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The firm was established in 1869 in Milan, Italy. Today, Dr. Kfir Luzzatto, the great-grandson of the founder, maintains the family tradition of commitment to Intellectual Property. Luzzatto & Luzzatto actively engages in all aspects intellectual property work, with special focus on litigation and due diligence processes, for both domestic and foreign clients.The firm's three locations, located in Omer, Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem, serve all branches of Israel's industry, ranging from heavy manufacturing industry, through the academy and including the high-tech community, throughout the country.
Canaan Partners is a top-tier global Venture Capital fund, investing in visionary entrepreneurs and providing them the networks, insights and operational guidance required to build high-performance technology and healthcare companies. For 22 years, we have taken an active and committed role in our portfolio companies, and out of over 260 investments made thus far, Canaan has realized 125 successful exits. With $3 billion under management, the firm is currently investing out of its latest fund of $650 million, raised in 2008. Canaan’s technology team is committed to catalyzing the growth of innovative companies in the digital media, communications & mobility, enterprise and clean tech industries, while its healthcare team is focused on medical devices, diagnostics and biopharmaceuticals. Among its successes are DoubleClick, CommerceOne, Match.com, IntraLinks, Acme Packet, Amicus Therapeutics, Cerexa Inc., DexCom Inc., SuccessFactors, WebLoyalty, and many others. Canaan has a global footprint, with offices in California, Connecticut, India and Israel. For more information please visit www.canaan.com
Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH) provides proven messaging and Web security technology to more than 100 security companies and service providers for integration into their solutions. Commtouch’s patented Recurrent Pattern Detection™ (RPD™) and GlobalView™ technologies are founded on a unique cloud-based approach, and work together in a comprehensive feedback loop to protect effectively in all languages and formats. Commtouch technology automatically analyzes billions of Internet transactions in real-time in its global data centers to identify new threats as they are initiated, protecting email infrastructures and enabling safe, compliant browsing. The company’s expertise in building efficient, massive-scale security services has resulted in mitigating Internet threats for thousands of organizations and hundreds of millions of users in 190 countries. Commtouch was founded in 1991, is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary in Sunnyvale, Calif.
