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Forbes, October 29, 2014:There may be no other industry outside television whose start-ups have so fully earned the description of "disruptive." Whether it's companies manufacturing high-definition antennas, streaming video-on-demand, offering OTT content, or capturing channels over the air and retransmitting them innovatively, TV is changing at lightning speed. Some of the new developments have resulted in litigation, notably the case of Aereo, a company that captured and retransmitted broadcast and cable channels and was effectively shut down by a Supreme Court decision earlier this year. But, despite that win for the traditional media players, other startups are pushing forward innovative solutions that are completely disrupting the industry. Here are 10 companies changing the TV industry: RR Media-Founded in 1981, NASDAQ listed RR Media (formerly RRsat) has been in the game quite a bit longer than other TV innovators, but it has managed to stay at the cutting edge of developments in the industry. The company distributes programming – mostly sports, events and news– to 95 percent of the world's population through the global network it has built using satellite, fiber and Internet delivery. RR Media recently expanded its offerings to a full suite of media services – including channel management, content preparation and global distribution. Hundreds of broadcasters and content creators, including major sports leagues and news channels, rely on this company to handle the complex functions that today's content delivery requires so they can focus on what's most important: great content.Read more : http://www.forbes.com/sites/shamahyder/2014/10/29/10-companies-changing-the-tv-industry/2/
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Viola Group aims to provide long term,
world-class returns by identifying and pursuing attractive investment strategies
in the vibrant Israeli technology and industry market. Viola Group is comprised
of focused separate independent best of class partnerships including Carmel
Ventures – a top tier Venture Capital fund; Viola Credit – a leading equity-based
lending fund; Viola Private Equity – technology focused growth capital and
buyout fund; and Viola Partners – an exclusive investment fund mainly for
private investors. Vintage - a leading Secondary Fund and FOF manager is an
affiliate of the group; Each partnership operates independently while
enjoying access to market and technology research and insights, global tier-one
investors, superior investment opportunities, a global industrial network, and
access to leading management and investment talent.The partnerships identify, partner with and
actively support leading entrepreneurs and high potential, growth-oriented
enterprises and investment funds.
New Fund to Continue Carmel Strategy of Backing Visionary Israeli Entrepreneurs
Focused on Building Leading Global Technology Companies
Aviv, October 22, 2014. Carmel Ventures, a leading Israeli
venture capital firm and a member of the Viola Group, today announced the final
closing of its latest investment fund, Carmel Ventures IV ("Fund IV"), with
total commitments of $194 million. Fund IV, like its predecessor funds, will be
invested in early-stage transformative technology companies in high growth sectors
that include enterprise software, data center infrastructure, big data, cyber
security, FinTech, digital media and consumer applications.
Carmel began investing out of the new fund in January 2014 and has made investments
in PlayBuzz, LuckyFish and three other promising early
stage technology companies.
IV was raised with equity commitments from global institutional investors that
include a significant number of return investors as well as selected new
investors. In addition, several leading Asian strategic investors have joined
the new fund including Baidu, Ping-An, and Qihoo360 amongst others. Fund IV is led by six
partners; Shlomo Dovrat, Avi Zeevi, Ori Bendori, Ronen Nir, Daniel Cohen and
Itzik Avidor. As in previous funds, Fund IV includes a significant equity
investment by Carmel's General Partners and affiliates.
"Technology entrepreneurs and the venture
industry in Israel have become more focused on building significant companies. Carmel has been at the forefront of these developments
and is involved with several world class companies coming out of Israel," said Kathryn Mayne, Managing Director of Horsley Bridge
Partners. "We value our strong relationship with Carmel Ventures and are
pleased to continue our successful partnership with them in Fund IV."
"We are delighted to be making our
first investment in an Israeli Venture fund with Carmel Ventures," said Daniel Tu, Group Chief Innovation Officer at Ping An Group
of China.
"Carmel offers us reliable access to Israeli innovation and we look
forward to partnering with them."
"Building global, significant Israeli technology companies is what we're
passionate about at Carmel," said Shlomo Dovrat, Co-Founder and
General Partner at Carmel Ventures. "We are committed to backing visionary
Israeli entrepreneurs who aspire to transform industries and markets on a
global scale, and build world class companies. We hope to back those teams
early on and be helpful to them as they scale up. We are fortunate to work with
many exceptional entrepreneurial teams; companies such as ironSource, Outbrain
and Payoneer are transforming entire industries, generating significant
revenues and have become global leaders."
Today, Carmel Ventures manages over $800 million of investor capital and
is invested in 35 active companies.
About Carmel Ventures:
With over $800 million currently
under management, several successful exits, and a growing portfolio of
promising companies, Carmel is among Israel's top-tier venture capital funds.
Founded in 2000 by pioneers and leaders of the Israeli high tech industry, Carmel
provides significant capital and active support through the growth cycle of its
portfolio companies and is recognized as a true company building fund in
Carmel is a member of the Viola Group,
Israel's premier technology-focused PE group with over $2B under management. For
more information, visit www.carmelventures.com.
Matomy's shares closed at 238 pence on Friday, valuing Publicis' 20 percent stake at around 42.6 million pounds. As major companies shift more of their spending to online marketing, advertising agencies like Publicis and its larger rivals WPP (WPP.L) and Omnicom (OMC.N) have been snapping up start-ups to gain technological know-how. The deal also shows how Publicis is seeking to boost growth after the failure in May of its mega-merger with Omnicom (OMC.N) hurt second-quarter performance.Matomy, which counts American Express and HSBC among its clients, specializes in so-called performance-based advertising that allows big companies to track the effectiveness of their online marketing. It only earns a fee from advertisers when it achieves certain pre-defined measurable results, such as sales or mobile app installations.Matomy made its stock market debut on the London Stock Exchange in July, with a listing price of 227 pence per share. Its shares were 233.9 pence at 0743 GMT (08:43 a.m. BST), while shares of Publicis were down 0.8 percent at 51 euros.Matomy posted 117.34 million pounds in sales last year, and a net profit of 4.44 million pounds. In the first half of this year, sales grew 9.5 percent to $107.6 million (66.77 million pounds)."Matomy is fuelled by the innovators and technology experts of Israel and has quickly risen to the top of this important market by creating a world leading, state of the art platform," said Publicis Chief Executive Maurice Levy in a statement.French bank Rothschild advised Matomy's core shareholders on the sale. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/10/13/uk-publicis-groupe-matomy-idUKKCN0I20AP20141013
Reduxio is a World Leader in Storage Innovation with Next Generation Hybrid Storage Systems; Funding to Accelerate Market Entry
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Oct 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Reduxio Systems, the next-generation hyper-efficient hybrid storage innovator, announced today that it has closed a $15 million Series B funding, led by Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX), a world leader in storage solutions, and joined by existing investors Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), Carmel Ventures and Intel Capital. This comes just one year after last year's round of $12 million.The funds will accelerate Reduxio's product development and support its go-to-market plan. In conjunction with this investment, Seagate will obtain a seat on the Reduxio Board of Directors.
"We are very excited to close this funding round," said Mark Weiner, Chief Executive Officer, Reduxio Systems. "We are thrilled to have Seagate as an investor. Seagate has the know-how and the passion that has allowed them to continue to be the leader in the storage industry. Seagate's investment validates our innovative architecture and our execution to date, and will help us to bring our products to customers earlier."
"This investment underscores our continued commitment to further strengthen our position as a storage solutions leader from components to systems to services," said Rocky Pimentel, President of Global Markets and Customers at Seagate. "Reduxio has built an architecture that can truly leverage the capabilities of hard disk drives, solid state storage, and future non-volatile technologies together in a single system. We believe that systems that successfully integrate multiple media types can deliver compelling price/performance and reliability benefits and will have a unique position in the market."
"Reduxio was created with the vision that the rapidly evolving enterprise storage space needs a new disruptive architecture." said Kobi Rozengarten, Chairman of Reduxio and General Partner at JVP. "In just two years, Reduxio's team has proven its ability to provide the most advanced solutions to this rapidly growing space."
Reduxio™ is building the next-generation enterprise hybrid storage arrays that provides breakthrough cost and capacity savings for customers. Reduxio's revolutionary new storage operating system implements active tiering across multiple tiers, NoDup™in-line deduplication and compression, and BackDating™for infinite data recovery.
Reduxio's multi-tier infinite storage systems are specifically designed for today's storage environments focusing on cloud, virtualization and structured data sets. Reduxio's operating system and next generation smart placement algorithms will redefine price/performance and functionality for enterprise storage buyers.
Reduxio was founded by leaders from IBM, EMC, NetApp and Dell, and is backed by Seagate Technology, JVP, Carmel Ventures and Intel Capital.
Seagate is a world leader in hard disk drivesand storage solutions. Learn more at www.Seagate.com. Seagate and Seagate Technology are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC.
The names of companies mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
(Tel Aviv – 23rd September 2014), ironSource, the world's leading digital delivery company, today announced an investment of approximately $85 million from a syndicate of strategic and institutional investors from the US, China and Europe. The funding will enable ironSource to further expand its international presence and offering, and drive adoption of its solution.
ironSource has developed a comprehensive platform to help developers improve digital discovery, delivery, distribution and monetization. The solution consists of four cores – mobileCore, installCore, displayCore and mediaCore – that connect software developers and users across devices.
ironSource has developed rapidly in a short period. The company currently handles over 5 million installs each day, and has over 50 thousand applications utilizing the mobileCore SDK. The young company has increased from 30 employees to 450 in Tel Aviv, Beijing, San Francisco, and New York.
"ironSource has enjoyed amazing growth over the last three years, opening international offices, debuting our mobile solution, augmenting our team of employees, and increasing revenue," said Tomer Bar-Zeev, CEO and Co-Founder.
In the last year ironSource has placed special emphasis on broadening its global presence, and in Q2 2014, ironSource opened an office in Beijing to strengthen ties with the Chinese market. ironSource's worldwide distribution capabilities match perfectly with the strategic decision of Chinese internet giants to gain a global footprint and increase their presence outside of China.
"This latest investment from major Chinese investors is a testament to the value ironSource is already bringing to its Chinese partners, and more importantly, our ability to help major Chinese internet players to succeed in a global market," said Bar Zeev. "China is one of today's most exciting internet and application markets, and we're looking forward to strengthening our presence there and fostering ties between Tel Aviv and Beijing."
About ironSource World leading digital distribution company ironSource offers a comprehensive platform to help developers improve digital discovery, delivery, distribution and monetization. The solution consists of four cores – installCore, mobileCore, displayCore and mediaCore. – that connect software developers and users across devices. Founded in 2009 with headquarters in Tel Aviv, ironSource has offices in San Francisco and Beijing. Please visit us at http://www.ironsrc.com.
Groundbreaking development for broadcasting live analysis and graphics Orad, leader in interactive broadcasting solutions, and MUV, provider of interactive solutions that you wear, have combined their expertise to provide an interactive device, which is worn on a presenter's finger and which turns any surface into an interactive screen. Ideal in a studio environment, the presenter can stand anywhere and rotate, scale, move, drag, tap, hold, draw, highlight graphics on any surface. The combined solution will be presented at Orad's booth (7.B27) at IBC2014. MUV's tracking technology can identify where the presenter is pointing to, standing, which surfaces are relevant, how much pressure is applied, etc. The data from the MUV device, called Bird, is then transmitted to Orad's Interact system, which presents the corresponding graphics on the surface. For example, the presenter can drag any image on any wall in the studio or emphasize a particular object in the video wall. "This ground-breaking solution opens the door for broadcasters who want to turn any surface into an interactive surface. Moreover, by having the sensors on the presenter's finger, he or she can stand anywhere in the studio as opposed to standing in front of the interactive screen itself," comments Avi Sharir, CEO and president of Orad. "We are confident that this unique solution will establish a new standard for broadcasters to present their content in a futuristic fashion, with minimum adaptations to their current studios. Once we enable the presenter to easily interact with holographic content floating around him, a new ecosystem of interactive content is expected to emerge," adds Rami Parham, CEO and founder of MUV.About MUV: MUV is an Israeli-based startup company developing smart wearable solutions for 3D motion sensing and in-room mapping. From its headquarters in Herzliya, MUV is selling its products to the world-wide consumer market with the target of redefining the way people interact with their digital life. - See more at: http://www.orad.tv/orad-and-muv-bring-interactive-capabilities-to-any-surface#sthash.7uIP29di.dpuf
ATLANTA & NEW YORK, Sep 05, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Intercontinental ExchangeICE, +0.57% the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SuperDerivatives, a leading provider of risk management analytics, financial market data and valuation services. The acquisition will accelerate the expansion of ICE's comprehensive multi-asset class clearing strategy.
