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20 stories about M&A
תל אביב בורסה Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Sets Public Offering Date for July

21.05.19|Golan Hazani
In 2018, TASE CEO Ittai Ben-Zeev led the sale of most the exchange to five international investors, in an attempt to make it more global. A 33% stake has been held in trust since, to be offered to the public
ערן גפן וויקס wix

Wix Acquires Israeli Brand Marketing Agency Gefen Team

19.05.19|Elihay Vidal
Founded in 2013, Gefen Team counts brands like Coca Cola, Microsoft, Doritos, and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation among its clients
בניין מרכזייה בזק מרכזיית בזק תל אביב

One Institutional Investor Intends to Hinder Bezeq’s Acquisition by Searchlight

19.05.19|Golan Hazani
The bondholders of BCOM, the direct controlling shareholder of Israel’s largest telecom Bezeq, have approved the offer private equity firm Searchlight Capital Partners made for Bezeq, wiith 75.2% in favor
בנימין ושרה נתניהו במטה הליכוד לאחר הזכייה

Pending Indictments Prevents Defense Minister Netanyahu From Approving Bezeq-Searchlight Deal

15.05.19|Golan Hazani
A landline monopoly in Israel, Bezeq’s acquisition requires the approval of Israel's minister of communication and minister of defense—the latter position currently held by prime minister Netanyahu, who is facing an indictment in a bribery case related to Bezeq
אמיר אורעד מנכ"ל Sisense ועידת ניו יורק 2019

Sisense to Acquire Analytics Startup Periscope Data

14.05.19|Meir Orbach
With the acquisition, Sisense will surpass the $100 million mark in annual recurring revenue
רפת פרה פרות

Kibbutz-Owned Dairy Farm Management Company Headed for an Exit

14.05.19|Golan Hazani
Afimilk, 69.5% of which is held by Israeli Kibbutz Afikim, develops and manufactures computerized systems for dairy farm and herd management
בניין מרכזייה בזק מרכזיית בזק תל אביב

Searchlight Reaches Agreement to Acquire Controlling Stake at Bezeq

14.05.19|Golan Hazani
Bezeq's controlling shareholder Internet Gold and its subsidiary and Bezeq's direct controller BCOM are both struggling with a heavy debt to bondholders
מפרץ סן פרנסיסקו

Software Company Magic Acquires Low Code Development Startup PowPow

13.05.19|Tzally Greenberg
Magic stated it expects the acquisition to "be accretive to earnings" within 18 to 24 months
צוות Meta Networks

Proofpoint to Acquire Meta Networks for $120 Million

07.05.19|Meir Orbach
Tel Aviv-headquartered Meta Networks develops cloud-native security tools for enterprise wide area networks (WAN)
בונובו Bonobo.ai מימין ברק גולדשטיין אפרת רפופורט עידן ציטיאט אוהד חן

Salesforce Buys Conversational AI Startup Bonobo

06.05.19|Meir Orbach
Bonobo’s technology integrates directly with various sources of customer interaction data, such as voice, chat, video, and email, running AI algorithms to analyze the data
מימין מנכ"ל אנבידיה ג'נסן הואנג ומנכ"ל מלאנוקס איל וולדמן

Investors Sue to Block Mellanox-Nvidia Deal, Report Says

02.05.19|CTech
Nvidia announced a deal to buy the Israeli chipmaker for $6.9 billion in March
קרית שמונה קריית שמונה

Teva Completes $47.5 Million Sale of Northern Israeli Plant to Private Equity Fund FIMI

02.05.19|Hezi Sternlicht
Teva is selling the plant following its 2017 plan to ameliorate its crippling debt by divesting non-core businesses and closing or selling many of its manufacturing plants
מימין מנכ"ל אנבידיה ג'נסן הואנג ומנכ"ל מלאנוקס איל וולדמן

The Gap Between Nvidia and Intel’s Mellanox Bid? $148 Million

24.04.19|Golan Hazani
A Monday SEC filing by Mellanox revealed additional details about the negotiations that led to Nvidia’s $6.9 billion acquisition deal
אורן בוימן מגיסטו magisto

Vimeo Buys Israeli Instant Video Startup Magisto

15.04.19|Raphael Kahan
Magisto’s short video creation app has over 100 million users
בן גירון סומוטו

Businessman Zvika Barenboim to Acquire Software Monetization Company Somoto

14.04.19|Tzally Greenberg and Micky Grunfeld
Barenboim will pay up to $50 million for Somoto, which develops online tools for software developers looking to monetize their freeware and shareware
כנס שוק ההון 10.7.17 שחר דניאל מנכ"ל Safe-T

Nasdaq and Tel Aviv-Listed Cyber Company Safe-T Acquires Proxy Network Startup NetNut

10.04.19|CTech
Safe-T offers anti-hacking services to financial institutions, mainly Israeli government and academic entities, as well as commercial companies
שמעון אלון מנכ"ל אטיוניטי

Attunity Shareholders Approve Acquisition by Qlik

10.04.19|Lilach Baumer
Nasdaq-listed big data software services provider Attunity announced the $560 million acquisition in February
בניין מרכזייה בזק מרכזיית בזק תל אביב

Acquisition Offer Made to Controlling Shareholder of Israel’s Largest Telecom Bezeq

08.04.19|Lilach Baumer
Internet Gold is the final controlling shareholder of Bezeq, via its stake in Bezeq’s controlling shareholder BCOM
בורסה בורסת תל אביב 7

Matomy Considers Sale of Debt-Causing Subsidiary Back to Original Owner

07.04.19|Lilach Baumer
Failing to meet the deadline for acquiring the remaining 10% stake in its subsidiary Team Internet, Matomy is now required to sell the company back to its previous owner at a 40% discount
ועידת התחזיות 2019 בצלאל מכליס נשיא ו מנכ"ל אלביט

Elbit to Acquire Harris' Night Vision Business for $350 Million

07.04.19|Golan Hazani
The Nasdaq and Tel Aviv-listed defense contractor completed its $484 million acquisition of Israel-owned arms manufacturer IMI in November