Author: OurCrowd

OurCrowd’s portfolio company Nextpeer featured in VentureBeat

Feb 25, 2015 | ,

Leading technology website, VentureBeat, featured OurCrowd portfolio company Nextpeer, which has developed a platform that allows any iOS developer to easily integrate a first-class multiplayer experience into their games. Nextpeer made its name by turning single-player mobile games into multiplayer challenges. Now it is launching software to enable game developers to add a social layer to their games to increase engagement and improve the discovery of new games. Tel Aviv, Israel-based Nextpeer’s new cross-platform social software development kit attacks the big problem of how developers can get discovered in an app store full of a million games. The social layer adds features that make it more likely for people to try new games, such as multiplayer gameplay, friend invitations, and seeing what your friends are playing. Nextpeer raised $325,000 from OurCrowd investors in December 2012, $350,000 in its 2nd round of investment in March 2013 and $660,000 in its 3rd round of investment in January 2014. Read more on...

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Microsoft buys Israeli digital pen, world’s 10 most innovative Israeli companies & Startup Nation’s future [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Microsoft buys Israeli digital pen, world’s 10 most innovative Israeli companies & Startup Nation’s future [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Feb 23, 2015 |

Digital pen company is the latest Israeli acquisition. The world’s 10 most innovative Israeli companies in the world – according to Fast Company. An interview with one of Israel’s greatest gurus. Read on in this week’s newsletter. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Microsoft buys digital pen company N-trig for $200M Microsoft is acquiring Israeli digital pen company N-trig, which developed a chip for a digital pen and computer screen interface, for a reported $200M. N-trig is led by CEO Dan Inbar who took over from Amichai Ben-David 18 months ago, and includes 170 employees. Founded in 1999, N-trig changed its business model in 2011 to focus on digital pens. Learn more. OurCrowd in the News OurCrowd’s Zack Miller highlights top crowdfunding sites for athletes on Crowdfund Insider OurCrowd’s portfolio company Consumer Physics was featured in The Jerusalem Post OurCrowd and ReWalk are listed as Israeli tech ideas that changed the world by Times of Israel OurCrowd’s portfolio company ReWalk was featured in NoCamels OurCrowd’s portfolio company Highcon was featured in Packaging South Asia OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved comments on the pace of Israeli investments on Israel21c OurCrowd’s portfolio company Consumer Physics was featured in Crowdfund Insider OurCrowd’s portfolio...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company The Trendlines Group featured in the Times of Israel

Feb 19, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company The Trendlines Group was featured in the Times of Israel, an English-language news website covering Israel, the region & the Jewish world. The Trendlines Group establishes, invests in, and develops innovation-based medical and agritech businesses that improve the human condition. Trendlines has two incubators in Israel, one concentrating on medical devices, and the other on agtech. The firm invests in the companies it sponsors in the incubators, and helps them achieve exits (Trendlines has done four exits in the past 16 months, said Dollinger). Both those areas are in great demand in China, and Chinese firms are actively looking for help. Chinese partners and investors were present at Trendlines’ recent investment conference, where over 500 people came to see presentations by 13 companies in the medical device and agtech fields.   The Trendlines Group raised $900,000 from OurCrowd investors in May 2013. Read more on the Times of...

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