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Kela Technologies founders Jason Manne, Hamutal Meridor, Alon Dror and Omer Bar Ilan  credit:  Yosef Haim Alterman Defense tech co Kela makes first acquisition

The company is buying cloud management platform company Pelanor for an estimated $20-30 million.

Kenyon Hazahav Mall, Rishon LeZion  credit: Vlad Kovaliov Melisron buys control of Kenyon Hazahav mall

Melisron will pay Migdal NIS 818 million for 51% of the land rights in one of Israel's largest malls, with up to 40,000 visitors daily in the holiday season.

Amit and Yuval Man  credit: DigitalOwl US co Datavant buys medical insurtech co DigitalOwl

DigitalOwl's technology analyzes and summarizes medical records, serving insurance companies and lawyers.

Fatty liver credit: Shutterstock Roche to buy 89bio for up to $3.5b

The company, which was founded in Israel, has a drug for treatment of fatty liver in phase III trials, which was initially an asset of Teva.

Nadav Zafrir credit: Niv Kantor Check Point buys Swiss AI security co Lakera

Check Point will pay an estimated $300 million for Lakera, which has developed AI-native security platforms for agentic AI applications.

Meitar offices in Ramat Gan  credit: Zuz Realty Merger talks underway to create mega Israeli law firm

If negotiations between Meitar and Arnon, Tadmor-Levy mature into a deal, the combined firm will be the largest in Israel by a long way.

Vectorious cofounder and CEO Dr. Eyal Orion credit: PR Edwards buys 48% stake in Vectorious Medical at $497m valuation

Edwards Lifesciences acquired 52% of Vectorious at a similar valuation in 2023, and is now buying the remaining stake of the Israeli company, which develops devices to treat heart disease.

Cato Networks CEO Shlomo Kramer credit: Shlomi Yosef Cato Networks buys Israeli GenAI co Aim Security

Cato’s first-ever acquisition will expand its SASE cloud platform, enabling secure enterprise adoption of AI agents and public and private AI applications.

Sayata CEO Asaf Lifshitz credit: Sayata Penn-America buys AI insurance agency Sayata

Sayata has developed an AI-enabled digital distribution marketplace for commercial insurance.

Israeli data security co Varonis buys SlashNext

No financial details were disclosed but "Bloomberg" reports Varonis is paying up to $150 million for the company, which uses predictive AI to remove threats from email inboxes in real time.

Ilan Dardik and Itay Mesika  credit: Yarin Taranos Okta acquires Israeli company Axiom Security

Tel Aviv-based Axiom simplifies and secures workforce access to modern infrastructure, through seamless, secure-by-default access workflows across the entire lifecycle.

Dan Bodner  credit: PR Thoma Bravo confirms $2b acquisition of Verint

The US software investment firm will merge Verint with customer experience company Calabrio, which it also owns.

Dan Bodner  credit: PR Verint acquisition imminent - report

According to Bloomberg, Thoma Bravo could announce the acquisition of Verint Systems at a valuation of $2 billion today.

Kraken   credit: Shutterstock Crypto exchange Kraken buying Israeli startup Capitalise.ai

Capitalise.ai's platform enables users to trade in cryptocurrencies and other assets with orders in ordinary English.

Armis Founders Yevgeny Dibrov and Nadir Izrael credit: Armis Thoma Bravo in talks to buy Armis at $5b valuation

If the deal for the Israeli cybersecurity company is completed, Insight Partners, which focuses on young growth companies, will receive $2-3 billion for its stake.

Synel offices in Yokne'am  credit: Paul Urleib Boganem family sells HR solutions co Synel

Accel Solutions Group is paying NIS 93 million for the 69% stake in Synel Payway owned by Gavriel and Erez Boganem.

Israeli institutional investors buy Gett for $188m

This deal comes after earlier this year the Israel Competition Authority opposed the acquisition of the taxi hailing app by parking payments app Pango.

Sapiens president and CEO Roni Al-Dor  credit: Gal Hermoni Formula to post huge gain on Sapiens sale to Advent

US private equity firm Advent is acquiring insurance software company Sapiens at a valuation of $2.5 billion, representing a 64% premium on its share price last week.

Diginex buys Israeli cybersecurity co Findings for $305m

The Tel Aviv-based company has developed a platform that scans supplier systems in organizations with long supply chains and can quickly diagnose problems in areas of compliance.

Guy Bernstein  credit: PR Formula in advanced talks on sale of Sapiens stake

If a deal goes ahead, Formula Systems will recognize a large gain on the financial software company.

SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten credit: SentinelOne SentinelOne to buy Israeli startup Prompt Security for $300m

Prompt Security, which helps organizations manage generative AI risks, has raised just $23 million to date.

Global-e founders credit: Rotem Barak Global-e acquires Israeli startup ReturnGo

ReturnGo will enhance solutions for automating return and exchange processes for merchants using Israeli ecommerce company Global-e's platform.

CyberArk chairman Udi Mokady credit: David Shopper Palo Alto CEO: CyberArk gives us AI identity security

In a press conference with CyberArk chairman Udi Mokady, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora revealed plans to expand CyberArk.

Palo Alto founder Nir Zuk  credit: Tal Givoni Palo Alto ready to pay to be cyber supermarket

Acquiring Israel's CyberArk will fill a gap in Palo Alto's product offering and boost its status versus market leader Microsoft.

CyberArk CEO Matt Cohen and founder and executive chairman  Ehud Mokady  credit: PR Palo Alto in talks to buy CyberArk for over $20b - report

The deal could be finalized later this week, "The Wall Street Journal" reports.

Nice offices, Ra'anana  credit: Shlomi Yosef Will Nice's mega acquisition pay off?

Nice has committed almost all its cash to buying German AI company Cognigy. What will that do for it?

Joshua Begner credit: Jamie Lucas AI M&A differs from other M&A deals but risks can be minimized

While M&A activity in the AI sector is booming, these deals require a deeper understanding of the target’s technology and have a higher risk profile.

Nice CEO Scott Russell credit: SAP Nice acquires AI co Cognigy for $955m

The acquisition combines Nice's purpose built customer service AI platform with Cognigy's conversational and agentic platform, which will enable organizations to accelerate AI adoption in customer experience.

Amiram Shachar credit: Upwind Datadog in advanced talks to buy Israeli co Upwind Security

The US monitoring and analytics company could pay $1 billion for the Israeli cybersecurity company, which protects software systems in real time in cloud applications.

SentinelOne on Wall Street Photo: PR Palo Alto Networks mulls buying Israeli co SentinelOne

Industry sources believe that the two well-known cybersecurity brands in endpoint protection, cloud environments and AI-based services could be set to merge.

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