OurCrowd portfolio company ReWalk, developer of the FDA approved ReWalk exoskeleton device, was featured on Bloomberg Television’s “Bottom Line.” In the interview, ReWalk Robotics CEO Larry Jasinksi speaks with Elliott Gotkine about the prospects for the exoskeleton market and the company’s product development plans. ReWalk raised $1,320,000 from OurCrowd investors in June 2013. View the video on Bloomberg...
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This week, from the Startup Nation: Dress to impress? How about strutting your stuff in 3D… Israeli teens showcase their social apps for Microsoft Israel’s competition… The Israeli startup scene saw a record Q3 for Israeli startups raising capital… Israeli entrepreneur of the year announced… and more. Check it out – and sign up below to get these updates directly to your inbox! A record 3rd quarter for Israeli high-tech investment: 170 startups raised $701M In the third quarter of 2014, 170 Israeli high-tech companies attracted $701 million. This turns out to be 29% above the $545 million average of the last three years. The survey reviewed capital raised by Israeli high-tech companies from Israeli and foreign venture capital funds as well as other investors, such as investment companies, corporate investors, incubators and angels. Get more details on the report. Teams of Israeli teens participated in Microsoft’s Innovate for Good contest Microsoft Israel’s recent Innovate for Good (i4G) competition drew dozens of 15- to 20-year-olds from across the country, each hoping to gain attention for a social application his...
Read MoreLeading technology news website, The Next Web, featured OurCrowd portfolio company Webydo. The company provides graphic designers a powerful set of design tools to build and maintain websites with little technical knowledge. Popular website building app Webydo announced that it has launched a new pixel-perfect responsive editor for its users to craft sites suitable for desktop and mobile devices. The updated tool allows Webydo users to create responsive sites that scale accurately across all device screen sizes, and addresses the challenges faced when trying to correctly display visual assets correctly on big and small screens without building separately for each size. Webydo raised $1,292,500 from OurCrowd investors in December 2013. Read more on The Next...
Read MoreOurCrowd portfolio company BillGuard was featured in PandoDaily, a web publication that offers technology news, analysis, and commentary. BillGuard identifies fraud and “grey” charges, which cost consumers over $25B annually, by analyzing crowdsourcing transaction data from its millions-strong user base. Payment fraud is on the rise. Hackers have quickly realized that the most valuable bit of identity data to steal isn’t the social security number, but rather payment card information. It’s precisely for this reason that major data breaches at retailers like Target and Home Depot are on the rise. Enter BillGuard, the financial security and fraud monitoring startup that today helps more than 1 million consumers monitor their payment card activity. Today the company is extending that service through a partnership with Experian Data Breach Resolution, the world’s largest identity theft monitoring company. BillGuard raised $3,896,064 from OurCrowd investors in August 2014. Read more...
Read MoreOurCrowd portfolio company Consumer Physics was featured in Globes, the leading Israeli financial daily. Consumer Physics developed of the world’s first affordable molecular sensor – the SCiO – that fits in the palm of your hand. We all create and consume information, and it sometimes seems that every question has an answer. Some questions, however, are still unsolved. What does she really think about me? What will I die from, and when? What is really in food? Consumer Physics is trying to answer the last of these questions. The company’s device scans food, whether in a restaurant portion or in a dish made in a kitchen at home, and provides specifications of the contents. 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...
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