Portfolio Leadership
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OurCrowd First is OurCrowd’s early-stage seed fund, based in Israel, with a global reach. A strong leadership of entrepreneur-investors vets, invests in, and mentors new, young or emerging companies with disruptive potential. Providing OurCrowd’s investor community with a risk-balanced approach to seed-stage investment, OurCrowd First allows investors to build a highly diversified portfolio with as little as $50k. As an OurCrowd initiative, OurCrowd First has access to broader dealflow; thousands of companies are vetted every year by OurCrowd’s experienced Investment Team. With this access, OurCrowd First expands the opportunity to invest, enabling angel investors to get involved in companies earlier. Portfolio Leadership Eduardo Shoval | OurCrowd First General Partner [email protected] Eduardo Shoval has over 25 years of experience as a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and mentor in high- tech management. Eduardo co-founded seven high-tech companies (Optibase, Vcon, Accord, Lasercomm, Big Band, Sirica, Accels) with five successful exits, four of them with valuations in excess of $400 million and total revenues of billions of dollars. Eduardo has a proven track record steering companies through the challenging stages of rapid growth. Yori Nelken | OurCrowd First General Partner [email protected] Yori Nelken is a serial entrepreneur and investor bringing to OurCrowd First over 18 years of leadership experience driving startup companies from concept to success. With his deep experience in the trenches, building businesses including Banter, TimeBridge, and Local Sciences from the ground up and through their exits, Yori has emerged as a highly sought-after CEO coach, mentor, advisor and angel 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 www.ourcrowd.com). OurCrowd urges potential investors to consult with licensed legal professionals and investment advisors for any legal, tax, insurance, or investment advice. www.ourcrowd.com JERUSALEM | TEL AVIV | NEW YORK | SAN DIEGO | TORONTO | SYDNEY OurCrowd is a leading global equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors to invest in Israeli and global companies. Managed by a team of well-known professionals and led by serial entrepreneur Jon Medved, OurCrowd vets and selects opportunities, invests its own capital and brings these startups to its accredited membership. OurCrowd investors must meet stringent accreditation criteria and invest a minimum of $10,000 per deal of their choice. OurCrowd provides post-investment support to its portfolio companies, assigning industry experts as mentors and taking board seats. OurCrowd has raised over $120 million in equity crowdfunding for its 68 portfolio companies including Borro, BillGuard, Consumer Physics (SCiO), BioCatch, Abe’s Market and ReWalk (NASDAQ: RWLK), OurCrowd’s first portfolio company to complete a successful IPO. For more information, visit www.ourcrowd.com From the Press: “The most successful “Jonathan Medved CEO of “An Israeli company disruptor so far, in terms Israeli tech giant OurCrowd one trying to change the way of actual funds raised, is of the leading Israeli-American startups are funded” OurCrowd” high tech venture capitalists” “The 5 most Important “The hottest equity “The most interesting new companies you crowdfunding operation investment of the week need to know” in the world” goes to OurCrowd” “Crowdfunding for “Medved’s latest mission is to “Chips away at venture real investors” blow up the exclusivity around capital’s ivory tower” tech fundraising” “OurCrowd is a bit “OurCrowd has so far “Israel’s OurCrowd forges of a monster since logged an impressive its own path in equity launching in 2013” dealmaking pace” crowdfunding” “OurCrowd has quickly “If you want to look to the become a major force future in crowd financing, you in equity crowdfunding” might want to look to Israel”.