5 Years of OurCrowd
We are celebrating 5 years this February! Check out the highlights, growth, scope, and investments that have happened here at OurCrowd throughout the years.
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#OCSummit18 Press So Far…
The 2018 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit was fantastic. With so many investors, entrepreneurs, and startups gathered in Jerusalem, the press had alot to cover. Here is our press roundup so far! Ourcrowd Summit: Israel’s Largest Investor Event: i24 News; February 1, 2018 Ping An’s Global Voyager Fund Invests $25 Million in Telehealth Startup Tyto Care: By Asaf Shalev; CTech; February 1, 2018 CTech’s Daily Israeli Tech News Roundup: CTech; February 1, 2018 Insurer AmTrust Taps Israel’s Startup Hub: By Asaf Shalev; CTech; February 1, 2018 The Normal Life: Secrets of the Start-Up Nation: By Brian Blum; The Jerusalem Post; February 1, 2018 Automotive Cybersecurity Company Argus Plans to Double Employee Count in 2018: By Lilach Baumer; CTech; February 1, 2018 OurCrowd 2018: the Startup Nation is Still Growing. In Israel Invested More Than 5 Billion in a Year: By David Casalini; StartupItalia!; February 1, 2018 Israel OurCrowd: By Tsafrir Abayov; The Gazette (AP); February 1, 2018 ABC News OurCrowd Launches $50Mln Fund: By Iris Dorbian; PEHub; February 1, 2018 Israeli Firm Takes Venture World With Crowdfunding Approach: By Ilan Ben...
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Live News Blog: OurCrowd @ CES
Shout out from CES 2018! OurCrowd is on the ground at the world’s biggest trade show and electronics showcase, getting a peak at the future and the leading tech. It’s great to be here with friends, partners, and our portfolio companies, who have been electrifying (no pun intended) the conference with news and awards. We are blogging all the news coming out of our attending portfolio companies at this incredible event. Stay tuned and check back in throughout the event! Check out the news! Intuition Robotics Named CES 2018 Best of Innovation Winner – Smart Home Category, for its Active Aging Companion, ElliQ, expands funding round with Samsung ElliQ has raised $22 million for its social robot aimed at older adults (TechCrunch) Intuition Robotics nabs Samsung as investor, launches U.S. Beta trial of Elliq companion robot (VentureBeat) Here’s a smart robot for the elderly that can play videos, chat and more (CNBC) Intuition Robotics Named CES 2018 Best of Innovation Winner – Smart Home Category, for its Active Aging Companion, ElliQ (PR Newswire) Intuition Robotics Expands...
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And the Prize Goes to… Portfolio Awards for 2017
What a year! 2017 was a big year at OurCrowd and around the world. So many of our portfolio companies were recognized for their work across tech sectors. From cyber security and sensing for autonomous cars, to medical imaging and real estate, these startups are taking on big challenges and defining the future. We wanted to share with you a few awards that our portfolio received this year. Happy reading! Kenna Kenna Security Named 2017-18 Cloud Awards Program Finalist prooV prooV Wins Gold in Best in Biz Awards 2017 CyberX CyberX Named a Finalist in CRN’s 2017 Tech Innovator Awards for Its Automated ICS Threat Modeling Innoviz Innoviz Technologies Wins CES 2018 Innovation Award Powwow PowWow Mobile Wins Prestigious Mobile & Wireless Award from Compass Intelligence BioCatch BioCatch Named in Both European and North American Red Herring Awards BioCatch Receives Frost & Sullivan New Product and Innovation Award for Continued Disruption in Behavioral Biometrics Landscape Zebra Zebra Medical wins Atlas Award Argus Argus Cyber Security solutions shortlisted for 2017 TU-Automotive awards for third consecutive year Argus Cyber Security named...
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Portfolio Meetups: Product People
There has been a leap in the number of new of startups, as more people turn to the exciting and fast-paced world of building a new product or service. Encouraging this leap is the ease of accessibility to tools necessary to build a startup. In fact, in many ways it is cheaper than ever to have a tech startup. Much of these tools can be utilized for everything from building the product itself, to organizing and planning billing and payrolls. Open source code frameworks are allowing developers to not waste time building frameworks from scratch, prototyping platforms and sandbox environments are allowing quick , and even 3-D printing allows for the quick and flexible building of physical equipment. Best of all, the cost of these products is minimal or free, and have allowed founders to move forward with a slim staff and intuitive, customizable tools. This has democratized and created a serious opportunity for startups to thrive. On top of that, access to capital and the willingness to engage with first time founders is growing. This means that instead...
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