OurCrowd: Platform Profile
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Overview
OurCrowd is a global private-market investment platform focused on accredited investors.
Current opportunities span more than early-stage startup equity.
The platform can include:
- individual startup investments;
- venture funds;
- venture debt;
- private equity;
- other private-market alternatives.
For many investors, the core experience is Startup Select — choosing individual company opportunities.
The newer Portfolio Select structure provides a pre-funded account designed to make repeated allocations easier and lower the per-company allocation size.
May fit better for
- accredited investors seeking global startup exposure;
- investors seeking Israeli and international private companies;
- investors who want individual startup selection;
- investors who also want venture funds or other private alternatives;
- investors with enough capital to diversify across multiple private deals;
- users willing to accept multi-year illiquidity.
May fit less well for
- non-accredited investors;
- investors seeking $100 crowdfunding minimums;
- users requiring daily liquidity;
- investors who want one universal fee schedule;
- investors unable to commit at least five-figure amounts;
- users who assume "crowd" means Regulation Crowdfunding open to everyone.
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Accredited investors only
Current OurCrowd FAQ and onboarding materials require accreditation.
U.S. investors must satisfy applicable accredited-investor criteria and verification procedures.
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Standard startup minimum reference
Current OurCrowd materials continue to use:
- Startup Select minimum: $10,000 per individual company opportunity
Offering-specific terms can differ.
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Portfolio Select
Current Portfolio Select:
- Portfolio Select:
- Opening minimum: $50,000
- Per company allocation starting: $5,000
- Fund investment minimum: fund-specific
The account is pre-funded.
That can reduce administrative friction for repeated investments.
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Portfolio Select does not guarantee every allocation
Current page states that Portfolio Select can provide preferential allocation in oversubscribed opportunities.
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Portfolio Select cash earns no interest
Current page:
- Portfolio Select unallocated cash:
- Escrow: Yes
- Interest: 0%
This creates opportunity cost while capital waits to be deployed.
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Portfolio Select cancellation
Current FAQ states:
- Unallocated balance refund target: within 21 business days of cancellation request
This applies to unallocated balance.
It does not create redemption rights for private investments already made.
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Fees are deal-specific
OurCrowd maintains a current fees page and states Portfolio Select uses the same fee structure/deal economics as individual investments.
The current supplied package does not establish one reliable universal management-fee/carry pair across all current offerings.
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Fee documents matter
OurCrowd can use different legal vehicles and managers across:
- single-company deals;
- funds;
- private equity;
- venture debt;
- other alternatives.
The specific offering documents control:
- management fee;
- carried interest;
- expenses;
- distributions;
- term;
- transfer restrictions.
A useful review should show the structure rather than fabricate one headline percentage.
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Funds
Current OurCrowd platform includes venture funds.
Typical fund minimums can be materially higher than the $10,000 individual startup reference.
Portfolio Select states fund allocations still require the applicable fund minimum.
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Geographic scope
OurCrowd is a global platform.
The company is strongly associated with Israel but invests across multiple markets.
Investor eligibility also depends on:
- residency;
- securities law;
- sanctions/restrictions;
- offering terms.
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Foreign-currency conversion
OurCrowd provides an optional foreign-currency conversion route through Airwallex in supported currencies/countries.
Current FAQ:
- Airwallex FX service: Yes
- OurCrowd FX fee: 0.6% of commitment amount
- USD wire alternative: Yes
The supported currency list can change.
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FX fee example
A supported local-currency funding transaction for a $20,000 commitment:
$20,000 × 0.6% = $120
current OurCrowd fee reference for the optional conversion service.
An investor can also have bank-side or transfer costs depending on funding method.
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Private-company structure
Investors commonly participate through OurCrowd-managed investment vehicles rather than appearing directly on a startup's cap table.
That can affect:
- voting;
- information rights;
- distribution timing;
- tax documents;
- transfer approval.
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Liquidity
Current investments are private.
Portfolio-company outcomes can include:
- failure;
- financing;
- acquisition;
- IPO;
- secondary sale.
There may be no liquidity event for years.
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Valuation
Private-company valuations can be based on:
- financing rounds;
- third-party transactions;
- manager estimates;
- other valuation methods.
They are not continuously discovered on a public exchange.
