We are excited the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development is joining the United Jewish Federation of Utah and Carman Lehnhof Israelsen LLP to participate in the exclusive investor dinner “Bringing Global Start-Ups and Capital to Utah”.
Join us for an informative dinner to learn how crowdfunding is changing the relationship between investors and entrepreneurs, how Israel the Start-up Nation, is a catalyst for this trend, and how Utah can participate and benefit.
The online "crowd" is driving a social revolution in the finance and investing world. Equity crowdfunding is bringing capital to entrepreneurs efficiently and opening global start-up investment opportunities for individuals who were previously shut out of this alternative asset class and high returns. This new approach broadens wealth creation to a global scale and endeavors to improve the likelihood of success for startups that raise funds through "the crowd.” OurCrowd, based in Israel, the “Start-up Nation”, is leading this effort and coming to Utah to seek start-up investment opportunities and to strengthen the economic bridge between Israel and Utah.
RSVPs are required. Dinner is for accredited investors only. To accredit on our site, click HERE.
About Audrey Jacobs and OurCrowd
Audrey Jacobs is the U.S. based Vice President of OurCrowd, the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors to invest in Israeli and global companies. Managed by a team of well-known investment professionals and led by serial entrepreneur Jon Medved, Israel-based 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 $100+ million in equity crowdfunding for its 61 portfolio companies in every sector of technology which include leading companies, such as: Borro, BillGuard, Consumer Physics (SCiO), BioCatch, Abe’s Market and ReWalk, OurCrowd’s first portfolio company to complete a successful IPO on the NASDAQ. Visit us online at: www.ourcrowd.com.
About Dr. Richard Swart
Dr. Richard Swart is a PhD in Information Systems, an international award-winning academic and a recognized thought leader in the crowdfunding industry. Richard is a founding member of the Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA), the Crowdfunding Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CIFRA), and an early leader in the field. Richard co-organized the first major national conference on crowdfunding and coordinated several educational events on the JOBS Act throughout the United States. As Director of Research and Analysis for Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA) Richard works closely with the University of California, Berkeley in the Innovation
in Entrepreneurial and Social Finance Program which is dedicated to academic research on crowdfunding. Richard is currently collaborating on a research project for the World Bank’s InfoDev group exploring crowdfunding and funding models for innovative technology.
