Author: OurCrowd

[BioCatch in The Next Web] How do banks keep you secure after you log in? BioCatch has clever tech for that

Nov 9, 2015 |

While online banking tends to use two-factor authentication, making logins relatively secure, what happens if you walk away from your device and someone else hops on to wreak havoc with your money? What happens if a remote access trojan hijacks your session? BioCatch uses clever analysis of how you interact with banking apps to make sure that you’re the same person who logged in. There’s more to biometric security than fingerprint readers and retina scanners; there are all sorts of ways your body can betray your true identity, and these can be used to catch criminals in the act. Read more in The Next...

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Ashton Kutcher, road safety solutions, & turning a bad idea into a million-dollar startup [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Ashton Kutcher, road safety solutions, & turning a bad idea into a million-dollar startup [OurCrowd Newsletter]

Nov 9, 2015 |

What do Ashtun Kutcher, road safety tech solutions, and million-dollar exits have in common? The Startup Nation! Get updated on all these Startup Nation news items and more, below. Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now Ashton Kutcher fund invests in Israeli public transit app Moovit Israel-based Moovit, the public transit app serving over 700 cities worldwide, secured a new investment on Tuesday from Sound Ventures, a VC firm founded by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary. Learn more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News OurCrowd’s CEO Jon Medved featured in Financial Review Zula and Curiyo were featured in Inc. Consumer Physics featured on BBC World Radio News Six Israeli solutions to keep you safe on the road As automakers speed toward autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles, Israeli companies are gearing up to make driving safer than ever, with as many as 150 firms involved in security, communication, and vision systems. See the full list. Adallom CEO Assaf Rappaport and Sequoia’s Gili Raanan on how to turn a bad idea into a $320M startup Adallom CEO, co-founder Assaf Rappaport, along with...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company BioCatch featured in The Next Web

Nov 9, 2015 | ,

OurCrowd’s portfolio company BioCatch was featured in The Next Web, a leading technology news website. The company has developed a novel form of authentication used by online businesses to continuously guarantee users are who they say they are, by analyzing their behavioral and cognitive responses. BioCatch uses clever analysis of how you interact with banking apps to make sure that you’re the same person who logged in. There’s more to biometric security than fingerprint readers and retina scanners; there are all sorts of ways your body can betray your true identity, and these can be used to catch criminals in the act. From the angle you hold a device at, to the way you browse around an app, BioCatch captures a profile of legitimate users and tracks how the app is used later in a session to make sure it stays consistent. BioCatch raised $3,334,500 from OurCrowd investors in February 2014. Read more on The Next Web...

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