![[OurCrowd in The Times of Israel] The Robot will see you now: Artificial intelligence in Israel’s hospitals](https://blog.ourcrowd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/the-times-of-israel-NEW.jpg)
Within a decade, more than 90 percent of surgical procedures will be performed by robots and 70% of hospital visits will take place in the patient’s own home using telemedicine. That’s the startling prediction from Dr. Eyal Zimlichman, deputy director of Sheba, Israel’s largest hospital near Tel Aviv, where he is also chief medical officer and chief innovation officer. Read...
Read More![[Portfolio Companies in NoCamels] OurCrowd’s Jon Medved: Pandemic Dramatically Accelerating Already Existing Tech Trends](https://blog.ourcrowd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/nocamels-NEW.jpg)
Some of these things we were all doing already in some form or another, says Jon Medved, founder and CEO of OurCrowd, Israel’s most active venture investor and crowdfunding platform, “and this crisis is accelerating trends that were already present.” Read...
Read More![[OurCrowd in CBN] Meet the Israeli Tech Companies Fighting COVID-19 Head-On](https://blog.ourcrowd.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cbn-news.png)
OurCrowd, a leading Jerusalem-based investment platform, says several of its portfolio companies are helping save lives. Read...
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We are incredibly proud of Sight Diagnostics for receiving FDA clearance for its OLO blood analyzer; OLO leverages AI with a revolutionary method to “digitize” blood, allowing patients to receive blood test results within minutes at the point-of-care, and with just a finger-prick. OurCrowd has been very excited about Sight Diagnostics from early on, and we are looking forward to celebrating continued innovation and success together. Over the weekend on Fox Business News, Stifel CEO Ron Kruszewski explained why the investment banking firm partnered with OurCrowd. Watch here. In other news, 147 nations in the UN General Assembly voted in favor of an Israel initiated resolution to help improve access to agtech capabilities for developing countries. This is another reason why we are so glad to back Israeli agtech companies like Consumer Physics, CropX, Taranis, Tevel, and more. Startup Nation and beyond In a recent Mastercard report, Israel was ranked the 4th best country for women entrepreneurs. We are proud of Charlie Javice of Frank and Dr. Gilly Regev of SaNOtize together with our other great women leaders. Meanwhile,...
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Did you know? “Tel Aviv is the city with the highest number of startups per capita in the world, according to the 2018 Global Startup Ecosystem report — more than 6,000, of which 18 are unicorns.” See Wired’s list of Tel Aviv’s hottest startups, including OurCrowd portfolio companies Zebra Medical Vision and Arbe Robotics. This week Amazon officially announced its launch of operations in Israel, while Intel unveiled its first AI chip, which was developed in Israel. The chip was designed to target large data centers and is already being used by Facebook. Congrats to soil analytics startup CropX on its $10M raise, which OurCrowd was happy to take part in. Startup Nation and beyond Startups saving lives: Check out the research showing Israeli startup MedAware can reduce prescription errors and save up to 100,000 lives, and read up on Edgybees’ lifesaving drones. From the Sussita to Mobileye, what is the secret of Israel’s automotive technology success? Why Israel is automotive tech’s global engine. The revolution is coming – Sight Diagnostics’ 10-minute blood test device shifts focus from lab to doctor’s...
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