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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Salesforce credit: Reuters Rafael Henrique Salesforce buys Israeli data management co Zoomin

The acquisition of the data management for unstructured data company is the US software giant’s second acquisition in Israel this month.

Theodor by Brown Hotels credit: Assaf Pinchuk Israel Canada to buy Brown Hotels chain

Israel Canada will merge Brown Hotels and Israel Canada Hotels into its DNA Group TASE shell company.

SuperPlay founders Eyal Netzer and Gilad Almog credit: Zohar Shitrit Playtika buys Israeli gaming co SuperPlay for up to $1.95b

Rosh Ha'ayin-based SuperPlay, which was founded by former Playtika employees, will continue to operate as an independent company.

WeSure CEO Nitzan Zeir Harim  credit: Rami Zarnegar WeSure joins race for Isracard

Digital insurance company WeSure is offering to invest in the credit card company for a 30% holding.

Aviad Ariel  credit: Omer Hacohen Salesforce-Own deal hugely lucrative - for the early birds

"Globes" talks to Aviad Ariel, whose Vertex fund has made a handsome return, about Own's origins and the decision to put its eggs in the Salesforce basket.

Own execs Ariel Berkman, Ori Yankelev and Sam Gutmann credit: Eyal Izhar Salesforce buys Israeli data protection co Own for $1.9b

Own has developed a platform that provides companies with backup to protect against the loss of essential data.

Cousins Shmuel Harlap (left) and Ephraim Shpitalni  credit: Tamar Matsafi, company presentation Couple set to pocket NIS 340m from finance co sale

Adv. Ephraim and Odelia Shpitalni own 60% of Gamla Harel, which Harel Insurance has offered to buy at a NIS 560 million valuation.

Check Point CEO Nadav Zafrir credit: Shlomi Yosef Check Point acquires Israeli co Cyberint for $200m

The threat intelligence and digital protection company has raised an estimated $65 million, thus providing investors with handsome returns.

Johnson & Johnson credit: PR Johnson & Johnson buys Israeli co V-Wave for up to $1.7b

V-Wave’s shunt is an implantable device designed to decrease elevated left atrial pressure seen in congestive heart failure.

TipRanks founders Gilad Gat and Uri Gruenbaum   credit: Tal Cohen Prytek buys control of Israel fintech co TipRanks

Singapore-based Prytek is buying 40% of TipRanks at a valuation of $200 million, bringing its total stake to 80%.

Autofleet team  credit: Efrat Mazor Canadian co Element Fleet Management buys Israel's Autofleet

Among Autofleet's customers is Alphabet's automomous taxi company Waymo.

Payoneer credit: Primakov Shutterstock Payoneer acquires Singapore payroll co Skuad

The Israeli fintech company will pay $61 million cash and up to $20 million in future milestone payments.

Broken unicorns Illustration: Gil Gibli Israeli exits halved in 2023

Acquisitions and IPOs of Israeli companies fell 50% last year in dollar terms and 36% in the number of deals.

Nvidia offices in Yokneam credit: Nvidia US antitrust probe endangers Nvidia - Run:ai deal - report

The Department of Justice investigation jeopardizes the completion of the $700 million acquisition, “Politico,” and “The Financial Times” report.

Outbrain joint CEOs David Kostman and Yaron Galai  credit: Noam Galai Outbrain to buy Teads from Drahi�s Altice for $1b

The Israeli content recommendation company and Teads will form an end-to-end monetization platform for the Internet.

ICL credit: NYSE ICL buys US co Custom Ag Formulators for $60m

The Israeli company’s second growing solutions acquisition in 2024 is part of its strategy of expand its growing solutions product offerings.

Wiz cofounder snd CEO Assaf Rappaport composition Tali Bogdanovsky Regulatory risk thought factor in Wiz deal cancellation

Acquisition deals by technology giants like Google can come under close reglatory scrutiny, sometimes delaying them by years.

Planck founders credit: PR Applied Systems buys Israeli AI insurtech co Planck

Planck’s team will set up an Israel development center for Applied Systems to further develop AI products for cloud-based insurance software.

Wiz and Google  credit: Tali Bogdanovsky Wiz: The blow to the workers, the founders' dominance

The decision by Wiz's four Israeli founders to go for a future IPO rather than accept Google's $23 billion bid keeps both employees and investors waiting.

Wiz founders credit: Avishag Shaar Yishuv The big Wiz winners, and the taxes they'll pay

Why it's worthwhile for the company's founders to hold less than 10%, and other questions.

Pof. Ehud Raanani   credit: Sheba Medical Center The heart surgeon with a $300m exit: We had glitches

The sale to Edwards Lifesciences vindicates Innovalve's solution for the most common, and most challenging, heart valve disorder, and also Sheba Hospital's innovation model.

Prof. Ehud Raanani credit: Sheba Edwards Lifesciences buys Israeli co Innovalve Bio Medical

Sources estimate that Edwards will pay more than $300 million for Innovalve's trans-catheter mitral valve replacement device.

Assaf Rappaport credit: Eyal Izhar Between Waze and Wiz Israel got lost

Reports in the international media about Google's talks to buy Wiz have airbrushed out the cybersecurity company's connection to Israel.

Wizz CEO Assaf Rappaport and COO Dali Rajic  credit: Ohad Kab What might have been: Three comments on Wiz

Wiz could have made the biggest IPO by an Israeli company on Nasdaq, but has apparently chosen a bird in the hand.

Israel Tax Authority  credit: Eyal Izhar Treasury can expect tax bonanza from Wiz sale

Assuming that the sale of the company to Google goes ahead at the price reported, experts put the tax payable in Israel at at least $2.5 billion.

Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport credit: Omer Hacohen Google in advanced talks to buy Wiz for $23b - report

Google parent company Alphabet is in advanced talks to buy the Israeli cloud security company, "The Wall Street Journal" reports.

Daria Lemann-Blumenthal credit: Tim Kerr Alcon completes acquisition of Israeli co Belkin Vision

Alcon will make an immediate payment of $81 million and a further $385 million in milestone payments, according to the product's success on the market.

Nano Dimension 3D printer  photo: PR Nano Dimension acquires Desktop Metal for $183m

Nano Dimension CEO: Our combination with Desktop Metal is another step in Nano Dimension’s evolution to become the leader in digital manufacturing, with capabilities in mass manufacturing for critical industrial applications.

Qwak founders credit: Qwak JFrog buys Israeli AI co Qwak for $230m

Qwak's AI platform allows development and data science teams to concentrate on core work.

Gilat Communications  / Photo: Tamar Matsafi, Globes Gilat to acquire US co Stellar Blu for $245m

Stellar Blu has developed antennae for in-flight Internet connectivity that complement Gilat's solutions in this field.

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