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Catch all the latest #startup #investing news from the OurCrowd platform, featuring Siteaware, CropX , Danielle Brown, HealthyGirl Kitchen, Oshi, Anay Mridul, Hugh Son, BioCatch, Thomas Peacock, IQM Quantum Computers, Travis Humble, Biolojic Design, Ltd., Yanay Ofran, Eko Health, D-ID, Asa Hiken, BlueGreen Water Technologies PLUS: More than 800 #hightech #jobs

Spayce Joins ThetaRay Network! We are thrilled to welcome Payment Spayce, a leader in cross-border payment and financial innovation, to ThetaRay's trusted network! 🌍 With real-time payments, Automated Clearing House (ACH) capabilities and an Open Banking platform, Spayce is reshaping global transactions for businesses in 200+ countries — empowering growth.  By joining forces with ThetaRay and adopting our AI-powered transaction monitoring, Spayce is doubling down on its commitment to innovation and trust — paving the way for instant, seamless, and secure payments worldwide. Let’s celebrate Spayce’s bold leap toward strategic compliance to fuel growth! #GlobalPayments #Fintech #AI #TransactionMonitoring #OpenBanking

Or Alon, a former VP at Silicon Valley Bank in Israel, has been appointed Head of Funds at OurCrowd. Alongside OurCrowd’s extensive direct investments in startups, our investments in funds have become a key strategic component with tremendous growth potential. Or will oversee all $800M in fund assets, with the goal of expanding this to approximately $1B by the end of 2025. Or joined OurCrowd in 2021, initially serving as VP responsible for venture lending and later overseeing alternative investments. https://lnkd.in/dibEAsGG

We are excited to announce that our quantum cloud service, IQM Resonance, will be available to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the largest U.S. Department of Energy science and energy laboratory. Through ORNL’s Quantum Computing User Program, over 400 end-users, such as academic institutions, researchers, scientists, and developers, will access IQM Crystal and Star quantum processing unit to explore computational research applications. “Our Quantum Computing User Program is dedicated to exploring new frontiers of quantum research,” said Travis Humble, Director of the Quantum Science Center at ORNL. “By granting researchers access to leading-edge technology, we're enabling them to pioneer new approaches to tackling complex scientific questions." Read more in the press release (link in the comments). #IQM #QuantumComputing #Research #USA #Worldwide Jan Goetz Juha Vartiainen Juha Hassel Max Haeberlein Sylwia Barthel de Weydenthal (she/her) Mikko Välimäki Hermanni Heimonen John Bernart Robert B. Coenen PhD Andreas Theer Blair Robertson Inés De Vega Janne Kuisma

"Our team attacked the shortcomings in AI Inference systemically and holistically, by determining pain points, architecture gaps, and AI workload projections over years — to deliver the first purpose-built, silicon-to-software, CPU-free AI inference architecture," says Moshe Tanach, CEO and Co-founder. "...a win for profit margins, people, and the planet." For the full Q&A, read Unite.AI article below. #SC24 #Open #Agnostic #AnyGPU #UnleashGPUUtilization #AIAcceleratorBooster

🎉 We are honored to announce that the FDA has cleared Eko's Low Ejection Fraction (Low EF) AI. For the first time, U.S. healthcare providers can now detect reduced ejection fraction, a key indicator of heart failure, using an Eko stethoscope during routine physical examinations. 🫀 Developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic, Eko's Low EF AI marks a major milestone in the early detection of cardiovascular diseases. 🎙️ Dr. Paul Friedman, Chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, remarked: "The ability to identify a hidden, potentially life-threatening heart condition using a tool that primary care and subspecialist clinicians are familiar with — the stethoscope — can help us prevent hospitalizations and adverse events. Importantly, since a stethoscope is small and portable, this technology can be used in urban and remote locations and hopefully help address care in underserved areas." 🎙️ Connor Landgraf, co-founder and CEO of Eko Health, highlighted: "The stethoscope, the most recognizable symbol of healthcare, touches the lives of an estimated 1 billion people around the globe every year. With Eko's Low EF AI, we've transformed the icon of medicine into an AI-powered heart failure early detection tool that can help improve access to care for millions of patients at a fraction of the time and cost of echocardiography. It's been a privilege to work alongside Mayo Clinic in this groundbreaking endeavor." 📰 Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/g6wur3Xb #healthcare #digitalhealth #AI #cardiology #health

