Author: OurCrowd

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

Jul 31, 2013 | ,

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

Jul 24, 2013 |

“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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TechCrunch: “Vonage Co-Founder And VoIP Pioneer Jeff Pulver’s Next Call: Zula, A WhatsApp For Business”

Jul 11, 2013 | ,

Leading technology website, TechCrunch, featured OurCrowd portfolio company Zula, Jeff Pulver’s latest startup that aims to revolutionize team communication for an increasingly mobile world. While the world has already seen its fair share of productivity apps, messaging apps like Skype, WhatsApp and Viber (to name a few) have been on fire of late, Pulver thinks there’s room for a product that strategically combines the two. There has been a healthy amount of buzz about how popular messaging apps are becoming, he says, but there’s still a serious need for a mobile communication tool that caters to professionals who are looking for robust collaboration functionality to help manage their businesses while on the go.   OurCrowd investors backed Zula with a $350,000 round in May 2013. Read more on...

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