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OurCrowd runs an online platform that lets accredited investors put money into startups and venture funds.
OurCrowd is an online investing platform that lets people with money — mostly accredited investors and institutions — put it into young private companies and venture funds. Instead of writing big checks and sitting back, investors browse deals on the site, read the pitch, and commit whatever amount they're comfortable with, often as little as a few thousand dollars. The startups get funded, and the investors get a small slice of a company that might one day be worth a lot more.
The way it makes money is fairly simple. When a startup raises money through OurCrowd, the company typically pays the platform a fee for arranging the round, and OurCrowd often takes a slice of the upside too — a share of the profits if the investment pays off. Investors generally don't pay the main fee; the companies raising money do. That's the pitch: founders get access to a crowd of backers and a smoother fundraising process, and investors get deal flow they'd otherwise never see. The real value OurCrowd adds is vetting. Anyone can theoretically wire money to a startup, but picking winners is hard, and most startups fail. OurCrowd's team screens deals, does the legal and financial legwork, and bundles investors together so a small backer can join a round alongside bigger players. It has built a global network of venture partners and has backed hundreds of companies over the years, which gives it a reputation and a funnel of deals that a lone investor can't replicate.
The honest downside is that this is a risky, illiquid business for everyone involved. Startup bets can go to zero, money gets locked up for years, and returns are uncertain. OurCrowd also lives in a crowded field of online venture platforms and faces the same wobble as the startup market itself — when funding dries up, deals slow down. Still, for accredited investors who want venture exposure without being a full-time VC, it's one of the better-known doors into that world.
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