Author: OurCrowd

OurCrowd’s portfolio company EdenShield featured in the Times of Israel

Jan 7, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company EdenShield was featured in the Times of Israel, an English-language news website covering Israel, the region & the Jewish world. EdenShield are the producers of a novel plant extract from the Israeli Judean Desert that makes crops odorless to pests, preventing multi-billion dollar crop damage. EdenShield, an Israeli agritech start-up that has pioneered the development of natural pesticides, has raised over $1 million to expand its operations and establish a distribution network […] The investment round was led by Israeli crowdfunding platform OurCrowd. With the new funding, EdenShield will begin wide-scale marketing of its first two products, NET, which is applied to greenhouse screens, and DIRECT, is meant to be applied directly to greenhouse flowers and medical cannabis. The money will also be used to develop EdenShield formulations for specific crops. EdenShield raised $712,000 from OurCrowd investors in 2014. Read more on the Times of...

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Innovation takes center stage: OurCrowd at International CES 2015

Innovation takes center stage: OurCrowd at International CES 2015

Jan 6, 2015 | ,

The 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (International CES) kicked off earlier today and is poised to be a record-breaking show with more than 3,600 exhibitors across the largest show floor in history with more than 2.2 million net square feet of exhibit space. The International CES is the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. Held in Las Vegas every year, it has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for more than 40 years—the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. This year, OurCrowd has extensive representation on the ground at CES 2015, with our various team members, investors from our community, and several of our portfolio companies (some of which are finalists in various competitions!). Here is an overview of the who, where, and the highlights: Where innovators gather: OurCrowd’s portfolio companies at CES 2015 CES 2015 participants can catch a glimpse of the following innovative companies on the stage (hopefully) and expo area: Consumer Physics Consumer Physics has developed SCiO, an advanced optical spectrometer that allows users...

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[PRESS RELEASE] OurCrowd Reports a Record Year in 2014: $100M Raised for 56 Companies Since Inception

[PRESS RELEASE] OurCrowd Reports a Record Year in 2014: $100M Raised for 56 Companies Since Inception

Jan 6, 2015 |

Jerusalem, Israel. January 6, 2015: OurCrowd, the leading global equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors, reported significant growth and expansion during 2014. In under just two short years, OurCrowd has established itself as a major international leading force in the equity crowdfunding industry, raising over $100M for 56 portfolio companies, many of which won international awards. CEO Jon Medved was voted CrowdFund Beat’s 2014 Person of the Year and the company was the top ranked equity crowdfunding platform on KPMG’s top 50 FinTech innovator list (ranked #22). Read more...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company EdenShield featured in Globes

Jan 6, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company EdenShield was featured in Globes, the leading Israeli financial daily. EdenShield are the producers of a novel plant extract from the Israeli Judean Desert that makes crops odorless to pests, preventing multi-billion dollar crop damage. Non-toxic insect control developer EdenShield has closed an investment round of just over $1 million, led by OurCrowd. EdenShield is a portfolio company of The Trendlines Group’s Trendlines Agtech. EdenShield CEO Yaniv Kitron, CEO said, “We are delighted with the completion of the financing round and the support of OurCrowd, which will enable us to commercialize our products and to respond to the great interest we are getting from farmers and partners.” EdenShield raised $712,000 from OurCrowd investors in 2014. Read more on...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Consumer Physics featured on TechCrunch

Jan 6, 2015 | ,

Leading technology website, TechCrunch, featured OurCrowd portfolio company Consumer Physics, developer of  the world’s first affordable molecular sensor – the SCiO –  that fits in the palm of your hand. Hate it when you accidentally do Pepsi instead of Coke? Not sure if that pill you’re taking is Aspirin or Ibuprofen? Worried that your local pharmacy is slipping you some sort of genericdrug instead of the real thing? Well, a new handheld scanning device called SCiO could ensure that the stuff you’re putting in your body is actually stuff you want to ingest. Seeded by OurCrowd and top tier Silicon Valley VC Khosla Ventures, Consumer Physics raised $3,300,000 from OurCrowd investors in its 2nd round of funding in May 2014. Read more on TechCrunch here. The article also included a video interview with Consumer Physics CEO Dror Sharon, view it...

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