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OurCrowd’s portfolio company ReWalk featured on CNN Money

Dec 8, 2014 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company ReWalk, developer of the FDA approved ReWalk exoskeleton device, was featured on CNN Money. ReWalk is the developer of the FDA approved ReWalk exoskeleton device, providing paraplegics with an independent, natural walking experience that provides them numerous social, psychological, and physical benefits. ReWalk (RWLK) is the brainchild of Israeli scientist Dr. Amit Goffer who, after an ATV accident in 1997, became a quadriplegic. Goffer grew frustrated with the limitations of wheelchairs. “Once I realized there was not an alternative to the wheelchair, I couldn’t understand why,” said Goffer. He says he had always been an entrepreneur and he began prototyping the ReWalk in his garage. ReWalk raised $1,320,000 from OurCrowd investors in June 2013. Read more on CNN Money here. The article also contains a video segment on ReWalk, watch it below:...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Viewbix featured on TechCrunch

Dec 4, 2014 | ,

Leading technology website, TechCrunch, featured OurCrowd portfolio company Viewbix. The company Viewbix has developed a unique approach for helping small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) turn their online videos into mini-websites, thereby turning viewers into customers. Video ad startup Viewbix is announcing that it has raised $3 million in additional funding. The company basically wraps videos in a custom player, so if you’re an advertiser, the player can include your branding, as well as the ability to collect contact information and more. Co-founder and CEO Jonathan Stefansky [said] that this approach has been particularly effective on Facebook (Viewbix players work on both Facebook and Twitter), because “the combination of targeting, plus engagement and analytics, provides results that are literally 20x what we see on generic preroll distribution.” Viewbix raised $1,095,000 from OurCrowd investors in September 2013. Read more on...

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Don’t worry – be ‘appy’! Latest news from Startup Nation [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Don’t worry – be ‘appy’! Latest news from Startup Nation [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Dec 1, 2014 |

This week in Startup Nation news: yet another new acquisition, Nazareth-born Amal Ayoub is treating cancer with nanoparticles, Q&A with email wizard Shai Geva, the 12 hottest Israeli apps, and the speaker list for the biggest OurCrowd investor conference announced! How about getting these weekly highlights directly to your inbox? Subscribe now. 3D Systems acquires Israeli CAD company Cimatron for $97M Cimatron, an Israeli firm that is one of the world’s largest makers of 3D CAD/CAM software products for manufacturing, is being acquired by US company 3D Systems. Under the deal, 3D Systems will acquire all outstanding shares of Cimatron, paying about $97 million for its new acquisition. Since 1982, Cimatron has grown to be a key player in the industrial design market, serving clients from the aerospace, consumer electronics, toys, medical, optics and telecom, and automotive industries. Read up on the deal. OurCrowd in the News OurCrowd’s portfolio company Webydo featured in CMS Critic OurCrowd’s portfolio company Highcon featured in Packaging South Asia Don’t worry, be “appy”: 12 hot apps from Israel Made-in-Israel mobile applications have radically changed how we...

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