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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Borro featured in TechCrunch

Feb 10, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company Borro, an online asset-backed lending platform, was featured in leading technology website, TechCrunch. Utilizing all modern technologies, Borro delivers liquidity to people with unprecedented speed and ease. Borro, the U.S. and UK-based online platform that people borrow money and put up luxury items as collateral, is today announcing $19 million in new funding led by strategic investments from Israel’s OurCrowd and Berlin’s Rocket Internet… Borro sits in the same category of fintech as companies like LendingClub, Funding Circle,Kabbage and TransferWise — with all of these providing online platforms to carry out financial services in a faster and often more cost-effective way than incumbent providers like brick-and-mortar banks — or, in Borro’s case, consignment shops. Borro raised $7,159,920 from OurCrowd investors in 2015. Read more on...

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Israel #5 in innovation, a $117 Million round for Taboola, and more [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Israel #5 in innovation, a $117 Million round for Taboola, and more [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Feb 9, 2015 |

Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Content recommendation company, Taboola, raises $117M  Israeli startup Taboola announced that it has completed a $117 million financing round. Taboola’s main product is content recommendations that typically appear at the bottom of articles on leading content websites worldwide. The recommendations work in such a way that a content website may choose whether to promote internal or external content. External websites pay Taboola for the traffic they receive, and a portion of that money goes to the content provider on which the recommendation appeared. Learn more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News   BillGuard featured in Android Central VocalZoom featured in Voice of Israel OurCrowd’s Jon Medved in The Jerusalem Post Highcon featured in Packaging Digest Corephotonics featured in Geektime Freightos featured in Maritime CEO Pixie featured in CNN Money & Forbes Israel ranked 5th in the Bloomberg Business Global Innovation Index Israel has been ranked number five overall on this year’s Bloomberg Innovation Index, an annual ranking of countries that measures performance in research and development, tech education, patents, and other marks of technology prowess. Fifth place marked a dramatic rise from last year’s 30th. Israel bested...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Borro featured on CNBC

Feb 4, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company Borro, a leading online asset-backed lending platform, was featured on CNBC. Utilizing all modern technologies, Borro delivers liquidity to people with unprecedented speed and ease. Online pawn shop Borro allows people to turn in their prized possessions like luxury watches or even cars for quick cash. The start-up accepts items worth at least $5,000 and returns them upon being paid back plus interest. Founder Paul Aitken told CNBC the company had revenues of $17 million last year and is expecting to exceed $30 million this year. Borro raised $7,159,920 from OurCrowd investors in 2015. Read more on...

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Recipe for Retail Sector Success: Q&A with Andrew Heyer, Jamba Juice Investor, Mistral Equity Partners CEO

Recipe for Retail Sector Success: Q&A with Andrew Heyer, Jamba Juice Investor, Mistral Equity Partners CEO

Feb 4, 2015 |

What’s the recipe for success investing in the retail and consumer sectors? How does an investor decide what companies to focus on and what is ‘investable’ in the retail and consumer sector  investment landscape? The following webinar, part of the OurCrowd Teach-In Tuesdays series, covers investment trends in the consumer and retail sectors. OurCrowd’s Principal, David Stark, and Head of Investment Community, Zack Miller, engage in a lively discussion and Q&A session with repeat retail sector investor and Mistral Equity Partners CEO Andrew Heyer, whose investment portfolio includes brands like Jamba Juice, Celestial Seasonings and XpresSpa. In this live Q&A session: Hear Andrew’s experience investing with major retail brands owned by Jamba, Worldwise, XpresSpa, Vino Volo, Hain Celestial Group, Country Pure and LoveSac Learn what to look for when investing in the retail and consumer sectors Understand what moves the retail ecosystem and the similarities and differences with tech startup investing Featured experts: Andrew Heyer, the CEO and a Managing Director of Mistral Equity Partners. Prior to founding Mistral, Mr. Heyer served as a Founding Managing Partner of Trimaran Capital Partners. Mr. Heyer was formerly a vice chairman of CIBC World Markets Corp....

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