Terms of the all-cash transaction include a purchase price of approximately $350 million. The acquisition was unanimously approved by SuperDerivatives' Board of Directors and has been approved by SuperDerivatives' shareholders. Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014 and ICE will provide relevant guidance when it reports quarterly earnings on November 4.
Said Jeffrey C. Sprecher, ICE Chairman and CEO: "SuperDerivatives is an innovative developer of valuable derivatives data and technology, and will play a key role in extending our financial market clearing and data capabilities. We already work with SuperDerivatives in our existing businesses and we look forward to extending that work with the global SuperDerivatives team as we grow our risk management services across our global exchanges and clearing houses."
David Gershon, SuperDerivatives Chairman and CEO added: "Over the past few years ICE has taken the lead in shaping the evolution of the financial markets. We strongly believe that with the data, technology and the broad suite of products SuperDerivatives offers there are great benefits we can deliver to the market including efficiency, transparency and innovation. We believe that joining with ICE opens a tremendous opportunity for us to deliver our innovative products and services across the globe."
Said Scott A. Hill, ICE Chief Financial Officer: "We are pleased to continue our strategic growth plans with the acquisition of SuperDerivatives. Our ability to make growth-oriented investments while continuing our share repurchases is a testament to the strength of the cash generation of our diverse, global business model."
Founded in 2000, SuperDerivatives provides risk management analytics and systems across all asset classes, including interest rates, FX, credit, equities, energy and commodities to customers ranging from banks, asset managers, corporations, central banks, auditors and brokers. The company's DGX front-end data system is a modern and powerful web-based platform to deliver real time analytics, data, news and multi participant chat with video in a cost-efficient manner. Other products and services include independent valuation, market data for mark-to-market, multi-asset derivatives front office and risk systems and a multi-asset OTC execution platform.
SuperDerivatives is a Delaware Corporation, headquartered in New York, with 12 offices around the world and over 300 employees.
ICE was advised by Greenberg Traurig P.A. SuperDerivatives was advised by Barclays and White & Case LLP.
About Intercontinental Exchange
Intercontinental Exchange ICE, +0.57% is the leading network of regulated exchanges and clearing houses for financial and commodity markets. ICE delivers transparent, reliable and accessible data, technology and risk management services to markets around the world through its portfolio of exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange, ICE Futures and Liffe.
Trademarks of ICE and/or its affiliates include Intercontinental Exchange, ICE, ICE block design, NYSE, New York Stock Exchange and LIFFE. Information regarding additional trademarks and intellectual property rights of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. and/or its affiliates is located at www.intercontinentalexchange.com/terms-of-use.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 - Statements in this press release regarding ICE's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see ICE's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in ICE's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, as filed with the SEC on February 14, 2014.
The partnership is the first for RRsat in the Latin American market, and signifies the company's commitment to broaden local capabilities throughout the Americas The alliance provides Cisneros Media a secure and reliable technical platform to deliver its content around the world, launch new channels and expand into new territories
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, New Jersey (August 11, 2014) – RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST), a leading provider of digital media services, including content management and global distribution services to the broadcasting industry, announced today the signing of a seven year agreement with Cisneros Media, one of the largest producers of Spanish-language content in the Americas, as well as the owner and operator of Pay-TV channels in the region. RRsat will provide Cisneros Media with full playout and global distribution services of their portfolio of Pay-TV channels, which includes Venevision Plus, VmasTV and VePlusTV, for the enjoyment of the Latin American community. As business and operations expand, a new RRsat playout center will be established at the Venevision Studios. The planned playout center will be housed at Cisneros Media's Miami studios, one of South Florida's largest and most prominent production facilities with over 120,000 square feet, encompassing six sound stages as well as post-production and office space. "RRsat's high standards and quality service enables us to exceed the growing necessities of our clients and the demands of our viewers for more variety of content, expanded reach, greater accessibility and viewing experience," said Jonathan Blum, President of Cisneros Media. "They also offer us the capability of efficiently managing and maximizing the potential of our content, greatly improving our workflow." RRsat's Media Asset Management (MAM) system enables Cisneros Media to acquire large volumes of content in real time and automatically playout and distribute it within seconds, maximizing and optimizing the return on assets. RRsat will also have fiber connectivity to its U.S. media center in Hawley, PA and RRsat's global fiber network, providing the ability to expand into additional key global markets for the benefit of the Latin American and Hispanic communities across the globe. "This partnership with Cisneros Media demonstrates RRsat's long term vision to strengthen our broadcasting presence within Latin America, making the region one of our leading target markets with our customers," stated Dante Neyra, Head of Commercial Services & Development of RRsat America. "With local support and global corporate backing, we provide Cisneros Media with the most comprehensive solutions to meet viewer's growing demand for high standard of quality." Cosme Lopez, General Manager of Cisneros Media's Pay-TV unit, emphasized the importance of the partnership: "This alliance is an important part of our global strategic objectives as it provides us with a solid and versatile technical operational platform. As a result, it not only enables us to deliver our programming to our clients via a secure and reliable satellite signal, but most importantly, we will have the capability to launch new channels and expand into new territories, such as Europe and Africa; and all from our own home. What's more, it will strengthen the infrastructure of our Miami studios by adding channel generation to its vast capabilities."
Viola Group CFO Event is a gathering of CFOs of leading Hi-Tech and Start-Up Companies, mainly from the Viola Group portfolio, for networking, sharing of experience and learning from each other.
The agenda includes presentations and best practices on various topics that are relevant for the professional CFO in his daily work.
PlayBuzz, the leading global
network of online playful content, announced today a $3 million Series A
funding led by Carmel Ventures, a member of the Viola Group. Daniel Cohen,
General Partner at Carmel led the investment and joined the Company's board of
PlayBuzz platform is used by thousands of web publishers,
bloggers and brands, to create quizzes, polls, lists and other formats of
engaging, viral content that can be embedded on any web site and mobile app. Six
months after launch, the company's website at www.PlayBuzz.com
serves more than 40 million monthly unique users and is ranked among the top 50
sites in US traffic according to Quantcast. The company was founded in 2012 by
Shaul Olmert, Yaron Buznach and Tom Pachys and employees 14 people out of its
offices in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Shaul Olmert,
co-founder & CEO of PlayBuzz said: "Playful content has taken the
internet by storm. These popular content formats are the most engaging and
viral forms of online media. PlayBuzz brings this innovation to every
publisher, and created a network where thousands of leading publishers share
their playful content items on the open web".
Daniel Cohen, General Partner at Carmel
Ventures added: "PlayBuzz provides an outstanding
experience to publishers and brands, allowing them to leverage user generated
content, or create original content and embed it on their products to
increase engagement, viral distribution and monetization. We are happy to
partner with PlayBuzz's talented management team and support them while
building the leading global platform for playful content".
About PlayBuzz
PlayBuzz is the leading global network of online playful
content. its platform is used by thousands of web publishers, bloggers and
brands, to create quizzes, polls, lists and other formats of engaging, viral
content that can be embedded on any web site and mobile app. The company was
founded in 2012 by Shaul Olmert, Yaron Buznach and Tom Pachys and employees 14
people out of its offices in Tel Aviv, Israel. For more details visit the
company's website at www.PlayBuzz.com.
About Carmel Ventures
RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ:RRST) announced today that Viola Group, Israel's premier technology private equity investment group with over $2 billion under management, increased its ownership stake in RRsat by acquiring an additional 6.6% interest from Kardan Communications Limited for a total investment of $9.4 million.
"The increased ownership position reflects a significant, ongoing vote of confidence by a leading private equity investment group," commented Avi Cohen, RRsat's Chief Executive Officer.
Following this transaction, Viola Group owns approximately 28.6% of RRsat's shares. This latest acquisition by Viola Group follows its previously reported acquisitions during 2013 of 15% of RRsat's shares from Kardan Communications and 7% of RRsat's shares from David Rivel, RRsat's founder, director and former Chief Executive Officer.
Viewers need only to select the live events they wish to follow and the plays they want to view (for example goals, touchdowns etc). During the game, notifications of the selected plays will appear on the user's smart mobile device and the clips will be available for viewing in seconds from the moment they took place on the pitch. The KamaKama platform receives feeds from live sports events all over the world, and based on Orad's PlayMaker, it edits them into clips, tags each clip with its smart events tagging system and transcodes them . Then, the platform manages and distributes the clips on the CDN while automatically fitting them to the end user's mobile and internet connection, all in just seconds. "This new platform is a win-win solution for sport rights holders / broadcasters and sports fans. The fans get video highlights of their favorite sports games on-the-go, meeting their greatest need to not miss out on a play. Sport right holders and broadcasters enjoy a simple plug-and-play service, allowing real-time engagement with their most compelling live sports moments, as well as an opportunity to monetize their existing content by generating new revenues from in-app. purchasesand advertising." Oded Ariel-Zakai, CEO of KamaKama.The solution will be on display this NAB at Orad's booth SL6319.
Borderfree, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRDR) today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 5,000,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $16.00 per share. The shares are expected to begin trading on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol "BRDR" on Friday, March 21, 2014. In addition, Borderfree has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any.
Credit Suisse and RBC Capital Markets, serve as joint book-running managers for the offering. Pacific Crest Securities, Canaccord Genuity, William Blair, and Needham & Company are co-managers for the offering.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with, and declared effective by, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The offering is made only by means of a prospectus. A copy of the final prospectus related to the offering may be obtained, when available, from Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Prospectus Department, at Eleven Madison Avenue, Level 1B, New York, New York 10010, and by phone at (800) 221-1037 or by emailing email@example.com; or RBC Capital Markets, Attention: Prospectus Department, Three World Financial Center, 200 Vesey Street 8th Floor, New York, NY 10281, telephone, (877) 822-4089.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
Stu Schmidt, a recognized thought leader in "Sales 2.0," is credited with developing numerous sales and services processes for companies – from start-ups to Fortune 50 sized organizations. As Vice President of Global Sales & Services at Unisfair, Schmidt led his sales and services team to become the leading provider of virtual events, resulting in Unisfair's acquisition by InterCall in 2011. As Vice President of Solutions Sales at WebEx, Schmidt developed the sales processes that propelled the company from $120 million to $500 million in revenue, ultimately leading to an acquisition of WebEx by Cisco in 2007. Schmidt, as COO, also helped grow OAO Technologies' annual revenue from its beginnings to $150 million in just three-and-a-half years."I weighed several strong options, but chose to join Zend because I knew I could help guide the company through this exciting growth time," said Zend's new President Stu Schmidt. "Zend's 40,000 customers and A-list customer base underscore the company's commitment to a meaningful customer experience. My work will involve ensuring our customer-facing strategy is consistent and integrated, from sales to customer success, so that every client engagement produces outstanding business results."Zend is positioned at the core intersection of market demand and opportunity. Companies now recognize that speed, agility and innovation in their application delivery are prerequisites for success. Market demand for Zend's Continuous solutions has been accelerating" said Andi Gutmans, CEO & Co-founder, Zend. "While Zend already has great momentum selling to companies' development arm, we continue to extend our value to business leaders looking to innovate with new web and mobile applications. That's where Stu Schmidt's solid track record of leading customer-facing teams through rapid 'growth mode' will prove invaluable."Schmidt comes to Zend from ConnectAndSell where – as CEO – he transformed the company's business model to recurring revenue, setting revenue records in the process. He spent the early part of his career cutting his technology teeth at Digital Equipment Corporation followed by senior sales management roles at two large system integration companies.
