Viola Group

Viola Group
Private
Industry venture capital Private Equity Private Equity
Founded 2000
Founders Shlomo Dovrat, Aharon Dovrat (decd.), Avi Zeevi, Harel Beit-On, Ruthi Simha
Headquarters Herzliya, Israel
AUM USD 2.8 billion
Number of employees
 80
Website www.viola-group.com/

Viola Group, established in 2000, is an Israeli private equity investment group with over $2.8 billion under management.[1] Viola Group is focused on funding Israeli technology-based companies.[2]

Viola Group consists of four independent investment funds including Viola Ventures[3] – a Venture Capital fund; Viola Credit[4] – a growth and venture lending fund; Viola Growth (formerly Viola Private Equity)[5] – a technology-focused growth capital and buyout fund; and Viola Partners[6] – an investment fund mainly for private investors.

Viola Group is based in Herzeliya, Israel.

History

The Viola Group was founded in 2000 by the late Aharon Dovrat, his son Shlomo Dovrat, Avi Zeevi,[7] Harel Beit-On,[8] and Ruthi Simha[9]

Active Portfolio Companies

Viola Ventures

Adapteva IronSource Outbrain Reduxio
Cellwize[10] Kampyle (software) Pagaya[11] Samanage
Clarizen Lightricks[12] Payoneer Seebo
Cloudyn LiveU Perfecto Mobile Splacer
CrediFi[13] LuckyFish Personetics SundaySky[14]
CoolaData MultiPhy Playbuzz[15] Tapingo
enSilo MyThings Puls_(company)[16][17] Tonara
EverCompliant[18] Optimal Plus RealMatch TradAir
Redis Labs Worthy

Viola Growth

Aeronautics GlassesUSA Mobile Access RR Media
Amiad[19] iMer[20] MyThings SimilarWeb[21]
Behalf Itamar Medical Orad SundaySky
Degania Medical Macrocure Playbuzz[22] VATBox
Gaon[23] Matomy Media Pyramid Analytics Zend[24]

Viola Credit

Apos Therapy ColorChip[25] Feedvisor TheTime
BIScience ControlUp (Smart-X) myThings TradAir
Clarizen Earnix Teads Upstream Commerce
Clicktale ECI Telecom Telit YCD Multimedia

Exits

Company Year
Actimize[26] 2007
Amadesa[27] 2012
Amiad Water Systems[28] 2013
bTendo[29] 2012
CopperGate[30] 2009
cVidya[31] 2015
DesignArt[32][33] 2012
ECI Telecom[34] 2007
eXelate[35] 2015
Followap[36] 2006
Imagine Communications[37] 2014
Kontera[38] 2014
Matomy Media[39] 2014
MobileAccess[40] 2011
NimbleCommerce[41] 2016
Orad[42] 2015
Oversi[43] 2012
Red Bend Software[44] 2015
RR Media[45] 2016
Shunra[46] 2014
Skybox Security[47] 2016
Snaptu[48] 2011
Wanova[49] 2012

