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Michal Tsur

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Dr. Michal Tsur

Michal Tsur (Hebrew: מיכל צור) is an Israeli serial entrepreneur, that lived for many years in NYC. She is the co-founder and co-CEO of Remepy, and was co-founder and president of Kaltura, Nasdaq: KLTR, and co-founder and vice-president of Cyota, acquired by RSA Security Nasdaq: RSAS.[1]

Biography

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Early life and education

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Tsur was born in Jerusalem.[2] She completed a doctoral degree in Law, focusing on game theoretic economic analysis of law from New York University. She was then a post-doctoral fellow at Yale Law School's Information Society Project.[2]

Career

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Tsur launched her career in the law sector as a clerk at the Supreme Court of Israel.[3] She was driven by research, working at Hebrew University in Jerusalem[2] and the Israeli Democracy Institute.

In 1999, Tsur co-founded Cyota, a cybersecurity company, together with Ben Enosh, Lior Golan and Naftali Bennett. Cyota was acquired by RSA Security in 2005 .

After Cyota was acquired, Tsur and a few friends co-founded Kaltura, an open source video platform, in 2006. [4][5][6] Kaltura was listed on Nasdaq:KLTR in 2021. [7]

in 2022, Tsur together with 2 friends, co-founded Remepy, to bring to market Hybrid Drugs, that combine tranditional drugs with therapeutic software. [1]

in 2024 it was announced that former Prime-minister of Israel Naftali Bennett, who was Tsur's partner at Cyota will be joining her on Remepy's board of directors. [8]

Later on that year Tsur was quoted that the best Parkinson'd Disease medication will be developed in Israel and it will be hybrid.[9]

Tsur has authored and contributed to many articles regarding women in tech.[10][11][12][13]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Israeli Startup Combines Software With Medicine To Transform $1.6 Trillion Pharma Market". Forbes.
  2. ^ a b c "Michal Tsur". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  3. ^ "Rising Stars Israel's Top Female Tech Warrior". Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  4. ^ Huhman, Heather R. "Kaltura's Michal Tsur On Female Leadership In The Tech Industry". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  5. ^ "Michal Tsur". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  6. ^ "These 15 Emerging Female Tech Executives Are Ones to Follow". Inc.com. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  7. ^ "Kaltura Valued at $1.24 Billion After IPO". Streamingmedia.com. 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  8. ^ "Israeli startup to pioneer hybrid app–drug combinations for tailored treatment". times of israel.
  9. ^ "The best Parkinson's medication will be Israeli, and hybrid". globes.
  10. ^ Tsur, Michal (2012-09-12). "How to Employ Women in the Tech Industry". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  11. ^ Tsur, Michal (2017-06-04). "We Have a Job/Education Matching Problem". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  12. ^ "Michal Tsur | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  13. ^ "IsraCast: ISRAEL'S WOMAN OF THE TECH INDUSTRY â€" HOW MULTIMEDIA IS CHANGING THE RULES OF THE GAME". www.isracast.com. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
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