H-F & Co. has advised Kaltura, a New York-based video management platform, on its IPO on NASDAQ that valued the Intel-backed firm at about USD 1.2 Billion. The platform allows users to upload, manage, share, publish and stream videos. Ron Yekutiel, Michal Tsur, Shay David and Eran Etam founded the company in 2006.
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Israel-headquartered platform provider, Gefen International (GFN) has begun trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) after an oversubscribed USD 25 million initial public offering (IPO). Pearl Cohen advised on the IPO, with Senior Partner, Anna Moshe leading the transaction. Gefen has created a platform for regulation-heavy industries in which carriers use agents to sell complex […]
Yigal Arnon & Co. represented Generation Capital, in its acquisition together with the UK based Dalmore fund, of 30% of Porterbrook, a British train leasing company. Porterbook is one of the largest ROSCO’s (Rolling Stock Leasing Company) in the UK, with a fleet of over 4,000 trains, consisting of about 25% of the passenger trains […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (BCLP) has acted as UK counsel for Artlist, in its acquisition of FXhome, a UK leading developer company in the video and image software industry. Artist is an Israeli-based leading creative technology company which provides content creators with over 820K digital assets. The transaction brings together two complementary businesses and […]
IVC-Meitar Tech Review for the first half of 2021 has been published. There was an all-time record of amount raised in the first half of 2021 – USD 11.9 Billion, more than the total amount raised in 2020 (USD 10.3 Billion). Another strong quarter for the Israeli high-tech industry – USD 6.52 Billion were invested […]
Elbit Systems has completed one of the largest private raisings ever of a public company in Israel: The defense systems technology manufacturer raised NIS 1.9 billion in bonds from local sources, raising NIS 3.5 billion in demand. Herzog Fox & Neeman advised on the listing, with integral roles played by Niv Sivan, Ron Ben-Menachem, Elina Shechter, Oren Halfon, and Shira Knebel.
Econergy Renewable Energy Ltd. has completed its IPO on the TASE, attracting NIS 150 million in investment, representing a value of NIS 1 billion. Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co. With Hamburger Evron acted on the deal – the largest listing in the renewable energy sector and one of the most significant listings in Israel […]
U.S. business intelligence company ZoomInfo is to buy Israeli-U.S. start-up Chorus.ai for USD 575 million cash. Chorus.ai has developed a system that analyzes and provides insights on sales conversations and competes with Israeli start-up Gong.io, which raised money last month at a company valuation of USD 7.2 billion, making it the privately-held Israeli start-up with […]
Fattal, the largest Israeli hotel chain in the world, with 220 hotels in Israel and Europe (including hotels under construction), continues to expand its operations in Israel and has completed a purchase agreement of 72.5% of the 7MINDS boutique hotel chain, owned by Oren Pascal and Ben Braverman. As part of the transaction, The Bachar […]
From head of the Mossad to the biggest venture capital firm in the world: Sources inform “Globes” that Japanese investor Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank is appointing former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen as manager of its activity in Israel. SoftBank is considered the world’s leading technology fund, with huge investments in companies such as Uber, Alibaba, TikTok, […]
