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Sapiens president and CEO Roni Al-Dor  credit: Gal Hermoni Sapiens buys two companies in a week

The acquisitions of Indian company Candela Labs and UK-based AdvantageGo total $80 million.

Nir Zuk credit: Inbal Marmari Palo Alto Networks confirms acquisition of Protect AI

"Globes" was the first to report earlier this month that Palo Alto Networks, founded by CTO Nir Zuk, was set to buy the US company for an estimated $650-700 million.

Nir Zuk credit: Inbal Marmari Palo Alto Networks mulls buying AI security co for $700m

Sources inform "Globes" that on Palo Alto's radar is Protect AI.

SatixFy CEO Nir Barkan credit: Ariel Barkan Canada's MDA Space to buy Israeli satcom co SatixFy

MDA Space will pay $269 million for the Israeli company, including taking on a $76 million debt and a 75% premium on SatixFy's closing price on Nasdaq yesterday.

Next Insurance founders credit: Next Insurance Munich Re buys Israeli insurtech co Next at $2.6b valuation

Munich Re, an early investor in Next Insurance, is buying the 71% of the company, which serves small businesses in the US, that it does not already own.

Wiz and Google  credit: Tali Bogdanovsky Could Wiz acquisition lead to a VAT cut?

The state's tax revenue from the deal is expected to be equivalent to about 2% in VAT.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai  crediit: Shutterstock Why Google is paying so much for Wiz

Lagging its competitors in cloud and AI, and facing challenges to its core advertising business, Google could be looking to spend its way out of trouble.

Wiz founders Yinon Costica, Assaf Rappaport, Ami Luttwak, Roy Reznik credit: Avishag Shaar Yishuv Israel's biggest ever exit: Google buying Wiz for $32b

Google has confirmed that an agreement has been signed for an all-cash deal. Wiz will remain an independent company under Google.

Wiz founders Yinon Costica, Assaf Rappaport, Ami Luttwak, Roy Reznik credit: Avishag Shaar Yishuv Google renews attempt to buy Wiz - report

According to "The Wall Street Journal", Google parent company Alphabet is negotiating to buy the Israeli cloud computing security company for $30 billion.

Yitzhak Tshuva credit: Gidon Levy and Tali Bogdanovsky Competition Authority allows Delek takeover of Isracard

The Competition Authority is considered the easier of the two regulatory hurdles that the deal must overcome, the other being the Supervisor of Banks.

Matrix Hq in Kfar Saba credit: Matrix Matrix to buy Magic in major Israeli IT merger

Magic will become wholly owned by Matrix in a triangular reverse merger. The combined company is expected to have a market cap of NIS 7.7 billion.

Eli Glickman  credit: Don Monteaux Photography Management buyout rumor boosts ZIM

Street Insider reports that the shipping company's CEO Eli Glickman in considering a management-led buyout.

Armis founders Nadir Izrael, Yevgeny Dibrov  credit: Armis Armis buys Otorio in $120m deal

Otorio's technology secures heavy industry and critical infrastructure against cyber attack.

Metis founders CEO Roee Kriger and CTO Itay Braun credit: Metis Dynatrace acquires Israeli software co Metis

Tel Aviv-based Metis has developed a solution that enables software developers to own, troubleshoot, remediate, and control cloud-native databases and prevent related production issues.

Medical research  credit: Shutterstock Boston Scientific buys Israeli medical device co SoniVie

The US medical device company will pay up to $540 million for the Rehovot-based intravascular ultrasound device developer for treating high blood pressure.

CyberArk offices credit: Eyal Izhar CyberArk buys US co Zilla Security, reports strong Q4

CyberArk, which will pay $165 million for the US identity governance and administration company, has surpassed Teva to become Israel's second most valuable company.

Quicklizard CEO Pini Mandel credit: PR Riverwood Capital buys Israeli AI pricing co Quicklizard

The US private equity firm is paying NIS 186 million for the Petah Tikva-based company.

Paragon founders credit: PR Paragon sale completed before Defense Ministry approval

US private equity firm AE Industrial Partners has already paid $900 million for Israeli cyberattack company Paragon, even though the Defense Ministry is still examining the deal.

Cybersecurity credit: Shutterstock Tenable acquires Israeli co Vulcan Cyber

This is the US data security company's third acquisition in Israel over the past five years.

Izhar Shay   credit: Elad Malkah Izhar Shay's SPAC finds new acquisition target

Israel Acquisitions Corp., headed by Shay and Ziv Elul, is to merge with Israel drone delivery technology company Gadfin.

Shahar Bar-Or credit: Eyal Izhar Infinidat Israel GM: Lenovo will help double our sales

Shahar Bar-Or tells "Globes" about the Herzliya-based enterprise storage startup's revival of fortunes, after it nearly went out of business in 2020, culminating in its $500 million acquisition by Lenovo.

Avi Golan Photo: Rotem Lahav PR Metropolis buys Israeli facial recognition co Oosto

The US AI powered parking platform is acquiring Oosto for $125 million in an all-share deal, "TechCrunch" reports.

Infinidat staff in Herzliya credit: Eyal Izhar Lenovo to buy Israeli enterprise storage co Infinidat

The Chinese computer giant will pay hundreds of millions of dollars for Infinidat, which will become its Israel development center.

Arye Kohavi credit: Ronen Cohen Australian co Adisyn buys Israeli chip co 2D Generation

2D Generation has merged into Adisyn, which is traded on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Alterya founders Elad Fouks and Shahaf Gonen credit: Oron Kaplan US co Chainalysis buys Israeli fraud detection co Alterya

The New York-based blockchain giant will pay $160 million for its second Israeli acquisition.

EndoStream founders Alon May and Danel Mayer credit: Elad Naftali Japan's Kaneka buys Israeli co EndoStream Medical

The Or Akiva-based medical device company is developing the Nautilus device for aneurysm treatment.

Amir Shaltiel  credit: Eyal Izhar Allied Group to pay Amir Shaltiel NIS 200m for Metropolis stake

Metropolis carries out urban renewal projects in central Israel. The deal values it at NIS 800 million.

Yoav Etzyon, Racheli Guz-Lavi, Eyal Bressler, and Yonatan Altman  credit:  Eyal Marilus Law firms APM and Dr. Eyal Bressler merge

Dr. Eyal Bressler & Co. specializes in intellectual property, and will expand Amit Pollak Matalon's services to include patents registration.

Bank of Jerusalem CEO Yair Kaplan  credit: Rami Zarnegar Bank of Jerusalem renews bid for Isracard

The bank claims that its new offer is better for Isracard shareholders than the agreement just signed with Delek Group.

Run:ai founders Omri Geller and Ronen Dar and investor S Fund's Aya Peterburg credit: Sharon Levin Regulators finally approve Nvidia's $800m acquisition of Run:ai

The eight month delay in US approval of the deal saw Nvidia's share price rise over 70%, which will suit the Israeli company's founders and employers who will be paid in shares to remain with Run:ai.

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