Tagged: israel

November 6, 2023 @ 10:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Israel-based OurCrowd has announced the creation of an Israel Resilience Fund following the war with Hamas after the terrorist group invaded Israel in October. OurCrowd is one of the largest investment crowdfunding platforms in the world. While providing access to the Israeli tech scene, OurCrowd… Read More

October 26, 2023 @ 2:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a global online investment platform allowing investors to access early-stage investments alongside big-name VCs, has announced a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) fund. On OurCrowd, smaller (accredited) investors may back promising young firms from Israel and around the world. OurCrowd also has a roster of… Read More

October 23, 2023 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved spoke with the BBC to share his thoughts on the war in Israel and its impact on his business as well as his aspirations to expand upon the successful Abraham Accords. In 2020, a breakthrough was made in normalizing diplomatic and… Read More

October 17, 2023 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, the largest stablecoin company in the world, reaffirmed its commitment to working closely with law enforcement agencies across the globe to combat cryptocurrency-funded terrorism and warfare. To date, Tether has “aided 31 agencies worldwide with investigations across 19 jurisdictions, freezing a total of $835… Read More

October 10, 2023 @ 4:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

National Headquarters for Economic Combating Terrorism (EMT) of the Ministry of Defense, the Shin Bet, and Israel police have frozen accounts affiliated with Hamas in partnership with Binance, according to a report by Calcalist. The report states: “With the outbreak of the war, Hamas launched… Read More

October 10, 2023 @ 8:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Oil prices surged by 5% following Hamas’ unexpected attack on Israel over the weekend, but investors need to avoid “knee-jerk reactions,” warns the CEO of an independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organization. The warning from Nigel Green of deVere Group comes “as global… Read More

October 9, 2023 @ 12:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, one of the largest global securities crowdfunding platforms in operation, has issued a statement on the ongoing war in Israel. OurCrowd’s headquarters are based in Jerusalem, and many of its investments are in the tech firms within the hot Israeli startup scene. In the… Read More

September 30, 2023 @ 3:47 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Cyberstarts, an Israel-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage cybersecurity startups, has announced raising $480 million to make follow-on investments. In a statement, the firm said the Opportunity Fund will take advantage of follow-on opportunities from its portfolio companies that are raising Series A… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has published its joint report on Project Sela. The initiative focused on the cybersecurity, technical, and policy aspects of a retail CBDC implementation. The HKMA is working with the Bank of Israel (BOI) and the Bank for International… Read More

September 5, 2023 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ThetaRay, the AI-powered secure global payments with offices in New York, Madrid, London, Dubai and Tel Aviv, announced a significant growth round led by Portage, “with investments by existing investors JVP, OurCrowd and others.” The investment, totaling $57 Million, will enable ThetaRay “to accelerate global… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 8:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has signed a strategic agreement with Fireblocks, an enterprise platform to manage digital asset operations and build innovative businesses on the blockchain. This strategic partnership empowers TASE “to offer a comprehensive range of innovative and secure digital asset products and… Read More

August 4, 2023 @ 6:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO), the financial technology company empowering the world’s small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to transact, do business, and grow globally, announced the asset acquisition of Israel-based Spott, a real-time data platform that uses AI to accurately surface, assess, and quantify data for more… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, one of the largest securities crowdfunding platforms in the world, has signed up Airwallex to streamline the investing process.  The Airwallex service was actually integrated several months back, with more than a third of OurCrowd’s funding going through Airwallex, typically completed in under 24… Read More

July 25, 2023 @ 11:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Dalmore Group is a broker-dealer that provides tech-enhanced services for private companies that are looking to raise money online. Providing assistance to companies raising capital under  Reg CF, Reg A+, and Reg D, Dalmore reports more than 1000 companies have utilized their services, raising over… Read More

July 23, 2023 @ 6:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Israeli cyber defense firm Perception Point recently uncovered a plot that scammed over $55 million from Mexican individuals. Perception Point is also an OurCrowd portfolio company that has raised capital four times on the platform starting in 2019 with the last funding round finished in… Read More

July 22, 2023 @ 6:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rapyd, the global Fintech-as-a-Service provider, today announced the appointment of Dr. Shlomit Wagman, former Director-General of the Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority (IMPA), Head of the Israeli Delegation to the FATF, Chair of the FATF operational working group, and a Harvard-affiliated scholar,… Read More

July 18, 2023 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Dr. Shira Brezis, CEO & Co-founder of Redefine, the “first” end-to-end security tech for DeFi investors. Dr. Shira discussed major issues financial institutions are concerned about regarding safety and security for web3 investing. Redefine helps enable secure transactions, monitor in real-time,… Read More

July 12, 2023 @ 9:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Israel has been one of the hottest tech start-up and venture markets for years. Well-known for its hyper entrepreneurial activity, Israel has still been hammered by the global economic downturn and heightened inflation. LeumiTech publishes a periodic update of funding and tech activity in Israel… Read More

July 10, 2023 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain security firm CyVers is claiming first in uncovering the Multichain mega hack that saw over $126 million pilfered from the protocol. As was previously reported, Multichain halted its network on the hack just a month after the entity’s CEO disappeared. Cyvers said its AI-driven service… Read More

June 12, 2023 @ 11:58 am By JD Alois  |  

One Zero Bank, a digital bank startup based in Israel, is adding artificial intelligence (AI) to its platform, according to a recent report. At the same time, One Zero is raising growth capital, providing an entry point for smaller (accredited) investors on OurCrowd. It was… Read More