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Bio: Jon Medved

Jonathan Medved is a serial entrepreneur and one of Israel’s leading high-tech venture capitalists.

Medved currently is the founder and CEO of OurCrowd, a leading global equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors and angels. OurCrowd has $1.5 billion in commitments and has made investments in 220 companies and funds and 40 exits since its launch in February 2013. OurCrowd exits include: Jump Bikes sold to Uber, Briefcam sold to Canon, Argus sold to Continental, Crosswise sold to Oracle, and Replay sold to Intel.

Medved has been part of the founding teams at several successful Israeli startups, and as a venture and angel investor over the past two decades he invested in almost 250 startup companies, helping to bring 25 of them to values in excess of $100 million.

Between 2006-2012, Medved was the co-founder and CEO of Vringo, a mobile technology and monetization innovator that went public on the NYSE in June 2010. Previously, Medved was the founder and General Partner of Israel Seed Partners, an Israeli venture capital fund he started in 1995 and co-managed until January 2006.

Bio: Rebecca A. Fannin

Rebecca is the founder of news and events group Silicon Dragon Ventures. Her journalistic career covering global innovation began in Silicon Valley during the dotcom era. Following the venture capital trail to Asia, she was one of the first American journalists to write about China’s entrepreneurial boom, interviewing Jack Ma of Alibaba and Robin Li of Baidu, among others. A regular media commentator and speaker, she also has frequently contributed to CNBC and Forbes, and her articles have appeared in Harvard Business Review, CEO and Inc. magazine. Rebecca’s three forward-looking books, Silicon Dragon, Startup Asia and her latest title, Tech Titans of China, are a go-to resource on top innovation trends and players. Rebecca has worked in the world's leading tech hotspots as a pioneering journalist and host of numerous events and forums.

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Silicon Dragon presents its online series, Ask A VC Anything. We kicked off the series with Bill Tai, a first investor in Zoom. Each week, we feature a VC in a Q&A session. This series helps startups and investors connect and provides valuable insights into what makes each VC tick. Whether you're raising capital, perfecting your business model, scaling during challenging times, or figuring out how to get unicorn status, an IPO or M&A deal, don't miss this series. Register and join us online.