Author: OurCrowd

TechCrunch: “Nextpeer, Which Brings Multiplayer Mode To Mobile Games, Comes To Android”

Leading technology website, TechCrunch, featured OurCrowd portfolio company Nextpeer as it  launches on Android after racking up about 10 million monthly actives in its network on iOS. The company started off slowly with barely just a handful of titles until a game earlier this year called ‘A Bike Race of Ninja Temple’ took off. Then they started racking up titles quickly, reaching about 2,000 games in the network on iOS alone. That brought them to 15 million unique players and 10 million monthly actives in the network. Now they’re coming to Android with about 100 titles in the waiting, and are planning to support Unity and build an enterprise-level SDK to allow bigger studios to customize their integrations. Nextpeer raised $325,000 from OurCrowd investors in December 2012 and $350,000 in its 2nd round of funding in March 2013. Read more on...

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OurCrowd events in August and September

OurCrowd is holding events across the US, Canada, and Israel again. If you see us in your neighborhood, let us know and we can arrange a one-on-one with you or a small group. If you’d like to attend one of our meetings, click on the RSVP links, or email us at events@ourcrowd.com. Events listed as “open to OurCrowd members” feature actively funding companies. To attend these events, attendees must accredit online as an OurCrowd member. Doing so is easy, fast, and free – simply click here. If you’re already an OurCrowd member, email us to find out more about the companies to be featured at our events.   Jerusalem – “Investing in the Start-Up Nation: Crowdfunding and Investing in Israel” Featuring OurCrowd General Partner Elan Zivotofsky. Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 4:30 – 6:00 PM (IDT)  RSVP here Public event – all welcome   San Diego – OurCrowd investor briefing with actively funding companies Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 4:30 – 6:00 PM (PDT)  RSVP here Open to OurCrowd members – register here as a member to attend closed events   Tel Aviv – OurCrowd investor briefing with actively funding companies Monday, September 9, 2013, 8:00 – 9:30 PM (IDT)...

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Finding the next Waze: an insider view of startup investing and due diligence

Yesterday, we held the 1st installment of the OurCrowd Bootcamp series. This series of in-depth webinars is intended to give investors new to startup investing — as well as seasoned angel investors — a look into best practices. Be on the lookout for more webinars in our bootcamp series (for investors in Israeli startups). To stay updated on future events and the best news from the Startup Nation, sign up for our newsletter (see the right sidebar), email us, and follow us on social media. To contact David Stark, follow him on Twitter / Linkedin To contact Zack Miller, follow him on Twitter / Linkedin     View the FULL program   View/Download the deck Finding the Next Waze:An insider view of startup investing and due diligence by OurCrowd       OurCrowd Customer Surveys The OurCrowd Customer Survey by OurCrowd       Company scorecard The OurCrowd Company Scorecard: 6 point checklist to identify top Israeli startups by OurCrowd     More resources Term Sheets Term Sheet Calculator: Founder’s Fund Transparent Termsheet uses a simple calculator and has a plain...

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