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April 27, 2011

Viola Private Equity ("Viola PE") has led an investment round of $13m in MacroCure Ltd. (“MacroCure”), of which $10m was invested by Viola PE, and the remaining by the existing investors in the Company: Pontifax Fund and Docor International Management. Following the investment, Jonathan Kolber, General Partner of Viola PE, joined MacroCure’s Board of Directors.

January 31, 2011

Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire MobileAccess, a leading provider of wireless network solutions. The terms of the agreement are not being disclosed. Pending regulatory approval, the acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter in 2011.

January 10, 2011

Viola Private Equity leads a $16.5 million Investment Round Intended to Fuel Growth of PHP Market Leader. Viola Private Equity and Zend Technologies today announced that Viola made a growth equity investment of $7 million in Zend. Viola’s investment adds to the Company’s previous internal round raised from its existing investors, including Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Azure Capital Partners, Intel Capital, SAP Ventures and others, which was announced in May 2010. All together the financing round amounts to $16.5 million.

November 28, 2010

Viola Private Equity has completed its investment of approximately $27 million in Degania Silicone Ltd. Following the investment, Viola PE will hold approximately 40% in Degania Silicone. Approximately $22 million was used to purchase ordinary shares from existing shareholders, principally Kibbutz Degania Beit, and the remaining amount is being invested into the Company.

July 11, 2010

Viola Private Equity invests $17M in Adsmarket, an established and proven international media performance and internet advertising company valued at $75M (valuation is pre-money and includes various mechanisms relating to yield and downside protection) and will hold 21% of the company shares.

April 27, 2010

Viola Private Equity led a $15.5 million growth equity investment round in MobileAccess. Existing investors, including HarbourVest Partners, Pitango Venture Capital, Ziegler Meditech Equity Partners and Poalim Capital Markets, also participated in the financing round. With this investment, Sami Totah and Harel Beit-On, both partners at Viola Private Equity, joined MobileAccess Board of Directors. With this latest investment, MobileAccess is well capitalized to accelerate its growth in the enterprise market, respond to evolving requirements across vertical markets and expand its international footprint.

March 10, 2010

The Viola Private Equity Fund acquired approximately 20% of Orad Hi-Tec Systems (Frankfurt: OHT) for $5.9M, thereby becoming the largest shareholder of the Company. The Fund acquired its shares from the investment company, Lehman Brothers. With this share purchase, and subject to the approval of the Orad’s Board of Directors and General Shareholders Meeting, Osnat Ronen, a partner at Viola Private Equity, is expected to join Orad’s Board of Directors

August 5, 2009

Viola Private Equity entered into a definitive agreement to invest $20 million in Aeronautics Ltd., a company specializing in the development and production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), command and control systems, observation systems, and military electronics and communication systems. The remainder of the $25 million round (approximately $5 million) includes existing shareholders in the Company.

January 15, 2009

Viola Private Equity acquired approximately 23% of Amiad Filtration Systems (AIM: AFS) from Atorka Group hf, an investment firm, at an aggregate purchase price of approximately US$9 million.