Author: OurCrowd

Finding the next Waze: an insider view of startup investing and due diligence

Yesterday, we held the 1st installment of the OurCrowd Bootcamp series. This series of in-depth webinars is intended to give investors new to startup investing — as well as seasoned angel investors — a look into best practices. Be on the lookout for more webinars in our bootcamp series (for investors in Israeli startups). To stay updated on future events and the best news from the Startup Nation, sign up for our newsletter (see the right sidebar), email us, and follow us on social media. To contact David Stark, follow him on Twitter / Linkedin To contact Zack Miller, follow him on Twitter / Linkedin     View the FULL program   View/Download the deck Finding the Next Waze:An insider view of startup investing and due diligence by OurCrowd       OurCrowd Customer Surveys The OurCrowd Customer Survey by OurCrowd       Company scorecard The OurCrowd Company Scorecard: 6 point checklist to identify top Israeli startups by OurCrowd     More resources Term Sheets Term Sheet Calculator: Founder’s Fund Transparent Termsheet uses a simple calculator and has a plain...

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Abe’s Market featured in Forbes’ “25 Most Innovative Consumer and Retail Brands”

Forbes named OurCrowd portfolio company Abe’s Market as one of the 25 most innovative consumer and retail brands. Forbes’ contributor Ryan Caldbeck ranked hundreds of companies to come up with 25 of the most creative and innovative consumer retail companies that are changing the way we live our lives while re-inventing their respective industries. Abe’s Market was listed for “offering the online marketplace natural, organic and eco-friendly products. And for providing stories connecting the people who make products to their consumers.” Abe’s Market raised $680,000 from OurCrowd investors in 2012. Read more on the Forbes site...

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[Globes] Do you have $10,000 to spare? Invest them in a startup

“In classic venture capital terms, giving personal attention to one of a thousand investors is incomprehensible. But times have changed and it is very doubtful that the classic venture capital, acting and thinking like a private equity fund, still exists. The updated capital venture needs to function differently. Medved, a general partner of Israel Seed Partners int he 90s, is convinced that OurCrowd is the change in the making, the promised land in the new era of venture capital, that can thrive alongside the familiar model.” (Hebrew...

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