Solynta raises € 21 million in series C funding
Hybrid Potato Breeding Company Solynta, based in the Netherlands, closed its Series C
funding round raising € 21 million from a consortium of investors
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Fortissimo Capital sold Cardo Systems for $150 million to EMK Capital
Fortissimo Capital will net almost $100 million from the sale of its stake, while founder and chairman Dr. Abraham Glezerman will receive $45 million for his shares
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Fortissimo Capital scores $140 million from sales of Incredibuild shares
Fortissimo Capital has sold part of its shares of software company IncrediBuild Software Ltd. to Insight Partners for a tidy sum of $140 million.
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Priority Software is acquiring Edea AMC for an estimated
Enterprise resource planning software company Priority Software Ltd, which is jointly owned by Fortissimo Capital and TA Associates, is acquiring Israeli company Edea AMC ltd that specializes in developing software for the retail industry.
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Israeli fintech company Green Invoice secures first investment from Fortissimo Capita
Israel-based private equity firm Fortissimo Capital is investing $20 million in Israeli Fintech company Green Invoice. This is the company’s first time raising money having been founded 10 years ago by Lior Wilczynski (CEO) and Rami Gabai (CTO).
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International Consortium led by Fortissimo Capital Acquires Sanquin Plasma Products
An international consortium led by Fortissimo Capital acquired Sanquin Plasma Products (“SPP”) from the Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation, a Dutch non-profit organization responsible for the blood supply in the Netherlands.
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Fortissimo Capital sells 50% of Priority Software holdings at a $250 million valuation
Global private equity firm TA Associates acquires the Israeli ERP provider after initial talks fell through last year
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Israeli robotic bee hive startup Beewise raises $10 million in a financing round led by Fortissimo
The Israeli Beewise hopes to replace the old hives and make them smarter so that bees can be monitored remotely and treated without human contact.
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GigaSpaces Announces $12 Million Financing Led by Fortissimo Capital to Accelerate Rapid Expansion
GigaSpaces, the provider of InsightEdge, the fastest in-memory real-time analytics and data processing platform, closed a round of funding of $12 million, led by Fortissimo Capital.
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Equinom Raises US$10 Million to Accelerate Growth
Equinom, the leading seed breeding startup, announces it has closed its Series B round of funding of $10 million, led by BASF Venture Capital. Fortissimo, Equinom’s current investor, also participated.
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Fortissimo Capital Fund Closes Its Fifth Fund with $650 Million
Fortissimo announced the final closing of its fifth fund, Fortissimo Capital Fund V, with $650 million in commitments from institutional investors in the U.S., Europe and Israel.
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Kornit Digital CEO: We're aiming for $1b annual sales
Kornit Digital, Forttisimo's previous portfolio company is looking for revenue growth, not an exit.
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Fortissimo sells its holdings in Biological Industries
Fortissimo Capital Fund sells its holdings in Biological Industries to Sartorius. Sartorius is a leading partner for the biopharmaceutical industry.
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Fortissimo Acquires Sugat
Fortissimo acquired Sugat, a leading Israeli dry foods manufacturer and importer from a London-based commodities trader ED&F Man Holdings. The acquisition was made via Salt of the Earth.
Fortissimo Acquires Salt of the Earth
Fortissimo recently acquired Salt of the Earth from the Arison Group. As the leading salt producer in Israel, Salt of the Earth offers a wide range of unique salt products.
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Fortissimo Sells Stake in Kornit Digital
Fortissimo has sold its remaining stake in Kornit Digital for $70 million. Fortissimo's proceeds on the sale of Kornit Digital shares total over $300 million since the IPO in 2015.
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Fortissimo Sells Starhome to Vista for $100 Million
Vista Equity Partners will merge Starhome with one its portfolio companies, Telarix, which provides business-to-business and OSS/BSS management solutions to improve efficiency and productivity.
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The Man Who Saved SodaStream
The numbers were lousy and the company was deep in debt but something in SodaStream's books initially caught the eye of Fortissimo's Managing Partner, Yuval Cohen.
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Fortissimo Buys Gadot Biochemicals from Delek
Delek Group is selling Gadot Biochemical Industries to Fortissimo for $11 million. Gadot manufactures food and nutraceutical ingredients based on specialty salts and citric acid.
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Disruptive Potato Breeder, Solynta, Raises €16 Million
Solynta raises €16 million in order to continue developing technology to breed new varieties of potatoes with better characteristics for consumers, processors, and farmers.
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Fortissimo Sells Dip-Tech to Ferro Corporation for $80 Million
Fortissimo has sold Dip-Tech to Ferro, a global supplier of technology-based functional coatings and color solutions for glass and other substrates, for a purchase price of $80 million.
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Telrad Raises NIS 80 Million in IPO on Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
Telrad issued 24% of its share capital in an IPO on TASE, raising NIS 80 million at a company valuation of NIS 340 million. Fortissimo first invested in Telrad in 2004 and increased its holdings in 2009.
