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OurCrowd Weekly Newsletter
    

Startup Roundup

Off to a great start in 2015: Israeli companies raise $1.5B on Wall Street in Q1

Israeli companies conducted eleven offerings on Wall Street in the first quarter of 2015: three IPOs and eight secondary offerings. An almost unimaginable total of $1.5 billion was raised, considering that $3.9 billion was raised in all of 2014. Seven of the 11 offerings were by biomedical companies while the other four were by technology companies, including two information security companies. These figures have earned this batch of Israeli representatives a place of honor on Wall Street. Learn more.


OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News

 

Jon Medved featured on 

TheStreet

Cimagine featured in

Times of Israel

     
 

Pixie featured in

Inc.

Abe's Market featured in

FoodNavigator-USA

     
 

ReWalk featured in 

Reuters

BioCatch featured in

Israel21c

     
 

Webydo featured in 

TechCrunch

OurCrowd featured in

The Daily Pennsylvanian

     

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OurCrowd Events

Washington D.C.

Wharton evening reception

April 6th, 2015

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Jerusalem, Israel

Passover with OurCrowd

April 9th, 2015

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San Diego, CA

Angel Capital Association Summit

April 14th, 2015

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Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah event

April 23rd, 2015

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Salt Lake City, UT

Israel Independence Day event

April 23rd, 2015

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Salt Lake City, UT

Exclusive investor dinner

April 23rd, 2015

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Technology Corner

How Israeli technology could solve the next food crisis

Many researchers and professionals around the world warn of worldwide starvation by 2050. Everyone looks to technology, with the understanding that only a true technological revolution can enable human society to deal with this great challenge. Unfortunately, not enough is being invested in this channel. With various technological developments taking place that are changing the world of agriculture, Israel can lead the innovative revolution in the field. Learn more.

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Trending Israeli Entrepreneurs

What’s next for Israel's entrepreneurs?

Despite a rocky year for the region, tech firms in Israel have been prospering. Following several successful exits and funding rounds from the Startup Nation, many wonder: what do the next five years hold for the Israeli tech community and the country's great entrepreneurial community? To find out, Fast Company asked luminaries from Israel’s startup world, from app phenoms to politicians and venture capitalists, for the trends they are watching out for. Learn more.

 


OurCrowd's News Nuggets

News_NuggetsIsrael's Lacoon acquired by Check Point for a reported $100M (Geektime)
Israeli public transportation app Moovit has arrived in Australia (Mashable)
Live-streaming smartphone video app, Meerkat, raises $14M (Globes)
The best kept secret behind Israel’s top medical devices (Israel21c)
Europe’s biggest bank now Israeli tech customer (Times of Israel)