As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. This month’s top headline is that Israeli exits in 2013 reached $4.9 billion, making it a record year for Israeli high-tech. Browse the headlines below for …
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IBM is about to acquire Guardium for $225 Million, according to Haaretz. Guardium provides software solutions for database activity monitoring, security, and auditing. This is the largest high-tech Israeli exit in 2009 and a great achievement for Guardium’s investors, who will be getting 10x returns on their bets.
A report published today by BDI-Coface lists Intel as the Best company to work for in Israeli high tech. Intel is a veteran in the Israeli high tech scene: Intel Israel was established in 1974 and was the first development center outside the United States.
The local high tech industry in Israel continues to provide exits for investors mainly through the M&A route, while the rest of the world struggles with IPOs. According to a recent study published by IVC Online, Israeli high tech M&A deals were valued at $3.2 billion in 2007, spanning across 75 deals, the second highest …
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