OurCrowd, the largest investment crowdfunding platform in the world and Israel’s most active venture investor, says it will showcase several portfolio companies at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES.) OurCrowd, while based in Israel, has taken a very global approach in providing access to capital… Read More
The Central Bank of Israel is soliciting position papers from the general public regarding how the country should support and regulate domestic cryptocurrency/security token ventures and distributed ledger technology (DLT) for finance in the country. The bank has assembled a team (“The Interministerial Team for Regulatory… Read More
KPMG Fintech Israel, a local partner of the leading global network of professional advisory services firms providing guidance to financial institutions, announced on Tuesday it has named Binah.ai as its new fintech partner. According to KPMG, Binah.ai makes data science accessible with out-of-the-box financial services-focused use cases, combining… Read More
Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, announced on Tuesday that Isracard, a credit card company in Israel, has selected Temenos T24 Core Banking. Temenos reported its digital open banking platform will help Isracard achieve its strategic goal of simplifying its systems architecture and enabling… Read More
Poor prices and the “general decline” of crypto markets have claimed another casualty, Globes reports. This time it’s in Ra’anana, Israel, where a Bitmain development facility started in 2016 and expanded in July will be closed this week and 23 employees laid off. The facility’s… Read More
Over the past two weeks, the Israel Tax Authority has opened tax accounts for hundreds of Israelis it believes failed to report profits from cryptocurrency investing, Calcalist reports. The authority is also striking deals with Israeli crypto exchanges obliging them to report big transactions. Notices… Read More
Global investment platform OurCrowd has announced it will host its 5th annual Global Investor Summit this coming March in Jerusalem, Israel. The event expects attendee registration to top 15,000 making it the largest investment crowdfunding conference in the world. The theme for 2019 will be… Read More
Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak is not a fan of cryptocurrencies. According to a report in Globes, Barak considers crypto and Bitcoin one big Ponzi Scam. Barak served as the tenth Prime Minister from 1999 to 2001 and was the leader of the… Read More
A lawsuit involving a prominent figure in the “thriving” Israeli crypto sector, Moshe Hogeg, has revealed that one of the country’s most famous crypto companies, Invest.com, was formed in part from from a failed Israeli binary options firm sanctioned internationally for fraud, Times of Israel reports. On… Read More
A 19-year-old Israeli man with dual citizenship in the US has been sentenced in Tel Aviv to 10 years in prison for making and selling bomb and shooting attack threats against 2000 schools, hospitals, malls, airports, airlines, police stations, and Jewish community centres in the… Read More
IFR of Tsinghua University Launches Global Fintech Venture Competition (2018) at the 5th World Internet Conference On November 8, the 2018 Global Fintech Venture Competition (hereinafter referred to as the “Competition”) was officially launched at the Fintech and Credit Society Construction Forum of the 5th… Read More
A dedicated team established by the Central Bank of Isreal to consider whether the country should establish a state digital currency has determined that risks, complexities, a lack of need and a lack of globally-established standards means that Isreal will not be issuing a central bank… Read More
Alpha Tau Medical, developer of a breakthrough alpha-radiation cancer therapy, has initiated new clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of their Alpha DaRT or “Dіffusіng Alpha-emitters Radіatіon Therapy” with two leading medical centers in Rome, Italy. “Building on our recent successful round of $29 Million in… Read More
Israeli Blockchain Association, an Israel-based organization that aims to educate, develop and empower the blockchain community of Israel as well as connects with both global leaders and best practice, announced on Wednesday the release of its third Israeli Blockchain Startup Map, which covers over 200 startups operating in… Read More
Silo, a company that was seed funded on investment platform OurCrowd, has launched their patented one-touch vacuum-sealing system on Kickstarter. Silo is seeking a minimum amount of $80,000 in orders. Silo is part of OurCrowd’s AI focused fund Cognitiv Ventures, Israel’s most active AI investor… Read More
Sense Education, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) solution for student submissions, has been selected as the top Edtech Startup at South Summit’s 2018 enlightED competition. The company was said to be chosen from 600 of the world’s most promising Edtech firms receiving the “Best Technology Solution for… Read More
Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) subsidiary Medici Ventures has invested in VinX – an Israel based company which is developing a blockchain platform for wine futures trading. VinX is working with another Israel Fintech, Zen Protocol, a company that has created a new type of blockchain, written from scratch…. Read More
Israel is red-hot when it comes to entrepreneurship and startups in general. The country has been recognized for years as punching above its weight class when it comes to an innovation driven economy. One of the hottest sectors for startups is Artificial Intelligence (AI). A… Read More
In many ways, OurCrowd epitomizes the aspirations of what investment crowdfunding has the potential to deliver for both issuers and investors. By providing access to quality deals to smaller (accredited) investors, OurCrowd has opened up an asset class previously closed off to all but the… Read More
ITsMine, a cybersecurity company has been named one of the top 10 most innovative cybersecurity startups at China’s 2018 ISC Conference. ITsMine is a part of the OurCrowd Labs/02, seed stage incubator portfolio, which focuses on cutting-edge tech in areas including AI, deep learning, autonomous transportation… Read More
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