
OurCrowd launches $10 million seed stage fund
Equity crowdfunding platform’s new fund will invest in 20 early stage companies.

Equity crowdfunding platform’s new fund will invest in 20 early stage companies.

Did your cursor just vanish? That’s not a glitch but a feature for Israeli fraud-busting startup BioCatch.

MUV Interactive’s trailblazing Bird wearable will turn every surface into a touchable interactive screen through motion, touch and voice.

VocalZoom Systems’ breakthrough microphone could put an end to the main problem plaguing voice-recognition tech

End-of-year reports show 52 Israeli companies were acquired for some $15 billion, nearly double 2013’s exits worth $7.6 billion.

Major players from the equity crowdfunding and entrepreneurial crowdfunding scenes in Israel tell ISRAEL21c why the platform works so well in Israel.

‘Jerusalem is a city where people did not have a network culture, and suddenly things are happening,’ says one local entrepreneurial activist.

‘This is a pattern that’s repeated itself in the last three wars,’ says OurCrowd’s Jon Medved. ‘Israelis are pretty resilient.’

Global platform helped raise investments for ReWalk Robotics which recently filed for IPO.
Deal includes early stage companies in the areas of energy, healthcare, software and advanced manufacturing.
Israel’s equity crowdfunding platform includes seven deals in excess of $1m each.
Crowdfunding platform OurCrowd closes new round for Jeff Pulver’s startup Zula, pushing total raised by fund to over $12m. in its first seven months.

Israel’s OurCrowd introduces a new online funding paradigm and raises $6.5 million for 12 early-stage companies in its first quarter.