Israel: Intesa Sanpaolo signs MoU with Jerusalem-based OurCrowd

Rome - The innovation center of Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Israel-based equity crowdfunding OurCrowd, the companies announced.
    The partnership is intended to facilitate corporate investments in OurCrowd's portfolio companies and create connections between those companies and Italian corporations who may be interested in becoming clients, OurCrowd director of communications Leah Stern told 'Calcalist'. The group will also assist OurCrowd in the search for promising Italian startups and technologies that can be added to the firm's portfolio, she added. The partnership will focus on the areas of automotive technology, fashion-related technology, foodtech and manufacturing.