited investors to participate in these deals and help entrepreneurs improve our world.” In 2021...

In initial phase, Azerbaijan will invest in 10-15 startups from the OurCrowd portfolio,Focus on technologies with potential to boost Azerbaijan’s economy,Possibility of opening branches of startups in Azerbaijan. Jerusalem, Israel – August 5, 2021 – OurCrowd – the most active platform in Israeli venture capital – announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC), represented by the Chairman of its Supervisory Board, Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan, Mikayil Jabbarov, to promote strategic cooperation in the field of investment by the Government of Azerbaijan in OurCrowd’s portfolio. The agreement makes OurCrowd the first Israeli business entity to sign an agreement with Azerbaijan since Azerbaijan opened its Trade and Tourism Offices in Israel. In the initial phase, subject to successful entry into full scale agreement between AIC and OurCrowd, AIC will invest in 10-15 startups from the OurCrowd portfolio, especially in companies producing technologies and innovations which have significant potential to encourage growth for the Azerbaijan economy, with a specific focus on the fields of energy, health, agtech and foodtech, education and more. Moving...