Zend, the PHP Company, has announced the immediate availability of the Zend Framework 2 Certified Architect certification. Zend Framework is the leading open source PHP application framework, utilized in hundreds of thousands of applications globally, and one of the world's most successful projects, providing re-usable code and best practices that developers can use to create modern, high-performing web applications. Featuring over 10,000 certified software professionals worldwide, Zend Certifications have become the acknowledged industry standard enabling developers, and software development organizations, to demonstrate mastery of their PHP skills. Zend Certifications are built to American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards.The Zend Framework 2 Certified Architect exam was developed by an expert advisory board led by Zend Framework's Project Lead, Matthew Weier O'Phinney, and a team of Zend Framework 2 contributors, developer community leaders and engineers with practical experience building real-world applications."We have heard from many developers that studying for, and obtaining, a Zend certification helps developers improve their skills through the process of exam preparation." said Debbie Otterstetter, Senior manager of Global Training and Certification at Zend, "Taking and studying for these certification exams can really help a developer get a wide understanding of the full range of PHP's & Zend Framework capabilities."Zend has introduced two new certification exams in the last six months, Zend Certified PHP Engineer and Zend Framework Certified Architect. "PHP, driven by its large developer community and vast ecosystem, has become the platform of choice for developing the backend of web and mobile applications, as well as many business critical enterprise apps "said Ido Benmoshe, VP of Global Services at Zend, "Many developers and development managers realize the importance of keeping current with their technical certifications, best practices and modern development techniques".Reservations for the Zend Framework 2 Certified Architect exams are available at the PearsonVUE testing centers starting on March 6th.In order to aid developers enhance and master their PHP and Zend Framework skills, Zend has created a complete curriculum of classes expediting the learning process. All classes are designed and taught by professional, experienced PHP developers who understand how to equip you with the knowledge and tools to architect and develop professional PHP and Zend Framework applications. You can find the complete set of classes at: http://www.zend.com/trainingAttend the Webinar: Accelerate Your Career with Zend CertificationsWednesday April 9th, 8:30am PDT
PETACH TIKVAH, ISRAEL – February 11, 2014
ECI Telecom, a global provider of next-generation network solutions, today announced that Bezeq International, Israel's leading telecommunications company, has deployed Israel's first 100G optical network, using ECI's Apollo packet-optical transport system.
-Bezeq International caters to numerous large enterprise and business customers, who demand increasing speed and capacity, while also providing for disaster recovery contingencies. The new network is now serving these customers, alleviating capacity bottlenecks during high-usage times.
-Bezeq International caters to numerous large enterprise and business customers, who demand increasing speed and capacity, while also providing for disaster recovery contingencies. The new network is now serving these customers, alleviating capacity bottlenecks during high-usage times.
"Deploying 100G was a natural evolution to Bezeq International, as we continue to address our customers' demands for better and more cost-effective services. Over the years, ECI has proved itself to be a reliable and responsive partner, meeting our needs for advanced technology, platforms and services."Sagi Kozuch, CTO, Bezeq International"Bezeq International is once again a pioneer in Israel with the deployment of the first 100G network in the country. Its customers will be the main beneficiary of the many advantages this network will bring, such as increased capacity, speed, reliability and disaster-recovery capabilities. The Apollo brings a cost-effective solution for operators around the world who are looking for better ways to serve their enterprise and residential customers."Mickey Wilf, Head of APAC & Middle East Regional Business Units, ECI Telecom
The Apollo family of packet-optical platforms is optimized for next-generation optics, and brings transparent aggregation and transport of services over 10G to 100G WDM links. Its best-in-class 100G optical performance, OTN fabric, variety of ROADM modules and configurations, tunable lasers, and a GMPLS-based control plane provide one of the most advance NG transport solution available today. The Apollo family was launched in November 2011, and is enjoying great momentum with service providers around the world. In December 2012, ECI has launched the Native Packet Transport (NPT) family, to deliver an affordable, scalable and easy to manage metro packet transport networks, for lowest TCO. Both the Apollo and the NPT are managed by ECI's LightSoft® unified Network Management System.
NTV+, Russia's digital satellite broadcaster, has chosen Orad to cover the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. NTV+, the host broadcasters for the Sochi Olympics who have domestic broadcasting rights for the entire event, will be using multiple Orad graphic solutions to facilitate and simplify their production workflow.
NTV+, Russia's digital satellite broadcaster, has chosen Orad to cover the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. NTV+, the host broadcasters for the Sochi Olympics who have domestic broadcasting rights for the entire event, will be using multiple Orad graphic solutions to facilitate and simplify their production workflow. Olympic broadcasts traditionally require complex productions because of the many simultaneous events. With Orad's TD Control and graphic solutions, NTV+'s high paced production will run smoothly and efficiently. NTV+ will be able to easily control their Olympic productions by handling multiple live video boxes and graphics from the different events from a single user interface, ensuring synchronization between operators and devices. NTV+ will also be able to control real time graphic tables displaying the athletes' standings, metals, etc, as well as informative lower thirds and crawls. Multiple TD Controls and rendering platforms will be used both in the Olympic center in Sochi and in NTV+ Moscow studio to control the video boxes and graphics, as well as to display the graphics and video insertions in 8K resolution on the video walls in their Moscow studio.
In addition, Orad will provide NTV+ with a complete graphics package for all the Olympic events, which will be implemented by Motion Path from Orad's 3Designer authoring software, including; tables, statistics, logos, country flags, venue details, schedules of other games, etc, and which will be integrated to the Olympic database, ensuring accurate, up to the second data.
"Orad's solutions will provide us with rich graphics and functionalities required for such a complex live sporting event"; Oleg Kolesnikov CTO NTV+.
New Zend Server 6.3, Zend Studio 10.6 Announced, Along With Extended Support for PHP 5.3 and Beyond
By extending PHP version support for a period exceeding five years, Zend enables users to secure long-term value from their mission-critical production environments. According to Ido Benmoshe, Zend's VP of Global Services: "Migrating stable production applications to newer PHP versions is often challenging for IT organizations due to cost, time investment, and a desire not to impact the stability of a working application. This has created a support gap as many business apps stay in usage beyond the open source community's end of life for a given PHP version."
"As PHP becomes ever more widely used for mission critical purposes, more and more enterprises are faced with the challenges of maintaining a secure and compliant application environment while minimizing disruptive migrations," said Zend CEO & Co-founder Andi Gutmans. "Zend Server is now liberating IT departments from that difficult choice, and providing them the flexibility to use the power of PHP on their own terms."
To view the full PHP Long Term Support policy, visit www.zend.com/php-long-term-support.
The New Zend Server 6.3
This upcoming new release of Zend Server, available later this month, will support production environments on three major versions of PHP: 5.5 (supported for the first time), 5.4, and 5.3. Zend Server 6.3 will provide Long Term Support for PHP 5.3, fully supporting that runtime version for three more years, until February 2017.
Zend Server 6.3 is a platform designed to enable the Continuous Delivery of applications. Throughout every phase of the application delivery cycle, Zend Server enables continuous integration, release and infrastructure automation, and application management. In this release, Zend Server will be adding the following new capabilities:
Contract is for $1.2 Million with Potential Expansion to $2.5 Million
Tel Aviv and New York (January 7, 2014) — Global performance marketing company Matomy Media Group ("Matomy") today announced the completion of the integration of its U.S. subsidiary, MediaWhiz, into its global operations. As part of the corporate integration, the MediaWhiz brand has been retired, with the company now serving as Matomy's U.S. hub of operations. Also being rebranded is MediaWhiz's SEO service, which is now known as Matomy SEO.Matomy acquired MediaWhiz in January 2013."Merging the MediaWhiz brand into Matomy will provide our advertisers and publishers with a robust, single gateway of global multichannel performance-advertising solutions, no matter where they are located in the world," said Ofer Druker, CEO of Matomy Media Group. "This brand merger will ensure we provide increased simplicity, diversity and quality in the programs we manage for advertisers and publishers. The time is right for one identity — one Matomy Media Group."This rebranding reflects Matomy's mission to offer advertisers, publishers and affiliates a single gateway of global performance-advertising solutions. Tom Lanzetta, formerly the chief financial and operating officer of MediaWhiz, will serve as Managing Director, U.S., at Matomy Media Group, and will oversee all U.S. business operations for the company."Being part of the growing Matomy family is exciting, both for me personally and for my 100-plus talented colleagues in the U.S." said Lanzetta. "While it is hard to say goodbye to the MediaWhiz brand, I am confident that by working with our nearly 385 Matomy colleagues around the world we will be able to provide our advertisers and publishers with more advanced, innovative customer acquisition and traffic monetization solutions.""Tom Lanzetta is the right leader to oversee our U.S. operations," said Druker. "We anticipate significant growth from our U.S. business in the years ahead, and Tom and his team will play a crucial role in our global success."Today's announcement is one of several enhancements Matomy has made to its core service offering since it acquired MediaWhiz. Overall in 2013, the company launched Mobit, its mobile media buying and tracking tool; acquired MobAff, a mobile affiliate network that it merged into its mobile business; and acquired Adquant's social advertising agency (formerly known as Adotomi) to bring performance-based advertising solutions to Facebook.Matomy has nearly 385 employees worldwide, working from eight offices (Tel Aviv; New York; San Francisco; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Berlin; Madrid; Mexico City; and Denver). In addition, Matomy serves more than 60 billion digital media impressions per month, across more than 1,000 active advertiser campaigns. It has relationships with more than 15,000 registered affiliates that generate traffic in more than 85 countries.About Matomy Media GroupMatomy Media Group is a global digital performance-based marketing company. Working across Web, social media and mobile platforms, Matomy Media Group offers advertisers, networks and publishers a range of opportunities integrated through one gateway, including an award-winning affiliate network, display ad network, mobile advertising solutions, email marketing, search and social marketing, video and virtual currency platforms.
Collaboration with TGVN to Deliver Coverage Reprises Successful Live Broadcast by RRsat of 2013 Summer Universiade
RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ:RRST), a leading provider of comprehensive digital content management and global content distribution services to the broadcasting industry, announced today that it was again chosen as TGVN's broadcast partner to deliver live and delayed matches from the 2013 Winter Universiade to CBS Sports Network in the US. RRsat will deliver over 35 hours of live sports event coverage for TGVN, The Global Video Network.
The Universiade is an international sporting event that aims to promote sports-related values such as friendship, fraternity, fair play, perseverance, and cooperation among students from universities worldwide. The event, which is being held for the 26th time this year, will be staged in Trentino, Italy from December 11 through December 21, 2013 and is sponsored by FISU, the International University Sports Federation.
RRsat will provide comprehensive live and tape delay HD broadcasts of 18 events via a cost-effective combination of fiber transmission and satellite feeds.
"TGVN was exceptionally pleased with RRsat's ability to flawlessly deliver multiple simultaneous 2013 Summer Universiade games from Kazan, Russia to ESPN in HD," said Craig Jonas, COO of TGVN. "We look forward to collaborating with RRsat again to broadcast the 2013 Winter games from Italy. RRsat's dedication and responsiveness to the unique requirements of the Universiade together with its cost-effective, high-quality solution create a winning combination for TGVN."
"We are thrilled to be working once again with TGVN for the delivery of the Winter Universade games to CBS Sports Network," said Ohad Har-Lev, President of RRsat America. "It is a pleasure to provide US viewers with a window onto the athletic accomplishments and sportsmanship of university students who gather to meet and compete with their counterparts from around the world."
Live streaming of USA team matches from the 2013 Winter Universiade can be seen here: http://www.tgvn.tv/winter-world-university-game-usa-team/
About TGVN
TGVN is a newly established, but fully distributed entertainment network owned by BTI
Events, Seattle, WA. The venture leverages existing BTI Events to partner with national
and international broadcast organizations for the delivery of high-quality collegiate
themed programming.
Information in this press release concerning TGVN is based on information provided by TGVN and has not been independently verified by RRsat.
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Enterprise Work Collaboration Leader Recognized for Achieving 8453% Growth
SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 10, 2013) - Clarizen, the leader in enterprise work collaboration software, today announced it has been ranked the twelfth fastest-growing company in the 2013 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). Clarizen's impressive growth rate of 8453 percent between 2008 and 2012, underscores the company's growing market momentum and the increasing need for organizations to energize and empower high-performance teams.
"It is truly a remarkable accomplishment to be named among EMEA's 500 fastest-growing technology companies," said Clarizen CEO Avinoam Nowogrodski. "As we continue to see our business accelerate, we remain committed to our vision of leading the future of work by connecting social context with tasks and projects to drive increased productivity and profitability. Our success is determined by our customer's success and we truly thank Deloitte for this great honor."
