zabludowicz headquarters 41 dover street mayfair london w1s 4ns united kingdom number of locations 11 area served international key people poju zabludowicz chairman and ceo products investment management equity investment real estate investment venture capital growth capital fund of funds real estate development owner poju zabludowicz subsidiaries tamares real estate tamares private equity tamares media tamares leisure tamares telecom website www.tamares.com tamares group is a global private investment group based in london . tamares has international interests in real estate finance technology communications manufacturing leisure and media . 1 2 3 the group invests in a number of different private 4 and public 5 companies and in real estate properties . 6 tamares was founded after the second world war by finnish entrepreneur shlomo zabludowicz . 2 since 1990 it has been headed by his son poju zabludowicz . 7 contents 1 offices 2 portfolio 3 business history 4 references 5 external links offices edit tamares seeks investment opportunities in the united states europe and the middle east . it has 11 global offices 8 2 3 gibraltar gibraltar helsinki finland herzliya israel las vegas nevada london england new york city new york palo alto california stockholm sweden tel aviv israel vaduz liechtenstein zurich switzerland portfolio edit currently tamares holds equity stakes in the following private and public companies private companies adasworks an adas and autonomous driving software for self driving cars based on artificial intelligence computer vision and sensor fusion 9 addepar a wealth management platform that provides investment professionals with the tools required to manage complex global portfolios 10 answerbook develops a software that automates and personalizes e mail marketing for e commerce 11 ecostream develops lubricants by recycling and re refining used engine oils 12 foris telecom global wireless broadband mobile wimax carrier and internet service provider 13 logdna cloud log management system 14 mustavaaran kaivos engages in the exploration of mustavaara vanadium iron titanium deposits 15 nodeprime a next generation infrastructure management and analytics platform 10 onesignal push notification service for mobile apps 16 palantir technologies develops and builds data fusion platforms for integrating managing and securing any kind of data at massive scale 11 pontifax venture capital fund with 120 million of assets under management focusing on the israeli life sciences sector 17 robotex designs and manufactures personalized robots for monotonous dangerous or challenging environments 16 se cure pharmaceuticals clinical stage biotech company focused on developing safe and effective therapeutic solutions targeting high prevalence medical conditions 18 siklu builds gigabit wireless backhaul solutions operating in the e band and v band 60 70 & 80 ghz millimeter wave bands 19 tamares telecom israeli service provider that supplies and operates communication services 20 tower vision tower management company specializing in the provision of passive infrastructure to the wireless telecommunications industry 21 wolt a finnish based smartphone app that allows costumers to pre order food from over 200 restaurants across finland 22 public companies dori media group international entertainment group active in the production distribution and broadcasting of telenovelas 23 knafaim tase knfm israeli based holding company focused on the aviation industry controlling shareholder of el al 24 mellanox nasdaq mlnx provider of infiniband chipset company went public on nasdaq in 2007 25 outotec nasdaq helsinki ote1v develops and provides technology solutions for the sustainable use of earth s natural resources 26 protalix nyse mkt plx biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins 27 past holdings axis mobile complete mobile email solution acquired by synchronica in august 2008 for 4.9 million 28 29 british israel investments property management company in the field of shopping mall and commercial centers acquired by the melisron group in 2011 for an implied valuation of 700 million 30 dione smart card based payment systems acquired by lipman electronic engineering in october 2004 for 104 million 31 32 exalink wap gateway acquired by comverse technology in 2000 for 550 million 33 n trig provider of digital pens and chips for touch screens acquired by microsoft in february 2015 for 200 million 34 panaya automation technology startup acquired by infosys in february 2015 for 200 million 35 restamax nasdaq helsinki resta finnish based company with a chain of some 100 restaurants caf s nightclubs and pubs in finland tamares sold its stake in september 2015 for 6.9 million 36 storwize online storage optimization through real time data compression acquired by ibm in july 2010 for 140 million 37 38 business history edit in 1995 tamares acquired 1500 broadway in new york city . 39 in 1995 tamares opened the plaza america a 165 000 square feet retail center in washington dc on 27 acres 11 ha acquired in 1988 . 40 in march 2004 tamares acquired 40 acres 16 ha in downtown las vegas in a joint acquisition with barrick gaming corporation from jackie gaughan for 82 million . 41 tamares was the major investor with barrick being mainly involved with operating the casinos . 42 the purchase included the plaza las vegas club the western gold spike ambassador east motel in june 2005 tamares acquired total control of the hotels and casinos from barrick including the nevada club hotel & casino and queen of hearts hotel & casino as well as 40 other commercial and residential sites in downtown las vegas . however barrick was retained as the lessee of the casinos since tamares does not hold a nevada gaming license . 43 in december 2005 tamares entered into a lease agreement with navegante to operate the las vegas casinos through a subsidiary called playlv . the queen of hearts was later acquired by livework las vegas . 44 in july 2007 the gold spike was sold for 15.6 million to gregg covin . 45 46 in march 2011 tamares put a bid to purchase the whole of warner music group . 47 in january 2012 the western was closed for an indefinite period of time . 48 in march 2013 the western was sold for 14 million to a company affiliated with tony hsieh s downtown project a campaign to revitalize the fremont street area . 49 in april 2013 tamares announced that the las vegas club will be closing its hotel . the casino will remain open . a possibility of a renovation for the hotel was hinted . 50 in june 2013 it was announced that the viaeuropa consortium has won the tender for the israel electric corporation iec fiber optic communications infrastructure joint venture . tamares telecom is one of the four companies in the consortium headed by viaeuropa . viaeuropa will own half of the consortium while each of the four israeli companies will own 12.5 % . the consortium will own 60 % of the fiber optic venture and iec will own 40 % . 51 the venture is expected to cost about 1.4 billion . 52 in september 2013 it was reported that tamares will participate in a financing round estimated at 15 20 million for n trig . 53 in january 2015 it was announced that tamares is bidding to manage eilat s princess hotel . 54 in june 2015 tamares has invested in wolt a finnish based smartphone app that allows customers to pre order food from over 200 restaurants across finland . 22 in july 2015 it was announced that tamares will acquire tegna inc. s mclean corporate headquarters for 270 million . 55 gannett co. inc. parent of usa today has signed a 12 year lease with tamares to remain in the building . previous owner tegna has agreed to an 18 month lease for 20 % of the office space in building . 56 in august 2015 the las vegas club was sold to derek and greg stevens owners of the d casino for 40 million . 57 in august 2015 it was reported that 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