Equity Crowdfunding

Top industry voices: 8 speakers to watch at OurCrowd’s Global Investor Summit

Top industry voices: 8 speakers to watch at OurCrowd’s Global Investor Summit

Nov 26, 2014 | , ,

In just under two weeks, OurCrowd will host the Global Investor Summit, a gathering of top tech innovators, startups, angel and VC investors, and other industry leaders to talk about what’s on the horizon for trends in the hottest tech sectors and startup investing. The conference will open on December 9th with welcoming words by OurCrowd Founder and CEO Jon Medved and Mayor of Jerusalem and former venture capitalist Nir Barkat. Throughout the day attendees will hear from a selection of tech leaders, entrepreneurs, VCs and more across panels, keynotes and more intimate meetings. The list of newly-announced speakers includes: Nir Barkat Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat is an Israeli businessman and politician, and 9th mayor of Jerusalem, the capital of the State of Israel. Mayor Barkat has inspired thousands of Jerusalemites with his vision to turn Israel’s capital city into one rich in culture, youth, education, lasting economic development, and tourism, as well as his message of respect and pluralism for all residents of Jerusalem. Larry Jasinsky CEO of ReWalk Robotics Larry Jasinski has served as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the ReWalk board since February...

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This Week In Crowdfunding: The 4 Myths Of Equity Crowdfunding (And Why They’re Wrong)

This Week In Crowdfunding: The 4 Myths Of Equity Crowdfunding (And Why They’re Wrong)

Nov 23, 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!  ——————————————— Equity crowdfunding is probably the newest form of crowdfunding, Kickstarter and Indiegogo’s little brother. But the momentum is there — OurCrowd estimated that upwards of $700M would be invested via equity crowdfunding during 2014. While thousands of investors have taken to equity crowdfunding platforms, there is a lot of runway for new investors to embrace crowd investing. In this week’s episode of TWiC, hosts Zack Miller and David Stark explore (and bust) 4 myths of equity crowdfunding. Listen to the FULL...

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OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved on BBC World Service’s “Business Daily”

OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved on BBC World Service’s “Business Daily”

Nov 18, 2014 | , ,

On his recent visit to the UK, OurCrowd CEO Jonathan Medved was interviewed by radio presenter Ed Butler on BBC World Service’s “Business Daily.” In the interview, Jon discusses Israel’s booming technology sector, OurCrowd’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, and our innovative, cutting-edge portfolio companies. One country that’s often thought to be good at picking winners is Israel. It has the world’s highest per capita investment in homegrown research and development. It also has one of the most successful cutting-edge tech sectors. We examine how they do it, with the government’s Chief Scientist and John Medved, CEO of OurCrowd, the world’s biggest equity crowdfunding platform. Listen to the full interview on BBC Radio here. [Jon’s begins at 08:21 until...

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This Week In Crowdfunding: Reddit gets into crowdfunding (and so do Gates and Zuckerberg)

This Week In Crowdfunding: Reddit gets into crowdfunding (and so do Gates and Zuckerberg)

Nov 16, 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!  ——————————————— On this week’s TWiC, hosts Zack Miller and David Stark look at Reddit’s recent moves into crowdfunding and about the recent Indiegogo campaign, Hour of Code. Backed by tech entrepreneurs like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, this crowdfunding project aims to train 10,000 teachers to teach 10 million students about computer science. Watson on Crowdfunding wows us with another amazing fact about crowdfunding. Listen to the FULL episode Resources mentioned in the podcast Reddit launches Redditmade An Hour of Code for every...

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Take these 8 steps to become an all-star startup investor

Take these 8 steps to become an all-star startup investor

Oct 28, 2014 | , ,

Show of hands: Who here doesn’t want to invest in the next Facebook or Google? Didn’t think so. The people who invest in startups have supplanted hedge fund managers as the investment rock stars of our age. What makes startup investing so thrilling is that unlike the passive investing common in the stock market (see our Ultimate Stock Market Investor’s Guide to Investing in Startups), angel investors have the opportunity to provide ongoing value with their experience… and Rolodexes. Whether you’re just kicking off your career as a venture capitalist or starting out in angel investing after making your money in other businesses, investing in startups can be a very lucrative activity. In fact, the data show that well-positioned angel portfolios can return 2.5X over a 4-year period. Returns like these easily trounce stock market returns (and historical returns of most other asset classes). However, investing in startups can be tricky. For example, it’s very likely that some of the startups you invest in will end up folding (less than 50% of startups never reach their 5th birthday). What are...

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