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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 623

mergers and acquisitions

Six-month old Israeli startup is bought up by website builder Wix for $80 million
By Sharon Wrobel
Bootstrapped startup Base44 is the developer of an AI-based platform that lets users build apps with no coding experience, by writing a text prompt, similar to ChatGPT interface
Illustrative image of a Wix-made app. (Courtesy/Wix)
Illustrative image of a Wix-made app. (Courtesy/Wix)
June 19, 2025, 4:24 pm
Six-month old Israeli startup is bought up by website builder Wix for $80 million
Bootstrapped startup Base44 is the developer of an AI-based platform that lets users build apps with no coding experience, by writing a text prompt, similar to ChatGPT interface
By Sharon Wrobel
An illustration of the Wix.com ecommerce platform in action (Courtesy)
May 23, 2025, 4:17 pm
Website builder Wix buys Israeli startup to ramp up GenAI video creation tools
Tel Aviv-based Hour One, set up in 2019, is a developer of software that turns text-based content into videos with computer-generated characters based on real people
By Sharon Wrobel
The main rehearsal for Israel's Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 28, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 1, 2025, 5:50 am
Israel at 77: Tech economy shows resilience during war, though clouds of change loom
While Israel takes pride in its tech ecosystem, fund managers and tech experts worry that the state is not acting to preserve the talent that keeps the industry thriving
By Sharon Wrobel
Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
March 20, 2025, 11:32 am
From Waze to Wiz: How Google learned to love Israeli tech
The biggest buyout in the country’s history will make the unpretentious Wiz founders multibillionaires, while an estimated $4 billion in taxes is set to flow into national coffers
By Sharon Wrobel
Left: Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz (from left to right): VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv); Google Cloud offices in Sunnyvale, California, on June 8, 2023. (JHVEPhoto/iStock)
March 18, 2025, 4:45 pm
In biggest exit in Israeli history, Google buys cyber unicorn Wiz for $32 billion
With the acquisition of Wiz, Google’s parent company wants to strengthen its cyber offerings to better compete in the cloud computing race against tech giants Amazon and Microsoft
By Sharon Wrobel
Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
March 18, 2025, 11:17 am
Google agrees to buy Israel’s cyber unicorn Wiz for $32b, country’s biggest tech deal
Purchase is also largest by Google parent firm Alphabet; Google CEO: ‘Together, Google Cloud and Wiz will turbocharge improved cloud security’
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli information technology provider Matrix IT headquarter building in Herzliya. (Courtesy)
March 11, 2025, 3:00 pm
Israel’s Matrix to snap up Magic Software in $2.1 billion IT services merger deal
Herzliya-based information technology company says the combined firm will employ over 15,000 people and provide IT services to 6,000 businesses around the world
By Sharon Wrobel
For illustration: Screen grab from NYSE video marking Riskified's IPO, August 3, 2021. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 6, 2025, 6:00 pm
Israeli-founded fraud prevention firm Riskified said to be weighing sale — report
Riskified went public in 2021 at a valuation of $3.3 billion, but has seen its market value drop to about $855 million; it has reportedly received a few takeover offers
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli cybersecurity firm CyberArk's headquarters and R&D center in Petah Tikva. (Courtesy)
February 14, 2025, 1:07 am
Israel’s CyberArk inks deal to buy US startup for up to $175 million
CyberArk says acquisition will add automation tools to its identity security platform to help businesses mitigate unwanted user access and lower the risk of sensitive data leaks
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Israeli entrepreneurs, investors and lawyers mingle at the Up & Coming annual tech conference by PwC Israel and Goldfarb Gross Seligman law firm in Tel Aviv on September 4, 2024. (Sharon Wrobel/Times of Israel)
January 9, 2025, 8:48 pm
With a possible end to the war in sight, will 2025 bring a startup ‘baby boom’?
Fund managers and tech executives worry about a shortage of local talent and new startups, but expect a revival of Israeli tech firms going public on the US stock market
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli startup Endostream Medical develops a medical device for the treatment of brain aneurysms. (Courtesy)
January 9, 2025, 4:52 pm
Japan’s Kaneka buys Israeli medical device startup in $100 millon deal
Endostream Medical, the developer of an implant device for the treatment of brain aneurysms, will operate as Kaneka’s first Israeli R&D hub
By Sharon Wrobel
Rivery co-founder Itamar Ben Hemo (right) with employee and slain reservist officer Maj. (res.) Itay Galea. Galea was killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack in northern Israel in July 2024. Ben Hemo sustained critical injuries when shot by a Hamas sniper in Gaza in January 2024. (Courtesy)
December 20, 2024, 9:46 am
An Israeli tech founder’s journey from a near fatal injury in Gaza to a $100m exit
Rivery co-founder Itamar Ben Hemo, who was nearly killed a year ago while serving with the IDF reserves, hopes buyout will help restore investor confidence in Startup Nation
By Sharon Wrobel
A person types on a laptop keyboard, June 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola/File)
December 16, 2024, 10:01 pm
US private equity firm said to bid for Israeli spyware maker Paragon
Paragon’s Graphite phone-hacking software targets data backed up to the cloud; is deployed by government bodies in the US and Israel; firm is backed by former premier Ehud Barak
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image of employees working in the tech sector. (Hadas Porush/ Flash90)
December 11, 2024, 8:53 pm
Israel’s tech paradox: Despite war, tech exits surge 78%, led by cyber and AI deals
So far in 2024, US buyers continue to lead with 31 M&A and IPO deals worth $8.9 billion, followed by Israeli buyers accounting for 15 transactions, says new PwC report
By Sharon Wrobel
For illustration: Fusion co-founder Guy Katsovich speaks to investors and entrepreneurs at an annual VC trends conference in Tel Aviv on December 5, 2024. (Courtesy)
December 5, 2024, 10:43 pm
Political and security instability fears top Israeli investor concerns, survey finds
Poll shows fundraising remains a major worry, while the M&A market for Israeli startups sets a new high with $10.5 billion in deals led by foreign acquirers over the past year
By Sharon Wrobel
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