Viola Ventures

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.

Viola Ventures
TypePrivate
IndustryVenture capital
Founded2000
FounderShlomo Dovrat, Avi Zeevi
Headquarters
Herzliya
,
Israel
AUMUSD 1.3 billion
Number of employees
~30
Websitewww.viola-group.com/fund/violaventures

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
Company Industry Description Initial Investment Date Exit
Followap Communications Presence-based and Instant Messaging (IM) solutions to Mobile Operators 2001 Acquired by NeuStar in 2006 for $139M[15]
Actimize Enterprise Software Brokerage compliance, anti-money laundering, and fraud prevention 2001 Acquired by NICE Systems in 2007 for $280M[16]
ECI Telecom Communications Networking Infrastructure Equipment 2002 Acquired by Swarth Group in 2007 for $1.25B[17]
CopperGate Communications Home Networking Company 2005 Acquired by Sigma Designs in 2009 for $180M[18]
Snaptu Mobile Mobile Applications 2010 Acquired by Facebook in 2011 for $70M[19]
Oversi Networks*Wanova Communications rich-media caching and content delivery solutions 2004 Acquired by Allot Communications in 2012 .[20]
DesignArt Networks Communications Small cell modem and system design for cellular base stations 2005 Acquired by Qualcomm in 2012 .[21]
Wanova Communications desktop virtualization software 2009 Acquired by VMWare in 2012.
Shunra Software Software Network virtualization solutions for software testing 2004 Acquired by HP in 2014.[22]
Kontera Digital Advertising Content activation platform 2007 Acquired by Amobee in 2014 for $150M .[23]
Red Bend Software Software Mobile Software Management (MSM) 2000 Acquired by Harman in 2015.[24]
eXelate Media Digital Advertising Advertising Data 2007 Acquired by Nielsen N.V. in 2015.[25]
cVidya Networks Telecommunications Revenue assurance, Fraud management, 2004 Acquired by Amdocs in 2016 for $30 million[26]
Skybox Security Cybersecurity solutions for cybersecurity management Acquired by Providence Strategic Growth (PSG) in 2016 for $96 million[27]

See also

References
  1. "Goldman Sachs buys 10% of Viola Group".
  2. "Adapteva raises $3.6M for the 'most energy efficient' parallel computing chips". January 16, 2014.
  3. "Israeli mobile optimization co Cellwize raises $24.5m".
  4. "Cloudyn Raises $11 Million in B-Round Led by Carmel Ventures". Archived from the original on October 2, 2016.
  5. "Israeli startup CoolaData raises $5.6 million". July 28, 2016.
  6. "$50m Puls funding round tops Israeli investments in August". Israel21c. September 2, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  7. "Short-term rental software company Guesty raises $35 million in Series C". HousingWire. March 26, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  8. "IronSource, a mobile adtech startup, confirms $400M+ raise at $1B+ valuation". TechCrunch. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  9. Browne, Ryan (January 21, 2019). "Barclays-backed online lender MarketInvoice gets $72 million in funding". CNBC. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  10. "CellSavers Raises $15 Million from Sequoia Capital and Carmel Ventures". August 18, 2016.
  11. "Adtech affairs: Taboola, Outbrain announce $850M merger, IronSource bags mega-deal | PitchBook". pitchbook.com. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  12. "Seebo Raises $8.5 Million Funding Round Led by Carmel Ventures to Make IoT Simple for Product Companies".
  13. "SimilarWeb Secures $47 Million in New Funding". Similarweb Blog. July 25, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  14. "Worthy Raises $8M in B Round led by Carmel Ventures".
  15. "NeuStar Buys Followap for $139M". Light Reading. November 28, 2006.
  16. "Nice Systems to acquire Actimize - Reuters", Reuters, July 2, 2007, retrieved October 9, 2009
  17. "ECI Telecom gets $800M deal with BT". August 7, 2010.
  18. Dean Takahashi (October 14, 2009). "Sigma Designs buys home-networking chip maker CopperGate for $160M". VentureBeat. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  19. Arthur, Charles (March 21, 2011). "Facebook buys mobile startup Snaptu: Social networking site's latest acquisition enables people to use smartphone-like applications on simpler 'feature' phones". The Guardian.
  20. "Allot posts 43% revenue rise; buys Oversi Networks".
  21. Shah, Agam (August 23, 2012). "Qualcomm Buys 'small Cell' Provider DesignArt Networks". IDG News Service. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  22. "HP Expands Testing for Mobile and Cloud-Based Application Delivery".
  23. "Amobee Buys Adconion For $235M And Kontera For $150M In Consolidation Play".
  24. "Viola Group - Home". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  25. "Viola Carmel Ventures". Archived from the original on February 18, 2014.
  26. Orpaz, Inbal; Zerachovitz, Omri; Levy, Ruti (October 28, 2018). "Business in Brief: Amdocs Completes Purchase of cVidya". Haaretz – via Haaretz.
  27. "Skybox Security Gets $96 Million Investment from Providence Equity to Fuel Growth". Skybox Security. February 3, 2016.
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