Viola Ventures

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Viola Ventures
TypePrivate
IndustryVenture capital
Founded2000
FounderShlomo Dovrat, Avi Zeevi
Headquarters
Herzliya
,
Israel
AUMUSD 1.3 billion
Number of employees
~30
Websitewww.viola-group.com/fund/violaventures

Viola Ventures (Hebrew: ויולה ונצ'רס), (formerly Carmel Ventures (Hebrew: כרמל ונצ'רס)), established in 2000, is an Israeli venture capital fund with over $1.3 billion under management.[citation needed]

History[]

Viola Ventures is focused on early stage companies in the fields of enterprise infrastructure and applications, frontier and deep technologies (automotive, IOT, AR/VR, drones), software, software as a service, financial technology, Internet, media, communications, semiconductors, and consumer electronics.

Viola Ventures is a member of the Viola Group, a private equity investment group with over $2.8B under management,[1] focused on technology-based investment opportunities in Israel. Shlomo Dovrat was a founder.

Companies[]

Exits[]

Company Industry Description Initial Investment Date Exit
Followap Communications Presence-based and Instant Messaging (IM) solutions to Mobile Operators 2001 Acquired by NeuStar in 2006 for $139M[15]
Actimize Enterprise Software Brokerage compliance, anti-money laundering, and fraud prevention 2001 Acquired by NICE Systems in 2007 for $280M[16]
ECI Telecom Communications Networking Infrastructure Equipment 2002 Acquired by Swarth Group in 2007 for $1.25B[17]
CopperGate Communications Home Networking Company 2005 Acquired by Sigma Designs in 2009 for $180M[18]
Snaptu Mobile Mobile Applications 2010 Acquired by Facebook in 2011 for $70M[19]
Oversi Networks*Wanova Communications rich-media caching and content delivery solutions 2004 Acquired by Allot Communications in 2012 .[20]
DesignArt Networks Communications Small cell modem and system design for cellular base stations 2005 Acquired by Qualcomm in 2012 .[21]
Wanova Communications desktop virtualization software 2009 Acquired by VMWare in 2012.
Shunra Software Software Network virtualization solutions for software testing 2004 Acquired by HP in 2014.[22]
Kontera Digital Advertising Content activation platform 2007 Acquired by in 2014 for $150M .[23]
Red Bend Software Software Mobile Software Management (MSM) 2000 Acquired by Harman in 2015.[24]
eXelate Media Digital Advertising Advertising Data 2007 Acquired by Nielsen N.V. in 2015.[25]
cVidya Networks Telecommunications Revenue assurance, Fraud management, 2004 Acquired by Amdocs in 2016 for $30 million[26]
Cybersecurity solutions for cybersecurity management Acquired by Providence Strategic Growth (PSG) in 2016 for $96 million[27]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Goldman Sachs buys 10% of Viola Group".
  2. ^ "Adapteva raises $3.6M for the 'most energy efficient' parallel computing chips". January 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "Israeli mobile optimization co Cellwize raises $24.5m".
  4. ^ "Cloudyn Raises $11 Million in B-Round Led by Carmel Ventures". Archived from the original on October 2, 2016.
  5. ^ "Israeli startup CoolaData raises $5.6 million". July 28, 2016.
  6. ^ "$50m Puls funding round tops Israeli investments in August". Israel21c. September 2, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  7. ^ "Short-term rental software company Guesty raises $35 million in Series C". HousingWire. March 26, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  8. ^ "IronSource, a mobile adtech startup, confirms $400M+ raise at $1B+ valuation". TechCrunch. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  9. ^ Browne, Ryan (January 21, 2019). "Barclays-backed online lender MarketInvoice gets $72 million in funding". CNBC. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  10. ^ "CellSavers Raises $15 Million from Sequoia Capital and Carmel Ventures". August 18, 2016.
  11. ^ "Adtech affairs: Taboola, Outbrain announce $850M merger, IronSource bags mega-deal | PitchBook". pitchbook.com. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  12. ^ "Seebo Raises $8.5 Million Funding Round Led by Carmel Ventures to Make IoT Simple for Product Companies".
  13. ^ "SimilarWeb Secures $47 Million in New Funding". Similarweb Blog. July 25, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  14. ^ "Worthy Raises $8M in B Round led by Carmel Ventures".
  15. ^ "NeuStar Buys Followap for $139M". Light Reading. November 28, 2006.
  16. ^ "Nice Systems to acquire Actimize - Reuters", Reuters, July 2, 2007, retrieved October 9, 2009
  17. ^ "ECI Telecom gets $800M deal with BT". August 7, 2010.
  18. ^ Dean Takahashi (October 14, 2009). "Sigma Designs buys home-networking chip maker CopperGate for $160M". VentureBeat. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  19. ^ Arthur, Charles (March 21, 2011). "Facebook buys mobile startup Snaptu: Social networking site's latest acquisition enables people to use smartphone-like applications on simpler 'feature' phones". The Guardian.
  20. ^ "Allot posts 43% revenue rise; buys Oversi Networks".
  21. ^ Shah, Agam (August 23, 2012). "Qualcomm Buys 'small Cell' Provider DesignArt Networks". IDG News Service. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  22. ^ "HP Expands Testing for Mobile and Cloud-Based Application Delivery".
  23. ^ "Amobee Buys Adconion For $235M And Kontera For $150M In Consolidation Play".
  24. ^ "Viola Group - Home". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  25. ^ "Viola Carmel Ventures". Archived from the original on February 18, 2014.
  26. ^ Orpaz, Inbal; Zerachovitz, Omri; Levy, Ruti (October 28, 2018). "Business in Brief: Amdocs Completes Purchase of cVidya". Haaretz – via Haaretz.
  27. ^ "Skybox Security Gets $96 Million Investment from Providence Equity to Fuel Growth". Skybox Security. February 3, 2016.

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