Company type | Private |
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Industry | Venture capital |
Founded | 2000 |
Founder | Shlomo Dovrat, Avi Zeevi |
Headquarters | , |
AUM | USD 1.3 billion |
Number of employees | ~30 |
Website | www |
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.[citation needed]
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.
Company | Industry | Description | Initial Investment Date | Exit |
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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] |