Tag: CyberTech

Shopping for Security: Why Investors are Excited about the Cyber Security Market

OurCrowd launched a new webinar series called ‘Teach-In Tuesdays’. In this series, we’ll explore investing in early-stage Israeli companies, identify and explain influential tech trends, stay up-to-date with the crowdfunding industry, and examine actionable insights from our own experience running OurCrowd’s investment platform. Yesterday, we held a webinar as part of the OurCrowd Teach-In Tuesdays series on the current trends in the cyber security market. With big security breaches at high profile retailers like Target, the cyber security market is seeing lots of interest from investors and entrepreneurs globally. Additional topics covered in the webinar: Why investors are optimistic about the opportunity in cyber security and the recent surge in the market’s popularity The tremendous need for innovation and new technologies to combat hackers and online crime Recent exits in the cyber security space Featured expert: Ron Moritz, OurCrowd mentor, former General Manager at Microsoft and former CTO at Symantec.     ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: To stay updated on future events and the best news from the Startup Nation, sign up for our newsletter, email us, and follow us on social media. To contact Zack Miller, follow him on Linkedin / Twitter To contact Ron Moritz, follow him...

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Teach-In Tuesdays: Join Us (Online) For 2 Educational Events During May

Last month we had hundreds of investors from around the world join us for events from our new webinar series called Teach-In Tuesdays. In this series, we explore investing in early-stage Israeli companies, identify and explain influential tech trends, stay up-to-date with the crowdfunding industry, and examine actionable insights from our own experience running OurCrowd’s investment platform. During May, we’re hosting 2 exciting installments of our Teach-In Tuesdays series. Register for them below. Cashing In: How to Make Money Investing in Startups Tuesday, May 13th (6:00 PM Israel / 12:00 PM NYC /  9:00 AM San Francisco) Join Zack Miller, Head of the Investor Community at OurCrowd, and David Stark, Investment Associate at OurCrowd, as they discuss the investment strategies necessary to build and maintain a successful startup portfolio. By nature, startup investments are a high risk/high reward asset class. Knowledge, therefore, is key in maximizing your profit potential when investing in startups. Join us to learn about: The startup math that investors use to profit from their investments Understand how companies’ valuations change over time and what that means for your investments Learn how OurCrowd and other startup investors...

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