Israel's shown it's proficient at starting and building early-stage companies. It hasn't shown it can create larger, lasting multinational firms. But that's changing. With the 2013 Wix.com IPO and Google's acquisition of social driving app, Waze, Israeli entrepreneurs are changing their focus. Israeli professionals are looking beyond quick exits and are investing in building larger companies headquartered in the holy land.

1. T H E S T O R Y O F I S R A E L’ S B O O M I N G E N T R E P R E N E U R I A L
ECOSYSTEM
F R O M S TA R T U P N AT I O N
T O S C A L E U P N AT I O N

2. S TA R T U P S A T T H E H E A R T O F
I S R A E L’ S E C O N O M Y
THE RISE OF
I S R A E L’ S
S TA R T U P
ECONOMY

3. I S R A E L’ S B E C O M E A M A G N E T
F O R I N V E S T M E N T C A P I TA L

4. I S R A E L’ S E C O N O M Y I S R A M P I N G
ISRAEL RAISED $600M IN Q3 — THE
HIGHEST SINCE 2000

5. INVESTMENTS DRIVEN
BY SUCCESS

6. ACCESS TO GLOBAL INVESTORS
I S R A E L’ S P R E S E N C E O N G L O B A L
STOCK EXCHANGES

7. OUTPERFORMING GLOBAL MARKETS
L O C A L S T O C K M A R K E T ( TA S E )
RESILIENT DURING CRISES

8. ISRAELI M&A GROWING
I S R A E L G E T T I N G B E T T E R AT E X I T S

9. W H AT M A K E S I S R A E L
“DIFFERENT”?

10. TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER
• About 150 new
technologies are licensed
from Israeli universities and
R&D labs each year
• Israeli tech transfer
companies generate over
NIS 1B in royalties yearly

11. I S R A E L’ S # 2 I N S TA R T U P
ECOSYSTEM IN THE WORLD

13. I S R A E L’ S G R E A T E S T R E S O U R C E I S I N G E N U I T Y
L A C K O F R E S O U R C E S C R E AT E S
RESOURCEFULNESS

14. “If you’re going to the Middle East to look for oil,
you can skip Israel. If you’re looking for brains, look
no further.”
–WARREN BUFFETT

15. OOP
S…

16. F R O M S TA R T U P N AT I O N
T O S C A L E U P N AT I O N

17. LARGER M&A

18. A S P I R AT I O N S
A R E E V O LV I N G
"I think that we see maturity among
entrepreneurs on the venture capital side
too. The market here has become more
experienced, which brings better results,
and the technology markets are picking
up.
We are now simply seeing companies
that start here have bigger ambitions.”
— RAVI MHATRE,
LIGHTSPEED VENTURES

19. CASE STUDY NO.1: WIX

20. “Maybe it’s time for us to think about ourselves as a country
going from a startup nation to a high-tech nation, where startup
is the first step, but companies are still built in Israel, maintained
in Israel and grow from Israel.”
– W I X ’ S AV I S H A I A B R A H A M I

21. CASE STUDY NO.2:
WAZE

22. ACCORDING TO
A L LT H I N G S D :
• Google acquires Waze for
>$1 billion
• Facebook acquisition talks
with Waze in May 2013
failed in part because of
conflicts over whether or
not the Waze team could
remain in Israel

23. “This trend indicates that the Israeli hi-tech market has now
come of age, and that individual local companies get to
the exit line when they are much more mature.”
-PWC ISRAEL EXITS REPORT
Fewer and bigger deals

24. “Israel needs to keep doing what it does. You are a
nation of entrepreneurs with amazing capabilities
here.”
–WARREN BUFFETT

25. OURCROWD
A B E T T E R W A Y T O I N V E S T I N I S R A E L I S TA R T U P S

26. FUNDING THE NEXT
GEN OF SUCCESSFUL
S TA R T U P S
• Since Feb 2013, invested in
over 30 startups
• OurCrowd and our
community of investors
have invested over $26M
in these firms

27. “Crowdfunding is growing up.”
– V E N T U R E B E AT

28. HOW IT WORKS
• OC’s Diligence —> 100 companies/mo
• OC makes an investment, publishes research materials to
website
• Opens the investment round to OC members
• OC members can ask questions, do own diligence, invest
minimum of $10k/deal
• Post funding, OC shepherds companies through growth
curve

29. O C M O N T H LY D E A L F L O W P R O C E S S
100
INBOUND DEAL FLOW
25
1ST MEETINGS
10
DEEPER RESEARCH
5
DUE DILIGENCE
2-3
INVESTMENTS

30. OC TEAM
JON MEDVED
STEVEN BLUMGART
WashPo: “One of Israel’s top VCs
12 exits > $100M
Co-founder of VRNG
Founder of Israel Seed Partners, $260M
Co-director of Glencore’s aluminium
division
Senior exec, management committee
at Glencore 1998-2013
ELAN ZIVOTOFSKY
ZACK MILLER
15 years experience investing in Israel
Former Head of Technology Banking,
Lehman Brothers Israel
Top ranked Israel equity analyst at
Goldman Sachs
GADI MAZOR
Serial Entrepreneur
Founded 3 wireless companies
Advisory board, Blackberry
Talpiot 8200
Wireless advisor to US Senate
VP BizDev, SeekingAlpha
Leadership positions with Lending
Club, SigFig, Covestor
Author, Tradestream your Way to
Profits: Building a Killer Portfolio in the
Age of Social Media (Wiley, 2010)
ROBBIE CITRON, CFO
25 years experience
Partner, CFO of Jerusalem Global
Ventures
Financial Controller, Hanson PLC’s
Israel branch

31. EMPOWERING GLOBAL
INVESTORS WITH ACCESS
T O I S R A E L I S TA R T U P S
• Investors from 19 countries
• Global regulatory
compliance

32. NOT CROWDFUNDING, CROWDBUILDING
MENTORING PROGRAM

33. QUESTIONS?
• Check out www.ourcrowd.com
• Contact Jeremy Pressman (jeremy@ourcrowd.com) or
Zack Miller (zack@ourcrowd.com)