OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved was interviewed on BBC World Service’s “Business Daily” about the Israeli tech scene, OurCrowd’s leading equity-crowdfunding platform, and our innovative, cutting-edge portfolio...
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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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What makes the Startup Nation tick? One might argue strongly it’s the people – and often, those people happen to be alumni of elite IDF units. Read on about that, the latest in Israeli exits, ‘pop-up’ therapists’ offices in New York City, and more. Don’t forget to subscribe if you’d like to get these updates directly to your inbox! Microsoft buys Israeli cybersec startup Aoroto for $200M Microsoft confirmed that it has acquired Aorato, an Israel-based maker of security solutions co-founded by veterans of the Israeli defense forces, which only exited from stealth earlier this year. Aorato’s focus is on enterprise services in the cloud and in hybrid on-premise and cloud environments, using machine learning to detect suspicious patterns. Read up on the exit. Bubbling with innovation: Israeli therapy bubbles pop up in NY Israeli startup Talkspace erected large transparent bubbles last week on New York’s Fifth Avenue to offer free online psychological treatment to pedestrians. Passersby can enter a fake living room inside an inflated dome and chat online with a psychologist for free. The project’s aim is to raise awareness...
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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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Each month OurCrowd has hundreds of investors from around the world join us for online events from our webinar series called Teach-In-Tuesdays. In this series, we explore investing in early-stage Israeli and global 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 November, we will be hosting an educational webinar on Tuesday, November 18th, as part of our Teach-In-Tuesdays series. Register for the event below. Trenches to Traction: How Israel’s elite intelligence unit powers the Startup Nation Tuesday, November 18th (6:00 PM Israel / 11:00 AM NYC / 8:00 AM San Francisco) The ultimate startup boot camp? That would be Unit 8200. Join the Israel Defense Force’s Unit 8200 alum Gadi Mazor, also CTO and General Partner at OurCrowd, and Zack Miller, Head of the Investor Community at OurCrowd, for a lively Q&A discussion about the Israeli military intelligence unit that drives the Startup Nation’s high-tech industry. This elite technology unit’s alumni who enter into the civilian market have earned a reputation for their unique entrepreneurial skills and for creating outstanding, successful, and innovative startups. Join us...
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