OurCrowd collaborates with Reliance Private Client

OurCrowd, a global leader in equity crowdfunding has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Reliance Private Client (part of Reliance Capital), one of India’s leading wealth management companies.

This agreement allows Indian investors to access overseas venture capital funds on the OurCrowd Platform. Based in Israel, OurCrowd is one of the world’s largest equity crowdfunding platforms and one of the leading investors in the increasingly dynamic Israeli startup arena.

Under the terms of the collaboration, Reliance Private Client will offer to its accredited clientele OurCrowd’s unique startup investment products and fund offerings. Indian investors will have the opportunity to invest via the platform in OurCrowd’s broad range of offerings, including funds such as OurCrowd Qure: Israel’s First Digital Health Fund and the OC50 Portfolio Index fund.

"Historically, the greatest challenge for global investors has been access to high quality global alternate asset class investment opportunities, especially into early and growth stage companies based out of mature startup ecosystems such as Israel and Silicon Valley,” said OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved.

"OurCrowd's strategic growth plans in Asia have been further reinforced with this valuable collaboration with Reliance Private Client in India that will also provide greater impetus to the growing economic opportunities between Israel and India and help nurture fruitful interactions between the two startup ecosystems,” says Elias Ghosalkar, Director of Corporate Development, OurCrowd.

Commenting on the impact of the alliance, Amrita Farmahan Country Business Head, Reliance Private Client said, “We are excited to bring to our clients this unique opportunity to access high quality and curated portfolios of deep technology enabled startups via OurCrowd’s disruptive private equity platform. In addition to providing viable investment opportunities in these important alternate assets, we will connect the Indian investors to the global startup ecosystem via OurCrowd.”