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Viola Group
Viola Group ( he, קבוצת ויולה, alt: he, קרן ויולה), established in 2000, is an Israeli private equity investment group with over $3 billion under management. Viola Group is focused on funding Israeli technology-based companies. Viola Group consists of five independent investment arms including Viola Ventures – a Venture Capital fund focused on early stage startups; Viola Credit – a growth and venture lending fund; Viola Growth (formerly Viola Private Equity) – a technology-focused growth capital and buyout fund; Viola Partners, and Viola Fintech. Viola Group is based in Herzliya, Israel. History The Viola Group was founded in 2000 by the late Aharon Dovrat, his son Shlomo Dovrat Shlomo Dovrat is an Israeli high-tech entrepreneur and Co-Founder and General Partner at Viola Ventures, a top-tier Israeli venture capital firm, with over $4.5B under management. He spearheaded the recovery of ECI Telecom and in January 2005, s ..., Avi Zeevi, Harel Beit-O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puls (company)
Puls (stylized in all lowercase) is a San Franciscobased startup founded by Eyal Ronen and Itai Hirsch in 2015. Overview The company provides in-home services like repairs of all household appliances. The user books an appointment, and a technician visits the user’s location to try and fix it. History Started in 2015, the company was initially launched as CellSavers. The company was focused on repairing mobile phones and tablets. In 2017, the company was renamed Puls and started to offer broader solutions. Puls launched a new service, installation of HDTV antennas in 2018. In August 2018, following a $50m C round investment, Puls announced expansion to additional home services or supporting "Everything with an 'ON' Switch". In September 2018, Puls was selected by LinkedIn as one of the top 25 US startups, at the 11th place. In 2019, TV-maker TCL announced it had partnered with Puls to provide a 5,000-person installation support team. Offered Services Partners Apple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venture Capital Firms Of Israel
Venture may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *The Ventures, an American instrumental rock band formed in 1958 *"A Venture", 1971 song by the band Yes *''Venture'', a 2010 EP by AJR Games * ''Venture'' (video game), a 1981 arcade game *''Venture'', a strategic card game by Sid Sackson Film * SS ''Venture'', a ship in ''King Kong'' and its 2005 remake * SS ''Venture'', an InGen-owned ship featured in '' The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' Other uses * ''Venture'' (TV series), a Canadian business television show Magazines * ''Venture Science Fiction'', defunct US science fiction magazine * ''Venture'' (magazine), a management magazine Business * Business venture * Venture (department store), a defunct discount department store operating across Australia * Venture Corporation, a Singapore firm * Venture Stores, a former retail chain Transportation * Chevrolet Venture, a General Motors minivan * Yamaha Venture, Yamaha touring motorcycles * Siemens Venture, fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telit
Telit is an Internet of Things (IoT) Enabler company headquartered in Irvine, CA, USA. It is a privately held company with key operations in the US, Brazil, Italy, Israel, and Korea. Overview Telit is an IoT Enabler providing IoT modules, edge-to-cloud services including connectivity plans, IoT SIMs, IoT embedded software and PaaS IoT deployment managed services. It operates two business units: IoT modules and subscriptions & managed services. In 2021, the company launched Telit NeXT, a cloud-native core network to enhance its global IoT connectivity offering. The company developed the ball-grid-array (BGA) module; the “Family” and “Unified-Form-Factor” concepts; the smallest GPS receiver module; a Gigabit LTE data card module; a 5G data card module; simWISE, integrated SIM technology with data subscription services; OneEdge, an IoT deployment management tool; deviceWISE® Industrial IoT Integration and Enablement Platform; Telit IoT Portal, a Cloud-Based Platform as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ECI Telecom
ECI Telecom Ltd is an Israel-based manufacturer of telecommunications equipment that provides packet optical transport products, software-defined networking applications, cybersecurity and professional services. History The Electronics Corporation of Israel (ECI) was founded in 1961. It specialized in telephone transmission products that manipulated the signals carried on telephone lines. The Electronics Corporation of Israel became ECI Telecom in 1981, and had its first trading on NASDAQ in 1982. Since that time, ECI has undergone a number of mergers and acquisitions. An acquisition in 2007 by the Swarth Group and the Ashmore Group, private equity firms, making ECI a private company once again. In November 2019, Ribbon Communications announced agreed to acquire ECI Telecom, through a merger, for $486 million. ECI serves carriers and service providers in various sectors: cable/multiple system operators, wireless/cellular service providers, utilities, carrier of carriers, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MyThings
