Wed.Jun 24, 2020

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What Comes Next? OurCrowd Team Shares Top 10 Pandemic Tech Trends

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For the past number of months, our global community has been focused on combating COVID-19. During this time of uncertainty, entrepreneurs have adapted to pandemic-focused innovation. To highlight the incredible efforts of those working to help society acclimate to our new environment and improve the current state of the pandemic, OurCrowd hosted its Pandemic Innovation Conference on June 22nd.

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Foundations: A Growing Source of Entrepreneurship Funding

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Dozens of private foundations are allocating dollars to programs and entrepreneur support organizations. Are you creating relationships with them?

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[Zoomcar in CNBC] Startup Street: Car rental, subscription company Zoomcar expects 4-5x spike in demand in next few months

OurCrowd

Founded in 2013, car rental and subscription company Zoomcar is expecting a 4-5x spike in demand in the coming months. The company which has raised $130 million in investments from the likes of Mahindra, Sequoia Capital and Sony Innovation Fund is looking to increase its fleet from 10,000 to 1 lakh cars in the next 18-24 months. CNBC-TV18’s Parikshit Luthra caught up with the company’s co-founder and CEO Greg Moran to discuss about demand for car rentals and subscriptions amidst COVID-19.

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Syndicated rounds: When you can’t find a Series A lead

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Series As usually require a founder to secure a single large investor: a lead. This is because the Series A is usually a company’s first priced round, which is when crucial terms around governance and control (like board composition) are decided. Having a lead makes it easier to agree on terms: you negotiate 1:1 with the lead and everyone else follows.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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[Portfolio companies in CTech] These startups will make your air travel healthier and safer

OurCrowd

CTech spoke with Yakir Machluf, Director of Business Development, Mobility Lead at OurCrowd – an Israeli Venture Capital fund. He talked us through some of the most innovative ways that startups have pivoted their product to assist in the battle against Covid-19. Here are 11 that he thinks could transform the way we travel once borders open up again.

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[Portfolio Companies in Aish] Israel’s COVID-19 Innovation

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Israel is the land of miracles and is also known as the ‘start-up nation’. Even during this most difficult time of COVID-19, there are countless Israeli innovations, with more being announced on a daily basis. Read more here. The post [Portfolio Companies in Aish] Israel’s COVID-19 Innovation appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[OurCrowd in Jerusalem Post] Dave Carroll debuted his coronavirus-reflective song

OurCrowd

Canadian singer-songwriter Dave Carroll debuted his coronavirus-reflective song‘When the World Stops Ending’ at this week’s OurCrowd online innovation conference. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in Jerusalem Post] Dave Carroll debuted his coronavirus-reflective song appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[Sixgill in AIThority] Sixgill Marries Complete ML Operations To IoT, Camera Data And Device Management, For Easy Edge AI Solutions Deployments In Sense 3.0

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Sixgill, LLC, a leader in the Internet of Everything (IoE) data automation and authenticity products, announced the launch of Sense 3.0 to solve the increasing challenges faced by developers and enterprises trying to quickly create, train, deploy, and manage multiple Machine Learning (ML) projects leveraging camera and IoT data streams in edge, cloud, data center and hybrid deployments.