Dr. Idan Netser

Representative M&A and IPO matters include:

• Performance Investment Partners LLC in their acquisition, in partnership with Kingswood Capital Management LLC, of The Vitamin Shoppe from the bankrupt Franchise Group.
• Tenyx, a developer of AI-powered voice agents, in its sale to Salesforce.
• Flip, a social and live e-commerce platform, in its acquisition of Curated, Inc.
• Pluto Capital, an artificial intelligence powered investment research platform that delivers highly-customized investment strategies based on customer needs and financial goals, in its sale to Robinhood.
• Cardinal, an opinionated feature backlog platform that uses artificial intelligence to help product managers with assessing in real time high business impact goals, specs and features, in its acquisition by Miro.
• Armis Security, a leading asset intelligence cybersecurity company, in its US$150 million acquisition of Silk Security.
• Resident Home, Inc., a house of direct-to-consumer brands in the home furnishings space in its sale to Ashley Home, Inc., an affiliate of Ashley Global Retail, LLC.
• Stackbit Inc., a developer of a website-designing technology platform, in its acquisition by Netlify.
• Lightspin Technologies, a developer of leading technology to find and understand vulnerabilities in enterprises’ cloud infrastructure, in its acquisition by Cisco.
• StructionSite, a provider of software configuration management and tracking tools, in its acquisition by aerial-reality-capture firm DroneDeploy.
• Nova Labs, Inc., a pioneer of decentralized wireless communications that launched the core technologies powering the Helium Network, in its acquisition of FreedomFi Inc.
• Memomi, a leading provider of augmented reality technology to enhance virtual optical try-on experiences, helping customers virtually “try on” eyewear in real time, in its acquisition by Walmart.
• Bullpen Parlay Acquisition Company (BPACU), an innovative special purpose acquisition company, in its US$230 million initial public offering.
• Applitools, a leading provider of visual test automation software, in a US$300 million strategic growth acquisition by Thoma Bravo.
• Reshuffle in its strategic acquisition by X, formerly Twitter.
• Spot, a leader in computer management and cost optimization on the public clouds, in its acquisition by cloud data services leader NetApp.
• Apprente, Inc., leader in voice-based, conversational technology, in its acquisition by McDonald’s Corporation.
• Coinbase, Inc. in its acquisitions of Keystone Capital Corp., Venovate Marketplace, Inc., Tagomi, Paradex, HardFork, and Digital Wealth LLC.
• King Digital Entertainment plc (NYSE: KING) in its initial public offering for approximately US$500 million.
• ScaleIO, Inc. in its acquisition by EMC Corporation.

Representative financing matters include:

