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ועידת תעשייה ישראלית 2018 ציפי עוזר ערמון מנכ"לית לומניס

Baring Private Equity Signs MoU for $1.2 Billion Lumenis Acquisition Deal

19.11.19|Golan Hazani
The deal is expected to be completed in early 2020, according to the two companies
הבורסה לניירות ערך רחוב אחוזת בית תל אביב

Matomy Signs Deal to Offload Debt-Causing Subsidiary

18.11.19|CTech
The Israel-based digital marketing company will sell Team Internet to London-listed Centralnic Group for almost $60 million
ועידת התעשייה של ישראל גיל שויד מייסד מנכ"ל צ'ק פוינט

Check Point Acquires IoT Security Company Cymplify

14.11.19|Meir Orbach
Founded earlier this year, Cymplify develops a firmware analysis engine for IoT security that provides highly detailed cybersecurity posture reports
שאול שני

Ribbon Communication to Acquire ECI Telecom for around $455 Million

14.11.19|CTech
Israeli businessman Shaul Shani is the controlling shareholder in ECI, having bought his stake in two deals in 2007 and 2014
מפרץ סן פרנסיסקו

Invitae Acquires Clear Genetics for $50 Million

12.11.19|Meir Orbach
Founded by Israeli entrepreneurs Moran and Guy Snir, Clear Genetics develops software designed to automate and scale genetic testing services
שר התקשורת דוד אמסלם דודי אמסלם אוקטובר 19

Final Regulator Greenlights Sale of Israel's Biggest Telecom to Searchlight

11.11.19|Golan Hazani
In June, private equity firm Searchlight agreed to pay almost $140 million for a controlling share in Bezeq
יובימו Ubimo

Quotient Technology Acquires Adtech Startup Ubimo

07.11.19|Meir Orbach
Ubimo develops location intelligence technology that offers advertisers extremely precise location-based targeting, allowing them to target people attending a certain event or venue
יוני אסיא איטורו eToro

Social Trading Company eToro Acquires Crypto Portfolio Tracking App Delta

06.11.19|Hagar Ravet
EToro enables users to invest in a wide range of financial assets, including cryptocurrencies
crossix אסף אבן-חיים מייסד תמונה

Veeva Completes $430 Million Acquisition of Marketing Analytics Startup Crossix

04.11.19|Adi Pick
Crossix develops a healthcare marketing analytics service and reports more than 200 pharmaceutical companies as clients, including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Teva, and Gilead
אורי יהודאי

IFF Threatens to Freeze Payments Worth Millions to Former Frutarom Executives

04.11.19|Tomer Ganon
In August, IFF notified shareholders that it had uncovered improper payments Frutarom made in Russia and Ukraine, allegedly with the involvement of senior company executives
אקזיט דאטורמה

The Morning After: Startup Execs Share Experiences Following an Exit

03.11.19|Maayan Manela
An acquisition carries with it new financial resources, advancement opportunities, and perks, but for some, the shift from startup to big corporate can be challenging, to say the least
ObservIT אבטחת מידע מייק מקי טל טיקוצקי

Proofpoint to Acquire Cybersecurity Company ObserveIT for $225 Million

03.11.19|Meir Orbach
Headquartered in Boston with a research and development center in Israel, ObserveIT offers internal threat management technology
גידול קנאביס סם סמים מריחואנה

Cannabis Company Better Holdings Wants to Sell Israeli Operations

29.10.19|Tzally Greenberg
Better used to be the second largest medical cannabis company in Israel with 5,000 patients, but Israel's recent cannabis reform piled trouble on the company, which had yet to be reissued its permanent license under the new, more stringent regulations
רועי קתמור מ חברת Ensilo

Nasdaq-Listed Fortinet Acquires Cybersecurity Startup EnSilo

28.10.19|Hagar Ravet
EnSilo develops cybersecurity technologies that combine antivirus and post-attack data protection to lower the risk of data theft or ransom demands, even when the system is compromised
נאסדק

Pharma Company Cosmo Takes 22% Stake in Gastro Treatment Company Redhill

20.10.19|Tzally Greenberg
The deal will make Ireland-headquartered Cosmo the largest shareholder of Israel-based Redhill
קניות מדפים סופר סופרמרקט מזון

Reusable Packaging Company Tosca to Acquire Polymer Logistic

17.10.19|Navit Zomer
Polymer provides reusable containers and packaging to customers in the U.S. and throughout Europe
ירון צהרי מנכ"ל מדטרוניק ישראל

Medtronic to Buy Israeli Catheter Developer AV Medical for $30 Million

11.10.19|Tzally Greenberg
Tel Aviv-based AV Medical develops catheters for dialysis patients undergoing routine angioplasty procedures
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Akamai Buys Cybersecurity Company ChameleonX

10.10.19|Raphael Kahan
The employees of Tel Aviv-based ChameleonX will join Akami’s research and development center in Israel
פריסנסו PRESENSO מימין לשמאל איתן וסלי ד''ר דוד אלמגור דדי לבוד בן לולו

Stockholm-Listed SKF Acquires Israeli Predictive Maintenance Startup Presenso

07.10.19|Adi Pick
Presenso develops predictive machine learning algorithms designed to anticipate industrial machine failures
ועידת ברלין 2019 חמי פרס 2

Taboola and Outbrain Have Exhausted Every Opportunity to Butt Heads, Says Venture Capitalist

06.10.19|Meir Orbach
Israeli venture capitalist Chemi Peres, one of the first backers of viral content company Taboola, comments on the company’s recent merger with rival Outbrain