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OurCrowd Weekly Newsletter

Startup Roundup

Israeli startups bring in $234M in first 2 weeks of 2016 

Barely two weeks into 2016 and Israeli startups have already raised a combined $234 million. The pace of money coming in could yield the biggest quarter in a long time for local tech companies.

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OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News

 

CEO Jon Medved on 

CNN

Replay Technologies in

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OurCrowd featured in

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Neverware featured in 

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EdenShield featured in

Times of Israel

Argus featured in

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OurCrowd Events

OurCrowd is hosting investor events across the globe

in the upcoming months, featuring guest speakers and

CEOs of our latest investment opportunities.

See our events calendar to learn more and RSVP!

Technology Corner

Live Chat: What's driving the next generation of driverless technology?

Nothing is putting the brakes on driverless cars! This week (19/1), join a live chat with Mobileye’s VP of Business Development Yonah Lloyd and Tech in Asia’s editor-in-chief Steven Millward on the future of driverless tech. 

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Trending Israeli Entrepreneurs

The Democratization of Investing: OurCrowd’s 2015 Year In Review

In 2015, OurCrowd achieved groundbreaking figures investing in Israeli and global startups. View the OurCrowd infographic illustrating the success, growth, and notable accomplishments of its ever-expanding community.

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Haredim in high-tech: Women outnumber men 2 to 1

Integrating Haredim (ultra-Orthodox) in high-tech has been gathering steam in recent years, and surprising figures indicate that 4,000 of Haredi women are employed in the sector, with only 2,000 men.

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Ripple Maker and Vuze take top prizes at CES 2016

The hype around Israeli technologies at CES 2016 was more than justified when two blue-and-white companies – HumanEyes and Steam CC – scored the top two innovation prizes from a field of thousands.

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OurCrowd's News Nuggets

News_NuggetsIsrael cybersecurity expertise lures growing share of investment (FTimes)
EdenShield keeps bad bugs at bay, no poison needed (Times of Israel)
What is the big deal with Big Data in Israel and China? (e27)
Data storage innovators, Elastifile, raised $35M (Geektime)
Israeli chip startup, MultiPhy, raises $17M (Globes)