M&A Deal Summary

Viola Partners Acquires Degania Silicone

On November 28, 2010, private equity firm Viola Partners acquired medical products company Degania Silicone for 27M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Viola Partners’ 1st transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is Viola Partners’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Viola Partners’ 5th transaction in Israel.
Investment Fate
  • Degania Silicone was sold to a strategic buyer in 2016.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-11-28
Target Degania Silicone
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) Viola Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 27M USD

Target

Degania Silicone

Emek Hayarden, Israel
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Degania Silicone Ltd. is a manufacturer of medical catheters serving a global base of medical device OEM customers. Degania specializes in a wide range of intravascular catheters and medical devices in the cardiovascular and vascular, thoracic and general surgery, urology, critical care and operating rooms and enteral feeding markets.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Viola Partners

Herzeliya, Israel

Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 290M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Viola Partners is the private equity investment arm of Viola Group, a diversified investment firm focused on providing credit as well as investing in venture and private equity deals. Viola Partners specializes in technology buyouts and growth capital investments in middle-market companies. The Firm generally looks to invest in Israel and will consider both public and private companies. Viola seeks businesses operating in attractive markets with strong product differentiation and proven business models. The Firm typically invests up to $30 million equity per transaction. Viola Partners was formed in 2000 and is based in Hertzliya, Israel.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 16
Sector (Medical Products) 1 of 2
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 3 of 5
Country (Israel) 5 of 11
Year (2010) 4 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-07-11 Matomy

Tel Aviv, Israel

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-10 Zend Technologies

Cupertino, California, United States

Zend Technologies is a provider of software and services for developing, deploying and managing business-critical PHP applications on-premise and in the cloud. PHP runs 35 percent of the world’s Web sites and has quickly become the most popular language for building dynamic Web applications. The Zend family of products includes Zend Server Web application server, Zend Studio IDE and Zend Framework. Zend is headquartered in Cupertino, California, with offices in France, Germany, Ireland, Israel and Italy.

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