Author: OurCrowd

[Near in B&T Magazine] MCN Launches Mobile Location Intelligence Platform With Near

Aug 9, 2016 |

Multi Channel Network (MCN) today launched MCN Location, a mobile location intelligence platform enabled by the exclusive Australian representation agreement with Near. Near are locational data specialists providing privacy compliant real-time data on people and places. They entered into an exclusive sales representation agreement with MCN in May this year, allowing the sales representation company to sell location-based mobile advertising packages to agencies. Read more on B&T Magazine...

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[Ubimo in Marketwired] Ubimo Appoints Kelly Lawler as VP of Sales

Aug 8, 2016 |

NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Aug 4, 2016) – Ubimo, the leading self-service mobile programmatic platform, announced today the expansion of its New York team with the appointment of Kelly Lawler as VP of Sales. Kelly will lead Ubimo’s US-based sales team to drive the uptake of Ubimo’s platform for agency trading desks, ad networks and brands. Kelly joins Ubimo with almost a decade of sales management experience in the ad tech startup industry at RadiumOne and Yahoo!. Most recently as Senior Director of East Coast Sales at RadiumOne, Kelly successfully built a world-class sales team during the programmatic boom, accelerating revenue growth while engendering relationships with blue chip brands and agencies. Read more on...

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Fund Investments on OurCrowd from an IRA Account

Fund Investments on OurCrowd from an IRA Account

Aug 4, 2016 |

We are pleased to let you know about a new opportunity allowing OurCrowd investors to fund investments through IRA custodial accounts. What is an IRA? An Individual Retirement Account (IRA) gives people based in the United States a way to build tax-deferred savings for retirement. An IRA is an account, not an investment. You can put just about whatever investments you want into your IRA — stocks, CDs, mutual funds, cash and bonds — anything except options and other derivatives. There are two types of IRA, both accepted by OurCrowd – Traditional IRA and Roth IRA. In a traditional IRA contributions are tax-deductible, with all transactions and earnings within the IRA having no tax impact, and withdrawals at retirement are taxed as income (except for those portions of the withdrawal corresponding to contributions that were not deducted). Depending upon the nature of the contribution, a traditional IRA may be referred to as a “deductible IRA” or a “non-deductible IRA.” It was introduced with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and made popular with the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981. In a Roth IRA, contributions are made with...

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[BioCatch in The Times of Israel] BioCatch tracks memory use to catch cybercrooks

Aug 4, 2016 |

Did you know that everyone has a distinctive way of moving a mouse, tapping a phone or typing on a keyboard? Moreover, when you identify yourself to your bank or an online store by inserting information about yourself, like your home address or date of birth, you are using long-term memory rather than short-term, and this can be seen from the way you interact with your computer or smartphone. Read more on The Times of...

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