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Newsletter: Securing water against cyberattack

OurCrowd

This $5M Series A-1 round is being led by Israeli VC firm HIVE 2040 at a pre-money valuation of $11M. recalls Gil Meron when he told friends he was moving to New Zealand to head Sprout , OurCrowd’s agritech incubator created in partnership with Finistere, Fonterra and the New Zealand government. Learn More. It’s just sheep and cows!”

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Newsletter: Medical selfies are the next big thing + Back on the road in Dubai

OurCrowd

in seed funding led by OurCrowd’s Labs/02 incubator, TechCrunch reports. The startup, part of OurCrowd’s Fresh Start FoodTech Incubator , is accelerating the growth of meat and muscle cells, helping companies in the cultured meat industry increase production. Top Tech News. Star athletes share win as Slinger buys Playsight for $82M.

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How to get superior returns in VC

David Teten VC

Incubating companies. They offer “Community as a Service,” by tapping the community (which is scalable), not just their own staff to support their companies. An extreme example of portfolio acceleration is the approach of Y Combinator and the other accelerators. – Portfolio company diversity.

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