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title: Record 3rd quarter for Israeli high-tech investment, Benny Landa named Israeli entrepreneur of the year & Israeli designer wins international award for stunning 3D printed fashion
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| Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here.      Startup Roundup Record 3rd quarter for Israeli high-tech investment: 170 startups raised $701M  In the third quarter of 2014, 170 Israeli high-tech companies attracted $701 million, the IVC Research Center and accounting firm KPMG Somekh Chaikin report. The third quarter 2014 amount was 29% above the $545 million average of the last three years. The survey reviewed capital raised by Israeli high-tech companies from Israeli and foreign venture capital funds as well as other investors, such as investment companies, corporate investors, incubators and angels.  To read more about the record Q3 numbers, click here. OurCrowd in the News       OurCrowd was featured in  industry blog Crowdfund Insider Read it here OurCrowd's portfolio company BillGuard featured in The Next Web Read it here     OurCrowd's portfolio company Bizzabo featured in CNBC Read it here OurCrowd's portfolio company Viewbix featured in AllVoices Read it here         OurCrowd's portfolio company ReWalk featured in Forbes Read it here OurCrowd's portfolio company Freightos featured in Dow Jones Read it here       OurCrowd Events New York, NY Join OurCrowd & ASUH for  "Venture Philanthropy – How the Startup Nation is Changing the Game of Giving" November 5th, 2014 For more information Please click here Washington D.C. OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved is featured speaker at the 3-day long Israeli-American National Conference November 7th-9th, 2014 For more information Please click here Washington D.C. OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved is featured speaker at the Jewish Federation North America General Assembly November 9th-11th, 2014 For more information Please click here   Technology Corner Teams of Israeli teens participated in Microsoft’s Innovate for Good contest Microsoft Israel’s recent Innovate for Good (i4G) competition drew dozens of 15- to 20-year-olds from across the country, each hoping to gain attention for a social application his or her team developed on the Windows 8 mobile platform with help from Microsoft mentors at the company’s Ra’anana site. The 15 best ideas were chosen by Microsoft and its partner in the project, Appleseeds Academy, an organization dedicated to using high-tech to help disadvantaged youth and adults. To read more about the competition, click here.  If you’re an accredited investor and interested in investing in some of Israel’s most exciting startups, please register at OurCrowd. Trending Israeli Entrepreneurs Benny Landa named Israeli entrepreneur of the year Benny Landa, founder of Indigo, acquired by HP in 2002, was named Israeli entrepreneur of the year at the Journey conference, sponsored by Globes and Ernst & Young. Landa revolutionized the printing industry in 1993 by launching the world's first digital color printer, winning him the title of the 'father of digital printing'. Landa is currently focusing on investment in promising Israeli technologies and educational philanthropy enabling disadvantaged youth to gain a higher education. To read more, click here.  Israeli designer wins international award for stunning 3D printed fashion Noa Raviv, a recent graduate of Israel's leading fashion school Shenkar, is ruling the runway with her collection entitled 'Hard Copy', a unique vision of futuristic fashion based on the dimensions of virtual space. In collaboration with Stratasys, Raviv manipulated digital images with 3D printing software in a number of her pieces. For these creations, Raviv was chosen as the “Best Fashion Designer of the Year” at the international 3D Printshow event held in Paris. To read more, click here. Israeli entrepreneurs come to Philadelphia hoping to establish local ties Eleven Israeli startup companies traveled to Philadelphia this past week, with the hopes of establishing a local presence. Philadelphia's Mayor Michael Nutter explained in a past trade mission to Israel how Philadelphia makes for a perfect gateway for Israeli companies interested in getting U.S. exposure, thanks to its abundance of higher education and healthcare institutions, growing startup scene and quality of life. To read more about the trip, click here. OurCrowd's News Nuggets Infrastructure automation company, QualiSystems, raises $8M (Globes) Israel’s Matomy buys mobile ad platform MobFox for $17.6M (TechCrunch) IT incident management platform, BigPanda, raises $7M (GigaOM) Bitcoin manufacturing firm, Spondoolies-Tech, raised $5M (CoinDesk) Diabetes diagnosis company, CNoga Medical, raises $12.5M (NoCamels) OurCrowd   28 Derech Hebron    Jerusalem,  Israel       You received this email because you are subscribed to OurCrowd Education from OurCrowd. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive.  Unsubscribe from all future emails  Powered by HubSpot |
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