Investment Summary

Fortissimo Capital Invests In BLEND Localization

On January 5, 2014, growth capital firm Fortissimo Capital invested in information technology company BLEND Localization

Investment Highlights
  • This is Fortissimo Capital’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Fortissimo Capital’s 12th transaction in Israel.

Investment Summary
Date 2014-01-05
Target BLEND Localization
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) Fortissimo Capital
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

BLEND Localization

Tel Aviv, Israel
BLEND Localization is a provider of online professional translation services for more than 75 languages. Using a community of over 15,000 professional translators from 100 different countries, One Hour Translation is considered the fastest professional translation service in the world. BLEND Localization was founded in 2008 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Fortissimo Capital

Tel Aviv, Israel

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 2.7B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Fortissimo Capital is a private equity firm that targets investments in private and public Israeli companies. The Firm looks to invest in technology-based and industrial companies that require capital to expand. Fortissimo focuses on companies operating in high growth markets with proven sales, consistent revenue streams, and strong customer bases. Fortissimo will consider a variety of transaction situations including spinouts, selling shareholders, growth capital financings, and special situations. Fortissimo Capital was formed in 2004 and is based in Tel Aviv.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 35
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 2
Type (Stake Purchase) 2 of 2
Country (Israel) 12 of 26
Year (2014) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-02-25 Telrad Networks

Lod, Israel

Telrad is a telecom equipment and services organization, founded in 1951. The company provides products in the areas of IP NGN, gateways, optical, metro, enterprise, wireless, and switching.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-30 Priority

Rosh Haayin, Israel

Priority is a fully-integrated, comprehensive ERP software solution serving a wide spectrum of industries and organizations, including multi-national and multi-lingual corporations. Its main modules include: finance, manufacturing, logistics, human resources, time and attendance, payroll, business intelligence, project management and customer service and support. Priority was founded in 1986 and is based in Rosh Haayin, Israel.

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