Michal Tsur

Michal Tsur
מיכל צור
Born1973 (age 52–53)
Jerusalem, Israel
EducationNew York University (PhD)
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forCo-founder of Cyota; co-founder and president of Kaltura; co-founder and co-CEO of Remepy
TitleCo-CEO of Remepy
SpouseEran Shalev
Children3, including Yonatan

Michal Tsur (Hebrew: מיכל צור; born 1973) is an Israeli serial entrepreneur who lived in New York. 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.

Biography

Early life and education

Tsur was born in Jerusalem. 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.

Career

Tsur launched her career in the law sector as a clerk at the Supreme Court of Israel. She was driven by research, working at Hebrew University in Jerusalem 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. Kaltura was listed on Nasdaq:KLTR in 2021.

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

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.

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

Tsur has authored and contributed to many articles regarding women in tech.

References

  1. 1 2 "Israeli Startup Combines Software With Medicine To Transform $1.6 Trillion Pharma Market". Forbes.
  2. 1 2 3 "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.