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Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP)

Address Contact Telephone / Fax Email Website Partners/managers Ackerstein Tower C, 10 Abba Eban Blvd., 4th floor, POB 12682, Herzliya 46725 Israel Adam Fisher, Partner; Aviad Ariel, Senior Associate 972-9-972-1200 / 972-9-972-1220 adam@bvp.com; aviad@bvp.com; Israel@bvp.com www.bvp.com  Rob Chandra, J. Edmund Colloton, David Cowan, Byron Deeter, Adam Fisher, Christopher Gabrieli, Bob Goodman, Felda Hardymon, Steve Kraus, Jeremy Levine, Umesh Padval, Rob Stavis Year established 1981 Type of firm Investment company - foreign $4 billion Capital managed/advised Investment stages R&D, Initial Revenue, Revenue Growth (all stages) Industry preferences  Internet, SaaS, Web infrastructure, enterprise applications, enterprise infrastructure, cleantech,security, semiconductors Geographical preferences Worldwide Israeli Portfolio Companies Company name Sector / Sub sector Altair Semiconductor Semiconductors / Wireless Communications BillGuard Internet Densbits Semiconductors Fiverr Internet Intucell Wireless Communications Siano Mobile Silicon Semiconductors / Wireless Communications Soluto Internet Internet / Internet Applications Wix Traffix Systems Wireless / Telecom Software Vasona Networks Wireless / Telecom Software Adap.TV Internet Tigo Cleantech Exits Company Advanced Recognition Technologies Cyota DSP Group Finjan Software HyperRoll Mellanox Technologies Storwize

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Exit Data Acquired by Scansoft / 2005 Acquired by RSA / 2005 IPO - DSPG / 1995 Acquired by M86 / 2009 Acquired by Oracle / 2009 IPO - MLNX / 2007 Acquired by IBM / 2010

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Foreign Investors

RDC Rafael Development Corporation Ltd.


Main address Contact Telephone / Fax Email Website Year established Main investors/shareholders Type of firm Investment stages Industry preferences LS phase preferences  3 Azrieli Center, Triangle Tower, 42nd floor, Tel Aviv 67023 Israel Giora Shaked, CEO; Lior Levinsky, Director of Finance 972-3-607-5500 info@rdc.co.il www.rdc.co.il 1993  Elron Electronic Industries, RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Sprouting, Investment and Holding Company All from seed and R&D to IPO  Cleantech, life sciences, biomedical, renewable energy, materials technologies, semiconductors, cybertechnology.  Discovery / Pre-clinical / Phase I / Phase II / Phase III / Clinical trials / FDA-approved / CE-approved

Rafael Development Corporation is a unique investment company that turns exciting ideas into successful businesses. RDC, 50.1 percent-owned by Elron (IDB) and 49.9 percent by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, combines Rafaels scientific know-how, advanced research and development capabilities, technological innovation and resourcefulness with Elrons strong financial base, extensive business know-how, andvast expertise in managing global technology companies. At RDC we identify ideas that show potential and growth and make them come to life. Unlike a corporate VC fund, we have the resources to go the distance and nurture ideas from seed to sustainable businesses. This allows us to offer a more personal approach and guarantees that each and every portfolio company receives our full attention and support on the way to success. Portfolio Companies Company name Kyma Medical Technologies Sync-Rx Smart Wave Medical Given Imaging Actisafe Sector / Sub sector Life Sciences / Medical Devices Life Sciences / Imaging Life Sciences / Medical Devices Life Sciences / Medical Devices Transportation / Car Safety

Exits Company name Given Imaging (IPO) 3DV (acquired) Avantry (acquired) Ingeneo Technologies (acquired) Medingo (acquired) Oramir (acquired) SELA (acquired) Witcom (merged) Starling (IPO, acquired)

Board Members Arie Mientkavich, Chairman; Ilan Biran, Ari Bronshtein, David Vaish, Zvika Slovin, Roni Potasman, Yaron Elad, Moshe Maor

Investment Companies

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Sector / Sub sector Life Sciences / Medical Devices Semiconductors / Video, Image & Audio Communications / Wireless Infrastructure IT & Enterprise Software / Enterprise Infrastructure Life Sciences / Medical Devices Semiconductors / Manufacturing Equipment & EDA Semiconductors / Fabrication & Testing Communications / Wireless Infrastructure Communications / Wireless Infrastructure

