Ran Kohavi

From http://www.vccafe.com/2008/03/14/vm-ware-behind-you-msft-buys-israeli-virtualization-startup-kidaro/

Microsoft likes the flavor of Falafel – that’s one explanation for its second acquisition of an Israeli startup in two weeks.

Following the sweet exit of YaData, MSFT goes at it again and this time it’s Kidaro’s turn, an Israeli developer of desktop virtualization software for enterprises. The sum of the acquisition was undisclosed, but Globes says Israeli high tech sources estimate the deal to be in the 90 to 100 million dollar range.

Kidaro was founded in 2004 by three Israeli entrepreneurs:Ran Kohavi (serves as VP of biz dev), Itzik Levy (VP of R&D) and Ran Oelgiesser (VP of marketing). Two out of the three have successfuly sold companies in the past. The company has raised $14 million to date, from backers who are happy to report an exit today: Storm Ventures, Genesis Partners and most recently Opus Capital, who joined the other two in December of 2006. The investors will receieve a 500% return on their initial investment.