Tagged: ourcrowd

March 18, 2020 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, the largest securities crowdfunding platform in the world, has distributed a note highlighting its portfolio companies that are redirecting their efforts to help mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. Reported earlier, Sight Diagnostics is providing its OLO blood analyzer to be utilized at Tel… Read More

March 18, 2020 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Sight Diagnostics, an OurCrowd portfolio company, is helping to lead the response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Sight’s OLO, a compact blood analyzer that can provide rapid, lab-grade CBC [complete blood count] results, has been installed in Sheba Tel Hashomer’s (Israel’s largest hospital that is supported… Read More

February 27, 2020 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Leading global crowdfunding platform OurCrowd will be participating in the forthcoming AIPAC Policy Conference highlighting the robust tech ecosystem in Israel. Since platform launch, OurCrowd has had over $1.4 billion in committed capital. Much of this money comes from smaller, individual investors but a growing… Read More

February 26, 2020 @ 8:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Following a well-received presentation at the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit held earlier this month, Jason Greenblatt, a former advisor to President Donald Trump, is joining the crowdfunding platform as a Partner building ties in the Middle East region. Greenblatt was previously an Assistant to the… Read More

February 20, 2020 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

In October 2019, OurCrowd, one of the leading securities crowdfunding platforms in the world, announced a new partnership with Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). Simultaneously, it was announced that Stifel was taking a minority stake in the global investment platform. In its brief history, OurCrowd… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 1:25 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd is arguably the leading investment crowdfunding platform in the world. Based in Israel but listing offerings from companies around the world, OurCrowd has seen approximately $1.4 billion in committed funding since inception. Of the 212 portfolio companies, 138 are based in Israel. Since its… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 11:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OurCrowd, a leading crowdfunding investment platform for individual and institutional investors, is accelerating its incubator and early-stage investment activities in order to help build a nascent technology ecosystem of promising companies.  OurCrowd is a globally accessible crowdfunding venture investing platform and one of Israel’s leading… Read More

February 10, 2020 @ 2:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Top online investment platform OurCrowd is out with a note on its Sportstech portfolio companies as a fast emerging opportunity for investors. OurCrowd is holding its annual Summit this week and Sportstech will be just one of the industries the event will highlight. OurCrowd CEO… Read More

February 5, 2020 @ 3:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Former advisor to President Trump Jason Greenblatt will be speaking at the OurCrowd Global Summit taking place on  February 13th. Greenblatt is the Former U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East and architect of President Trump’s Peace to Prosperity plan . This will be Greenblatt’s… Read More

January 29, 2020 @ 3:16 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, the leading global investment crowdfunding platform, has announced a presentation by Dr. Ferid Murad, 1a 998 Nobel prize winner in medicine, to take place at its upcoming Global Investor Summit (Israel – February 13). Dr. Murad will address the topic of China’s Coronavirus and… Read More

January 21, 2020 @ 12:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, the leading global investment crowdfunding platform and Israel’s leading venture investor, is out with a note on some of its exits in advance of the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit taking place in February, Israel’s largest tech conference and the largest equity crowdfunding event in… Read More

January 17, 2020 @ 11:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Israel is a country well-known for its innovation-driven economy. As the saying goes, in Israel you are either an entrepreneur or an investor. Spend a few days there and you will see what I mean. While the factors that have fostered a start-up boom are… Read More

January 12, 2020 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

XTC is hosting a regional competition that culminates at the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit. Ten startups will be selected to present to a panel of leading VCs on February 10 in Herzliya. On February 13, three winners will be recognized on the main stage of OurCrowd… Read More

January 7, 2020 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Michael Redd, a former NBA star and Olympic gold medalist, has joined the OurCrowd backed ADvantage Sports Tech Fund. According to OurCrowd, Redd is an active venture investor having supported more than 85 companies. Redd will now focus on innovative opportunities shaping the future of… Read More

January 5, 2020 @ 1:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jon Medved, OurCrowd founder and CEO, has joined an illustrious group of leaders being recognized as one of 17 individuals who helped to define the last decade. OurCrowd is the largest investment crowdfunding platform in the world having raised over $1 billion since platform launch… Read More

December 23, 2019 @ 2:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leading global investment crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has received the tender to operate a medical cannabis incubator. OurCrowd is part of a consortium that won the tender including Perrigo, a non-prescription drug company, and BOL Pharma, a medical cannabis company in Israel and an OurCrowd portfolio… Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, the largest investment crowdfunding platform in the world, has published a release indicating it expects over 20,000 registrations for its forthcoming global summit taking place in Israel in early 2020. In years past, the OurCrowd Global Summit has emerged as the biggest event of… Read More

December 16, 2019 @ 10:57 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, as part of an international consortium, has won a tender to operate a startup incubator in New Zealand. The consortium of companies that participated in the bid includes Finistere Ventures, New Zealand’s food giant Fonterra and animal management leader Gallagher. The consortium was selected… Read More

December 4, 2019 @ 12:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

We all know the story of Elizabeth Holmes and the demise of Theranos, a company that claimed to have created a device that could provide fast and efficient blood tests. Theranos ended being a company based on hubris, imagination, and vapor. It eventually collapsed being… Read More

November 26, 2019 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd portfolio company Alpha Tau Medical is an Israeli medical device company that focuses on research, development and commercialization of the Alpha DaRT for the treatment of solid tumors. The technology was initially developed by Prof. Itzhak Kelson and Prof. Yona Keisari from Tel Aviv… Read More