6 IoT Trends to Watch in 2019
Previously the domain of fairytales and fantasies, the magic of the Internet of Things (IoT) lies in its unprecedented ability to bring the internet and its intelligence to the devices we use every...
View ArticleMobility Miracles
“Still today I have no idea how I lost control. The car turned over three times. I got out of the car fully conscious, telling everyone I feel great, but I just can’t feel my legs.” For centuries,...
View ArticleCan Startups Fix Broken Accounts?
Below is an excerpt from OurCrowd’s Q1 Innovation Insider, which you can download here. Life without banking and credit cards in 2019 can feel like a real stretch of the imagination, but for many...
View ArticleIsrael’s Flower Power: Startup Nation is leading the Cannabis Tech Revolution
As the rest of the world catches on to the positive impact of medical marijuana, Israel is ready to hit ‘go’ on CannabisTech – and impact lives around the world. Israel recently joined the ranks of a...
View Article‘This Is Not A Sausage’: Plant-based proteins sizzle with startups like...
Last week, OurCrowd portfolio company Beyond Meat made its Nasdaq debut (BYND). The company is the first venture-backed ‘meat alternative’ startup to go public. If you haven’t already been, it’s time...
View ArticleHoning Harvest: With CropX, this farmer can water crops with precision
The hardest thing was to see what the results were two days after you watered, to see if you were leaching things down or if you were actually applying enough. Born and raised in Colorado, Kendall Nye...
View ArticleNew Tech Tackles Old Age
The aging population of the world is larger than ever before and growing. Yet, the ailments of old age may become a thing of the past due to the rise in groundbreaking technology. Alleviating...
View ArticleIn the News: Big news from 3 brilliant startups
Congrats to Hailo on the launch of Hailo-8, their deep learning processor for edge devices. MultiVu raised a $7M seed round for its next-gen 3D sensor, led by OurCrowd, Cardumen Capital and Hong...
View Article5 Trends in AI Making an Impact
From drones delivering medication to rural clinics to smart sensors helping farmers save water, here are the ways artificial intelligence is effecting positive change in the world Throughout time,...
View ArticleIn the News: NSLComm launches its first satellite 🚀, @doctor.mike, & more
Congrats! Israeli nano-satellite startup & OurCrowd portfolio company NSLComm successfully launched its NSLSat-1 satellite (via the Soyuz rocket) into space this past Friday. (TechCrunch) Speaking...
View ArticleDoing well by doing good: Impact investing & the OurCrowd Impact Fund
The heart of social entrepreneurship is developing ideas that can solve problems and turn a profit. The global impact ecosystem is starting to take shape. Investments can be powerful. When successful,...
View ArticleKnight Riders
Ten years ago, cars with built-in Bluetooth, GPS, and parking sensors were the domain of luxury vehicles. Now, even the most affordable economy level car has these features. The next 10 years in...
View ArticleHow to Navigate Israel’s Evolving Tech World
Israel is home to more than 6,500 innovative tech companies and startups, dozens of public and private innovation players, and over 530 multinational corporations (MNCs) from 35 countries. The...
View ArticleCatching a Second Wind
Every year, more brick-and-mortar stores close their doors for the final time. Malls and department stores, once a mainstay of American suburbia, are struggling in the age of online shopping. Even...
View ArticleQuantum Leap
Blockchain, 3D printing, big data, internet of things, artificial intelligence. A decade ago these were nascent technologies known only to hardcore geeks. Fast forward 10 years and they affect the...
View ArticleYour body, disrupted
In April, scientists at Tel Aviv University “printed” the world’s first 3D vascularized heart using a patient’s own cells and biological material. This is just the tip of the medical iceberg. We expect...
View ArticleTurning the Table
From wildfires in Australia to flooding in the American Midwest, the effects of climate change around the world cannot be ignored. Natural disasters are nothing new, but they are being intensified by...
View ArticleDownload ‘Dawn of A New World’: How Pandemic-Related Innovation Will Change...
The latest issue of OurCrowd’s Innovation Insider discusses the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on technology, medicine, and entrepreneurship. In this publication we theorize that these recent...
View ArticleThe Future Came Early
Traditionally, corporations that invest in innovation during a crisis outperform peers by up to 30% during recovery, a recent McKinsey report reveals. Ironically, the same report also reveals that...
View ArticleMeet your healthcare providers post Covid-19: Greater agility, better...
When the coronavirus surfaced in China in December 2019, it set off a domino effect worldwide – with the number of active cases snowballing rapidly. By February 2020, the daily increase in people...
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