ISRAEL HAS 2020 VISION
As a fertile ground for investment, Israel has been one of the
world's stunning success stories. Punching well above the
weight of its 9 million population, Israel's position as a
frontrunner in innovation and technological prowess has attracted
the interest of strategic buyers, venture capital and private
equity funds, and 2020 looks set to continue in the same vein.
"2019 was a strong year for Israeli M&A. The volume
of deals significantly increased and we saw a record number of
transactions ranging from USD500 million to USD1 billion, as well
as a number of large scale transactions such as the Mellanox -
Nvidia deal, the USD2 billion sale of Habana Labs to Intel and our
own, the over USD1 billion sale of Lumenis to funds of Baring
Private Equity Asia (BEPA). If I were asked two months ago, I would
probably predict that next year will be more of the
same," said Doni Toledano, Head of M&A, Banking &
Finance at Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano &
