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Israeli VCs raise $855M, female founders to watch & Startup Nation rocks CES 2015 [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Israeli VCs raise $855M, female founders to watch & Startup Nation rocks CES 2015 [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Jan 12, 2015 |

No rest for the Startup Nation: The Israeli startup ecosystem has hit the ground running in 2015.  Learn the latest between the amount raised by Israeli VCs, the growing list of female entrepreneurs to watch, the Israeli companies at CES this year and more. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now VCs in the Startup Nation raise $855M in new funds in 6 months 2015 is shaping up to be a great year for investments in Israeli startups, especially in light of the fact that in the past few months leading Israeli venture capital firms have closed new financing rounds, culminating in a total of $855 million. These funds include names such as Carmel Ventures, Magma, JVP, outgoing partners from Greylock, Glilot Capital Partners, Canaan Partners Israel, and more. The investments, intended mostly for Israeli startup entrepreneurs, were raised over the past six months. Learn more. OurCrowd in the News EdenShield was featured in Globes Apploi was featured in TechCrunch Consumer Physics was featured in TechCrunch Viewbix was featured in MediaPost Curiyo’s CEO was  interviewed in Ra’ayon Startup OurCrowd’s 2014 record year was featured in Crowdfund Insider VocalZoom was featured in Globes...

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Looking for an innovative job? OurCrowd portfolio companies hiring like crazy in 2015

Looking for an innovative job? OurCrowd portfolio companies hiring like crazy in 2015

Jan 11, 2015 |

As OurCrowd’s investment deals continuously grow both in size and quantity, our existing portfolio companies are rapidly expanding too. To date, OurCrowd has invested $100M in 56 portfolio companies, many of which won international awards and are widely acclaimed for their innovative products and amazing all-star teams. Just in 2014, over 260 jobs were created within OurCrowd’s portfolio companies, post-investment. So, if you’re hoping to get your foot in the high-tech industry door, dreaming about being part of the exciting startup ecosystem, or know someone looking for a job in the hottest markets, you’ve come to the right place! Check out the listings below to see how you might have the chance to work for some of our awesome portfolio companies and become part of the growing OurCrowd family: Mentad If you are passionate about big data and changing the future of marketing, chances are you belong with Mentad. Sales Partner; New York, USA. Customer Onboarding and Success; New York, USA. Inbound Marketing and Social Media; New York, USA. Outbound Marketing/Lead Generation; New York, USA. Account Manager; New York or Palo Alto, USA. Full Stack...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company VocalZoom featured in Globes

Jan 7, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company VocalZoom was featured in Globes, the leading Israeli financial daily. VocalZoom’s “optical microphone” technology enables high quality voice communication and voice recognition in any environment. Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, the investment arm of Motorola Solutions, has invested in Yokneam-based Israeli start-up VocalZoom, which develops sensors for speech enhancement. Details about the size of the investment and its terms were not disclosed. Other VocalZoom investors in this series of funding include existing investors 3M and OurCrowd, as well as new investor FueTrek (Japan). VocalZoom raised $715,000 from OurCrowd investors in October 2013 and $2,394,990 in a follow-on funding round in 2014. Read more on...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company EdenShield featured in the Times of Israel

Jan 7, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd portfolio company EdenShield was featured in the Times of Israel, an English-language news website covering Israel, the region & the Jewish world. EdenShield are the producers of a novel plant extract from the Israeli Judean Desert that makes crops odorless to pests, preventing multi-billion dollar crop damage. EdenShield, an Israeli agritech start-up that has pioneered the development of natural pesticides, has raised over $1 million to expand its operations and establish a distribution network […] The investment round was led by Israeli crowdfunding platform OurCrowd. With the new funding, EdenShield will begin wide-scale marketing of its first two products, NET, which is applied to greenhouse screens, and DIRECT, is meant to be applied directly to greenhouse flowers and medical cannabis. The money will also be used to develop EdenShield formulations for specific crops. EdenShield raised $712,000 from OurCrowd investors in 2014. Read more on the Times of...

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Innovation takes center stage: OurCrowd at International CES 2015

Innovation takes center stage: OurCrowd at International CES 2015

Jan 6, 2015 | ,

The 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (International CES) kicked off earlier today and is poised to be a record-breaking show with more than 3,600 exhibitors across the largest show floor in history with more than 2.2 million net square feet of exhibit space. The International CES is the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. Held in Las Vegas every year, it has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for more than 40 years—the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. This year, OurCrowd has extensive representation on the ground at CES 2015, with our various team members, investors from our community, and several of our portfolio companies (some of which are finalists in various competitions!). Here is an overview of the who, where, and the highlights: Where innovators gather: OurCrowd’s portfolio companies at CES 2015 CES 2015 participants can catch a glimpse of the following innovative companies on the stage (hopefully) and expo area: Consumer Physics Consumer Physics has developed SCiO, an advanced optical spectrometer that allows users...

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