Hindsight : our crowd

Wednesday, June 03, 2015

OURCROWD EVENT AT 1871

In two years, OurCrowd has grown to become one of the world's largest equity crowdfunding platforms, with over $120M invested in 70 companies and an investor community of over 8,000 accredited investors.

As a member of the OurCrowd community, we are pleased to extend to you an exclusive invitation to join one of OurCrowd's Mentors, Yori Nelken, and get a sneak peak at OurCrowd's specialized seed stage fund, "OurCrowd First." These early stage startups will be screened, selected, and mentored by a dedicated OurCrowd First investment team.

This event will host members, founders, and CEOs from the OurCrowd portfolio and community.

Friday, June 5, 2015

8:30am - 10:00am

222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Fl 12

Suite 1212

Chicago, IL 60654

Light kosher breakfast will be served

Speaker:

Yori Nelken, Entrepreneur, has over 18 years of leadership experience, bringing startup companies from concept to success. With his many years spent in the trenches working to build businesses from the ground up (Banter, TimeBridge, Local Sciences), Yori emerged as a widely sought after CEO coach, mentor and advisor. He is currently supporting Appforma, GBooking, Knack.it, Vacagent and two other super secret cool projects. Yori has had the privilege to work with many wonderful people and amazing startup companies throughout his career, both in California and Israel. Because of his infectious positivity, creativity and sense of humor - but grounded in experience - Yori is in a unique position to help CEOs in both good and challenging times.

We look forward to seeing you there. Please contact Allison Spielman, allison@ourcrowd.com, with any questions.

Best,

The OurCrowd Team

This event is limited to accredited investors only. If you would like to invite colleagues, they must visit the OurCrowd website and, if they meet the criteria, click Join to register as an accredited investor.

Nothing contained in and accompanying this communication shall be construed as an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation to purchase any security by OurCrowd, its portfolio companies or any third party. Information regarding OurCrowd’s limited partnerships and/or portfolio companies and the investment opportunities on OurCrowd’s website is intended and available for accredited investors only (criteria at our website). OurCrowd urges potential investors to consult with licensed legal professionals and investment advisors for any legal, tax, insurance, or investment advice.

Sunday, November 23, 2014

The 4 Myths Of Equity Crowdfunding (And Why They’re Wrong)

This Week In Crowdfunding: The 4 Myths Of Equity Crowdfunding (And Why They’re Wrong)

Posted By OurCrowd
Tagged With Angel Investing, Crowdfunding, Investing In Startups, Podcast, Successful Entrepreneurs

This Week in Crowdfunding is a newly launched podcast series hosted by OurCrowd's Zack Miller and David Stark, where they cover the best in Crowdfunding with a frank — and educational — discussion about the issues surrounding Crowdfunding. Every week, they interview successful entrepreneurs, deconstruct campaigns, and hear from the smartest people around on this transformative, massive financing trend.

Sign up to listen to the podcast on iTunes * Sticher * SoundCloud!

LISTEN HERE: http://blog.ourcrowd.com/index.php/2014/11/23/this-week-in-crowdfunding-the-4-myths-of-equity-crowdfunding-and-why-theyre-wrong/

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Equity crowdfunding is probably the newest form of crowdfunding, Kickstarter and Indiegogo’s little brother. But the momentum is there — OurCrowd estimated that upwards of $700M would be invested via equity crowdfunding during 2014.

While thousands of investors have taken to equity crowdfunding platforms, there is a lot of runway for new investors to embrace crowd investing. In this week’s episode of TWiC, hosts Zack Miller and David Stark explore (and bust) 4 myths of equity crowdfunding.