Michal Tsur () 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 Kaltura, Inc. is a New York-based software company founded in 2006. It operates in several major markets: webinars and virtual events, enterprise video content management and online video platform (OVP), educational technology (virtual classroo ...

, Nasdaq: KLTR, and co-founder and vice-president of Cyota, acquired by

RSA Security RSA Security LLC, formerly RSA Security, Inc. and trade name RSA, is an American computer security, computer and network security company with a focus on encryption and decryption standards. RSA was named after the initials of its co-founders, ...

Nasdaq: RSAS.

Biography

Early life and education

Tsur was born in

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

. She completed a doctoral degree in Law, focusing on game theoretic

economic analysis of law Law and economics, or economic analysis of law, is the application of microeconomic theory to the analysis of law. The field emerged in the United States during the early 1960s, primarily from the work of scholars from the Chicago school of econo ...

from

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

. She was then a

post-doctoral fellow A postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral researcher, or simply postdoc, is a person professionally conducting research after the completion of their doctoral studies (typically a PhD). Postdocs most commonly, but not always, have a temporary acade ...

Yale Law School Yale Law School (YLS) is the law school of Yale University, a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1824. The 2020–21 acceptance rate was 4%, the lowest of any law school in the United ...

's Information Society Project.

Career

Tsur launched her career in the law sector as a clerk at the

Supreme Court of Israel The Supreme Court of Israel (, Hebrew acronym Bagatz; ) is the Supreme court, highest court in Israel. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all other courts, and in some cases original jurisdiction. The Supreme Court consists of 15 jud ...

. She was driven by research, working at

Hebrew University in Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; ) is an Israeli public research university based in Jerusalem. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, the public university officially opened on 1 April 1925. It is the second-ol ...

and the Israeli Democracy Institute. In 1999, Tsur co-founded Cyota, a cybersecurity company, together with Ben Enosh, Lior Golan and

Naftali Bennett Naftali Bennett (, ; born 25 March 1972) is an Israeli politician and businessman who served as the prime minister of Israel from 13 June 2021 to 30 June 2022, and as the alternate prime minister from 1 July to 8 November 2022. Bennett was t ...

. Cyota was acquired by

in 2005 . After Cyota was acquired, Tsur and a few friends co-founded

, 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

, 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsur, Michal Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Israeli company founders Israeli women company founders Businesspeople from Jerusalem New York University School of Law alumni