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accounting firms

BDO Ziv Haft


 Amot Bituach House, Bldg. B, 46-48 Menachem Begin Road, Tel Aviv 66180 Israel Contact Michal Yashar, Marketing Communications Manager Telephone / Fax 972-3- 638-0152 / 972-3-638-0157 Email michaly@bdo.co.il Website www.bdo.co.il Partners/managers  Shlomo Ziv, President & Founder; Dan Margalit, Chairman & CEO; Erez Soffer, Managing Partner; Shahar Ziv, Managing Partner High-Tech Division  Yaniv Cohen, Partner & Head of High-Tech Division; Lavy Giat, Senior Partner; Hofit Gotesdyner, Partner; Lior Shahar, Partner; Avi Oz, Partner Consulting Group  Udi Savithsky, Head of BDO Consulting Group; Pini Shmueli Nisan, Partner; Yigal Toledano, Partner; Yaron Peled, Partner; Sharon Witkowski Tabib, Partner Tax Eyal Rubin, Senior Tax Partner; Eli Alice, International Tax Partner Description BDO Ziv Haft is a dynamic, business-oriented accounting and consulting firm, ranking among the five leading firms in Israel. Established in 1983, BDO Ziv Haft is part of the BDO International network, one of the worlds five leading accounting and business consulting networks. The BDO network is represented in more than 110 countries and deployed in over 600 offices with 30,000-plus employees throughout the world. BDO Ziv Hafts membership in the BDO network enables the firms clients to receive personalized and reliable local services in a wide range of areas in business centers worldwide. BDO Ziv Haft maintains six branches across Israel with more than 1,000 employees, as well as Israel desks in India and China and an accounting office in Georgia. The firm is proud of its highly professional and experienced high-tech group, which accompanies companies from seed to exit and beyond. We offer specialized expertise in sectors as diverse as software, IT, hardware, Internet, telecom, wireless, semiconductors, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, cleantech and more. We integrate business advisory, accounting and tax services into a single unit. The services we provide include:  Auditing and accounting. Auditing (PCAOB, ICFR, US/ISRAELI GAAS, ISA, SAS 70, etc.) & Accounting (SEC Reporting, US GAAP, IFRS, ISEC Reporting & ISRAELI GAAP)  Raising private and public capital. Our strong global network comprised of investment banks, venture capital firms and private investors uniquely positions us to create connections between investors and high-tech companies. We have extensive experience in taking high-tech firms public in Israel, the US, the UK and Asia. Local and international tax consultancy. We provide diversified tax services, including consulting,  obtaining pre-rulings, international taxation (in conjunction with the international BDO network) and employee stock option plans.  M&A activity. Includes structuring and restructuring deals  Valuations and due diligence.  Planning and implementation of financial information technologies. Systems analysis & design, EDP auditing, ERP, CRM, balanced scorecard, performance management, security services and business intelligence  Government funds. Verification of eligibility and preparation and submission of reports to assist clients seeking government funding for business ventures Address

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Service Providers

Law Firms

Amit, Pollak, Matalon & Co. Advocates & Notary


Main address Nitsba Tower, 17 Yitzhak Sadeh St., 19th floor, Tel Aviv 67775 Israel  Contact Yonatan Altman, Managing Partner/VC Partner Telephone / Fax 972-3-568-9000 / 972-3-568-9001 Email yonatan@apm-law.com Legal staff number 72 www.apm-law.com Website

APM & Co. has extensive experience in high-tech and venture capital investments (all stages), securities offerings, spinoffs, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and international agreements. The firm advises domestic and foreign venture capital funds and entrepreneurs with respect to formation, finance, tax structure, intellectual property, employment and other issues. APM & Co.s dynamic professionals take a proactive role and focus on providing practical solutions. APM & Co. clients include leading Israeli enterprises, venture capital and private equity funds, software houses, high-tech companies, technological incubators, banking institutions, insurance companies, trade unions, and real estate developers and contractors. The firm also counsels multinational companies, mutual fund managers, stock brokers, provident funds and pension funds in all legal aspects of asset management. Practice Areas Venture Capital High-Tech and M&A Corporate and Securities Public and Private Offerings IPOs Intellectual Property Investments Banking Licensing International Joint Ventures International Trade Hedge Funds Tax Antitrust Capital Markets Litigation Environmental Bankruptcy, Liquidation and Reorganization Labor and Employment Regulatory and Compliance

Key Personnel Name

Yonatan Altman Doron Levy Daniel Marcus Ian Rostowsky

Shlomo Landress Maya Issacharov Rachel Guz-Lavi Ayelet Torem

Service Providers

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Title Practice Group
Managing Partner yonatan@apm-law.com Partner d_levy@apm-law.com Partner d_marcus@apm-law.com Partner ian_ro@apm-law.com Partner s_landress@apm-law.com Partner r_guz-lavi@apm-law.com Partner a_torem@apm-law.com Taxation Tel: 972-3-568-9090

Description APM & Co. is a renowned Israeli law firm with a robust commercial, corporate and litigation practice. Established in 1956, the firm draws on over 55 years of excellence to offer an up-to-date and innovative approach to the practice of law. APM & Co. provides a comprehensive range of legal services to an Israeli and international client base that spans across all business sectors.

