M&A

20 stories about M&A
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Under Ongoing Probe, Israel’s Richest Woman Sells Second Company in One Month

28.01.19|Golan Hazani and Tofi Stoler
Israeli billionaire Shari Arison has sold her water infrastructure company Miya to private equity firm Bridgepoint for $260 million
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Samsung Acquires Israeli Smartphone Camera Developer Corephotonics

28.01.19|Meir Orbach
Calcalist first reported that Samsung was considering the acquisition earlier this month. The companies signed the deal Sunday
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Five Trends in Israeli M&A in 2018

25.01.19|Micki Shapira
From the resurgence of cybersecurity to deals seeking to bring cannabis firms to stock exchanges, here are the trends that shaped Israeli M&A in 2018
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German Business Intelligence Company Adjust Acquires Fraud Prevention Startup Unbotify

22.01.19|CTech
Unbotify develops machine learning-based bot-detection technologies that analyze human behavior patterns to distinguish between genuine users and automated scripts
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Stock Devaluation Hobbles Acquisition of Bezeq's Controlling Shareholder

21.01.19|Golan Hazani
Private equity firm Searchlight has cut its acquisition offer for Israel-based Internet Gold's stake in subsidiary BCOM, which controls Israel's largest telecom Bezeq
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Playtika Completes Acquisition of Mobile Gaming Outfit Supertreat

17.01.19|Hagar ravet
In December, Playtika completed the acquisition of Berlin-based mobile game developer Wooga GmbH
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Salesforce in Preliminary Talks to Acquire Workforce Management Software Company Clicksoftware

16.01.19|Meir Orbach
The deal discussed values Israeli Clicksoftware at around $1.5 billion, one person familiar with the matter said
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2018 Saw a Drop in the Number of Israeli Tech Companies Acquired

15.01.19|Lilach Baumer and Hagar Ravet
Three of the four largest deals included in the list aggregated by IVC and Meitar for 2018 concern publicly traded companies, one involves an Israeli subsidiary of an American corporation that was sold as part of a larger deal, and two of the buyers were hedge funds
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DoubleVerify Acquires Content Classification Startup Leiki

15.01.19|Lilach Baumer
The New York-headquartered adtech company said the acquisition will allow it to better match online ads with relevant web content
נתיבי איילון נחסמו לשני הכיוונים בגלל עלייה במפלס המים נתיבי איילון מכיוון עזריאלי

Imperva to Lay Off Dozens of Employees Following Acquisition by Thoma Bravo

15.01.19|Meir Orbach and Hagar Ravet
The technology investment firm completed Imperva's $2.1 billion acquisition Thursday
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CheckPoint Acquires Web App Security Startup ForceNock

15.01.19|Lilach Baumer
In October, Check Point acquired Tel Aviv-based cloud cybersecurity company Dome9 Security to bolster its cloud management and active policy enforcement capabilities
המל"ט דומינייטור של אירונאוטיקס

IAI Attempts to Void Exclusivity Given to Israeli Rival in Negotiations with Drone Maker

14.01.19|Golan Hazani
On Sunday, Aeronautics announced it has agreed to enter into exclusive negotiations with Rafael regarding a potential acquisition by the latter, according to a $231 million valuation
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Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of Imperva

14.01.19|Lilach Baumer
The technology investment firm announced an agreement to buy Nasdaq-listed information security company Imperva for $2.1 billion in October 2018
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Struggling InSight Biopharmaceuticals Acquired by Hong Kong’s Gencor Pacific

13.01.19|Meir Orbach
In 2017, following financial collapse, the intellectual property and assets of Israel-based InSight were sold to Estonian company PharmaEstica Manufacturing and its Israeli partner
מנכ"ל חברת אדמה חן ליכטנשטיין

Pesticides Manufacturer Adama Considers Acquisition of Chinese Supplier

13.01.19|Hezi Sternlicht
Adama is the result of a 2017 merger between Israel-based Adama Agricultural Solutions and Chinese pesticide producer Hubei Sanonda Co., a subsidiary of chemicals company ChemChina
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Medical Research Company Genae Acquires Israeli Company MedicSense

13.01.19|CTech
Privately-held MedicSense assists medical devices manufacturers with clinical, regulatory, and quality management requirements
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Cloud Backup Startup CloudEndure Confirms Acquisition by Amazon

10.01.19|Meir Orbach
In December, digital services and consulting company Infosys announced it signed a deal to divest its shares in CloudEndure
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Kenon Holdings to Sell 12% of Qoros Automotive to Chinese Majority Shareholder for $227 Million

08.01.19|Lilach Baumer
Qoros is a joint venture between Israel-based Kenon and Chery Automobile Co. In January 2018, an investor related to the Baoneng Group paid $1 billion for a 51% stake in Qoros
מצלמה קורפוטוניקס

Samsung Mulls Acquisition of Smartphone Camera Developer Corephotonics

07.01.19|Meir Orbach
Corephotonics develops dual camera technologies designed to improve the performance of smartphone cameras
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Radware Buys Indian Bot Management Company ShieldSquare

07.01.19|CTech
Nasdaq-listed Radware said the acquisition will grow its cloud security portfolio