Author: OurCrowd

2 OurCrowd portfolio companies listed in top 10 leading Israeli startups of 2014

Oct 30, 2014 | ,

OurCrowd’s portfolio companies, Consumer Physics and enVerid, have snagged two of the top ten Israeli startup awards in the Globes-Journey competition, placing 5th and 8th on the list. The ranking is done by leading investors, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists, with the aim of discovering promising companies that will be very prominent in Israeli high-tech in the coming years. Consumer Physics has developed an application for analyzing materials. It has raised an impressive $2.75 million in crowd sourcing. The company’s product is initially being used for identifying ingredients of food. 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.   . enVerid Systems deals in energy saving in air conditioning systems. The company has raised $5 million so far, in addition to grants from the BIRD Foundation and a $2.5 million grant recently received from the US government. enVerid raised $1,568,500 from OurCrowd investors in October 2013 and $1,838,916 in a follow-on funding round in 2014.   To read more about the most promising Israeli startsups of 2014, click...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Freightos featured in Globes

Oct 29, 2014 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company Freightos was featured in Globes, the leading Israeli financial daily. Freightos offers a Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud solution for automating pricing and sales in the trillion dollar freight (cargo) industry. The investment round OurCrowd investors participated in made the news as other leading VC firms joined in. Automated freight loading company Freightos has completed a financing round of $7.6 million. Investors include Annox Capital, Aleph, ICV, and OurCrowd. The proceeds will help fund the company’s vision of bringing international freight online with automated pricing and booking. Freightos has successfully automated the routing and pricing of freight including all the intricacies of ocean, air, and land transportation. With Freightos, freight forwarders can quote instantly for even the most complex routes. Freightos raised $550,000 from OurCrowd investors in November 2012 and $110,000 in a follow-on funding round in September 2013. Read more on...

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Angel Investing: How Big and Disruptive? [Podcast]

Angel Investing: How Big and Disruptive? [Podcast]

Oct 28, 2014 | ,

On October 24, 2014, Lou Kerner’s The Disruptive Technologies Speaker Series hosted three thought leaders on the current state and future direction of Angel Investing: Gil Penchina Largest Syndicate on AngelList Jon Medved Founder & CEO, OurCrowd Brian Cohen Chairman, New York Angels Like every other industry, venture capital is ripe for massive disruption. An Angel has been described as “an investor who provides financial backing for small startups or entrepreneurs, usually found among an entrepreneur’s family and friends”. That definition is now outdated, driven by the rise of platforms like AngelList, OurCrowd, and SeedInvest; and the increasing scale of groups like the New York Angels and Tech Coast Angels. And Angel Investing is no longer just for seed rounds. Life360, a mobile app for staying connected with family members, is raising $500k of a $50M Series C on AngleList, where the leading syndicators (like Gil Penchina) are “backed” by over 500 investors that can combine for over $4M in any one deal. The OurCrowd platform has raised over $65M for 50 companies the past two years, including $3.3M for ReWalk. The last...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company BillGuard featured on The Next Web

Oct 28, 2014 | ,

Leading technology news website, The Next Web, featured OurCrowd portfolio company BillGuard. The company identifies fraud and “grey” charges, which cost consumers over $25B annually, by analyzing crowdsourcing transaction data from its millions-strong user base. BillGuard touts itself as the world’s first people-powered antivirus system for bills, with predictive algorithms that alert you when there’s unexpected charges made on your bank cards such as hidden fees, billing errors, scams and fraud. Four months after it finally launched out of North America, landing in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, BillGuard has announced an interesting new feature is coming to its Android and iOS apps. BillGuard raised $3,896,064 from OurCrowd investors in August 2014. Read more on The Next...

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OurCrowd Events November-December

OurCrowd Events November-December

Oct 26, 2014 |

OurCrowd founder & CEO Jon Medved and team members will be hosting events in the US and Israel in the upcoming weeks, with the CEOs of our new startups and guest speakers. Scroll down to learn more and RSVP, we hope to see you at one of our events. Be sure to RSVP on the links below. Space is limited!     December 17th – San Francisco, California What: Exclusive Investor Wine Pop-up Dinner with a 5-course menu by Chef Anthony Yang and  Hand of God Wines Featuring:  David S. Rose, an Inc. 500 CEO, serial entrepreneur and Founder of New York Angels. David is the author of Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money and Having Fun Investing in Startups. Dinner attendees will hear remarks by David and receive a holiday gift of a signed copy of his book. When: Wednesday, December 17th at 7PM Where: Naked Kitchen: 945 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110 RSVP by Friday, December 12th. Click here   Check out where we’ve been this past month… November 5th – New York, New York What: Venture Philanthropy – How the Startup Nation is Changing the Game of Giving...

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