Tagged: ourcrowd

October 10, 2015 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Global investment crowdfunding portal OurCrowd has crafted a unique partnership with Cintrifuse based in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Cintrifuse is a not-for-profit entity that aids the region’s high potential startups with funding and support. OurCrowd is one of the largest investment crowdfunding platforms in the world. Founded… Read More

September 2, 2015 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crosswise, an innovator in cross-device identification mapping, announced today that it has closed a $3 million Series A round of financing led by Pereg Ventures with the participation of ZhenFund, Emerge and existing investors Giza Venture Capital, OurCrowd and Horizons Ventures. The company will use the… Read More

August 16, 2015 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Global investment crowdfunding platform OurCrowd is apparently a bit of a magnet when it comes to Asian money seeking investment opportunities.  OurCrowd CEO and founder Jon Medved visited the studios of Bloomberg this past week and stated “we are seeing in our offices alone several… Read More

August 6, 2015 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

ElMindA and Consumer Physics, two companies financed by global equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, have received a prestigious recognition in being included in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Technology Pioneers 2015.  Each year the WEF selects 49 of the worlds most promising tech companies to highlight… Read More

July 14, 2015 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Global equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has continued its international expansion with the opening of an office in Toronto, Ontario.  The new location will be managed by David Shore, an established Canadian VC executive with over 20 years of experience in the investment industry.  OurCrowd has… Read More

June 22, 2015 @ 12:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd hosted an interesting group of visitors this past week.  The global investment crowdfunding platform welcomed New England Patriot’s owner Robert Kraft, along with 19 NFL Hall of Famers to meet with 10 startups in Jerusalem.  The gathering was organized in conjunction with the Jerusalem… Read More

June 22, 2015 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CropX, provider of advanced adaptive irrigation service, announced it has completed the first close of its $9 million Series A financing. Led by Finistere Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, and GreenSoil Investments, each investor in the Series A round is dedicated to agriculture technology innovations. OurCrowd also… Read More

June 9, 2015 @ 1:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform, OurCrowd, announced the launch of OurCrowd First, a specialized $10 million global early stage fund focusing on seed and Pre-A round startups. With its OurCrowd First fund, the funding portal will leverage its established infrastructure to bring equity crowdfunding to approximately 20+ seed-stage companies providing OurCrowd investors… Read More

June 3, 2015 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australian health technology company, Global Kinetics Corporation, has successfully raised AUD$14.8 million to rapidly progress the company’s global commercialization strategy for its lead Personal KinetiGraph (PKG) mobile health technology. Foundation investor Brandon Capital Partners has contributed further capital in the funding round. New investors include institutional investment… Read More

May 31, 2015 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a global equity crowdfunding platform, expects to be raising $1 billion in capital annually at some point in the not so distant future. This is according to founder and CEO Jon Medved.  The OurCrowd portal was launched in 2013 and since that time it… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 4:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrediFi, a big-data company providing critical data and analytics for the commercial real estate (CRE) finance sector, has raised $8 million in funding led by Battery Ventures with additional funding from Carmel Ventures and OurCrowd, a crowdfunding platform. The company launches with institutional-grade data and… Read More

May 1, 2015 @ 11:18 am By JD Alois  |  

MIT Sloan Assistant Professor Christian Catalini has targeted his research on the economics of innovation, entrepreneurial finance and crowdfunding.  Catalini is part of an elite few academicians who are analyzing the emergent investment crowdfunding space, so when he shares his findings, and associated perspective, it is… Read More

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 14, 2015 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA) held a highly successful, sold out event last week in Toronto.  According to event organizers, over 300 attendees gathered for the inaugural event as industry participants and advocates joined to discuss the future of crowdfunding and new forms of finance…. 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 22, 2015 @ 4:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has formed a partnership with the Maryland / Israel Development Center (MIDC) to boost investment in Maryland companies while aiding OurCrowd portfolio companies.  MIDC will now assist OurCrowd companies with their market entry in the US.  OurCrowd founder and CEO… Read More

February 10, 2015 @ 7:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Global investment crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, has announced that it led a $19.5M Series E funding round for Borro, the UK-NY based, asset-backed online lender. Borro launched in 2009 in the UK, and has gone on to open offices in New York and Los Angeles.  It is a leading… Read More