Press release

Jerusalem, Israel, April 22, 2015 –  OurCrowd, the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, is marking Israel’s 67th birthday with the announcement of its 67th portfolio company, ElMindA. Read more...

Jerusalem, Israel, March 24, 2015: OurCrowd, the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platform has announced that Joel Maryles has joined as a Venture Partner, to work with OurCrowd’s portfolio companies on strategic issues including financings, partnerships, IPOs as well as M&A. He will carry the title of Chief Exit Officer (CXO). Read more...

Jerusalem, Israel, February 17, 2015 – OurCrowd, the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, has announced that Anthony DeChellis, former CEO of Private Banking Americas at Credit Suisse, has joined as the President of OurCrowd, operating out of the firm’s New York office. Prior to Credit Suisse, DeChellis was head of Private Wealth Management at UBS and ran Private Banking in Europe for Merrill Lynch. Read more...

Jerusalem, Israel. February 10, 2015: OurCrowd, the leading equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors, announced that it led a $19.5M Series E funding round for Borro, the UK-NY based, asset-backed online lender. OurCrowd was joined by Rocket Internet AG (RKET), Canaan Partners and Augmentum Capital in this funding round. OurCrowd alone raised $6M of the capital invested, making this the single largest equity crowdfunding round ever completed and demonstrates how equity crowdfunding can complement and even lead traditional funding sources, such as venture capital. Read more...

Jerusalem, Israel, March 10, 2015:  OurCrowd, the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, has announced a unique collaboration that will help students at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania get an industry-leading experiential education in impact investing.  This initiative will greatly expand the Wharton Social Venture Fund (WSVF), a flagship program operated under the Wharton Social Impact Initiative (WSII) which allows students to select, curate and diligence investments that will change the world. Read more...