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Portfolio Select diversification
Reducing an individual-company allocation to $5,000 can make diversification easier.
It does not make private startup exposure low risk.
For example, a $50,000 Portfolio Select account allocated equally across ten $5,000 startups can reduce single-company concentration compared with putting all $50,000 in one startup.
It still carries broad venture-market and illiquidity risk.
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Protection
OurCrowd private investments are not bank deposits.
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Platform entity
Current OurCrowd program terms identify:
- Platform entity: OurCrowd Management Limited
Different investment vehicles can use different legal entities.
Assessment
OurCrowd occupies a different part of the private-market spectrum from low-minimum Reg CF crowdfunding.
It is an accredited-investor platform where the ordinary individual-startup reference is around $10,000.
Portfolio Select lowers the per-company allocation reference to $5,000 but requires $50,000 of prefunding.
That structure can make diversification easier while introducing the opportunity cost of non-interest-bearing escrow.
The fee discussion should remain deal-specific.
Current offering documents, not an old generic platform percentage, control the economics of each OurCrowd investment.
Eligibility and access
| Summary | Accredited or otherwise locally qualified investors, subject to the investor's country of residence and applicable law. U.S. opportunities are offered to verified accredited investors. |
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| Verification process | For U.S. investors, OurCrowd can verify accreditation through income or net-worth documentation, qualifying professional-license evidence, or a third-party accreditation letter from an eligible professional. Current OurCrowd guidance states a third-party letter must be dated within the prior three months. KYC checks are also required. |
| Product specific eligibility | Certain OurCrowd opportunities are restricted to Qualified Purchasers, but Qualified-Purchaser status is not required for most OurCrowd investments. Higher qualification is therefore offering-specific. |
Costs and minimums
| Other fees | Vehicle-specific. OurCrowd investments can charge management fees, carried interest and other fund/SPV expenses under the applicable documents. Do not revive an old universal '2% management fee plus 20% carry' statement as current platform-wide pricing. |
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| Platform fee | No universal platform membership fee is documented for joining OurCrowd. Investment economics are vehicle-specific and should be read from the applicable startup/SPV, fund or portfolio documents. |
Account types
| Ira availability | Supported for eligible investments through self-directed IRA custody arrangements documented by OurCrowd. Custodian availability and the investment workflow should be confirmed for the specific opportunity at the time of investment. |
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Offering structure and liquidity
| Structure | Accredited-investor private-markets platform using deal-specific and OurCrowd-managed investment vehicles for startup equity, venture funds, venture debt, private equity and other alternatives. Investors commonly own an interest in the applicable vehicle rather than appearing directly on a startup's cap table. |
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| Asset class | Venture capital and private-company exposure through individual startup investments, venture/private-market funds and diversified portfolio structures. |
| Capital calls | Product-specific. OurCrowd fund investments can include unfunded commitments and future capital calls; the investor glossary explicitly tracks pending capital calls. Individual startup/SPV investments and pre-funded Portfolio Reserve structures use different funding mechanics. |
| Investment model | Both direct selection and pooled structures. Startup Select lets investors choose individual startups; funds are managed by their respective managers; Portfolio Reserve is pre-funded but preserves investor discretion to adjust or opt out of individual allocations. |
| Current availability | Open — OurCrowd currently provides accredited investors access to funding startups and funds, with individual opportunities opening, filling and closing on their own schedules. |
Regulation and investor protection
| Overview | OurCrowd provides global private-market investment access and states that it is not a broker, dealer or underwriter of securities. U.S. private offerings are structured under the applicable offering documents, including Regulation D / Rule 506(c) structures requiring accredited-investor verification; investors generally invest through SPV, fund or GP vehicles rather than buying exchange-traded shares. |
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Sources
- ourcrowd.com
- ourcrowd.com — Faq
- ourcrowd.com — Portfolio select
- ourcrowd.com — Fees
- ourcrowd.com — All
- knowledge.ourcrowd.com — The abcs of accreditation
- ourcrowd.com — Refer a friend terms
- ourcrowd.com — Ourcrowd press media
- OurCrowd — Risk Factors
- OurCrowd — Investor Glossary
- OurCrowd — FAQ
- OurCrowd — Accredited Investor Verification
- OurCrowd — Ways to Build a Portfolio
- OurCrowd — Self-Directed IRA