Big News! We’ve been accepted into the Google Startups for Sustainable Development program! Being part of this impactful program means more than just joining a network; it’s an opportunity to connect with expert advisors, explore funding resources, and leverage advanced technology that will help us scale our impact and drive sustainable innovation forward. With Google Startups’ support, we’re positioned to deepen our mission of developing real-world solutions for harmful algal blooms that make a positive difference for our planet. Stay tuned for more updates on this journey!

Attention Australasia: The CropX Actual ET sensor is coming to a field near you! This new device is the first ever to give you daily, field-specific data on how much water your crops use. By delivering hyper-local evapotranspiration (ETa) data, these sensors empower farmers to irrigate precisely based on crop needs—maximizing yields while conserving water. Now available for field and pivot-mounted setups, all seamlessly integrated into the CropX agronomic farm management platform. Learn More: https://zurl.co/2ihT #PrecisionFarming #SustainableAg #CropX #AgTech #Australia #NewZealand

We’re proud to announce that we’ve joined Johnson & Johnson JLABS @ Washington, D.C.    We believe that our expansion in the United States will enable us to accelerate our ability to develop our pipeline of candidates in immunology and oncology, and to get these programs to patients.   Learn more: https://bit.ly/3OAPsGx   #JLABS #CapitalRegion #Biotechnology

I am extremely proud and excited to announce the launch of BioCatch Trust™ Australia, the world’s first inter-bank, behavior- and device-based, fraud and scams intelligence-sharing network. I believe it will fundamentally change how banks fight fraud and scams together. ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB, Suncorp Bank, and Westpac form the inaugural core of our partners in this network, with more institutions hopefully to follow. Shaq Johnson | ANZ “Scams are a widespread issue and a scourge on our community. At ANZ, and across the banking sector, we must continue to invest in prevention and detection measures to help keep our customers safe from cybercriminals. BioCatch Trust™ is another capability we can adopt to help us in the continued fight against scams and fraud. We’re pleased to be part of the pilot and look forward to seeing how we can leverage the risk indicators and insights this tool offers to complement our existing anti-scam capabilities.” James Roberts | Commonwealth Bank “There’s always more we can do to protect Australians from scammers, and joining BioCatch Trust™ builds on the anti-scam innovations that CBA has already implemented to better protect Australians. BioCatch Trust™ is the first time banks have been able to share information in real time before a payment is made. In a world-first, this will help protect Australians from losing money to scammers. CBA welcomes the continued sharing of anti-scam intelligence – both with other banks and also across broader industry, including social media companies and telcos through the anti-scam intelligence loop.” Chris Sheehan | NAB “Scams are the plague of our times. We must take action to make Australia a tougher place for criminals to be successful. This is a global first and a great example of how Australia is embracing innovation and strategic partnerships to stop criminals in their tracks. We look forward to seeing this technology in action to help us protect customers and detect scams at scale, in real time.” Paul G. | Suncorp Bank “Suncorp Bank is proud to be part of this innovative collaboration, which highlights the investment being made to protect banking customers from scammers. All financial institutions have a critical role to play in the fight against scammers, and the work delivered as part of this project is another important step towards further protection for all Australians.” Benjamin Young | Westpac “Stopping scams is one of our highest priorities, so we’re pleased to add an extra layer of protection for customers. Working closely with other banks and providers in the ecosystem is our best bet for making Australia a harder place for scammers to operate.” #Powerofthenetwork Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/djk-AJCM