Now in its 13th year, the annual Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) Global Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) industry group's program ranks the fastest growing public and private technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and clean technology companies from 24 countries in the EMEA region, based on percentage revenue growth over a five-year period. This year's Fast 500 list had an overall average revenue growth rate of 1,403 percent, a slight decrease from the 1,549 percent growth rate for 2012. This year's program received more than 1,000 submissions and the software sector represented 43 percent of the overall rankings, followed by the Internet sector with 22 percent.
The full list of ranked companies, as well as additional details on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 program, can be accessed at www.deloitte.com/fast500emea.
About the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ EMEA
Technology Fast 500, conducted by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL), provides a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and green technology companies -- both public and private -- in Europe, Middle East & Africa. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2009 to 2013. In order to be eligible for Technology Fast 500 recognition, companies must own proprietary intellectual property or technology that is sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company's operating revenues. Companies must have base-year operating revenues of at least 50,000 EUROS, and current-year operating revenues of at least 800,000 EUROS. Additionally, companies must be in business for a minimum of five years, and be headquartered within Europe, Middle East & Africa.
About Clarizen
Clarizen is the leader in enterprise-class work collaboration and project management solutions that harness the power of the cloud to get work done efficiently, effectively and with better results. Fast to deploy and easy to use, Clarizen is redefining enterprise collaboration by connecting social context with tasks and projects to drive increased productivity and profitability. Clarizen fuels the high-performance teams of more than 2,000 organizations across 76 countries, including more than 25 of the Fortune 500. In 2013, Clarizen received the SIIA CODiE Award for "Best Product Management Solution." Founded in 2005, Clarizen is privately held with offices in San Mateo, California and Hod Hasharon, Israel. For more information, visit www.clarizen.com.
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SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 10, 2013) - Clarizen, the leader in enterprise work collaboration software, today announced it has been ranked the twelfth fastest-growing company in the 2013 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). Clarizen's impressive growth rate of 8453 percent between 2008 and 2012, underscores the company's growing market momentum and the increasing need for organizations to energize and empower high-performance teams.
Clarizen, the leader in enterprise work collaboration, today announced it has won the gold in the Fastest-Growing Company category in Best in Biz Awards 2013, the only independent business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts. Clarizen is redefining collaboration for the enterprise by connecting social context with tasks and projects to drive increased productivity and profitability. Clarizen drives true value by entwining the threads of conversation and execution into one central workspace to build high-performance teams and achieve operational excellence.
This latest acknowledgment follows Clarizen placing in the top five in a regional Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for company growth. Other recent accolades also include winning the 2013 SIIA CODiE for Best Project Management Software and Business Intelligence Group's 2013 "New Product of the Year" for Clarizen v6, the biggest product release in the company's history. "This year's Best in Biz Awards nominees offer services and products that reflect the most current trends in technology, from cloud computing through mobile devices to network connectivity," said Samara Lynn, lead analyst of networking and business at PC Magazine, judging her second Best in Biz Awards program. "Truly, all of the nominees and winners represent the ongoing innovation and trends in technology that we who cover the space see on a daily basis."
Burlington, MA – November 20, 2013 – Attunity Ltd. (NASDAQ CM: ATTU), a provider of information availability software solutions, announced today that it has commenced a public offering of its ordinary shares. The offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering. Attunity intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the ordinary shares in connection with its strategic plan, including for expanding its sales, marketing and research and development activities, as well as acquisitions and investments, and for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
Roth Capital Partners is acting as sole book-running manager. Craig-Hallum Capital Group is acting as co-lead manager for the offering.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to this offering have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and copies may be obtained from Roth Capital Partners, LLC, 888 San Clemente, Newport Beach, CA 92660, (800) 678-9147 or by accessing the SEC's website, www.sec.gov.
About Attunity Ltd. Attunity is a provider of information availability software solutions that enable access, sharing and distribution of data, including Big Data, across heterogeneous enterprise platforms, organizations, and the cloud. Our software solutions include data replication, change data capture (CDC), data connectivity, enterprise file replication (EFR), managed-file-transfer (MFT), and cloud data delivery.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – November 5, 2013 – Garantia Data today announced it has raised $9 million in a series A funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures and Carmel Ventures, bringing its total funding to date to $13 million.Garantia Data already has more than 1,000 paying customers for its Redis Cloud service. Customers benefit from infinite seamless scalability, true high-availability, stable top performance and fully automated operations. The service is currently available over public clouds including Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Windows Azure, as well as platform-as-a-service (PaaS) providers such as Heroku and AppFog."Redis rules in-memory NoSQL. It is among top three database choices by developers and has become a cornerstone of new applications," said Salil Deshpande, Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures, Palo Alto. "We invested in Garantia Data because the reliability and painless scalability of their commercial Redis offering makes Redis adoption feasible for enterprises.""The comprehensive technology developed by Garantia Data opens the door for true in-memory NoSQL computing, and is a game-changer," said Ronen Nir, general partner at Carmel Ventures. "I look forward to joining the board, and helping to advise the company on achieving its potential."Strong Growth in Redis MarketRedis is among the top three databases selected for new applications and is expected to capture 15 percent of the NoSQL market in the next few years. According to 451 Research, the NoSQL market is expected to cross $1 billion in revenue by 2016. With this investment, Garantia Data, the leading commercial Redis provider, is making a significant move in the database space to capitalize on the explosive growth of NoSQL and Redis."Redis is one of the fastest growing databases in the NoSQL space and we are continuing to see tremendous potential in the market," said Ofer Bengal, co-founder and CEO, Garantia Data. "Being a significant contributor to open source Redis and at the same time serving our more than one thousand customers commercially, we know exactly how to adapt Redis to enterprise needs. The current round of financing will enable us to further enhance Redis Cloud's core capabilities in order to meet the unique use case that Redis offers for both developers and large IT organizations."Garantia Data will be at AWS re:Invent, November 12-15, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada at booth 627 demonstrating its enterprise-class Redis Cloud service.About Garantia Data's FoundersThe company was founded by Ofer Bengal and Yiftach Shoolman, two serial entrepreneurs with proven track records and unique expertise in application acceleration and high performance networking.Ofer Bengal, Founder & CEOOfer is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and led several companies in the areas of data communications, telecommunications, Internet, homeland security and medical devices. Ofer was founder & CEO of RIT Technologies (NASDAQ: RITT), a provider of sophisticated telecommunications and data communications systems to major world carriers. He began his career as an aerospace engineer in the Israeli Air Force and then built his own aerospace engineering consulting firm. As a hobby, he has also invented, developed and licensed toy concepts to companies such as Milton Bradley, Hasbro and Tomy. Ofer holds a Bachelor of Science (Cum Laude) in aerospace engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.Yiftach Shoolman, Founder & CTOYiftach is an experienced technologist, having held leadership engineering and product roles in diverse fields from application acceleration, cloud computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS), to broadband networks and metro networks. He was the founder, president and CTO of Crescendo Networks (acquired by F5, NASDAQ:FFIV), the vice president of software development at Native Networks (acquired by Alcatel, NASDAQ: ALU) and part of the founding team at ECI Telecom broadband division, where he served as vice president of software engineering. Yiftach holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science and has completed studies for M.Sc. in Computer Science at Tel-Aviv University.About Garantia DataGarantia Data offers enterprise-class Redis by its fully-managed Redis Cloud service. Providing infinite seamless scalability, true high availability, stable top performance and zero management, Redis Cloud enables developers and enterprise IT organizations to successfully enhance Redis operations in a variety of use cases. Redis Cloud is used every day by more than 1,000 paying customers. Privately held and backed by leading VCs, including Bain Capital Ventures and Carmel Ventures, Garantia Data's team of software veterans combines more than 150 years of aggregate experience in database technologies, application acceleration and cloud computing with a proven track record in transforming innovative ideas into viable and valuable products. For more information visit: garantiadata.com / Twitter: @garantiadata- See more at: http://garantiadata.com/press-releases/garantia-data-secures-9m-in-series-a-funding#.UoI6dflBN8E
Outbrain ,the leading content discovery platform, announced that it has closed a new round of funding of $35 million, bringing its total financing to $99 million. HarbourVest led the round with participation from Outbrain's existing investors Carmel Ventures, Index Ventures, Gemini Israel Funds, GlenRock Israel, Rhodium, and Lightspeed Venture Partners and a new participant, Vintage Partners. The company will use the new funding to continue its innovations in content discovery and expand its global business, which currently spans 13 offices. Outbrain was the first to market with its content discovery platform in 2006 and has led the category ever since, not just in terms of customers and installations, but also in its commitment to quality content and to ensuring the integrity of every recommendation it serves. Outbrain's links play a fundamental role in the content ecosystem that has emerged in recent years, and the company has been a vocal proponent of the need to maintain reader trust in order for this ecosystem to thrive, including following strict content guidelines and excluding questionable marketers from its network. Outbrain is the only content recommendation platform formally listed and audited by comScore, which estimates that its recommendations reach 83% of all Americans online and over 390 consumers globally. The company serves more than 100 billion organic and paid content recommendations per month and its links appear on the websites of the most trusted, recognized names in the industry, like CNN, Slate, ESPN, The Telegraph, Le Monde and The Guardian. "We've been watching Outbrain for some time now and have been incredibly impressed with what Yaron and the rest of the team has created," said XX. "This is a company that is built – not on spammy links or get rich quick schemes – but on a business model that puts the reader above all else. This is a company that is built to last and to dominate a growing market. HarbourVest is proud to be a part of that." "This investment comes at a pivotal moment in Outbrain's evolution. We've matured from an upstart content recommendation company to a key player in the content ecosystem and a trusted partner for the world's best brands and publishers," said Outbrain CEO Yaron Galai. "The team at HarbourVest will be an ideal partner for us as we move into our next phase of growth." *Source: comScore Media Metrix, August 2013 About Outbrain Outbrain ( www.outbrain.com ), the leading content discovery platform, is on a mission to help readers find the most interesting content online, while giving publishers and brands the ability to reach a highly engaged audience. Using personalized links, Outbrain recommends content across a network of more than 700 premium publishers, including CNN, Fox News, Hearst, Rolling Stone, US Weekly and Fast Company. Links to content on a publisher's own site increase stickiness, while links to high-quality third-party content increase site traffic and generate revenue. Outbrain is currently installed on more than 100,000 sites and generates more than 150 billion recommendations per month. Founded in 2006, the company is headquartered in New York, with 14 offices globally, including the U.S., U.K., Israel, Singapore and Australia.
Adquant's social advertising agency team, along with its clients, will be integrated within Matomy Media Group's social advertising unit, which will use Adquant's technology."Adquant is a leader in social advertising and has an impressive record of delivering results for its customers," said Ofer Druker, CEO of Matomy Media Group. "Its social advertising team is well aligned with Matomy's DNA, which is focused on delivering performance-based results for advertisers. This acquisition gives us access to one of the best Facebook advertising platforms on the market, as well as an advantage in one of the most influential trends in online advertising."Matomy and Adquant are joining forces to bring performance-based desktop and mobile solutions to Facebook advertisers. As Facebook's advertising model continues to evolve there is a growing need among advertisers to effectively engage, acquire and retain new and existing customers via Facebook.The acquisition also enhances Matomy's growing mobile marketing practice by offering advertisers the ability to use Facebook's superior targeting capabilities and drive quality users to mobile apps. Advertisers that work with Matomy can receive deeper insights and more robust performance from their mobile social advertising campaigns.Adquant drives 15 billion monthly ad views on Facebook and has more than 50 apps that have one million-plus users each. It is part of an elite group of social advertising companies that have been qualified as Facebook Preferred Marketing Developers (PMDs). Companies that have received this designation are held to a higher level of performance and industry standards."This acquisition represents a win-win for both Matomy and Adquant," said Adquant CEO Joe McCormack. "The social advertising agency that Matomy has acquired will now have more resources at its disposal and will be able to tap into Matomy's large and diverse client base. Adquant will now be able to move forward focused 100% on developing our technology, increasing our abilities to innovate and allowing us to maintain our position as one of the premium SaaS Facebook advertising platforms.""Facebook is no longer just an engagement platform," said David Serfaty, the former chief operating officer of Adotomi who is joining Matomy as its director of social advertising. "It's about driving real, measurable business results. Matomy's focus on performance-driven advertising allows us to provide clients with a results-based social advertising service.Matomy is a leading global company that offers its clients a robust cross-channel performance marketing solution, including Web, mobile, video, virtual currency, email, search and social. This last in a series of acquisitions will complement the company's cross-channel offering and will further enhance its social marketing capabilities.
