Author: OurCrowd

OurCrowd’s portfolio company Consumer Physics featured on CNBC

Sep 17, 2014 | ,

OurCrowd’s portfolio company Consumer Physics, developer of  the world’s first affordable molecular sensor – the SCiO –  that fits in the palm of your hand, has been featured on CNBC’s “Power Pitch.” On the show, Dror Sharon, co-founder of Consumer Physics, had 60 seconds to make his pitch and convince a panel of experts his company has what it takes to become the next big thing. The panel included Clara Sieg, partner with Revolution Ventures, Stephanie Palmeri, principal at SoftTech VC and Mark Siegel, a managing director atMenlo Ventures. CNBC anchor Mandy Drury was the host. “Our mission is to help people better understand the world around them and to encourage our community to help map the physical world,” Sharon told CNBC. “Spectroscopy, the technology, has been used in health care for many, many years and we feel there might be potential killer apps there as well. [We want to] take it to the consumer.” 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. View the segment below or read the accompanying article on...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Pixie featured in the Wall Street Journal

Sep 15, 2014 | ,

Leading business and finance website, The Wall Street Journal, featured OurCrowd’s portfolio company Pixie. The company is both a technology platform and a consumer product with the goal of keeping the things that matter to you — and to others — in sight. It is the kind of question that pops up with alarming frequency: Where are my keys? Where are my glasses? Where is the cat? A growing number of companies large and small are racing to provide answers via wireless tags that can be attached to household objects (or pet collars) and located with the aid of a smartphone. Amir Bassan-Eskenazi wants to take the concept further. The Israeli entrepreneur co-founded Pixie Technology Inc., which aims to find things with an unusual degree of precision. Pixie raised $1,547,123 from OurCrowd investors in November 2014. Read more on The Wall Street...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company ReWalk featured on Times of Israel

Sep 15, 2014 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company ReWalk was featured in the Times of Israel, an English-language news website covering Israel, the region & the Jewish world. FDA approved ReWalk has developed an exoskeleton device that enables paraplegics with an independent, natural walking experience that provides them numerous social, psychological, and physical benefits. With its successful IPO last week, ReWalk, the company behind the Israeli-developed exoskeleton system designed to help paraplegics walk, is ready to go to market. But that’s not all. The highly praised firm is looking past restoring the use of legs to aiding victims of multiple sclerosis (MS), palsy and strokes. There are good reasons for investors to be as excited about ReWalk as paralyzed individuals are. “We are going to be using the money raised in the IPO to expand our research and production, almost all of which is done in northern Israel,” said [company CEO] Jasinski.   ReWalk raised $1,320,000 from OurCrowd investors in June 2013. Read more on the Times of...

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This Week In Crowdfunding: How Neil Young raised millions via crowdfunding (and how you can, too)

This Week In Crowdfunding: How Neil Young raised millions via crowdfunding (and how you can, too)

Sep 14, 2014 | , ,

This Week in Crowdfunding is a newly launched podcast series hosted by OurCrowd’s Zack Miller and David Stark, where they cover the best in Crowdfunding with a frank — and educational — discussion about the issues surrounding Crowdfunding. Every week, they interview successful entrepreneurs, deconstruct campaigns, and hear from the smartest people around on this transformative, massive financing trend. Sign up to listen to the podcast on iTunes * Sticher * SoundCloud!  ——————————————— Neil Young may be a great rock and roller but he’s an even better crowdfunder. Young ran a rewards crowdfunding campaign that raised millions of dollars for his new music player, Pono Music. Young didn’t stop there — he went on to raise an equity crowdfunding campaign that was even more successful. What’s Mr Cinnamon Girl’s secret sauce? On this week’s TWiC, hosts Zack Miller and David Stark invited Rose Spinelli, of TheCrowdfundamentals fame and crowdfunding coach and teacher, on to the show to deconstruct Neil Young’s approach, what he did right/wrong, and what we can learn from his success. In a first on TWiC, Rose offers a challenge to you listeners: if you’re willing to take the plunge and launch a...

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