Author: OurCrowd

OurCrowd’s portfolio company Bizzabo featured on TechCrunch

Aug 14, 2014 | ,

Leading technology website, TechCrunch, featured OurCrowd portfolio company Bizzabo. Constructing interactive event-groups, Bizzabo utilizes social media in order to facilitate the dialogue between event organizers and guests. Networking and event app Bizzabo has raised an additional $2.5 million in funding, the New York- and Israel-based startup announced today. Bizzabo, which says it has been used to organize 4,000 professional events, plans to use its new funding to add new features. It will rollout a new event management platform later this year.   Bizzabo raised $506,000 from OurCrowd investors in January 2014. Read more on TechCrunch here....

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Cimagine featured in Bloomberg News

Aug 11, 2014 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company Cimagine was featured in Bloomberg News, a premier site for top headlines on international business news, world markets, global economy, finance and politics. Cimagine hopes to boost sales and increase consumer confidence by providing a mobile platform on which to visualize merchandise three dimensionally in their intended locations. The online-shopping software developed by Cimagine allows people to walk around their homes with a mobile device, and see how a sofa or coffee table would look in each room. The system combines live imagery, taken with a smartphone or iPad, with 3-D pictures of furniture to present a realistic recreation of your living room with stuff you may or may not be able to afford.   Cimagine raised $360,000 from OurCrowd investors in July 2014. Read more on Bloomberg...

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OurCrowd launches #WhatsYourBigIdea campaign showcasing Israel’s world-changing ideas

OurCrowd launches #WhatsYourBigIdea campaign showcasing Israel’s world-changing ideas

Aug 10, 2014 | , , ,

Have you ever had a flicker of inspiration? A moment in which you knew you were going to change the world with one simple thought? And then, for whatever reason, that great thought just… didn’t really go anywhere? There are a lot of reasons to let those inspiring thoughts pass you by, to ignore them, and to move on. Our own thought? Don’t let your thought pass. Let it become an idea. Let it become your idea, and then let it change the world. Inspiration comes not only in opportune times, but also in the most unexpected. Here at OurCrowd, we see hundreds of brilliant ideas each month, and it’s our job to choose the greatest and support them on their route to success. These innovations make the Startup Nation what it is today, brought together by the brightest minds and strongest wills. We want to celebrate these ideas, and we want to inspire you to pursue yours. We are launching our #WYBI? campaign to showcase some of the world-changing ideas that have sprouted from Israel over the years. OurCrowd...

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