References

  1. ↑ "Goldman Sachs buys 10% of Viola Group - Globes English". Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  2. ↑ "#Israel - Overview of Viola Group FinTech Matrix - Techfoliance". Techfoliance. 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  3. ↑ Paul Sawers, November 1, 2017 ", VentureBeat, November 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Viola Credit: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  5. ↑ Roy Goldenberg, April 15, 2015 "Viola Private Equity closes $250m investment fund", Globes, April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Viola Partners | crunchbase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  7. ↑ "LinkedIn profile - Ari Zeevi".
  8. ↑ "LinkedIn profile - Harel Beit-On".
  9. ↑ "LinkedIn profile - Ruthi Simha".
  10. ↑ "Israeli mobile optimization co Cellwize raises $24.5m - Globes English". Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  11. ↑ "Investment Manager Pagaya Raises $1.25M". NoCamels - Israeli Innovation News. 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  12. ↑ "Image-processing startup Lightricks raises $10m - Globes English". Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  13. ↑ TheMarker (2017-02-14). "TechNation: Talks Underway to Sell Israel's Apple Products Importer to Private Equity Fund Sky". Haaretz. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  14. ↑ "Israeli personalized video co SundaySky raises $30m - Globes English". Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  15. ↑ "Playful content platform PlayBuzz raises $3m - Globes English". Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  16. ↑ "CellSavers Raises $15 Million From Sequoia Capital and Carmel Ventures". VentureBeat (in eng). Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  17. ↑ "Puls is Building a Repair Technician Workforce, Uber-Style". Residential Systems (in eng). Retrieved 2018-05-09.
  18. ↑ "Israel-based cyber intelligence company EverCompliant has closed a $9.5m Series A round from Arbor Ventures and others. | Palico". www.palico.com. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  19. ↑ "Viola buys Amiad stake - Globes English". Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  20. ↑ "Medical tourism and evaluation co iMER raises $7m - Globes English". Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  21. ↑ "SimilarWeb raises $47M at valuation approaching $800M to take on Nielsen in digital market intel". TechCrunch (in eng). Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  22. ↑ "Israeli digital content co Playbuzz raises $35m - Globes English". Globes (in eng). Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  23. ↑ "Viola set to take over Gaon Holdings for NIS 70m - Globes English". Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  24. ↑ "PHP co Zend raises $16.5m - Globes English". Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  25. ↑ "Optical communications co ColorChip raises $20m - Globes English". Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  26. ↑ Reuters "Nice Systems to acquire Actimize", Reuters, July 2, 2007.
  27. ↑ "LivePerson to Acquire Predictive Intelligence Technology from Provider of Web Testing and Relevance Targeting Solutions", PR Newswire, May 16, 2012.
  28. ↑ Venture Capital Post "Viola Private Equity to sell stake in Amiad Water worth GBP12 million", PR Newswire, November 11, 2013.
  29. ↑ Shmulik Shelach, August 5, 2012 "STMicroelectronics buys bTendo", Globes, August 2012.
  30. ↑ "Sigma Designs, Inc. Completes Acquisition of CopperGate Communications Ltd.", Business Wire, November 12, 2009.
  31. ↑ Roy Goldenberg and Shiri Habib-Valdhorn, November 5, 2015 "Amdocs to buy Israeli co cVidya for $30-40m", Globes, November 2015.
  32. ↑ Shmulik Shelach, August 22, 2012 "Qualcomm to acquire DesignArt for $120-140m", Globes, August 2012.
  33. ↑ "Qualcomm acquires Israeli start-up DesignArt Networks for $150 million", The Times of Israel, August 2012.
  34. ↑ "ECI Telecom Announces Agreement to Be Acquired in $1.2 Billion All-Cash Transaction", Business Wire, July 2, 2007.
  35. ↑ Kelly Liyakasa, March 4, 2015 "Nielsen Acquires Data Platform eXelate For Estimated $200 Million", AdExchanger, March 2015.
  36. ↑ "NeuStar acquires Followap for USD 139 million", Ynetnews, November 28, 2006.
  37. ↑ "Harris Broadcast Completes Acquisition of Imagine Communications", PR Newswire, January 15, 2014.
  38. ↑ Tzahi Hoffman and Globes' correspondent, June 11, 2014 "SingTel unit Amobee acquires Kontera for $150m", Globes, June 2014.
  39. ↑ Robert Cookson, July 8, 2014 "Matomy Media raises £41m in London IPO", Financial Times, July 2014.
  40. ↑ Batya Feldman, February 1, 2011 "Corning buys wireless network co MobileAccess", Globes, February 2011.
  41. ↑ "Blackhawk Network Acquires NimbleCommerce", PR Newswire, February 13, 2016.
  42. ↑ David Shamah, April 13, 2015 "US firm acquires Israeli TV tech pioneer for $60m", The Times of Israel, April 2015.
  43. ↑ "Allot Communications Completes Acquisition of Oversi Networks", PR Newswire, September 4, 2012.
  44. ↑ Idan Rabi, January 22, 2015 "Harman acquires Red Bend Software for $200m", Globes, January 2015.
  45. ↑ "SES acquires Israeli co RR Media for $242m", Globes, February 2, 2016.
  46. ↑ APMdigest, April 9, 2014 "HP to Acquire Shunra", April 2014.
  47. ↑ Robert Hackett, February 3, 2016 "Cybersecurity Firm Raises $96 Million From Providence Equity Partners", Fortune (magazine), February 2016.
  48. ↑ Robin Wauters, March 20, 2011 "Facebook Acquires Snaptu (For An Estimated $60 – $70 Million)", TechCrunch, March 2011.
  49. ↑ Inbal Orpaz and Orr Hirschauge, May 24, 2012 "VMware Buys Wanova for $100m", Haaretz, May 2012.
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