"How equity crowd-funding is changing the world of innovation finance"
OurCrowd is pleased to invite you to a breakfast meeting hosted by KPMG London on January 23rd. Join us for a fresh perspective on current trends and developments in Israel, the Startup Nation, and updates on OurCrowd's growing portfolio from Denes Ban, OurCrowd Venture Partner as well as Paul Aitken, CEO of Borro, the largest investment round in the history of equity crowdfunding
The event is limited to certified "High Net Worth Individuals under UK law" investors.
About Denes Ban:
Denes is a successful entrepreneur and angel investor and has founded, advised and invested in a number of startups in the past decade, including PocketGuide, winner of Techcrunch Europe and the world’s leading travel guide mobile app. Denes also served as CRO at Futureal, one of the largest Central European real estate investment partnerships and led one of the European consulting units of Exportradet, a leading management consulting firm with clients such as Ericsson, Electrolux and H&M.
About Borro:
Borro is a growing online asset-backed lending platform with over 70% loan origination growth, $20MM in annual revenue in 2014, and an investor roster that includes the same early investors in leading FinTech innovators Lending Club (NYSE:LC), Zopa, Wealthfront and Funding Circle. Borro fills an important void in the online lending market, enabling asset-rich individuals to borrow against personal luxury assets such as jewelry, art, cars, fine wine and other valuables. Borro offers a much needed alternative to financial institutions, providing clients with short term liquidity quickly and without the need to sell any assets. Borro was rated 8th of KPMG's 50 best FinTech Innovators of 2014 and is the largest crowd funded round being raised to date with $5.6M as target.
About OurCrowd:
OurCrowd is the world's leading VC-crowdfunding platform founded by serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist Jon Medved. Based in Israel, OurCrowd enables accredited investors from around the world to access and invest in great startups at great terms. To date, OurCrowd and its members have invested over $90 million in 56 companies. Visit our website to learn more about how you can join us as an investor or entrepreneur. Read our recent press coverage in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Bloomberg Businessweek.
About KPMG LLP:
KPMG in the UK is a leading provider of professional services including audit, tax and advisory. KPMG in the UK has over 10,000 partners and staff working in 22 offices and is part of a strong global network of member firms. The High Growth Technology Group, based in Shoreditch, is a dedicated team of KPMG staff with the sole job of supporting and engaging with early stage and high growth technology companies. Our vision is simple - to turn knowledge into value for the benefit of our clients, people and our capital markets.
