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Eyeblaster files for 115M$ NASDAQ IPO

ron — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:07:25 -0500

Online advertising firm Eyeblaster has registered for a $115 million initial public offering on the NASDAQ.

Microsoft purchased YaDaTa

ron — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:18:04 -0600

TheMarker reports that Microsoft has purchased YadaTa, which developed contextual advertisement technology. The financial details were not enclosed.

Foxytunes sold to Yahoo! for 20-30M$

ron — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:43:41 -0600

Foxytunes (maker of a popular firefox extension) was sold to Yahoo!, for an estimated 20-30M$.

Yahoo may be looking at buying Foxytunes

ron — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:13:00 -0600

TechCrunch reports that Yahoo may purchase Foxytunes - the company that makes a popular FireFox extension. Yossi Vardi is one of FoxyTunes' investors.

Oridian got acquired by YBrant for around 20M$

ron — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:16:13 -0600

Oridian announced it has been acquired by YBrant for around 20M$ in cash. Oridian has raised 8M$ from several private investors and VCs, and expects to have 20M$ in revenues in 2007.

AOL buys Yedda, financial terms were not disclosed.

ron — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:02:15 -0600

AOL has acquired Yedda, the Israeli Q&A company. Yedda has raised 2.5M$ from VCs, and is growing quickly. Techcrunch reports they had 800K users last month.

AOL buys Quigo for 340M$

ron — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:12:36 -0600

The rumours are true - AOL has bought Quigo, a contextual ad network, for 340M$.

Kasamba to be Acquired by LivePerson

gil — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:49:49 -0500

LivePerson, a provider of online conversion solutions, today announced an agreement to acquire Israel-based Kasamba, Inc., a leader in live expert advice delivered online via real-time chat to consumers. Under the terms of the agreement, LivePerson will acquire the outstanding common stock of Kasamba and assume all of its outstanding options for total consideration of approximately $40 million, comprised of $9 million in cash and approximately $31 million in stock.

Kasamba's thousands of experts sell their knowledge via real-time chat to the more than 1 million monthly visitors to Kasamba.com. Kasamba has experts in dozens of categories, including personal counseling and coaching, computer services, education and tutoring, health, business and finance. Currently, Kasamba's business model is based on receiving a portion of the gross expert fees. In 2006, the experts generated approximately $20 million in gross fees of which Kasamba received approximately $7 million, an increase from approximately $8.4 million in gross fees and approximately $2.7 million in net revenue to Kasamba in 2005. LivePerson currently provides live chat and customer service software to companies such as EarthLink, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Qwest, Verizon, Orbitz and The Home Depot, and supports more than 50 million consumer chat interactions annually across its existing customer base. LivePerson' presence in the direct-to-consumer market will solidify its position as a leading provider of real-time solutions for both businesses and consumers Kasamba offers a turnkey solution for professionals offering expert advice online in real time via chat. Experts provide their services via chat for a negotiated fee to thousands of consumers each month. Kasamba's commission- based business model generates revenue from each paid consumer-to-expert interaction.

Reuters Acquires ClearForest

gil — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:08:53 -0500

ClearForest, an Israeli-American startup whose text-mining and tagging tools have been used to search for insider traders and terrorists, has been acquired by Reuters to help investors search for profits.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz reported that Reuters paid $25 million, less than the $31.25 million in investments the company received over three rounds. ClearForest’s investors include Greylock Partners, based in San Mateo, California, Harbourvest Partners, based in Boston, and Pitango Venture Capital, based in Herzliya, Israel.

Babylon raises 8M$ in an IPO in the Tel-Aviv stock exchange

ron — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:11:45 -0600

Babylon had a succesful IPO, raising 8M$ in the Tel-Aviv stock exchange. It's the first international internet company trading in Israel.