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  • CVC Capital to take minority stake in IronSource
    Iris Dorbian- 3 October 2019

    CVC Capital Partners has agreed to acquire a minority stake in IronSource for over $400 million. Jefferies served as primary financial adviser to CVC on the deal. With offices in Tel Aviv, San Francisco, Beijing, London, New York, Bangalore, Seoul and Tokyo, IronSource is a mobile marketing company.

  • VC-backed PlainID appoints sales global VP
    Iris Dorbian- 24 September 2019

    PlainID, a provider of an advanced authorization platform, has named Richard Bauer as global vice president of sales. PlainID's backers include Viola Ventures.

  • T-Rex scores funding
    Iris Dorbian- 4 September 2019

    T-Rex, a provider of analytics and data solutions for complex investments, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. Citi, the Westly Group and Viola Fintech led the round with participation from innogy and Macquarie Capital.

  • Car financing platform Lendbuzz inks $150 mln
    Iris Dorbian- 15 July 2019

    Boston-based Lendbuzz, a car financing platform, has secured $150 million in debt and equity funding. 83 North led the equity funding round while BHI, ConnectOne Bank, IDB Bank and Viola Credit were among the lead investors for the debt funding.

  • New Era raises $60 mln for inaugural fund
    Iris Dorbian- 4 April 2019

    New Era Capital Partners, a Tel Aviv-based venture firm, has closed its debut fund at $60 million. The fund will invest in Israeli social impact companies.

  • Israeli startup ProteanTecs reels in $35 mln Series B
    Iris Dorbian- 1 April 2019

    ProteanTecs, an Israeli startup, has secured $35 million in Series B funding. The investors included Avigdor Willenz, Intel Capital, ITI Venture Capital Partners, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Redline Capital Management S.A., Viola Ventures, WRVI Capital and Zeev Ventures.

  • Rewire raises $12 mln from Viola Fintech, Opera Tech Ventures, OurCrowd, Standard Bank of South Africa, others
    Mark Boslet- 26 March 2019

    Rewire said it raised $12 million of Series A capital in a round led by Viola Fintech and joined by BNP Paribas' investment arm Opera Tech Ventures, OurCrowd, Moneta, Yair Tauman, Yaron Lemelbaum, Leon Vaidman and Standard Bank of South Africa.

  • Guesty raises $35 mln
    Luisa Beltran- 21 March 2019

    Guesty said March 21 that it raised $35 million in Series C financing led by Viola Growth. Participating in the round were Vertex Ventures, Journey Ventures, Kingfisher Investment Advisors, La Maison Compagnie d'Investissement and existing investors, TLV Partners and Magma Ventures. Guesty is a property management platform for property managers and management companies.

  • nsKnox scores $15 mln Series A
    Iris Dorbian- 19 February 2019

    Boston and Tel Aviv-based nsKnox, a provider of corporate payment protection solutions, has secured $15 million in Series A funding. Viola Ventures and M12 led the round with participation from other investors that included Discount Capital.