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Introduction2.1 What is a Wound?2.2 Wound Classification2.2.1 Acute Wounds2.2.2 Chronic Wounds126.96.36.199 The Increasing Prevalence of Chronic Wounds2.2.3 Burns2.3 The Skin2.4 The Phases of Wound Healing2.4.1 The Inflammatory Phase2.4.2 The Proliferation Phase2.4.3 The Fibroblastic Phase2.4.4 The Maturation Phase2.5 Wound Care2.5.1 Role of Wound Dressing2.6 The History of Wound Care2.7 Wound Care Categories2.7.1 Traditional Wound Care184.108.40.206 Gauze Dressings18.104.22.168 Absorptive Dressings126.96.36.199 Composite Dressings126.96.36.199 Compression Therapy126.96.36.199 Contact Layers2.7.2 Advanced Wound Care (AWC)188.8.131.52 Moist Wound Care (MWC)22.214.171.124.1 Hydrocolloid Dressings188.8.131.52.2 Foam Dressings184.108.40.206.3 Alginate Dressings22.214.171.124.4 Hydrogel Dressings184.108.40.206 Wound Care Devices220.127.116.11.1 Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT)22.214.171.124.2 Ultrasound for Wound Therapy184.108.40.206 Wound Care Biologics18.104.22.168.1 Skin Replacement Therapies22.214.171.124.2 Collagen Based Therapies184.108.40.206.3 Cell Based Therapies2.8 Regulation of Medical Devices2.8.1 The US Regulation System2.8.2 The European Approval and Regulation Process3. The Global Advanced Wound Care Market, 2013-20233.1 Global Wound Care Market, 20123.2 Global Wound Care Market Trends, 20123.3 Advanced Wound Care Market, 20123.4 Global Advanced Wound Care Market Forecast, 2012-20233.5 Advanced Wound Care Market: Drivers and Restrains, 2013-20233.6 Leading Advanced Wound Care Manufacturers, 20124. The Moist Wound Care Market, 2013-20234.1 The Moist Wound Care Market, 20124.2 The Moist Wound Care Market Forecast, 2012-20234.3 The Moist Wound Care Market Segments, 20124.3.1 The Hydrocolloid Dressings Market4.3.2 The Foam Dressings Market4.3.3 The Alginate Dressings Market4.3.4 The Hydrogel Dressings Market4.3.5 Other MWC Dressings Market4.4 SWOT Analysis of the Moist Wound Care Market, 2013-20234.4.1 Strengths184.108.40.206 Established Segment of the Market184.108.40.206 Wide Variety of Products22.214.171.124 More Effective than Traditional Wound Care4.4.2 Weaknesses22.214.171.124 Less Effective than Some Devices and Biologics220.127.116.11 Weak R&D Pipeline4.4.3 Opportunities220.127.116.11 Increasing Prevalence of Chronic Wounds220.127.116.11 Cheap Alternative to Devices and Biologics4.4.4 Threats220.127.116.11 Emerging Technologies May be More Effective188.8.131.52 Lack of R&D Spending will Stifle Innovation5. The Wound Care Devices Market, 2013-20235.1 The Wound Care Devices Market, 20125.2 The Wound Care Devices Forecast, 2012-20235.3 The NPWT Segment Dominates Wound Care Devices Market5.3.1 The NPWT Market Forecast, 2012-20235.4 Ultrasound Wound Therapy Market offers Potential for Growth5.4.1 Ultrasound Wound Therapy Market Forecast, 2012-20235.5 SWOT Analysis of the Wound Care Devices Market, 2013-20235.5.1 Strengths188.8.131.52 More Effective than Other Forms of Wound Care220.127.116.11 Constant Innovation in the Market5.5.2 Weaknesses18.104.22.168 Dominated by Few Large Companies188.8.131.52 NPWT Dominates the Market5.5.3 Opportunities188.8.131.52 Low Cost NPWT Systems will Drive Growth18.104.22.168 Increasing Prevalence of Chronic Wounds5.5.4 Threats18.104.22.168 Controversy Regarding Safety of NPWT6. The Wound Care Biologics Market, 2013-20236.1 The Wound Care Biologics Market, 20126.2 The Wound Care Biologics Market Forecast, 2012-20236.3 The Skin Replacement Market: High Potential for Growth6.3.1 The Skin Replacement Market Forecast, 2012-20236.4 Collagen Based Therapy Market6.4.1 Collagen Based Therapy Market Forecast, 2012-20236.5 Cell Therapy Market: Fastest Growing Segment6.5.1 Cell Therapy Market Forecast, 2012-20236.6 SWOT Analysis of the Wound Care Biologics Market, 2012-20236.6.1 Strengths188.8.131.52 More Effective than Other Forms of Wound Care220.127.116.11 New Technology with Constant Innovation22.214.171.124 Strong R&D Pipeline6.6.2 Weaknesses184.108.40.206 Small Start-up Companies Dominate the Market126.96.36.199 Expensive Technology188.8.131.52 High Barriers to Entry6.6.3 Opportunities18.104.22.168 Strong Innovation will Drive Growth220.127.116.11 Stem Cells Offer Multiple Opportunities126.96.36.199 Increasing Prevalence of Chronic Wounds6.6.4 Threats220.127.116.11 Controversy Regarding the Effectiveness of Some Biologics188.8.131.52 High Barriers to Entry will Deter Competitors220.127.116.11 Competition from MWC and Devices
7. The Top Companies in the North American Advanced Wound Care Market, 2013-20237.1 3M7.1.1 Sales and Performance Analysis, 20127.1.2 Regional Sales Analysis, 20127.1.3 R&D Performance Analysis, 20127.1.4 AWC Product Portfolio, 20137.2 ConvaTec7.2.1 Sales and Performance Analysis, 20127.2.2 Wound Therapeutics Sales Analysis, 20127.2.3 R&D Performance Analysis, 20127.2.4 AWC Product Portfolio, 20137.2.5 Recent M&A Activity7.3 Covidien7.3.1 Sales and Performance Analysis, 20127.3.2 Regional Sales Analysis, 20127.3.3 R&D Performance Analysis, 20127.3.4 AWC Product Portfolio, 20137.3.5 Recent M&A Activities7.4 Derma Sciences7.4.1 Sales and Performance Analysis, 20127.4.2 Advanced Wound Care Sales Analysis, 20127.4.3 R&D Performance Analysis, 20127.4.4 AWC Product Portfolio, 20137.4.5 Recent M&A Activity220.127.116.11 Derma Sciences Acquired MedEfficiency Inc.,7.5 Hollister Incorporated7.5.1 AWC Product Portfolio, 20137.6 Human Biosciences Inc.,7.6.1 AWC Product Portfolio, 20137.7 Kinetic Concepts Inc (KCI)7.7.1 Apax Partners' Led Consortium Acquires KCI for $6.3bn7.7.2 KCI Continues to Dominate NPWT Market7.7.3 AWC Product Portfolio, 20137.7.4 Recent M&A and Other Key Activities184.108.40.206 Acquisition of MoMelan Technologies Inc in 20127.7.4.2 KCI Expands its Operations to Brazil7.8 Medline Industries, Inc.7.8.1 AWC Product Portfolio, 20137.9 Organogenesis7.9.1 Apligraf, A Promising Wound Healing Product7.9.2 FDA Approves GINTUIT
8. The Top Companies in the European Advanced Wound Care Market, 2013-20238.1 Avita Medical8.1.1 Sales and Performance Analysis, 20128.1.2 Product Portfolio, 20138.2 B.Braun Melsungen AG8.2.1 Sales and Performance Analysis, 20128.2.2 AWC Product Portfolio, 20138.3 BSN Medical8.3.1 AWC Product Portfolio, 20138.4 Coloplast8.4.1 Coloplast Sales and Performance Analysis, 20128.4.2 Regional Sales Analysis, 20128.4.3 R&D Performance Analysis, 20128.4.4 Wound and Skin Care Sales Analysis, 2011/20128.4.5 AWC Product Portfolio, 20138.5 Genzyme (A Sanofi Company)8.5.1 Epicel8.6 HARTMANN GROUP8.6.1 Sales and Performance Analysis, 20128.6.2 Regional Sales Analysis, 20128.6.3 AWC Product Portfolio, 20138.7 Laboratoires Urgo8.7.1 Urgo Medical8.7.2 AWC Product Portfolio, 20138.7.3 Recent M&A and Key Activities22.214.171.124 Hollister Inc Continues Business Relation with Laboratories Urgo8.8 Molnlycke Health Care8.8.1 Sales and Performance Analysis, 20128.8.2 AWC Product Portfolio, 20138.8.3 Recent M&A Activity18.104.22.168 Molnlycke Acquires WoundEL from Gerromed GmbH220.127.116.11 Molnlycke Acquires Burn and Wound Care Business of Brennen Medical8.9 Shire8.9.1 Sales and Performance Analysis, 20128.9.2 Shire Regenerative Medicine8.9.3 DERMAGRAFT Sales Analysis, 20128.10 Smith & Nephew (S&N)8.10.2 Advanced Wound Management Sales Analysis, 20128.10.3 Regional Sales Analysis, 20128.10.4 R&D Performance Analysis, 20128.10.5 AWC Product Portfolio, 20138.10.6 Smith & Nephew Pipeline8.10.7 Recent M&A and Other Key Activities126.96.36.199 Smith & Nephew Acquires Healthpoint Biotherapeutics220.127.116.11 Purchase of Aderma Dermal Pads188.8.131.52 Smith & Nephew Acquires Kalypto Medical22.214.171.124 Regulatory Approvals in Advanced Wound Management, 20128.11 Systagenix Wound Management8.11.1 AWC Product Portfolio, 20138.11.2 Recent M&A and Other Key Activities184.108.40.206 Systagenix Forms Strategic Partnership with Sorbion126.96.36.199 Systagenix Extends Sponsorship Agreement with Team Sky188.8.131.52 Systagenix Acquires O2 Insights Inc
9. Qualitative Analysis of the Advanced Wound Care Market, 2013-20239.1 Porter's Five Force Analysis9.1.1 Rivalry Among Competitors9.1.2 Threat of New Entrants9.1.3 Power of Suppliers9.1.4 Power of Buyers9.1.5 Threat of Substitutes
10. Expert Opinion10.1 Interview with Derma Sciences10.1.1 Perspective of Advanced Wound Care Market10.1.2 Unmet Needs of the Industry10.1.3 Do FDA Regulations Stifle Innovation?10.1.4 Role of Moist Wound Care in the Future10.1.5 Market for MEDIHONEY in Moist Wound Care10.1.6 Key Products Driving Company Growth10.1.7 Efficacy of Honey in Comparison to Silver10.2 Interview with Shire Regenerative Medicine10.2.1 Perspective of Wound Care Biologics Market10.2.2 Cost and Reimbursement Issues10.2.3 Outlook for DERMAGRAFT
11. Conclusions11.1 The Advanced Wound Care Market, 2012-202311.2 KCI Dominated the Advanced Wound Care Market in 201211.3 Leading Companies are Focused on Moist Wound Care Market11.4 Smaller Start Up Companies Dominate the Wound Care Biologics Market
List of TablesTable 2.1 The Rules of Nine: Percentage (%) of Total Body Classification SystemTable 2.2 The Classification of Burns by Depth: Degree Classification SystemTable 2.3 The Classification of Burns by SeverityTable 2.4 The Advantages and Disadvantages of Moist Wound CareTable 2.5 The Benefits and Risks of Skin GraftingTable 3.1 Global Wound Care Market: Revenue ($bn) and Revenue Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Table 3.2 The Advanced Wound Care Market: Revenue ($bn) and Revenue Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Table 3.3 The Advanced Wound Care Market Forecast ($bn, AGR%, CAGR%) by Segment, 2012-2017Table 3.4 The Advanced Wound Care Market Forecast ($bn, AGR%, CAGR%) by Segment, 2017-2023Table 3.5 The Advanced Wound Care Market by Leading Companies: Revenue ($bn) and Market Shares (%), 2012Table 4.1 The Moist Wound Care Market: Revenue ($bn) and Market Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Table 4.2 The Moist Wound Care Market Forecast ($bn, AGR%, CAGR%), 2012-2017Table 4.3 The Moist Wound Care Market Forecast ($bn, AGR%, CAGR%), 2017-2023Table 4.4 SWOT Analysis of the Moist Wound Care Market, 2013-2023Table 5.1 The Wound Care Devices Market: Revenue ($bn) and Market Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Table 5.2 The Wound Care Devices Market Forecast ($bn, AGR%, CAGR %), 2012-2017Table 5.3 The Wound Care Devices Market Forecast ($bn, AGR%, CAGR%), 2017-2023Table 5.4 The NPWT Market Forecast ($bn, AGR%, CAGR%), 2012-2017Table 5.5 The NPWT Market Forecast ($bn, AGR%, CAGR%), 2017-2023Table 5.6 The Ultrasound Wound Therapy Market Forecast ($bn, AGR%, CAGR%), 2012-2017Table 5.7 The Ultrasound Wound Therapy Market Forecast ($bn, AGR%, CAGR%), 2017-2023Table 5.8 SWOT Analysis of the Wound Care Devices Market, 2013-2023Table 6.1 The Wound Care Biologics Market: Revenue ($m) and Market Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Table 6.2 The Wound Care Biologics Market Forecast ($m, AGR% CAGR%), 2012-2017Table 6.3 The Wound Care Biologics Market Forecast ($m, AGR%, CAGR%), 2017-2023Table 6.4 The Skin Replacement Market Forecast ($m, AGR% CAGR %), 2012-2017Table 6.5 The Skin Replacement Market Forecast ($m, AGR%, CAGR %), 2017-2023Table 6.6 The Collagen Based Therapy Market Forecast ($m, AGR%, CAGR%), 2012-2017Table 6.7 The Collagen Based Therapy Market Forecast ($m, AGR%, CAGR%), 2017-2023Table 6.8 The Cell Therapy Market Forecast ($m, AGR%, CAGR%), 2012-2017Table 6.9 The Cell Therapy Market Forecast ($m, AGR%, CAGR%), 2017-2023Table 6.10 SWOT Analysis of the Wound Care Biologics Market, 2013-2023Table 7.1 3M: Net Sales ($bn) and Net Sales Shares (%) by Business Segment, 2012Table 7.2 3M: Net Sales ($bn) and Net Sales Shares (%) by Region, 2012Table 7.3 3M: Historical R&D Expenses ($bn) and R&D Expenses as Percentage of Net Sales (%), 2008-2012Table 