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Continental Signs Agreement to Buy Automotive Cybersecurity Company Argus

05.11.17|Meir Orbach
The companies announced the acquisition Friday. Argus will become part of Continental but continue global commercial relations with automotive suppliers
כנס מכון אהרון שלמה דברת

Venture Capitalist Sees a Window of Opportunity for Tech IPO Hopefuls

02.11.17|Meir Orbach
Israeli tech is emerging from an extended IPO and M&A slowdown says Viola Ventures founding partner Shlomo Dovrat
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Continental, Delphi, Leading Bidding War for Cybersecurity Company

31.10.17|Meir Orbach
Four auto parts makers are bidding for Argus Cyber Security, offering $400-450 million
אורי יהודאי מנכ"ל ו נשיא פרוטרום

Frutarom Buys Specialty Nutrition Company Enzymotec

29.10.17|Lilach Baumer
The total amount to be paid by Frutarom for 100% of shares will be $210 million
מנכ"ל סקייבוקס גידי כהן

Cybersecurity Company Skybox Raises $150 Million

25.10.17|Hagar Ravet
Last year Rhode Island-based Providence Equity Partners bought a 75% stake in the company for $96 million
מימין עודד ליברמן מנכל נוירודרם עם נציגי הרוכשת מיצובישי טנאבה

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Finalizes $1.1 Billion Buy of Israel-Based NeuroDerm

19.10.17|Lilach Baumer
NeuroDerm is looking to bring major change to Parkinson patients with its drug reformulation
מימין מנכ"ל מובילאיי זיו אבירם והיו"ר אמנון שעשוע

Defendant Denies Mobileye Insider Trading Charges

15.10.17|Tomer Ganon and Ran Abramson
Richmond, Virginia resident Roger E. Shaoul said he “acted in good faith” in documents filed to court. In March, Intel announced it signed an agreement to buy Mobileye for $15.3 billion
תומר בר זאב מנכל איירון סורס

As Rewarded Ads Take Off, IronSource Sweeps Mobile Gaming Stakes

10.10.17|Meir Orbach
The company is currently valued at over a billion dollars, having reportedly doubled its revenue in the past year
סליידלי פרומו

Video Sharing Company Slidely buys User-Generated Video Startup

08.10.17|Meir Orbach
Warsaw-based Unstock is a database and licensing service for crowdsourced, user-generated videos
סניף של סופר פארם

Updated: CVC Retracts Super-Pharm Deal

04.10.17|Golan Hazani
The private equity firm was in negotiations to buy a 40% stake in drugstore chain Super-Pharm for a company value of $540 million
מייסד פלייטיקה רוברט אנטוקול על רקע משחק של פלייטיקה

Social Gaming Company Playtika Buys Mobile Gaming Startup

02.10.17|Hagar Ravet
This is the fifth Israel-based acquisition for Playtika, which was bought last year by a Chinese private equity consortium
מוסף שבועי 14.9.17 פרופ' גידי גרוס

Kite Pharma Sale Triggers Scientist Quarrel

02.10.17|Zohar Shahar Levy
Zelig Eshhar who patented the company’s core technology is now being sued by his former PhD student and current pharma entrepreneur
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Pharma Companies Arcturus Therapeutics and Alcobra to Merge

28.09.17|Lilach Baumer
The merged entity will develop treatments for infectious diseases, cystic fibrosis, and rare liver diseases
StartApp גיל דודקביץ'

Struggling Themed Mobile Keyboards Developer Acquired

20.08.17|Hagar Ravet
Mobile ad company StartApp will buy Kibo, the developer of Hello Kitty and Real Madrid themed mobile keyboards
מימין שלו חוליו ו עמרי לביא  מייסדי NSO

Blackstone Backs Out of Talks to Acquire a Share in Surveillance Company

17.08.17|Hagar Ravet
Following an early Calcalist report, digital rights advocacy group Access Now published a petition calling Blackstone to back out of deal
WeWork ניו יורק

WeWork Buys Business Intelligence Startup Unomy

13.08.17|Hagar Ravet
Attempting to add to its revenue streams, in April the company launched the WeWork Service Store, a service supplying WeWork residents with discounts for web-based business tools
עופר וילנסקי מנכ"ל הולה

Hola Sells Majority Stake in Proxy Network Luminati

13.08.17|Hagar Ravet
The deal is worth around $200 million, said a persons familiar with the matter
שחר וייסר גט טקסי GEtt

Gett Finds Path with Streetsmart Buy

10.08.17|Hagar Ravet
The ride-hailing company bought Tel Aviv-based route finding startup Streetsmart for an undisclosed sum
תרופות  טבע גלולות תרופה

With Bloated Debt, Teva Looks to Sell Assets

10.08.17|Eli Shimony and Gil Kalian
The generic drugmaker said it is looking to sell Medis, an Iceland-based company it bought in 2016
משחק מחשב ספרטה sparta פלאריום פלריום Plarium

Aristocrat Buys Mobile Games Developer Plarium for $500 Million

10.08.17|Meir Orbach
Repeatedly ranked in the top 10 grossing Strategy games according to app analytics firm App Annie, “Vikings: War of Clans,” Plarium’s most popular game to date, has been downloaded more than 10 million times