• Innovation Endeavors, Orion Capital Partners, ATINC., Munich Re, Vertex, USVP, ICON Continuity Fund and other VCs in numerous venture capital investments.
• PhaseV Trials Inc., a leader in AI/ML-driven clinical development, in its US$50 million Series A financing round.
• Simple Closure Inc., a company whose platform helps automate and streamline the dissolution and wind-down process of companies, in its Series Seed and its US$15 million Series A financings.
• Nourish, a telenutrition platform that connects people to registered dietitians covered by insurance, in its US$70 million Series B funding round.
• Supira Medical, a clinical-stage Shifamed portfolio company, in its US$120 million Series E financing round.
• ElectronX, a new energy exchange created to help accelerate the U.S. grid transition to renewable sources, in its US$10 million Series A financing.
• Arya, a couples wellness platform, in its US$8.5 million Series A funding.
• Group 11, a fintech venture capital firm, as lead investor in the Series B financing of Aeropay.
• Outbuild, a fully-integrated construction scheduling and planning built for construction software company, in its US$11 million Series A financing.
• Armis, a leading asset intelligence cybersecurity company, in its US$200 million Series D financing.
• Tamnoon, a leader in Managed Cloud Security Remediation and the first and only hybrid human-AI managed service developed from the ground up specifically for cloud security remediation, in its Series A financing.
• Inventive AI, an AI-driven tool for streamlining and optimizing workflows, in its Series Seed financing.
• Orion Resource Partners, as part of a consortium, in the US$11.8 million Series Seed financing round of SiTration, Inc.
• Placer.ai, a geolocation and proximity data analytics technology company, in its US$50 million Series B financing, US$100 million Series C financing, and additional US$75 million financing at a US$1.5 billion valuation. Key investors include: Josh Buckley, WndrCo, Lachy Groom, MMC Technology Ventures LLC, Fifth Wall Ventures, Array Ventures, Aleph, BrightStreet Ventures, JBV Capital, Rahul Vohra, and Todd Goldberg.
• Flip, a social and live e-commerce platform, in its US$60 million Series B financing and US$144 million Series C financing. Key investors include: WestCap, Streamlined Ventures, and other investors.
• Sensi.AI, a trailblazer in care intelligence, in its US$31 million Series B financing.
• Lumana, an AI-powered video security platform, on its US$24 million Series Seed financing.
• Resident Home, Inc., a house of direct-to-consumer brands in the home furnishings space in its S$130 million Series B financing. Key investors include: ION Crossover Partners and Nexus Capital Management.
• Vertex Ventures as a lead investor in LightBeam.ai’s Series A financing round.
• Khosla Ventures in its role as lead investor in the US$10 million Series A financing round of Rabbit Inc.
• Sequence Fintech Inc., a developer of a financial router that is set to redefine how people interact with their finances, in its US$5.5 million financing round.
• Digma Inc., a developer of a continuous feedback platform intended to enable code analysis for developers in a production environment, in its Series Seed financing.
• Orion Industrial Ventures, as part of a consortium, in the US$30 million Series B financing round of Ceibo.
• Voia, Inc., a developer of AI-based technology to enable users to produce Hollywood-quality videos on mobile, in its US$3 million pre-seed funding from undisclosed investors.
• Hourly, a new platform and approach to providing worker’s compensation and payroll for hourly wage workers, on its US$27 million Series A financing. Key investors include: Glilot Capital Partners, S Capital, Vintage Investment Partners, J-Ventures, and other investors.
• Veev, a building technology company that offers an automated, panelized building process, in its US$97 million Series B financing, US$100 million Series C financing, and US$400 million financing. Key investors include: Bond, LenX, Zeev Ventures, Fifth Wall Climate Tech, JLL Spark Global Ventures, and Lennar Ventures.
• Salt Security, an API vulnerability and protection platform, in its US$20 million Series A financing, US$30 million Series B financing, US$70 million Series C funding, and US$140 million Series D financing (valuing the company at +US$1.4 billion). Key investors include: Tenaya Capital, Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, Advent, Alkeon Capital, DFJ Growth, S Capital VC, and Alphabet’s CapitalG.
• Believer Meat, an industry-leading developer of innovative technology to produce cultivated meat, in its US$347 million Series B financing, the largest-ever investment in this sector. Key investors include: ADM Ventures, Menora Mivtachim, and S2G Ventures.
• Peach Finance, a modern SaaS-based loan servicing platform, in its US$20 million Series A funding. Key investors include: Canapi Ventures, SciFi VC, Caffeinated Capital, Nyca Partners, and Moore Specialty Credit.
• Versatile, a construction technology pioneer using artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things to optimize construction processes, in its US$20 million Series A funding and US$80 million Series B funding. Key investors include: Insight Partners, Tiger Global, Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, Entrée Capital, Root Ventures, Conductive Ventures, and Leigh Jasper and Rob Phillpot.
• Reali, a real estate and fintech company working to transform home buying and selling, in the close of its US$30 million Series B financing and US$250 million Series B financing. Key investors include: Zeev Ventures, Akkadian Ventures, Signia Ventures, Group 11, and others.
• Vim, a technology provider of online healthcare services in the U.S., in the completion of a US$24 million Series B financing and US$60 million series B funding round. Key investors include: Walgreens, Anthem, and Optum Ventures, Great Point Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Frist Cressey Ventures, and Premera Blue Cross.
• SentinelOne, an autonomous cybersecurity platform company, in its US$267 million Series F funding led by Tiger Global Management.
• Hippo, the high-growth insurtech company that offers smart coverage for homeowners, in its US$100 million Series D financing led by Bond.
• BlueVine, a leading provider of small business banking, in its US$102.5 million Series F financing. Key investors include: ION Crossover Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, 83North, SVB Capital, Nationwide, Citi Ventures, Microsoft’s venture fund, M12, and private investors.

A few of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.