7.4 ConvaTec: Net Sales ($m) and Net Sales Share (%) by Franchise, 2012Table 7.5 ConvaTec: Historical R&D Expenses ($m) and R&D Expenses as Percentage of Net Sales (%), 2009-2012Table 7.6 Covidien: Net Sales ($bn) and Net Sales Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Table 7.7 Covidien: Medical Supplies Net Sales ($bn) and Net Sales Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Table 7.8 Covidien: Net Sales ($bn) and Net Sales Shares (%) by Region, 2012Table 7.9 Covidien: Historical R&D Expenses ($bn) and R&D Expenses as Percentage of Net Sales (%), 2008-2012Table 7.10 Covidien: Advanced Wound Care Product Portfolio, 2013Table 7.11 Derma Sciences: Revenue ($m) and Revenue Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Table 7.12 Derma Sciences: Historical Advanced Wound Care Revenue ($m) and % Growth, 2007-2012Table 7.13 Derma Sciences: Historical R&D Expenses ($m) and R&D Expenses as Percentage of Revenue (%), 2008-2012Table 7.14 VAC Therapy at a Glance, 2013Table 8.1 Avita Medical: Revenue ($m) and Revenue Shares (%) by Product Segment, 2012Table 8.2 Avita Medical: Total Revenue ($m) in 2011 and 2012Table 8.3 B.Braun: Sales ($bn) and Sales Shares (%) by Business Segment, 2012Table 8.4 Coloplast: Revenue ($m) and Revenue Shares (%) by Business, 2011/2012Table 8.5 Coloplast: Revenue ($m) and Revenue Shares (%) by Region, 2011/2012Table 8.6 Coloplast: R&D Expenses ($m) and R&D Expenses as Percentage of Revenue (%), 2007-2012Table 8.7 HARTMANN GROUP: Net Sales ($bn) and Net Sales Shares (%) by Business Segment, 2012Table 8.8 HARTMANN GROUP: Net Sales ($bn) and Net Sales Shares (%) by Region, 2012Table 8.9 Molnlycke: Historical Net Sales ($bn) and Net Debt ($bn), 2008-2012Table 8.10 Shire: Revenue ($m) and Revenue Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Table 8.11 Shire: Revenue ($m) and Revenue Shares (%) by Product Segment, 2012Table 8.12 Smith & Nephew: Revenue ($bn) and Revenue Shares (%) by Business Division, 2012Table 8.13 Smith & Nephew: AWM Revenue ($bn) and Revenue Shares (%) by Franchise, 2012Table 8.14 Smith & Nephew: AWM Revenue ($bn) and Revenue Shares (%) by Region, 2012Table 8.15 Smith & Nephew: Revenue ($bn) and Revenue Shares (%) by Region, 2012Table 11.1 Segments in the Advanced Wound Care Market: Sales ($bn) in 2012, 2017, 2019 and 2023
List of FiguresFigure 2.1 The Phases of Wound Healing and Duration (Days)Figure 3.1 Global Wound Care Market: Revenue ($bn) by Segment, 2012Figure 3.2 Global Wound Care Market: Revenue Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Figure 3.3 The Advanced Wound Care Market: Revenue ($bn) by Segment, 2012Figure 3.4 The Advanced Wound Care Market: Revenue Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Figure 3.5 The Advanced Wound Care Market Forecast ($bn), 2012-2023Figure 3.6 The Advanced Wound Care Market Forecast ($bn) by Segment, 2012-2023Figure 3.7 Drivers and Restraints for the Advanced Wound Care Market, 2013-2023Figure 3.8 The Advanced Wound Care Market by Leading Companies: Revenue ($bn), 2012Figure 3.9 The Advanced Wound Care Market by Leading Companies: Market Shares (%), 2012Figure 4.1 The Moist Wound Care Market: Revenue ($bn) by Segment, 2012Figure 4.2 The Moist Wound Care Market: Market Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Figure 4.3 The Moist Wound Care Market Forecast ($bn), 2012-2023Figure 5.1 The Wound Care Devices Market: Revenue ($bn) by Segment, 2012Figure 5.2 The Wound Care Devices Market: Market Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Figure 5.3 The Wound Care Devices Market Forecast ($bn), 2012-2023Figure 5.4 The Wound Care Devices Market Forecast ($bn) by Segment, 2012-2023Figure 5.5 The NPWT Market Forecast ($bn), 2012-2023Figure 5.6 The Ultrasound Wound Therapy Market Forecast ($bn), 2012-2023Figure 6.1 The Wound Care Biologics Market: Revenue ($m) by Segment, 2012Figure 6.2 The Wound Care Biologics Market: Market Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Figure 6.3 The Wound Care Biologics Market Forecast ($m), 2012-2023Figure 6.4 The Skin Replacement Market Forecast ($m), 2012-2023Figure 6.5 The Collagen Based Therapy Market Forecast ($m), 2012-2023Figure 6.6 The Cell Therapy Market Forecast ($m), 2012-2023Figure 7.1 3M: Historical Net Sales ($bn), Net Income ($bn) and Profit Margin (%), 2008-2012Figure 7.2 3M: Net Sales ($bn) by Business Segment, 2012Figure 7.3 3M: Historical Net Sales ($bn) in Healthcare Segment, 2012Figure 7.4 3M: Net Sales ($bn) by Region, 2012Figure 7.5 3M: Net Sales Shares (%) by Region, 2012Figure 7.6 3M: Historical R&D Expenses ($bn) and R&D Expenses as Percentage of Net Sales (%), 2008-2012Figure 7.7 3M: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 7.8 ConvaTec: Historical Net Sales ($m) and Net Loss ($m), 2009-2012Figure 7.9 ConvaTec: Net Sales ($m) by Franchise, 2012Figure 7.10 ConvaTec: Net Sales Shares (%) by Franchise, 2012Figure 7.11 ConvaTec: Historical Wound Therapeutics Net Sales ($m), 2009-2012Figure 7.12 ConvaTec: Historical R&D Expenses ($m), R&D Expenses as Percentage of Net Sales (%), 2009-2012Figure 7.13 ConvaTec: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 7.14 Covidien: Net Sales ($bn) by Segment, 2012Figure 7.15 Covidien: Net Sales Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Figure 7.16 Covidien: Historical Net Sales ($bn), Net Income ($bn) and Profit Margin (%), 2008-2012Figure 7.17 Covidien: Medical Supplies Net Sales ($bn) by Segment, 2012Figure 7.18 Covidien: Net Sales Shares (%) by Region, 2012Figure 7.19 Covidien: Historical R&D Expenses ($bn) and R&D Expenses as Percentage of Net Sales (%), 2008-2012Figure 7.20 Covidien: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 7.21 Derma Sciences: Historical Revenue ($m) and Net Loss ($m), 2008-2012Figure 7.22 Derma Sciences: Revenue ($m) by Segment, 2012Figure 7.23 Derma Sciences: Revenue Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Figure 7.24 Derma Sciences: Historical Advanced Wound Care Revenue ($m), 2007-2012Figure 7.25 Derma Sciences: Historical R&D Expenses ($m) and R&D Expenses as Percentage of Revenue (%), 2008-2012Figure 7.26 Derma Sciences: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 7.27 Hollister Incorporated: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 7.28 Human BioSciences: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 7.29 KCI: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 7.30 Medline Industries, Inc.: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 7.31 Organogenesis: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 8.1 Avita Medical: Revenue Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Figure 8.2 Avita Medical: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 8.3 B.Braun: Historical Sales ($bn), 2008-2012Figure 8.4 B.Braun: Sales ($bn) by Business Segment, 2012Figure 8.5 B.Braun: Sales Shares (%) by Business Segment, 2012Figure 8.6 B.Braun: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 8.7 BSN Medical: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 8.8 Coloplast: Historical Revenue ($m), Net Income ($m) and Profit Margin (%), 2007-2012Figure 8.9 Coloplast: Revenue ($m) by Business, 2011/2012Figure 8.10 Coloplast: Revenue Shares (%) by Business, 2011/2012Figure 8.11 Coloplast: Revenue ($m) by Region, 2011/2012Figure 8.12 Coloplast: Revenue Shares (%) by Region, 2011/2012Figure 8.13 Coloplast: R&D Expenses ($m) and R&D Expenses as Percentage of Revenue (%), 2007-2012Figure 8.14 Coloplast: Historical Wound Care and Skin Care Revenue ($m), 2007-2012Figure 8.15 Coloplast: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 8.16 Genzyme: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 8.17 HARTMANN GROUP: Net Sales ($bn) by Business Segment, 2012Figure 8.18 HARTMANN GROUP: Net Sales Shares (%) by Business Segment, 2012Figure 8.19 HARTMANN GROUP: Historical Net Sales ($bn), 2008-2012Figure 8.20 HARTMANN GROUP: Net Sales Shares (%) by Region, 2012Figure 8.21 HARTMANN GROUP: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 8.22 Laboratoires Urgo: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 8.23 Molnlycke: Net Sales ($bn), 2008-2012Figure 8.24 Molnlycke: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 8.25 Shire: Revenue Shares (%) by Segment, 2012Figure 8.26 Shire: Revenue ($m) by Product Segment, 2012Figure 8.27 Shire: Revenue Shares (%) by Product Segment, 2012Figure 8.28 Shire: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 8.29 Smith & Nephew: Historical Revenue ($bn), 2008-2012Figure 8.30 Smith & Nephew: Revenue ($bn) by Business Division, 2012Figure 8.31 Smith & Nephew: Revenue Shares (%) by Business Division, 2012Figure 8.32 Smith & Nephew: AWM Revenue ($bn) by Franchise, 2012Figure 8.33 Smith & Nephew: AWM Market Shares (%) by Franchise, 2012Figure 8.34 Smith & Nephew: AWM Revenue Shares (%) by Region, 2012Figure 8.35 Smith & Nephew: Revenue Shares (%) by Region, 2012Figure 8.36 Smith & Nephew: Historical Revenue ($bn), R&D Expenses ($bn) and R&D Expenses as Percentage of Revenue (%), 2008-2012Figure 8.37 Smith & Nephew: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 8.38 Systagenix: Strengths and Threats, 2013-2023Figure 9.1 Porter's Five Force Analysis of the Advanced Wound Care Market, 2013-2023Figure 11.1 Advanced Wound Care Market: Sales ($bn) in 2012, 2017, 2019 and 2023Figure 11.2 Advanced Wound Care Market: Sales ($bn) in 2012, 2017, 2019 and 2023
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Herzliya, Israel, October 16th – Apos - Medical & Sports Technologies, the developer of AposTherapy - an innovative, personalized, non-surgical and drug-free medical program for knee and back pain, announced today that it has received a $5 million credit facility from Viola Credit (formerly Plenus). The Company was founded in 2004 by Dr. Avi Elbaz and Dr. Amit Mor, medical doctors with backgrounds in the fields of orthopedics and sports medicine. To date, more than 40,000 patients worldwide have benefited from the results of this treatment.Dr. Avi Elbaz, Co-founder and CEO, Apos: "We are excited to add Viola Credit to our strong investor base as we continue to bring more value to our customers. Viola credit provided us with a tailor made credit facility that fits perfectly our current needs as we accelerate our global expansion and penetration to the US market". Ruthi Simha, Co-Founder and General Partner at Viola Credit: "We are pleased to partner with Apos' talented management team as it expands the reach of its breakthrough treatment methodology for knee and back pain. Apos' innovative approach is improving life quality for tens of thousands of people worldwide while reducing the need for surgery and drug based treatment. We look forward to our partnership as Apos Therapy realizes its exiting growth potential". About Apos Medical & Sports TechnologiesApos has successfully developed and commercialized AposTherapy –an innovative, patent-protected, non-invasive, personalized treatment program for patients suffering from musculoskeletal conditions with primary focus on knee and back pain. The treatment is clinically-proven to reduce pain, improve function, quality of life, and to dramatically reduce the rate of surgery in patients suffering from knee conditions. The treatment has been widely adopted by sick funds, international leading private medical insurers and healthcare professionals worldwide. Founded in 2004 by Dr. Avi Elbaz and Dr. Amit Mor, following over 10 years of extensive research and development, the company holds a robust IP portfolio and is backed by its founders, early stage private investors, as well as by Pitango Venture Capital and Aviv Ventures. The company's global headquarters is located in Herzliya, Israel, with 11 centres across Israel, UK, USA and Singapore, treating more than 40,000 patients to date. For more information visit www.apostherapy.com.
