Tag Archives: ourcrowd

SoftBank Invests in OurCrowd

Posted on October 31, 2021 by GilPress

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 will invest $25 million in OurCrowd, a global venture investing platform serving both institutions and individual accredited investors. Read more

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Top Tech Trends from OurCrowd

Posted on July 14, 2021 by GilPress

Top technologies and startups to watch in 2021 and into 2022. Read more

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Startups Continue to Hire During the Pandemic

Posted on February 26, 2021 by GilPress

Jerusalem-based venture investing platform OurCrowd released the first installment of the quarterly OurCrowd Jobs Index showing that the number of open positions listed by OurCrowd’s portfolio companies rose from 350 in June 2020 to 912 in December 2020. The startups surveyed by … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Tech Trends and Startups

Posted on June 24, 2020 by GilPress

At the OurCrowd Pandemic Innovation Conference on June 22, 2020, Stav Erez and Dr. Jonathan Wiesen presented the top 10 tech trends emerging from the current global pandemic Read more here

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Best of 2019: The Global Restructuring of Startup Funding

Posted on January 12, 2020 by GilPress

[April 15, 2019] The venture capital industry is under attack. Prominent VC firm Andreessen Horowitz is “blowing up the venture capital model,” transforming itself into a “financial adviser” so it can beat “antiquated rules about what is and isn’t a … Continue reading →

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How Ordinary Investors Invest in Startups

Posted on November 5, 2019 by GilPress

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton is not happy with the limited access retail investors have to private companies. “If the growth opportunities have shifted… into our private markets and ordinary investors don’t have access to them, that’s … Continue reading →

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Find the Next Beyond Meat Among Israel-based Foodtech Startups

Posted on July 30, 2019 by GilPress

You will find more infographics at Statista Shares of Beyond Meat have soared over 800% since its IPO on May 2, leaving far behind other well-known “unicorns” that went public this year such as Uber and Spotify. Its main U.S. competitor, Impossible … Continue reading →

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Top 10 #Fintech companies in 2015

Posted on December 15, 2015 by GilPress

#01 ZhongAn  tailored insurance Shanghai, China #02 Oscar health insurance New York, US #03 Wealthfront automated investment service  Palo Alto, US #04 Qufenqi  installment payment solutions  Beijing, China #05 Funding Circle   Small Business loans  London, UK #06 Kreditech   Digital Banking  Hamburg, Germany #07 … Continue reading →

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