![[Cimagine in Haaretz] The Israeli Team Snapchat Is Counting on to Lift It Out of the Doldrums](https://blog.ourcrowd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/haaretz-NEW-.jpg)
In December 2016, Eyal Zak, an executive at a small startup called Cimagine, drove home to Kibbutz Megiddo with some big news. He excitedly told his wife that Cimagine had been bought by the American company Snapchat. Read more on...
Read More![[Cimagine in Israel21c] Tel Aviv University launches VC fund for students, alumni](https://blog.ourcrowd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/calcalist-NEW.jpg)
Cohen has invested in hot Israeli startups including augmented reality platform Cimagine, acquired by Snap in 2016. Read more on Israel21c...
Read More
OurCrowd portfolio company Cimagine was featured in Dell, the company’s official blog. Cimagine hopes to boost sales and increase consumer confidence by providing a mobile platform on which to visualize merchandise three dimensionally in their intended locations. The retail industry is merging reality with the virtual world to give shoppers a taste of what they could have, such as what a new couch might look like in their living room. Augmented reality “adds something virtual to the real world” so users can see what their purchases would actually look like through their smartphones, tablets or smart glasses, noted Yoni Nevo (above), CEO and co-founder of Cimagine Media. Cimagine raised $389,071 from OurCrowd investors in July 2014. Read more on...
Read More
OurCrowd portfolio company Cimagine was featured in Wired UK, a popular news site and magazine covering technology, culture, business, and politics. Cimagine hopes to boost sales and increase consumer confidence by providing a mobile platform on which to visualize merchandise three dimensionally in their intended locations. Cimagine provides a markerless augmented reality (AR) visualisation platform for retailers and brands, which enables users to visualise products in life-like 3D, at a click of a button. […] Cimagine was chosen by Forbes, Microsoft and Coca-Cola as one of Israel’s most promising start-ups, and boasts the largest implementation of AR in retail to date with Shop Direct, and the world’s first Endless AR showroom at John Lewis – two of the UK’s largest retailers. Cimagine raised $389,071 from OurCrowd investors in July 2014. Read more on Wired UK...
Read MoreOurCrowd and four of our portfolio companies — BillGaurd, Webydo, Consumer Physics, and Cimagine — were featured on Forbes, a leading business and finance magazine. Forbes tech contributor Ilya Pozin listed the top 24 Israeli Companies You Should Watch For. Here’s what he had to say about OurCrowd and its portfolio companies: It seems like everybody knows about crowdfunding nowadays — even your parents. But what’s less well-known is equity-crowdfunding. Instead of investing to back a campaign and support a new product, you invest to support a new company and to receive a stake in the company in exchange. OurCrowd was built by seasoned investors and is open only to accredited investors, giving it a more focused approach. BillGuard: In the modern world, credit card fraud and identity theft are unfortunately all too common. BillGuard provides a simple, streamlined solution to help users keep track of all of their credit card activity, along with their credit score. Critically, the service helps users protect themselves against fraud by closely monitoring their activity. BillGuard raised $3,896,064 from OurCrowd investors in August 2014. Webydo: The idea behind Webydo is...
Read More