About Viola Credit (formerly Plenus)Viola Credit, founded in 2000, is Israel's leading lending fund. Viola Credit offers equity based loans to growing companies in the technology market. Led by a team of credit, banking, operational, and technology experts, Viola Credit is poised to provide companies with tailor-made flexible financing solutions designed to meet their specific needs.With over $320m under management, Viola Credit, managed by Moti Weiss, Ruthi Simha and Shlomo Karako, has completed over 100 lending transactions and has seen over 20 exits to date. Among portfolio companies are myThings, Clarizen, Borderfree (formerly Fiftyone), clicktale and Matomy. For more information, please visit www.violacredit.com
ECI Telecom, a global provider of next-generation network solutions, announced today that its Native Packet Transport (NPT) platform has received a 2012 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award from TMC and the editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY and CUSTOMER magazines.
Viola invested NIS 70 million and became the Company's largest shareholder (57%).
Within the framework of the deal, Viola also received options which, when realized, will bring Viola's holdings in the Company to 68.5%. The realization of the options will inject additional cash into the Company in the future.
Harel Beit-On, one of the Founders of the Viola Group, and the Founder and General Partner of Viola Private Equity: "Gaon Holdings has an extensive portfolio of companies in the areas of water, agro and clean-tech, all areas in which Israel is a global leader. We will work to enhance these companies' activities both in Israel and abroad". Moshe Gaon: "In the current economic reality, an informed decision was made, for the good of the Company and to ensure its good name and reputation, to bring in a new partner via a substantial financial investment and relinquish control of the Company". Erez Meltzer, Chairman of the Board: "Viola, as a new partner, will enable the Company to accelerate its growth in all aspects of the Company's activities".Gaon will stand by its commitments to investors, as it has done up until now: tomorrow the Company will pay NIS36.8 million in bonds. The assets and the cash flow resulting from the deal will significantly improve the Company's liquidity and reduce its leverage.Today, Viola Private Equity, part of the Viola Group, completed its acquisition of the control in Gaon Holdings. Viola Private Equity invested NIS70 million in Gaon in exchange for 57% of the issued capital of the Company. Within the framework of the deal, Viola also received share options in Gaon and, when realized, these options are expected to bring Viola's holdings in the Company to 68.5%. The realization these options will inject additional cash into the Company in the future. As a result of the investment, a new Shareholders Agreement was signed between Viola, the Gaon family and Ainsbury, and representatives of all parties will sit on the Board of Directors. Five representatives from Viola will join the Company's Board, amongst them will be Harel Beit-On, Jonathan Kolber and Sami Totah. Harel Beit-On, one of the Founders of the Viola Group and a Founder and General Partner of Viola Private Equity said today: "We see Gaon Holdings as an important platform for the expansion of our activities in the areas of water, agro and clean-tech, which began with our Fund's investment in Amiad Filtration Systems. Gaon Holdings has an extensive portfolio of companies in areas that Israel is a global leader. Together with the existing owners, we will work to enhance these companies' activities in Israel and abroad". Moshe Gaon, controlling shareholder until the entrance of Viola, and the son of the Company's Founder, the late Benny Gaon said that he is sure that the new partners, people with ability and international connections and a belief in the potential of Gaon in the areas of water and clean-tech, will work to ensure the continued organic growth of the Company and its entry into new fields of activity. "In the current economic reality, an informed decision was made, for the good of the Company and to ensure its good name and reputation, to bring in a new partner through a substantial financial investment and relinquish control of the Company. All this was done to prevent damage to investors and with the aim of meeting all the Company's commitments" stated Gaon. Chairman of the Board of Gaon Holdings, Erez Meltzer, today thanked the shareholders and workers of the Company. "In the prevailing public atmosphere, it seems to me that this case is most noteworthy. We have an example of shareholders behaving with great responsibility, and even being prepared to relinquish most of their holdings in a public company in order to ensure that the Company will be able to meet its financial commitments" said Meltzer. "Together with our new partners, Viola PE, I am convinced that the Company will be able to accelerate its growth, to expand investment in existing holdings, to acquire new holdings in the clean-tech field and to strengthen Gaon Holdings' status as Israel's largest clean-tech company".Gaon Holdings finished the first quarter of this year with revenues of NIS297.1 million, compared to revenues of NIS308.3 million for the same quarter last year. This temporary decline in sales derived, mainly, from the decline in sales of the subsidiary company, Middle East Tubes, where the onset of winter caused the postponement of projects of a large customer in the infrastructure field. Discounting this temporary decline, the revenues of the Gaon Group grew by 15%. The Company's financial commitments to the banks and bond holders declined during the first quarter of the year from NIS488 million to NIS416 million, as part of the Company's efforts to reduce its bank and other leveraging.
The Viola Group, a private investment group with over $2 billion under management, acquired a significant holding in the Israeli company, RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. RRsat, which is traded on NASDAQ, is a leading provider of management and content distribution services for the television and radio industries. Viola signed agreements for the acquisition of 13% of the Company's shares from Kardan Communications and an additional 7% from Mr David Rivel. Viola is expected to appoint a representative to the Board of Directors of the Company upon completion of the deal. The total amount of the deal is $28 million, which reflects a share price of $8.Three Funds from the Viola Group will take part in this investment: Viola Private Equity, Viola Credit (formerly Plenus) and Viola Partners (formerly VPartners). The completion of the deal is expected to take place during the coming months, subject to certain conditions.The Company provides management and content distribution services through a worldwide network that uses satellites, fibre-optics and the internet. The Company has a global presence and owns a number of international communication stations, including the satellite communications center in the Ayala Valley. The Company provides services to more than 630 networks and television stations in over 150 countries. Amongst its customers are the television channels NBC, FOX Sports, NFL, CNN ESPN, Keshet, Channel 10 and more. The content is distributed 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. The Company's annual revenues are around $113 million.The Company was founded in 1981 by Mr David Rivel and employs over 250 workers. Amongst the Company's shareholders are the engineering equipment company, Del-Tah Ltd. (39%), Kardan Communications (24%) and David Rivel (12%).Harel Beit-On, a Founder of the Viola Group and the Founder and a General Partner of Viola Private Equity stated: "RRsat has a significant growth potential that derives from its experienced management, its operational excellence, its financial steadfastness and, of course, its attractive business model. The cooperation between the Viola funds allowed us to make a significant acquisition of the Company's shares, and we are happy for the opportunity to support the Company's continued growth, together with the existing shareholders. We believe that the way ahead will be to combine organic growth with additional acquisitions by the Company".
Aeronautics develops, manufactures and markets unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for a wide range of applications. It is serving customers around the globe, and owns several subsidiaries which develop and manufacture complementary products, such as communications solutions, sophisticated navigation tools and innovative intelligence systems. Founded in 1997, Aeronautics has grown to become one of Israel's largest companies in its domain. Aeronautics' technology capabilities meet a global growing demand for reliable UAVs and other advanced security systems. Its customer base includes leading governments in developing countries.
Archimedes Global Ltd. ("AGL") – a new venture which will invest and seek out investments in health insurance businesses worldwide. Headquartered in Tel Aviv, AGL is being formed by a prominent manager – Mr. Yaron Inbar- who has extensive experience in the health insurance sector.
AGL's mission is to identify markets with promising business potential for developing health insurance operations, to elaborate a penetration strategy, and to carry it out through investments in controlling stakes in local companies. These investments will be carefully selected in each and every market, based on its characteristics, with a view to establish a local business entity that will supply health insurance products to relevant market segments.
AGL takes a hands-on approach, providing portfolio companies with advice, management, consulting and an extensive global network of contacts throughout medical, insurance and financial sectors.
Attunity is a leading provider of standards-based integration software for accessing mainframe, enterprise data sources and legacy applications. With more than 14 years of experience in providing enterprise software, Attunity has been successfully deployed at more than 1,000 organizations worldwide, including ABB, Chevron, DuPont, Fleet Bank, Georgia Pacific, Goldman Sachs, ING, MCI Worldcom, Nasdaq, Penske Logistics, Sabre, and US Air Force. Through OEM agreements with global-class partners such as Oracle, Compaq and SAP, Attunity-based solutions are deployed on tens of thousands of systems worldwide.
In September 2011 the fund exercised all warrants to shares and sold these shares in 2012.
Axerra Networks is a leading provider of circuit emulation and service emulation solutions over packet access networks for mobile backhaul and business service delivery. Axerra's Pseudowire solutions enable mobile operators, cable MSOs, competitive access providers, and incumbent carriers to extend IP and legacy voice and data services in native format over Ethernet, IP, and MPLS networks. The result is greater operational efficiency, new revenue opportunities, and a smooth migration strategy to a single converged network without losing any revenue streams from profitable legacy services. On October 2010 DragonWave Inc acquired Axerra Networks Inc. for a total consideration of $15.5mm.
BIScience is a business intelligence solution provider for the online media industry.BIScience solutions serve media buyers, sales managers, affiliates and internet professionals with a stake in online media and advertising. Our portfolio of competitive intelligence solutions provides valuable insight that enhances our clients' marketing operations over ad display, search, social media, affiliate marketing and mobile channels.
Borderfree is the market leader in international ecommerce, operating a technology and services platform that enables U.S. retailers to transact with consumers in more than 100 countries worldwide, with more than two billion potential customers. Using Borderfree, U.S. retailers can rapidly develop their global ecommerce business across all dimensions. Borderfree takes care of every single aspect of the international order lifecycle, including multi-currency pricing and payment processing, landed-cost calculation, customs clearance and brokerage, global logistics orchestration and international fraud management. And Borderfree does it all, without expanding a company;s infrastructure or changing the customer experience.
