[Reuters] Israel’s OurCrowd raises $25 mln in private funding round
“Since launching in February 2013, OurCrowd has raised more than $30 million and another $43 million for its 36 portfolio companies from accredited investors in 26...
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[Gigaom] Equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd rakes in $25M Series B round
“Israel’s OurCrowd has just pulled in $25 million in Series B funding, on top of the $5.5 million Series A it took in February 2013. According to the company, this is the biggest round yet for an equity crowdfunding outfit...
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Teach In Tuesdays: Join Us (Online) For an Educational Event During April
Last month we had hundreds of investors from around the world join us for two events from our new webinar series called Teach-In Tuesdays. In this series, we explore investing in early-stage Israeli companies, identify and explain influential tech trends, stay up-to-date with the crowdfunding industry, and examine actionable insights from our own experience running OurCrowd’s investment platform. During April, will be hosting an educational webinar on Tuesday, April 29th, as part of our Teach-In Tuesdays series. Register for the event below. The Future of Deal Marketing: Using Software and Data Analytics To Target Investors Tuesday, April 29th (6:00 PM Israel / 11:00 AM NYC/ 8:00 AM San Francisco) Join Zack Miller, Head of the Investor Community at OurCrowd, and Steven Dresner, CEO and founder of dealflow.com and author of Crowdfunding: A Guide to Raising Capital on the Internet, to learn about how entrepreneurs are using Internet technologies to identify, target, and land top-notch investors and how investors are using the same technologies to find investment opportunities. Join us to learn about: The cutting-edge ways top companies are raising money online The 3 mistakes...
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OurCrowd Events May-June
OurCrowd founder & CEO Jon Medved and team members will be hosting events around the world 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! June 25th – New York City What: Silicon Dragon NYC 2014, spotlighting Tech Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Angel Investing, and Crowd Finance in the world’s leading startup hubs Featuring: Andrew Scharf (OurCrowd Vice President) speaking and OurCrowd as marketing sponsor When: 5:00PM – 8:00PM OurCrowd is pleased to offer 20% discount tickets that include all sessions and a cocktail reception. Please enter promotion code SiliconGlobalOurCrowd2014 on the sign-up page. June 25th – Herzliya, Israel What: A night of wine and design after hours at the exquisite showroom of Tollman’s in Herzliya. Featuring: Danna Hochstein Mann, Partner at OurCrowd and the CEO of our latest portfolio company. When: 7:00 PM RSVP here June 26-27th – New York City What: OurCrowd is a media partner for...
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The 10 Plagues of Startup Investing: What Passover Has to Teach Us About Startups
This week we are celebrating the Jewish holiday of Passover, which commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. The 10 plagues that Moses, with a little help from on high, launched on the biblical Egyptians have been spun into numerous allegories, lessons, and instructions. And, being the Israeli high-tech investing fanatics we are, our first thoughts were with the connections to startup investing. Startup investing isn’t easy — sometimes you’re blessed with miracles (i.e.- exits and IPOs), but along the way to the Promised Land of Profits, you’re frequently plagued by problems. There is no guaranteed recipe for success, but here are some tips for avoiding bad investments. So, without further ado, here are the 10 rules of what NOT to do when investing in startups. The 10 Plagues of Startup Investing: Investing in just 1 startup: The data here don’t lie – picking the right startup is tough. So, diversification is even more important when investing in young, private companies than it is when investing in startups. How much can investors make investing in startups? The Kauffman Foundation groundbreaking research on startup investing demonstrated investors made 2.5X on...
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