jvp s headquarters in jerusalem built in 1937 type limited liability company industry venture capital founded 1993 ; 23 years ago 1993 headquarters jerusalem israel key people erel margalit founder kobi rozengarten general partner gadi tirosh general partner products investments aum us 850 million website www.jvpvc.com jerusalem venture partners jvp is an international venture capital firm founded in 1993 . the fund specializes in investments in startup companies focusing on digital media enterprise software semiconductors storage and cyber security having raised close to a billion us dollars across nine funds . 1 jvp is headquartered in the jvp media quarter in jerusalem israel with offices in be er sheva new york and paris . contents 1 history 2 jvp media quarter 3 exits partial list 4 see also 5 references history edit jvp founded in jerusalem in 1993 by erel margalit has overseen at least 26 successful exits more than any other israel based investor . the firm has led some of the most successful exits in israeli history including the ipo of business intelligence bi software company qliktech valued at more than 2.5 billion and the sale of chromatis networks to lucent technologies for 4.8 billion the largest sale of an israeli company ever to that point . 2 3 on may 2012 jvp portfolio company xtremio established in 2009 was sold to emc corporation for 430 million . 4 additional notable companies backed by jvp are allot communications altair semiconductor anyclip cogent communications cyber ark fundtech jacada navajo systems netro playcast media systems precise sheer networks qlipso xmpie and more . in 2005 forbes international business magazine selected margalit as the top ranking non american venture capitalist on its midas the golden touch list . 5 in 2010 the marker magazine named him the best venture capitalist in israel . 6 in 2010 and 2011 jvp was named firm of the year in israel by the financial information group private equity international pei . 7 in 2013 jvp signed an agreement to sell cyoptics inc. to avago technologies a developer of analog interface components for 400 million . 8 jvp media quarter edit in 2007 erel margalit established a media quarter in and around the historical train station compound in jerusalem . beside the main venture capital firm the media quarter houses the jvp media labs a technological early stage investment incubator ; 10 start up media companies ; zappa jerusalem in the lab a music club and concert venue for some of israel s leading singers 9 and jvp community bakehila a youth empowerment program supporting up to 3 000 youngsters in 5 underprivileged jerusalem neighborhoods . jvp media quarter employs about 150 entrepreneurs engineers developers and artists . 10 exits partial list edit this article needs to be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . september 2016 company industry description exit date exit type scorpio communications communications and networking asynchronous transfer mode atm networking systems and sub systems . august 1996 acquired by usrobotics for 72m 11 summit design electronics and semiconductors the electronic design automation eda company that pioneered the field of electronic system level design and verification october 1996 ipo on nasdaq in 1996 12 acquired by mentor graphics in 2006 13 fundtech software a leading provider of software and services to banks including payments systems ach origination systems and cash management systems . march 1998 ipo on nasdaq 14 netro communications and networking high speed digital wireless networking equipment for the last mile august 1999 ipo on nasdaq 15 jacada software unified service desktop and process optimization solutions that simplify and automate customer service processes october 1999 ipo on nasdaq 16 ultracom communications communications and networking supplier of broadband system on chip solutions march 2000 acquired by terayon for 32m 17 t.sqware communications and networking network processors for edge equipment april 2000 acquired by globespan for 200m 18 chromatis networks communications and networking optical transport systems for data and voice communications on metropolitan fiber optic networks may 2000 acquired by lucent technologies for 4.8 billion precise software software a global leader in application performance management and business transaction management solutions june 2000 ipo on nasdaq 19 viryanet software mobile workforce management solutions september 2000 ipo on nasdaq 20 magnifire websystems communications and networking web application firewall products june 2004 acquired by f5 networks for 29m 21 powerdsine communications and networking power over ethernet pioneers june 2004 ipo on nasdaq 22 dune networks communications and networking high speed network switches december 2009 sold to broadcom for 178m in cash 23 qliktech software business intelligence enterprise software june 2010 ipo on nasdaq 2bn market cap navajo systems software security for saas applications august 2011 sold to salesforce.com 24 xtremio electronics and semiconductors flash memory computer data storage may 2012 sold to emc corporation for 430 million 25 see also edit venture capital in israel silicon wadi science and technology in israel references edit sweden loves israeli high tech jvp venture capital . about . retrieved 5 2 11 . check date values in access date help crunchbase . erel n. margalit . techcrunch . retrieved 5 2 11 . check date values in access date help shelach shmulik 10 may 2012 . emc buys xtremio for 430m . globes . retrieved 10 may 2012 . forbes . the midas list . forbes publishing . retrieved 5 2 11 . check date values in access date help . the marker . retrieved 5 2 11 . check date values in access date help http www.peimedia.com resources pei peiannualreview awards list 2011.pdf avago buys israel s cyoptics for 400m jerusalem post illuminating coincidences jerusalem post jvp venture capital . about the media quarter . retrieved 5 2 11 . check date values in access date help u.s. robotics buys scorpio . chicago tribune . august 29 1996 . summit design commences initial public offering of common stock . eetimes . 1996 10 21 . cheung ken october 24 2006 . mentor graphics acquires summit design . eda geek . fundtech ltd. commences initial public offering of 3.0 million ordinary shares at a price of 13 per share . business wire march 13 1998 strong debuts for netro wink as ipo angst lifts . los angeles times . august 20 1999 . jacada announces ipo . washington business journal . october 22 1999 . terayon acquires ultracom for broadband systems on silicon ; expands terayon s broadband silicon portfolio to wireless and dsl . wireless design online . march 29 2000 . wirbel loring 2000 04 26 . globespan snaps up t.sqware for 200 million . ee times . precise software solutions profile information management magazine june 2001 retrieved 2009 11 03 viryanet announces initial public offering september 19 2000 f5 snaps up magnifire . retrieved 2010 08 27 . israel s powerdsine raises 59m in ipo . israel21c . june 13 2004 . broadcom to buy dune networks for cloud switches correspondence globes 28 august 2011 . salesforce buys saas co navajo systems . globes . retrieved 10 may 2012 . shelach shmulik 10 may 2012 . emc buys xtremio for 430m . globes . retrieved 10 may 2012 . cyberark software cyber security september 2014 ipo on nasdaq retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title jerusalem venture partners & oldid 740383161 categories venture capital firmscompanies of israelinvestment companies of israelcompanies based in jerusalemhidden categories cs1 errors dateswikipedia articles in need of updating from september 2016all wikipedia articles in need of updating navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 20 september 2016 at 18 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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