buyout of Lumenis, a medical device company by XIO Group, a Chinese PE fund, amounted to $510 million, 30 percent of total PE deals in Q2/2015. The buyout of ClickSoftware, an enterprise software company by Francisco Partners, a global private equity firm, followed closely, with $438 million. Two additional straight equity deals were under $200 million each: $175 million investment in Ormat by Northleaf, and $150 million invested in Infinidat by TPG Growth. In Q2/2015, 11 buyout transactions led all Israeli private equity deal-making with $1.3 billion, or 80 percent, of total investments. In comparison, straight equity deals dominated both in Q1/2015 and Q2/2014, with 89 percent and 59 percent of total dollar investments, respectively. Software led all private equity transactions both in H1/2015 and H1/2014, with 33 percent and 23 percent of total dollar investments; life sciences stood out in H1/2015 with 28 percent, compared to just 9 percent in the same period of 2014. In terms of the number of PE deals, the services industry had an unusual number of deals: 11, mostly due to the new Israeli private equity fund active in the television field.]]>
H1 2015 Private Equity Deals in Israel Quadruple
