Tagged: israel

March 24, 2015 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Global investment crowdfunding platform OurCrowd is adding another member to its executive bench. Joel Maryles, another Wall Street veteran, is joining the young platform as Chief Exit Officer (CXO).  This is clearly a move to emphasize the importance of value creation, and financial return, for… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd is a global investment crowdfunding platform that is one of the leaders in the sector today having raised over $100 million for SME’s. While its headquarters are nominally in Israel, the platform has taken a truly cosmopolitan approach. Led by visionary founder and industry champion,… Read More

March 10, 2015 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Students at the Wharton School of Management, one of the leading MBA programs in the world, and OurCrowd, a global equity crowdfunding platform, have formed a partnership to create a new, “social impact” investment channel. The agreement will see new investment opportunities listed on the… Read More

March 9, 2015 @ 2:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Israel-based OurCrowd announced it is planning to open a new office in Toronto. Now TechVibes has revealed more details about the equity crowdfunding platform’s move to Canadian borders. During the Canadian Crowdfunding Summit, CEO of OurCrowd Jon Medved shared information about the platform’s new… Read More

March 1, 2015 @ 6:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Miami has been in the news as becoming the next hedge fund hot-spot – and it is not only about the weather and glitzy background. Granted when it is minus 18 below in Midtown Manhattan the sun-kissed beaches of Miami start to look pretty enticing… Read More

February 17, 2015 @ 12:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Global equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has dived into the world of Wall Street for its next hire.  Anthony DeChellis, former CEO of Private Banking Americas at Credit Suisse has been appointed President of the fast growing, innovative platform.  Deckles has held multiple executive positions in… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 10:08 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Leah Stern has joined OurCrowd’s team as CST: Chief Story Teller for the global hybrid VC / crowdfunding platform. The University of Miami grad also currently serves as producer and anchor for the Israeli Government Press Office News in Jerusalem, as well as acting as a multi… Read More

January 25, 2015 @ 6:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

I have to admit I am pretty impressed by the profound creativity and degree of entrepreneurship that is percolating in Israel these days. This small nation of a 8.2 million certainly plays in the big leagues even if it does not have the size of… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 2:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With 2014-2015 winter sports season already underway, Israel-based RideOn has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $75,000 for its self-titled true augmented reality (AR) goggles. According to its campaign, the RideOn snowboard goggles are considered the world’s first true augmented reality (AR) goggles for skiing… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd founder and CEO Jon Medved practically has a regular gig at Bloomberg.  He recently did several sessions at the financial news network tackling a diverse group of topics such as the price of oil and self-driving cars.  In this discussion with Trish Regan on… Read More

January 6, 2015 @ 11:02 am By Erin Hobey  |  

OurCrowd, the leading global equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors, reported significant growth and expansion during 2014. Yesterday the company posted achievements on its blog, today more highlights were shared in a yearend summary.  In under two years, OurCrowd has established itself as a major international… Read More

January 2, 2015 @ 4:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has created an interesting graphical display of their past year raising capital for their many diverse young companies.  While the platform is based in Israel the funding platform’s leadership has taken a global approach raising funding for companies based outside Israel as… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN), an advocacy group based in Brussels, has published their annual report reviewing crowdfunding regulations in Europe, the United States, Israel and Canada. “Since we have started our work in 2012 and especially since our first edition of this paper in… Read More

December 15, 2014 @ 2:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tipalti, provider of the leading global payments management automation platform, has relocated its headquarters to the Bay Area with the opening of its new Palo Alto, CA office, more than quadrupling its previous office size to accommodate expected company growth.  Prior to this move, Tipalti’s headquarters… Read More

December 15, 2014 @ 10:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Jon Medved, CEO and founder of global investment crowdfunding site OurCrowd, hit the screens of CNN last week to talk about the Israeli political scene but more importantly to chat up his innovative funding platform.  The video was presented just prior to OurCrowds global investor… Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 1:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global investment crowdfunding platform OurCrowd launched the first day of its Global Investor Summit with a bang generating $4 million invested in startups listed on the OurCrowd.  According to the company, approximately 1000 investors / participants from 27 different countries have descended upon Jerusalem to… Read More

December 7, 2014 @ 4:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global investment crowdfunding platform OurCrowd listed Viewbix as one of their top funding company back in December 2013.  Viewbix was quoted raising $1.1 million on OurCrowd at that time.  Viewbix is a company that helps you juice your videos to turn them into “social ads”…. Read More

November 30, 2014 @ 1:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global investment crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has published a list of portfolio companies that have won various awards.  OurCrowd is different from many crowdfunding platforms in that they invest in each and every one of the companies listed on their portal. It is also interesting that… Read More

November 12, 2014 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Now, take startup investing to the next level at OurCrowd’s Global Investor Summit, December 9-10 in Jerusalem, Israel. At the event, accredited investors from around the world will: learn 2015 projections from top VCs and investment analysts speak with the incredible entrepreneurs dominating the Israeli startup scene… Read More

November 10, 2014 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Global investment crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has received a nice recognition with the mentioning of two of their portfolio companies in Globes “Most Promising Israeli Startup of 2014″ list. OurCrowd has taken an international approach to their listed companies but they are based in Jerusalem with… Read More