Venture Capital, High-Tech and M&A Tel: 972-3-568-9010 Tax, Capital Markets, Public & Private Offerings Tel: 972-3-568-9090 Venture Capital, High-Tech and M&A Tel: 972-3-568-9089 Venture Capital, High-Tech and M&A Tel: 972-3-568-9030 Venture Capital, High-Tech and M&A Tel: 972-3-568-9030

Partner Venture Capital, High-Tech and M&A m_issacharov@apm-law.com Tel: 972-3-568-9010

Venture Capital, High-Tech and M&A Tel: 972-3-568-9030

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investment banks

Citigroup Inc., Global Banking


Address Contact Telephone / Fax Partners/managers Platinum House, 21 Haarbaah Street, 11th floor, Tel Aviv 64739 Israel Itay Makov, Alain Dobkin, David Brooks 972-3-684-2500 / 972-3-684-2501 Itay Makov, Alain Dobkin, David Brooks

Israeli clients have greatly benefited from Citis ability to channel its global expertise across a broad range of products and services and geographies in key industry segments, including technology, healthcare, chemicals, energy, real estate, financial services and telecom. Citi has one of the largest full-time local staffs of investment banking professionals committed to advising Israeli companies and has advised on more than 125 transactions since 2000, with a total value exceeding US$50 billion. Citi began serving Israeli clients over 20 years ago through its investment banking arm (formerly Salomon Smith Barney) and in 1996 opened a corporate banking office in Israel. In 2000, Citi became the first international bank to receive a banking license and establish a full-service, integrated banking operation in Israel. In 2009, Citi Israel established equity and corporate bond trading desks to complement its full-service trading room, providing clients with direct access to foreign exchange, fixed income, equity, credit and currency markets as well as various derivative solutions. Furthermore, as a member of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and the TASE Clearing House, Citi offers comprehensive settlement, clearing and corporate action services to international institutional investors. Citis dedication to service and innovation has received recognition through numerous prestigious awards including the Best Investment Bank, Best Debt House, Best Equity House and Best M&A House in Israel by Euromoney, and Leading Bank in Shekel Trade among other awards. Selected 2011 Citi-led transaction highlights in the Israeli market include:

Mergers & Acquisitions Advised Fundtech on its sale to GTCR, $390 million (11/11); advised CVCI on its acquisition of Ness Technologies, $307 million (10/11); advised Elbit Imaging, Plaza Centers and Eastgate Property on their acquisition of a 52% stake in EDT Retail, $728 million (7/11); advised Israel Chemicals Limited on its acquisition of Scotts Miracle-Gro, $270 million (2/11) Equity Gazit-Globe NYSE IPO, $93 million - joint bookrunner (12/11); Israel Corp. accelerated equity offering, $101 million - sole bookrunner (7/11); Protalix follow-on offering, $22 million - joint bookrunner (3/11) Debt Teva Pharmaceutical global bond offerings, $5 billion and $750 million - joint bookrunner (11/11 & 3/11); Israel Chemicals revolving loan facility, $650 million - co-arranger (12/11); Amdocs revolving credit facility, $500 million - lender (12/11); Teva Pharmaceutical - syndicated loans, $4 billion and $1.5 billion mandated lead arranger (6/11 & 1/11) Equity Derivatives Ofer Shipping / Israel Corporation, $130 million - sole arranger (7/11); Koor Industries/Credit Suisse, CHF500 million - sole arranger (10 & 11); Delek Group/Noble Energy, $120 million - sole arranger (10 & 11)
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Description Citigroup Global Banking, the corporate and investment banking division of Citigroup Inc., is one of the largest banking and securities firms globally, doing business in more than 140 countries. Citigroup Global Banking offers comprehensive financial advisory and capital raising and other corporate banking services to corporations, institutions and governments worldwide, providing advice on complex financial transactions including public and private equity and debt capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, strategic derivative transactions, financial restructurings and privatizations.

professional services

Bank Leumi le-Israel BM


Description
Providing services to high-tech sector customers requires unique skills beyond those of traditional business banking. Accordingly, unique business branches have been established in technology-oriented industrial areas with specially trained staff. The branches offer (with assistance from our head office High-Tech and Start-up unit) a full range of financial services such as unique credit and investment products, trade finance support, and attractive benefits for businesses and executives.

High-Tech Financing Unit


Address Telephone / Fax Contact Email Website

Contact information for Leumis high-tech branch managers:


Herzliya Ramat Hahayal Raanana-Kfar Saba Rehovot Har Hotzvim Bourse Haifa Head Office Petach Tikva Kiryat Arieh Hamifratz Netanya Ayalon Tel: 09-971-6400 Tel: 03-765-4300 Tel: 09-762-2300 Tel: 08-931-3300 Tel: 02-548-9300 Tel: 03-611-1300 Tel. 04-854-7121 Tel. 03-905-6300 Tel. 03-928-8300 Tel. 04-880-7300 Tel: 09-892-0300 Tel: 03-935-1090

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34 Yehuda Halevi St., Tel Aviv 65157 Israel 972-3-514-7789 / 972-3-514-9982 Nir Inbar nir.inbar@bll.co.il www.biz.leumi.co.il

email: malki.goren@bankleumi.co.il email: galit.huber@bankleumi.co.il email: shirit.mashatturgeman@bankleumi.co.il email: yossi.mordechay@bankleumi.co.il email: naftali.mellul@bankleumi.co.il email: anat.kokia@bankleumi.co.il email: ronen.mori@bankleumi.co.il email: uri.israeli@bankleumi.co.il email: ram.amiel@bankleumi.co.il email: judith.lasri@bankleumi.co.il email: igal.weizman@bankleumi.co.il email: patty.sodmoriah@bankleumi.co.il

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