Jonathan Medved is the Founder and CEO of OurCrowd, the leading online global venture investment platform. Named by the Washington Post as “one of Israel’s leading high tech venture capitalists” and by the New York Times among the “top 10 most influential Americans who have impacted Israel,” Medved is a serial entrepreneur and investor, and one of the pioneers of Israel’s venture capital industry. A California native, Medved moved to Israel in his 20s, and successfully built and exited several startups. These include MERET Optical Communications, a fiber optics pioneer sold to Amoco; multilingual leader Accent Software (Nasdaq: ACNTF); and mobile video platform Vringo (NYSE:VRNG). Medved is a regular television guest on CNN, BBC, CNBC, Bloomberg TV and SkyNews, and is frequently quoted in major business publications. Start-up Nation, the best-selling book on Israel’s hightech economy, describes Medved as “one of Israel’s legendary business ambassadors.” Founded in 2013, OurCrowd is the leading online global venture investment platform with 215,000 accredited members, $1.9 billion in funding commitments, 347 portfolio companies, 39 venture funds, and 59 exits. Major exits at OurCrowd include: BeyondMeat (Nasdaq: BYND), Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), Arbe Robotics (Nasdaq:ARBE), Jump (sold to Uber), Wave (sold to H&R Block), Kenna (sold to Cisco), RePlay (sold to Intel), Argus (sold to Continental), Magisto (sold to Vimeo) and CyberX (sold to Microsoft). PitchBook has rated OurCrowd as “Israel’s most active venture investor” every year since 2013.