myThings is a site retargeting company that provides advertisers with display ads (banners), for visitors who have left their sites without completing a purchase. These users are served ads as they continue surfing the web. Behavioral retargeting is a form of online targeted advertising, in which online advertising is delivered to consumers based on their previous actions, such as pages browsed, products added to basket, on a company's website or app. History Founded in 2005, myThings was originally created to " elppeople keep track of their belongings —when and where they were purchased, for how much, and the services provided with them— in order to replace or sell an item, or in the event of fire or theft." This is their current mission but it has closed for beta testing. For a period of time, it operated in the online and mobile display advertising and affiliate marketing industry. myThings has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Israel. In 2010, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behalf
Behalf offered short-term financing with flexible repayment terms to U.S.-based small businesses, ranging between $300-$50,000. Behalf pays vendors directly, on behalf of the small business, for the purchase of goods or services. Behalf has headquarters in New York. Behalf officially ceased to operate on 01.2023. History Behalf was founded in 2011 by Benjy Feinberg, Shai Feinberg, and Jeremy Esekow. In January 2015, Behalf announced a partnership with MasterCard and Comdata. This partnership enables small business financing with almost any vendor that accepts MasterCard. In July 2015, Behalf raised $119 million from Mission OG, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Maverick Ventures, and Victory Park Capital. As of February 2016, the Better Business Bureau Better Business Bureau (BBB) is a private, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization founded in 1912. BBB's self-described mission is to focus on advancing marketplace trust, consisting of 97 independently incorporated local BBB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RR Media
RR Media was a NASDAQ listed provider of global digital media services to the broadcast industry and content owners. Its services can be divided into four main groups: global content distribution network (satellite, fiber and the internet); content management & playout; sports, news & live events; and online video services. The company was rebranded to RR Media from RRsat in September 2014. In February 2016, it was announced that, subject to regulatory approvals, RR Media was to be acquired by SES, based in Betzdorf, Luxembourg, and merged with SES subsidiary company, SES Platform Services a media services provider for television broadcasters, production companies and platform operators, based in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany. In July 2016, the merged company was named MX1. Digital media services # Global content distribution services RR Media's global distribution network uses a combination of satellite, fiber and the internet. The network includes satellite downlink an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GlassesUSA
GlassesUSA.com is an online retailer of prescription eyewear. It was founded in 2009. History GlassesUSA was founded in 2009 by Daniel Rothman, Eldad Rothman and Roy Yamner. Daniel Rothman is the current CEO of the company. The company primarily focuses on North America, but also accepts orders from 92 countries. Around 130,000 unique visitors visits the website daily. In 2015, GlassesUSA raised a $12.5 Million growth round led by the Viola Private Equity fund, a member of the Viola Group, a technology Private Equity group whose purpose is to "enable Israeli entrepreneurs." Brands GlassesUSA, through its affiliation with the Luxottica Group, offers a wide range of frames including: * Ray-Ban * Tom Ford * DKNY * DVF * Prada * Oakley * Calvin Klein * Michael Kors * Persol Partnerships In 2015, GlassesUSA raised a $12.5 Million growth round led by the Viola Private Equity fund which is a member of the Viola Group, which "is a venture capital firm, empowering Israeli or Israe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramid Analytics
Pyramid Analytics is a business intelligence software company that was founded in 2009 by Omri Kohl, Avi Perez, and Herbert Ochtman. The company has offices in Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, London, Boise, and Seattle. In early 2013, Pyramid Analytics secured its Series A of funding led by Sequoia Capital. In 2014, Pyramid Analytics was recognized in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms. Pyramid Analytics released Version 5 of BI Office. In September 2014, Microsoft and Pyramid Analytics partnered with Hospital Physical Partners (HPP) to leverage their BI to "drive revenue and stay competitive." On October 20, 2015 Pyramid Analytics secured $30 million for their round B of funding led by Viola Private Equity. In 2016, Pyramid Analytics released BI Office Version 6. In September 2017, Pyramid was featured as a Strong Performer on the “Forrester Wave: Enterprise BI Platforms with Majority On-Premises Deployments, Q3 2017”. In October 2017, Pyramid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
