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Aeronautics Stakeholder Aaron Frenkel Looking to Acquire Satellite Operator Spacecom

24.07.19|Golan Hazani
The Israeli businessman, who owns a 33% stake in the Israeli drone maker, recently made a second offer to acquire the satellite communications company at a valuation of $52.8 million
שבב מחשב צ'יפ סיליקון

Chinese Fund Neng Yang Acquires Israeli Dicing Equipment Company ADT

18.07.19|Meir Orbach
ADT develops and produces blades and machinery for the dicing of silicon-based integrated circuits, package singulation, and hard material microelectronic components
דנה עזריאלי יו"ר קבוצת עזריאלי ב השקת דיור מוגן פאלאס ב מודיעין

Israeli Real Estate Company Azrieli Group Enters Data Center Market

18.07.19|CTech
Azrieli has acquired a 20% stake in Delaware-based data center company Compass Holdco for about $135 million
אייל זילברמן מנכ"ל קווליטסט

Software Quality Has Become Crucial in Almost Every Industry, Says Qualitest Co-Founder

11.07.19|Hagar Ravet
On Wednesday, it was announced that London-headquartered private equity firm Bridgepoint has acquired a controlling stake in Qualitest, in a deal that one person valued at $420 million
קוואליטסט Qualitest טלי שם טוב

Private Equity Firm Bridgepoint Buys Controlling Stake in Software Testing Company Qualitest

10.07.19|Hagar Ravet
The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed; a source said it was valued at $420 million, representing a quintuple yield on Marlin’s investment
אורלי שואבי Safedk מקום שני ב תחרות סטארט אפ 2015 מובייל 2016

Game Monetization Company AppLovin Acquires Israeli SDK Management Startup SafeDK

10.07.19|Meir Orbach
SafeDK develops tools for analyzing, monitoring, and optimizing third-party software development kits within apps
אמיר אהרוני אלסטיפייל

Google Buys Israeli Cloud Storage Company Elastifile

09.07.19|Meir Orbach
A source said Google has agreed to pay approximately $200 million
דומינייטור של אירונאוטיקס aeronautics Dominator

Aeronautics-Rafael Deal Jammed by Regulatory Concerns

08.07.19|Golan Hazani
The acquisition of Israeli drone maker Aeronautics by defense contractor Rafael and partner Stolero was approved by Rafael's board in April, but concerns have been raised about the high valuation given to Aeronautics and the proposed ownership structure
מימין קאלואן פוסון ויליאם הו פוסום ליאור דיין מיסטר לואי

Fosun Whetted Our Appetite, Says Alma Lasers CEO

04.07.19|Golan Hazani
Fosun Pharma CEO Yifang Wu and Alma Lasers CEO Lior Dayan gave Calcalist their first joint interview since the Chinese conglomerate acquired the Israeli medical laser company in 2013
אסדת קידוח אנרג'יאן מאגר גז כריש 1

Energean Oil and Gas in Talks to Raise up to $1.5 Billion for Edison Deal

27.06.19|Lior Gutman
The desired funding is intended to finance Energean’s potential acquisition of Edison SpA's oil and gas business, according to several people familiar with the matter who spoke to Calcalist on condition of anonymity
גיא גרינברג

Medallia Reveals Cooladata Acquisition Price: $7.6 Million

27.06.19|Meir Orbach
The Israel-based customer behavior analytics startup raised $13 million before Medallia announced its acquisition earlier this month, meaning the acquisition was made at a loss to investors
יואל בר טראקס

Image Retail Analytics Company Trax Acquires Shopping Rewards App Shopkick

25.06.19|Golan Hazani
The financial details of the deal were not disclosed, but one person familiar with the matter placed the sum at around $150 million
מטה בזק מגדלי עזריאלי תל אביב

Searchlight Signs Bezeq Acquisition Deal

24.06.19|Golan Hazani
The private equity firm will pay $134.5 million for a controlling stake, while Israeli partner David Forer will invest $27 million
מימין: אודי ויינשטיין ו המנכ"ל סיון מצגר

Disappointing Exit for Machine Learning Company ParallelM

24.06.19|Meir Orbach
ParallelM’s Israeli founders have seen several hefty exits between them, including the sale of Anobit to Apple and Libit Signal Processing to Texas Instruments
בן רובין סטארט אפ ייבו Yevvo

Fortnite Owner Epic Games Acquires Group Video Chat App Houseparty

13.06.19|Golan Hazani
While the company did not disclose financial details, one person familiar with the matter who spoke to Calcalist on condition of anonymity placed the sum Epic Games paid at several tens of millions of dollars
גרופון

Sky Fund Looking to Sell Groupon Israel for NIS 100 Million

05.06.19|Golan Hazani
Israel-based Sky owns a 58% stake in the website, while the international Groupon company owns 17% after selling most of it in 2017
גיא גרינברג

Customer Experience Company Medallia to Acquire Customer Behavior Startup Cooladata

04.06.19|Meir Orbach
On Monday, Calcalist reported that Cooladata is in advanced talks to be acquired for several dozens of millions of dollars
גיא גרינברג

Customer Behavior Startup Cooladata in Talks for its Acquisition

03.06.19|Meir Orbach
CoolaData develops a cloud-based platform for analyzing online user behavior for the e-commerce and gaming industries
אמזון מחסן מחסנים חבילות

Amazon Acquires Assets of Online Advertising Company Sizmek

03.06.19|Meir Orbach
Though headquartered in Austin Texas, most of Sizmek's operations are based on Israel-based MediaMind, which it acquired in 2011
מימין בן ברנשטיין ו דימה סטופל twistlock

Palo Alto Confirms Twistlock Deal, Announces Acquisition of PureSec

30.05.19|Meir Orbach
On Wednesday, Calcalist reported that Palo Alto will be buying Twistlock for several hundreds of millions of dollars