Tagged: ourcrowd

April 21, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Richard Swart  |  

Dr. Richard Swart, a crowdfunding research authority and one of the leading thinkers on crowdfunding globally, has agreed to write a series of articles addressing key questions about crowdfunding. The first discusses a key question driven by the observation that organizations that successfully crowdfund appear to… Read More

April 14, 2014 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Israel based, global crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has scheduled a series of events as part of their ongoing initiative to share the benefits of participating in their accredited investor platform. OurCrowd, one of the largest platforms of it’s kind in the world, has aggressively marketed their… Read More

April 6, 2014 @ 3:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently successfully crowdfunded on OurCrowd, Peer-to-peer boating marketplace Boatbound has shared they have received $2.5 million in a financing round led by Brunswick Corporation, a manufacturer of boats and engines in the marine industry.  OurCrowd also participated in this funding round for an undisclosed amount…. Read More

April 1, 2014 @ 10:53 am By Charles Luzar  |  

How big is the crowdfunding market expected to be in 2014? How much of the crowdfunding market is made up of equity-based funding? How many jobs does crowdfunding create? Equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd released the following infographic that aims to answer these questions and more…. Read More

March 30, 2014 @ 3:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Abe’s Market, an all natural online retailer, raised funding on OurCrowd back in early 2013.  At that time they were doing a $5 million funding round with a portion of that via crowdfunding.  Recently they raised another $10 million as they size up to compete… Read More

March 25, 2014 @ 1:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Freightos, the global online freight network, today announced the completion of a $4.6 million Series B funding. The series was led by Aleph and ICV, with follow on investment from crowdfunding platform OurCrowd. Global trade has expanded by 400 percent in the past two decades,… Read More

March 22, 2014 @ 1:11 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

OurCrowd Head of Investor Community & Partnerships Zack Miller recently hosted a webinar that featured Heidi Brun, Joint Head of the Patent Department at Eitan, Mehulal & Sadot. The webinar tackles common investor pitfalls related to IP, including but not limited to… The various types of Intellectual… Read More

March 16, 2014 @ 4:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jon Medved, the CEO of investment crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, has been making the television rounds of late.  His most recent media visit is with well known interviewer Charlie Rose.  While Medved continues his theme of discussing the booming Israeli tech startup scene, he also shares… Read More

March 11, 2014 @ 8:13 am By Erin Hobey  |  

After taking AngelList by storm in 2013, Boatbound has raised $980K in commitments and has room to invest up to 1.1 M with its  OurCrowd equity crowdfunding campaign; their campaign ends today.  Boatbound is the nation’s fastest growing “pier-to-pier” boat rental marketplace in the United… Read More

March 4, 2014 @ 1:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jon Medved, CEO of equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, spent some time on Bloomberg this morning addressing multiple topics – and not just the world of crowdfunding. Medved was a guest on the morning feature “In The Loop” along with host Betty Liu and Corey Johnson,… Read More

February 28, 2014 @ 3:38 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

February marks the one year anniversary for equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd. As a way to reflect on their first year in business, they’ve released the following infographic. It’s a data-rich look at how the company operates and the process by which they curate deals. An… Read More

February 27, 2014 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Jon Medved, CEO and founder of equity crowdfunding portal OurCrowd CEO, was recently interviewed during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.  Medved states that “it is a great time to be a tech investor” and that Israel is a “startup nation” with lots of… Read More

February 20, 2014 @ 11:50 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Back in December OurCrowd shared a list of six companies that had used the Isreali equity crowdfunding platform to raise over $1 million. NativeFlow topped that list at $2.1 million raised. Now it has been revealed that NativeFlow has raised $7.5 million to date. Jerusalem… Read More

February 17, 2014 @ 3:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Israel based equity crowdfunding company OurCrowd has announced they are moving into the Australian market to extend their investment platform.  OurCrowd, led by founder Jon Medved, has hired a local team to develop the new market.  David Shein, Nathan Cher and Geoff Levy will be… Read More

January 22, 2014 @ 10:47 am By Charles Luzar  |  

With the number of tech accelerators globally now more than 1,500, there has been similar growth in Seed and Angel investments. Ironically, the number of venture firms making Series A and later stage investments in technology startups is actually declining, with 61% of US early-stage… Read More

December 19, 2013 @ 10:54 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Jon Medved spent some time in Texas last week following a promise made to Texas Governor Rick Perry. As the CEO of OurCrowd, Medved’s mission is to connect investors worldwide with the robust Israeli tech startup scene. The short video below explains this mission. Medved… Read More

December 9, 2013 @ 10:14 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Jon Medved of OurCrowd recently appeared on Bloomberg’s “On The Move Asia” discussing how equity crowdfunding and ourCrowd are democratizing access to capital for Israeli startups. Specifically, he addresses an often-cited criticism of equity crowdfunding: why can’t these deals just get funding from angel investors… Read More

December 6, 2013 @ 12:31 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Today Isreali innovation news provider NoCamels provided a list of six Israeli startups that have raised over $1 million on OurCrowd, an Isreali crowdfunding platform with global ambitions. OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved says that his platform is now the world’s largest equity crowdfunding platform after… Read More

November 29, 2013 @ 9:48 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Argo Medical Technologoies Ltd. raised $1.28 million on OurCrowd in a round that ended earlier this year. The raise was to fund further development of their medical device, the ReWalk, which acts as a mechanized exoskeleton and allows paraplegics to walk again. The health benefits… Read More

November 4, 2013 @ 9:32 am By Charles Luzar  |  

OurCrowd made waves recently after announcing that the Israeli equity crowdfunding platform has driven over $23 million in funding for 28 companies to date. CEO Jon Medved claims that this makes OurCrowd the “world’s largest crowdfunding-for-equity site.” RELATED | Jon Medved: OurCrowd Now The World’s Largest… Read More