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Fortissimo Sells Additional Stake in Kornit Digital for $108 Million on Nasdaq
Fortissimo has sold an additional stake in Kornit for $108 million on Nasdaq. Prior to this offering, Fortissimo held 26.3% of Kornit's share capital. Kornit's share price has increased 75% to date in 2017.
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Kornit Digital Flourishes with Amazon Collaboration
Amazon, Kornit's largest customer, is teaming up with Kornit to revolutionize the textile industry. Amazon will buy Kornit's Avalanche machines, ink and other materials for up to $150 million.
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Solcon Celebrates 40 Years with Product Release
Solcon kicks off their 40th year of providing industry-leading motor controls by releasing the HRVS-DN PowerStart, expanding their iStart offering and deploying new DriveStart capabilities.
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Fortissimo Sells Kornit Shares for $90 Million in Nasdaq Secondary
Kornit completed a lightening offering of 7.5 million shares at $16.50 per share after the close of Nasdaq trading. Kornit's equity value has increased 23-fold since Fortissimo's investment.
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Dip-Tech to Launch New Technology at Glasstec 2016 in Dusseldorf
Dip-Tech will unveil its new printers for architecture and automotive applications. Based on advanced technology, the new printers take digital ceramic in-glass printing to a new level.
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MotoRad Receives Global Award from General Motors
MotoRad has been awarded the General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award for 2015. GM recognizes global supplier partners with exceptional quality performance each year.
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Interview with 4RF’s CTO, John Yaldwyn, in Critical Comms Magazine
Critical Comms Magazine spoke with John Yaldwyn, CTO of 4RF, ahead of his speech at the Comms Connect Conference in Sydney. Yaldwyn shared his insights into how to keep SCADA networks secure.
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One Hour Translation Launches MyTeam for Enterprises
One Hour Translation recently expanded its Enterprise offerings to include MyTeam, which allows enterprise clients all the benfits of an in-house translation team without the heavy overheads.
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4RF Introduces Breakthrough SCADA Migration Master Station
4RF has introduced the new SCADA Migration Master Station (MMS). The MMS is an engineering breakthrough for removes the major barriers of upgrading an outdated SCADA radio network.
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Kornit Takes Textile Printing Into The Digital Age
Kornit seeks to revolutionize the supply chain of the textile industry. The textile market totals $1 trillion annually, but the printed textile market has an annual turnover of only $165 billion.
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Fortissimo Closes its Fourth Fund with $470 Million in Commitments
Fortissimo announced the final closing of its fourth fund, Fortissimo Capital Fund IV, with $470 million in commitments from institutional investors in the U.S., Europe and Israel.
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Fortissimo Sells Telit Shares for $35 Million and Profits $21 Million
Fortissimo has sold its stake in Telit Communications (AIM: TCM) less than a year after investing. The sale comes after the company's boosted its market cap 151% over the last year to £200 million.
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Fortissimo Submits Winning Bid for Eshbel (now known as Priority)
Eshbel was placed on the auction block after it had become insolvent. Fortissimo offered NIS 192 million for the company, beating out other contenders like Hilan Tech Ltd. and One Software Technologies.
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Starhome Acquires Mach's European Data Clearing Business
Mach is a leading provider of cloud-based managed communication services worldwide. This acquisition strengthens Starhome's position in the mobile roaming value-added services market.
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Fortissimo Closes its Third Fund with $265 Million in Commitments
Fortissimo announced the final closing of its third fund, Fortissimo Capital Fund III, with $265 million in commitments from institutional investors in the U.S., Europe and Israel.
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Afimilk Wins $500 Million Contract for Chinese Dairies
Afimilk has won a $500 million tender to build milking parlors for 50,000 cows for Mengniu Dairy, China's largest dairy company. Mengniu will use Afimilk's platforms for managing milking routines.
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Fortissimo Sells its Stake in AOD Software to Primus Capital
Fortissimo has completed the sale of its holdings in AOD Software to Primus Capital for $85 million. Primus Capital is a U.S. based private equity fund with expertise in the healthcare sector.
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Cadent Acquired by Align Technology for $190 Million
Align Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: ALGN) has acquired Cadent for $190 million in cash. Cadent and Align plan to jointly develop Align's Invisalign software applications to run on Cadent scanners.
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SodaStream Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering on Nasdaq
SodaStream raised over $109 million in its initial public offering on Nasdaq. Fortissimo invested $8 million in 2007, resulting in a tenfold-plus return on investment in three and a half years.
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Fortissimo Closes its Second Fund with $100 Million in Commitments
Fortissimo announced the final closing of its second fund, Fortissimo Capital Fund II, with $100 million in commitments from the largest insurance companies, banks and pension funds in Israel.
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Fortissimo Sells Nur Macroprinters to Hewlett-Packard for $117.5 Million
Fortissimo has sold Nur Macroprinters to Hewlett-Packard for $117.5 million. Nur will become part of Hewlett-Packard's imaging and printing group. Fortissimo invested in Nur in October 2005.
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Fortissimo Launches a Technology Private Equity Fund
Fortissimo has launched its investment operations, following a first closing of $60 million. Fortissimo was established by Yuval Cohen, a former General Partner at Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP).
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