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Meet the Israeli Startups in Fast Company’s report on the World’s Most Innovative Companies 2014

Meet the Israeli Startups in Fast Company’s report on the World’s Most Innovative Companies 2014

Feb 11, 2014 | , ,

Each year, award-winning tech magazine Fast Company spends months gathering and analyzing data in order to generate its annual  report on The World’s Most Innovative Companies. According to Fast Company, their list is a guide to the state of innovation in economy, featuring the businesses whose innovations are having the greatest impacts across their industries and our culture as a whole. Therefore, it’s not surprising that a number of Israeli companies fresh out of the Startup Nation, the world’s #2 startup ecosystem, were included on the list. Check out the Israeli companies at the forefront of business and creativity that were ranked by Fast Company as part of the world’s most innovative companies: World’s Most Innovative Companies Two Israeli companies made it to the main list of the Fast Company World’s Most Innovative Companies: Tel Aviv-based Water-Gen ranked at #21 for creating water where soldiers need it most. Water-Gen began its operation in the defense market, designing state-of-the-art solutions for water supply. The company developed three machines — one that turns air moisture into drinking water, one that purifies the dribbles of air-conditioning units, and one that purifies any water source (such as...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Abe’s Market featured in the Wall Street Journal

Feb 9, 2014 | ,

Leading business and finance website, The Wall Street Journal, featured OurCrowd’s portfolio company Abe’s Market, a fast growing e-commerce company focused on creating the amazon.com equivalent for the explosive natural and organic products market. OurCrowd investors just participated in a funding round of $10 million into Abe’s Market led by Mistral Equity Partners, a leading mid-market consumer-focused private equity firm. Chicago-based Abe’s Market is tapping into the growing interest in healthy lifestyle, natural and organic foods, via its online store, where the company sells packaged food, beauty and other products. Abe’s Market aims to connect consumers with smaller, specialty brands. “Without us, in the early days a lot of these companies were selling their wares at farmer’s markets,” said Mr. Polin, who is Abe’s Market’s president. Launched in 2009, Abe’s Market is still a relatively small operation, and is hoping to expand to millions of customers, using the new infusion of capital. Abe’s Market raised $680,000 from OurCrowd investors in 2012 and $1,000,000 its 2nd round of funding in 2014. Read more on The Wall Street...

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OurCrowd Roadshow Events February-March

OurCrowd Roadshow Events February-March

Feb 9, 2014 |

OurCrowd founder & CEO Jon Medved and team members will be traveling the world in the upcoming weeks, with the CEOs of our new startups and guest speakers. Scroll down to learn more and RSVP, we hope to see you at one of our events. Be sure to RSVP on the links below. Space is limited!   February, 2014: February 10th – Los Angeles, CA What: The coming crowdfunding revolution: how it will change the way startups are funded Featuring: OurCrowd’s Jon Medved and startup CEOs When: 1:30-2:30PM RSVP here   February 11th – San Diego, CA What: The coming crowdfunding revolution: how it will change the way startups are funded Featuring: OurCrowd’s Jon Medved and startup CEOs When: 12:00-1:30PM RSVP here   February 12th – San Francisco, CA What: The coming crowdfunding revolution: how it will change the way startups are funded Featuring: OurCrowd’s Jon Medved and startup CEOs When: 12:00-1:30PM RSVP here   February 12th – Boston, MA What: Stories from the frontlines from one of tech’s most influential investors and entrepreneurs Featuring: Jeff Pulver with OurCrowd’s Danna Mann and startup CEOs When: 9:00-10:30AM RSVP here   February 13th – Manhattan, NY What: Building a...

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TechCrunch: “Easy Social Shop Nabs $1.1M To Help Online Merchants Integrate With Facebook”

Feb 6, 2014 | ,

Leading technology website, TechCrunch, featured OurCrowd portfolio company Easy Social Shop, a startup that enables any online retailer to publish a fully operational storefront on Facebook in three clicks. Easy Social Shop, which lets online sellers integrate existing shops with their Facebook pages, announced today that it has raised $1.1 million from lool Ventures. This brings the Tel Aviv-based startup’s total funding so far to about $2 million. Easy Social Shop will use the capital to build new products and increase customer adoption. Founded in 2011, Easy Social Shop’s clients have opened over 80,000 Facebook stores, with over 8 million items hosted so far. The company says it drives an average of 10% to 18% sales growth across its user base and will add more marketing and monetization tools in the near future.   Easy Social Shop raised $550,000 from OurCrowd investors in late 2012 and $195,000 in its 2nd round of funding in 2013. Read more on...

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The Lifecycle of an OurCrowd Investment: Following a Company’s Progress from Due Diligence to Investment (and Beyond)

The Lifecycle of an OurCrowd Investment: Following a Company’s Progress from Due Diligence to Investment (and Beyond)

Feb 5, 2014 | , , ,

 OurCrowd launched a new webinar series called ‘Teach-In Tuesdays’. In this series, we’ll explore investing in early-stage Israeli companies, identify and explain influential tech trends, stay up-to-date with the crowdfunding industry, and examine actionable insights from our own experience running OurCrowd’s investment platform. Yesterday, we held the 1st installment of the OurCrowd Teach-In Tuesdays series on the investment lifecycle of a startup at OurCrowd, from dealflow to first investment to follow-on rounds. Additional topics covered in the webinar: How OurCrowd chooses which companies to invest in The tools we create for investors to do their own research What successful investors can do to maximize value AFTER an investment is made How our portfolio companies receive support from us in future investment rounds  ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Be on the lookout for our next webinar: OurCrowd’s Portfolio RESERVE: Making investing easier by putting the investment process on autopilot Tuesday, February 18th  (6:00 PM Israel / 11:00 AM NYC/ 8:00 AM San Francisco) >> Reserve your seat (recommended for investors) ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: To stay updated on future events and the best news from the Startup Nation, sign up for our newsletter,...

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