Viola Ventures Explained

Viola Ventures
Foundation:2000
Founder:Shlomo Dovrat, Avi Zeevi
Aum:USD 1.3 billion
Num Employees:~30

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.

History

Viola Ventures is focused on early stage companies among 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

CompanyIndustryDescriptionInitial Investment DateExit
FollowapCommunicationsPresence-based and Instant Messaging (IM) solutions to Mobile Operators2001Acquired by NeuStar in 2006 for $139M[15]
ActimizeEnterprise SoftwareBrokerage compliance, anti-money laundering, and fraud prevention2001Acquired by NICE Systems in 2007 for $280M
ECI TelecomCommunicationsNetworking Infrastructure Equipment2002Acquired by Swarth Group in 2007 for $1.25B[16]
CopperGateCommunicationsHome Networking Company2005Acquired by Sigma Designs in 2009 for $180M[17]
SnaptuMobileMobile Applications2010Acquired by Facebook in 2011 for $70M[18]
Oversi Networks*WanovaCommunicationsrich-media caching and content delivery solutions 2004Acquired by Allot Communications in 2012 .[19]
DesignArt NetworksCommunicationsSmall cell modem and system design for cellular base stations2005Acquired by Qualcomm in 2012 .[20]
WanovaCommunicationsdesktop virtualization software 2009Acquired by VMWare in 2012.
Shunra SoftwareSoftware Network virtualization solutions for software testing2004Acquired by HP in 2014.[21]
KonteraDigital Advertising Content activation platform2007Acquired by Amobee in 2014 for $150M .[22]
Red Bend SoftwareSoftware Mobile Software Management (MSM)2000Acquired by Harman in 2015.[23]
eXelate MediaDigital Advertising Advertising Data 2007Acquired by Nielsen N.V. in 2015.[24]
cVidya NetworksTelecommunications Revenue assurance, Fraud management, 2004Acquired by Amdocs in 2016 for $30 million[25]
Skybox SecurityCybersecuritysolutions for cybersecurity managementAcquired by Providence Strategic Growth (PSG) in 2016 for $96 million[26]

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Goldman Sachs buys 10% of Viola Group.
  2. Web site: Adapteva raises $3.6M for the 'most energy efficient' parallel computing chips. January 16, 2014.
  3. Web site: Israeli mobile optimization co Cellwize raises $24.5m.
  4. Web site: Cloudyn Raises $11 Million in B-Round Led by Carmel Ventures. https://web.archive.org/web/20161002141108/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cloudyn-raises-11-million-b-150000664.html . October 2, 2016 .
  5. Web site: Israeli startup CoolaData raises $5.6 million. July 28, 2016.
  6. Web site: $50m Puls funding round tops Israeli investments in August. 2018-09-02. Israel21c. en-US. 2019-09-17.
  7. Web site: Short-term rental software company Guesty raises $35 million in Series C. 2019-03-26. HousingWire. en-US. 2019-10-08.
  8. Web site: IronSource, a mobile adtech startup, confirms $400M+ raise at $1B+ valuation. TechCrunch. en-US. 2019-11-07.
  9. Web site: Barclays-backed online lender MarketInvoice gets $72 million in funding. Browne. Ryan. 2019-01-21. CNBC. en. 2019-10-08.
  10. Web site: CellSavers Raises $15 Million from Sequoia Capital and Carmel Ventures. August 18, 2016.
  11. Web site: Adtech affairs: Taboola, Outbrain announce $850M merger, IronSource bags mega-deal PitchBook. pitchbook.com. en. 2019-11-07.
  12. Web site: Seebo Raises $8.5 Million Funding Round Led by Carmel Ventures to Make IoT Simple for Product Companies.
  13. News: SimilarWeb Secures $47 Million in New Funding. 2017-07-25. Similarweb Blog. 2019-10-08. en-US.
  14. Web site: Worthy Raises $8M in B Round led by Carmel Ventures.
  15. News: NeuStar Buys Followap for $139M. Light Reading. November 28, 2006.
  16. Web site: ECI Telecom gets $800M deal with BT. August 7, 2010.
  17. News: Sigma Designs buys home-networking chip maker CopperGate for $160M . VentureBeat . October 14, 2009 . August 1, 2011 . Dean Takahashi .
  18. News: Arthur. Charles. Facebook buys mobile startup Snaptu: Social networking site's latest acquisition enables people to use smartphone-like applications on simpler 'feature' phones. The Guardian. March 21, 2011.
  19. Web site: Allot posts 43% revenue rise; buys Oversi Networks.
  20. News: IDG News Service. Qualcomm Buys 'small Cell' Provider DesignArt Networks. Agam. Shah. August 23, 2012. June 6, 2014.
  21. Web site: HP Expands Testing for Mobile and Cloud-Based Application Delivery.
  22. Web site: Amobee Buys Adconion For $235M And Kontera For $150M In Consolidation Play.
  23. Web site: Viola Group - Home. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102629/https://www.viola-group.com/index.aspx?id=2263 . March 4, 2016 .
  24. Web site: Viola Carmel Ventures. https://web.archive.org/web/20140218232955/https://www.viola-group.com/carmelventures.html . February 18, 2014 .
  25. News: Business in Brief: Amdocs Completes Purchase of cVidya. Inbal. Orpaz. Omri. Zerachovitz. Ruti. Levy. October 28, 2018. Haaretz. Haaretz.
  26. Web site: Skybox Security Gets $96 Million Investment from Providence Equity to Fuel Growth. Skybox Security. February 3, 2016.

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