On March 20th 2014, Borderfree completed the pricing of its initial public offering on Nasdaq at a price to the public of $16.00 per share reflecting a valuation of $488mm.
BroadLight is a leading provider of end-to-end (E2E) PON technology. Its comprehensive and innovative product solutions consist of highly integrated semiconductor devices, embedded and application software, as well as reference designs and support tools. BroadLight's GPON and BPON ONT semi-conductor and soft-ware products are powering communication equipment delivering Triple-play services. On April 5, 2012 Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, completed its acquisition of BroadLight, Inc., for a total of $224mm.
Business Layers is the global leader in eProvisioning software, the cornerstone of identity management solutions. The company's award-winning eProvision™ Software products, help organizations enhance security and increase efficiency by automatically allocating IT resources to employees, customers, contractors and business partners, according to corporate policy. On December 2003 Business Layers was acquired by Netegrity. Computer Associate (NYSE: CA) acquired Netegrity on November 2004.
Clarizen is an on-demand project management solution that simplifies the overall experience of managing projects both within the organization and across the value chain. Bridging organizational barriers, Clarizen creates adaptable business networks for value chain companies to achieve shared objectives while ensuring their business independence. By providing a clear view of the project's status and performance, it enables team members to make informed business-critical decisions on time.
cVidya is a leading supplier of Revenue Analytics solutions to communications and digital service providers. Utilizing a big data technology platform and analytical applications, cVidya solutions optimize profits and support decision-making.cVidya's Risk Management, Revenue Assurance, Fraud Management, Marketing Analytics and Sales Performance Management solutions enable over 150 customers around the world to achieve rapid ROI.
Cyota is the leading payment security provider for financial institutions. Cyota SecureSuite is the only integrated payment security platform, designed to seamlessly integrate a wide range of credit and debit card security solutions including Verified by Visa, MasterCard SecureCode, surrogate numbers and more, into a single, consistent and cost-effective solution. In December 2005 Cyota was acquired by RSA Security (NASDAQ: RSAS) for $145mm.
eglue is a leading provider of real-time decisioning and guidance solutions. Its solutions have been installed at dozens of customer sites worldwide, including first-tier telecom carriers, and financial services, retail, travel and utility companies. In July 2010 NICE acquiried the company for a total cash consideration of approximately $29 million.
EndoCross is developing the next generation of chronic total occlusions (CTO) crossing devices, allowing quick and safe crossing of CTO in peripheral and coronary vessels.
CTO is considered as one of the last frontiers in interventional cardiology. A long term, chronic, full occlusion in the artery is leading to organ deterioration and is solved today by either long and complex percutaneous approach (with 30-40% failure) or through bypass surgeries.
EndoCross solution is offering to the operator a simple and easy to use crossing device, using the "wire of choice" of the operator and mimicking his manual operation. The catheter is totally disposable, does not require investment in capital equipment and requires a very short learning curve.
EZchip Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company that provides Ethernet network processors through its fully-owned subsidiary, EZchip Technologies.
In 2007 Plenus has exchanged EZ chip shares for shares in LanOptics LTD in a transaction valued at $5mm.
Gaon Holdings is an operational holding company that has set itself the goal of leading the development and management of Israel's water industry and marketing water products and projects worldwide.The Group, through Gaon Agro, specializes in providing management, automation and control solutions in water supply and transport to Israeli and overseas municipal and industrial bodies. Gaon Agro operates through companies and industrial plants. Through the AquaAgro VC fund, the company also invests in water and renewable energy startups.In addition to its core businesses in cleantech and water, Gaon Holdings is also a partner in several trading companies.
Gilon Business Insight is a business intelligence consulting group offering a wide array of BI solutions and services, including high-level strategic consulting, enterprise analytical services, industry-specific out-of-the-box solutions, strong on-time delivery and proven implementation capabilities. Gilon's client portfolio comprises large and medium size organizations with main focus and expertise in financial services, telecommunications companies, and large enterprises. Gilon is headquartered in Israel and also has operations in Turkey.
LM Partners L.P. (for Lumenis Ltd.) – LM Partners L.P . is a limited partnership established for the sole purpose of investing in Lumenis. D Partners II together with Ofer High Tech (an affiliate of the Ofer Brother Group) have organizing a group of investors to make an investment of $150 million in Lumenis Ltd., a global player in all aspects of medical & esthetic laser and light based treatments.
When executing the investment the company, although being a global leader in its field, was in a financial and manegerial crisis. Following the investment a turn around process is being implemented, under the leadership of Harel Beit-On, who was nominated as active chairman of Lumenis.
DG, the world's leading ad management and distribution platform, is uniquely positioned to help customers win through powerful technology, stellar services and the delivery of innovative and effective multiscreen advertising.
DG connects over 14,000 global advertisers and 7,400 agencies with their targeted audiences through an expansive network of over 40,000 media destinations across broadcast and digital in 78 countries, managing approximately ten percent of the world's media assets.
Metrolight provides proven energy-efficient eHID and LED solutions for high-power lighting. Metrolight's smart universal electronic ballasts and managed lighting solutions significantly reduce energy consumption and carbon emission by up to 70% in an array of applications, such as: retail, industrial, commercial and municipal. Pioneering lighting energy solutions since 1996, Metrolight operates worldwide with over 750,000 systems deployed and over 8 billion hours in operation
NanoPass is devoted to the development of unique and independent drug-device combinations for shallow dermal delivery of vaccines and therapeutics. NanoPass Technologies Ltd. was founded in 2000 by Dr. Shuki Yeshurun, a material scientist and an expert in micro system technology (MEMS). Dr. Yeshurun has developed a unique design of micro needles in silicon wafers. Based on this MicroPyramid design, NanoPass is developing devices for intradermal delivery and cosmetic enhancement.
Utilizing production technologies used in the semiconductor industry (MEMS), the Company's device is made from silicon wafers and is sharp, robust and minute enough to penetrate the shallow skin in a completely painless manner. Intradermal delivery provides additional benefits; it moderates potential overdosing, and provides a cost effective development alternative to complex inhaled and nasal systems.
PainReform is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the large and growing pain market.
PainReform licenses and develops new formulations of approved pain therapeutics that offer meaningful clinical benefits to patients and physicians.
The company's lead product, PRF-108, is a sustained release depot of a well known local anesthetic for the treatment of post medical procedure pain.
Peninsula is an independent factoring company that provides cash flow solutions for expanding Israeli businesses. Peninsula's aim is to become a leading non-bank commercial finance company.
Peninsula enjoys financial backing from a number of investors including D Partners, DE Shaw & Co., Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc., Goldman Investments and a group of leading Israel, US and UK based businessman with experience in a cross section of industries. Peninsula is a member of the International Factoring Association, Factors Chain International and the Commercial Finance Association.
PowerDsine is the world leader in Power over Ethernet technology, providing the ability to deliver both power and data over a single network cable. PowerDsine offers converged power and data solutions to corporate users via its own range of equipment and via OEM agreements with the leading communications equipment manufacturers. In June 2004 PowerDsine had an Initial Public Offering on the NASDAQ raising $70 mm. On Oct 2006 the company was acquired by Microsemi.
Provigent is a fabless semiconductor company that provides best-of-breed system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for the Broadband Fixed Wireless Access market and the Wireless Cellular Backhaul Infrastructure market. The company's SoC solution, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip, enables the delivery of high performance broadband wireless systems. Provigent's customers iclude leading Point to Point (PtP) equipment makers. On March 21st , 2011 Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications announced the acquisition of the outstanding shares of capital stock and other equity rights of Provigent for approximately $313 million.
RADCOM develops, manufactures, markets and supports innovative network test and service monitoring solutions for communications service providers and equipment vendors. The Company specializes in Next Generation Cellular as well as Voice, Data and Video over IP networks. Its solutions are used in the development and installation of network equipment and in the maintenance of operational networks. The Company's products facilitate fault management, network service performance monitoring and analysis, troubleshooting and pre-mediation. RADCOM's shares are listed on both the NASDAQ Capital Market and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the symbol RDCM. In October 2010, following a substantial increase in the company's share price, Plenus excercised Radcom Warrants and sold them on Nasdaq.
founded in 2007, offers superior (iPhone like) user experience of mobile
applications and mobile content, for millions of users using a variety of
mobile devices.
SodaStream Group is a privately held manufacturer of home-based soda makers. Since its inception in 1991, SodaStream has established a worldwide presence and gained a reputation of a leading provider of home carbonated drinks. The Company employs over 800 employees and markets its product line in 24 countries worldwide. On November 2nd 2010, SodaStream completed the pricing of its initial public offering on Nasdaq at a price to the public of $20.00 per share reflecting a valuation of $369mm.
SuperDerivatives is the global leader for real-time market data, derivatives technology and valuation services for the financial and commodity markets.At the core of SuperDerivatives is the live market data, available both in real-time and as a set of end-of-day independent market rates. It is this exceptional market data that fuels the solutions, and is why the global financial community voted them 'Best Data Provider for Derivatives'SuperDerivatives' multi-asset front office technology is designed to be modular and extendable. Based on core pricing and analytics product SDX, the market benchmark for options, functionality can be extended to include a position viewer, risk management, corporate exposure analysis and connectivity to live SEF compliant market venues.Super Derivatives' independent valuation services are supported by a unique technology platform that allows users to conduct full pricing investigationsOn September 2014 SuperDerivatives was aquired by Intercontintal Exchange, Inc. (ICE)
Teads is a technology company expert in video advertising solutions. Inventor of the format "outStream", Teads produces innovative video ad formats such as the inRead™, inFeed™ or inPicture™ for prestigious premium publishers. Teads is proud to present "Elite" video offering for premium brands on more than 500 top sites worldwide. Thanks to Teads unique inRead technology, viewable by design, Teads can combine truly premium editorial environments at mass scale (Teads can access 650mm video plays a day globally).To date, Teads have distributed thousands of campaigns for the world's leading brands including Cartier, Breitling, Louis Vuitton, Armani etc...Founded by Bertrand Quesada and Pierre Chappaz in 2007, Teads now has 300 employees with 16 offices in New York, London, Miami, Rome, Milan, Paris, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Madrid, Luxembourg, Casablanca, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Seoul, Dubai.
Velti is the world's largest mobile marketing and advertising technology provider. With operations in 35 countries, Velti can reach an estimated two billion consumers. Velti was founded in 2000 and it has been at the heart of the global mobile industry ever since, providing some of the world's biggest companies with the technology platform and support to deliver innovative mobile campaigns to their customers. Whatever the goal of a mobile campaign: to raise brand awareness; acquire new customers; inspire loyalty or directly drive revenues – Velti helps brands, advertisers, media agencies, publishers, and operators to meet their business objectives.
On January 27, 2011 Velti completed an IPO on NASDAQ raising $150mm, at a price per share of $12.
Whale is the leading provider of business driven secure access products, including SSL VPN, application security and endpoint security offerings. Being a pioneer in secure application layer access, Whale's products are deployed globally by the world's leading organizations to extend their businesses. Whale's Intelligent Application Gateway products enable employees, business partners and customer users to securely and easily access their critical business applications and resources. In May 2006 Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Whale Communications for approximately $70mm.
Wintegra is a leading provider of protocol-handling components in the access infrastructure market. Wintegra is a fabless semiconductor company that enables communications infrastructure equipment providers to migrate their product lines toward the next generation of access networks with a family of single chip solutions. Its WinPath access packet processor family offers best in class aspects of ASICs, network processors, communications processors, and communications peripherals, creating a new approach to protocol handling. On October 21, 2010 PMC Sierra signed a definitive agreement to purchase Wintegra for a total consideration of $300mm,
XMPie Inc. a leading provider of software for dynamic publishing. Its variable data publishing (VDP) solutions PersonalEffect and uDirect help businesses efficiently design and produce highly personalized marketing materials that are proven to significantly increase consumer response rates.
In November 2006 XMPie was acquired by Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) for $50mm.
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Viola group approaches community involvement with the same hands-on enthusiasm that it dedicates to its investment portfolio. We are privileged to take part in several worthy causes led by excellent people who care deeply for the greater community. Our financial contributions to each are further supported by the personal involvement of our entire team.
Viola believes in the importance of providing education for Israel's youth, and therefore has been a strong promoter of several education initiatives, that strive to create equal opportunities among Israel's youth.