OurCrowd will source investments for the energy company in areas such as big data, connected technology and blockchain.

Germany-based energy utility Innogy has formed a partnership with crowdfunding platform OurCrowd to seek out investment targets in the latter’s home country of Israel.

The initiative will form part of Innogy’s open innovation strategy and will involve OurCrowd looking for companies in areas such as smart and connected technology, urban solutions, disruptive digital technology, big data and automated technologies such as blockchain.

Peter Terium, Innogy’s CEO, said: “We are on a quest for innovation and are excited to be present…