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20 stories about M&A
קו חוף תל אביב זירת הנדלן

Facebook M&A Exec Visits Israel

26.06.18|CTech
The media company had made several acquisitions in Israel. In 2015 it bought motion recognition company Pebbles
מנכ"ל סיריוס אלן ווטרס

Fifth Acquisition Deal for Israeli Insurer Phoenix May Go Up in Flames

25.06.18|Golan Hazani
China-affiliated Sirius International Insurance has been negotiating the 51.1%, NIS 2.5 billion acquisition since September
ברק עילם מנכל נייס

Nice Extends Mattersight Tender Offer for the Fourth Time

25.06.18|Dror Reich
The Israeli software company announced the acquisition agreement in April, but has been held back by the American regulator again and again
חברת playtech

Playtech Takeover Offer of Italian Betting Company Snaitech Approved by Regulator

24.06.18|CTech
The London-listed gambling company announced the acquisition in April, paying $1.05 billion for a 70.6% stake
מוסף 50 הסטארטאפים המבטיחים צוות עובדי WalkMe

Website Usability Company WalkMe Buys Machine Learning Startup DeepUI

21.06.18|CTech
Israel-based DeepUI, still in stealth mode, employs crowdsourced, user-based data to anticipate an individual user’s needs
חן לינצ’בסקי ממייסדי פריקוגנייז

Samson Buys Industrial Maintenance Software Developer Precognize

21.06.18|Meir Orbach
Precognize’s software performs statistical analysis to predict when industrial equipment is going to fail
נשק רובה עוזי uzi gun

Elbit Closes Acquisition of Israeli Arms Manufacturer IMI

19.06.18|Golan Hazani
Elbit will pay up to NIS 1.9 billion (around $520 million). IMI is known as the developer of the Uzi submachine gun
אורי יהודאי מנכ"ל פרוטרום

Fidelity Sells $122 Million of Frutarom Shares Following its Announced Acquisition

13.06.18|Hezi Sternlicht
NYSE-listed IFF agreed to pay $7.1 billion for Israel-based Frutarom in May
אייב פלד נשיא ו מנכל NDS

Permira to Appoint Cisco Executive as CEO of its New Video Company

10.06.18|Lilach Baumer
In May, Permira announced it will buy NDS Group and other video assets from Cisco
פרופ' שלמה בן חיים מייסד ומנכ"ל EPD

Philips to Buy Israel's Cardiac Imaging Systems Company EDP for 250 Million Euros

06.06.18|Meir Orbach
Amsterdam-headquartered Philips will use the acquisition to increase its presence in the cardiac arrhythmia treatment market
נועם יוסיפידיס מנכ"ל וונטייז Vonetize

Desilu Studios Asks for Extension on Vonetize Acquisition Deal

05.06.18|Hezi Sternlicht
In March, the U.S. company agreed to buy a controlling stake in Israeli Video Streaming Company Vonetize
ירון גלאי אאוטבריין

Content Recommendation Company Outbrain Buys Online Ad Optimization Startup

05.06.18|Hagar Ravet
Israeli startup AdNgin offers tools designed to optimize the performance of online ads and sponsored content by creating a personalized user experience
מארק צוקרברג פייסבוק

CTech’s Sunday Roundup of Israeli Tech News

03.06.18|CTech
Tactics of Israeli Psy-Group, Black Cube revealed in Canadian court battle. Israeli Supreme Court invalidates litigation clause in Facebook’s user agreement
מל"ט של אירונאוטיקס

Israeli Dronemaker Aeronautics Completes Acquisition of U.S. company Chassis Plans

03.06.18|Hezi Sternlicht
Aeronautics first announced the deal in September, but the acquisition was jeopardized when the dronemaker came under police investigation in Israel
מימין שלו חוליו ו עמרי לביא  מייסדי NSO

Citizen Lab Calls on Francisco Partners to Address Impact of Surveillance Products

31.05.18|Lilach Baumer
Nasdaq-listed business intelligence company Verint is negotiating a $1 billion merger with NSO, an Israeli cyber surveillance company controlled by the private equity firm
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Potential NSO Deal Will See Francisco Partners Take a Big Bite Out of Verint

29.05.18|Sophie Shulman and Golan Hazani
Despite registering a billion dollars in annual sales in the last three years, Verint comes to the merger as the weaker side
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Surveillance Company Verint Negotiating $1 Billion Merger with Israeli NSO Group

28.05.18|Orr Hirschauge and Amarelle Wenkert
NSO develops and sells cyber attack tools that can be used to gather intelligence from mobile phones
קניון חוצות כרמיאל

Electrical Equipment Company Coolisys Technologies Completes Israeli Acquisition

24.05.18|Meir Orbach
Israel-based Enertec Systems develops and manufactures specialized electronic systems for military applications
ילד משחק משחק מחשב של EA ספורטס

EA Acquires Israeli Cloud Gaming Assets, Personnel of GameFly

23.05.18|Meir Orbach
Video game rental company GameFly acquired Israel-based cloud gaming company Playcast Media Systems in 2015
שדה דגן במדינת אילינוי ארה"ב

Israeli Agricultural Intelligence Company Taranis Buys Aerial Imaging Company Mavrx

21.05.18|CTech
Mavrx provides satellite and aerial high-resolution full-field imaging to agriculture professionals through a fleet of 60 planes