Tene I

Tene Investment Funds is a private equity firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel, established in 2004 by Ariel Halperin, Eyal Attia, and Dori Brown. The firm manages $205 million in private investments, primarily focusing on high-growth mid-tech industries within Israel, which encompasses over 5,400 companies contributing significantly to the country's industrial output. Tene targets mature, profitable, export-oriented companies and aims to enhance their value through hands-on involvement. The firm's investment strategy spans various sectors, including agriculture technologies, water treatment, resource management, consumer products, clean technologies, and industrial manufacturing. Tene's established reputation enables it to attract deal flow from industry executives, allowing for early identification of investment opportunities and fostering strong collaborative relationships with its portfolio companies.

Eyal Attia

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Ran Ben-Or

Managing Partner

Dori Brown

Managing Partner & Co-Founder

Dvir Gilboa

VP

Yishai Haetzni

Senior Vice President

Ariel Halperin

Co-Founder & Senior Managing Partner

Deborah Ifrah

Partner

Avraham Levi

Partner

Avraham Levin

Partner

Eyal Shamear

Vice President

14 past transactions

Qnergy

Series C in 2021
Qnergy Inc. is a company that specializes in the development and manufacturing of Stirling engines and systems for various power applications, including residential, commercial, and industrial uses. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Ogden, Utah, with additional offices in Calgary and Houston, Qnergy offers innovative solutions to generate electricity from diverse heat sources such as biofuels, natural gas, and waste heat. The company's technology is designed to be highly efficient, with a total efficiency exceeding 90%, making it suitable for micro-combined heat and power systems, solar power generation, and liquefied natural gas applications. Additionally, Qnergy provides compressed air pneumatics solutions that reduce methane emissions from pneumatic devices. By enabling on-site power generation, Qnergy helps its customers improve operational efficiency while minimizing their environmental impact.

GlassesUSA

Venture Round in 2021
GlassesUSA, LLC operates as an online retailer of eyeglasses and sunglasses for men and women. It offers aviator, classic wayframe, round, oval, and rectangular glasses. The company also provides full frame, rimless frame, and semi rimless glasses. In addition, it offers single vision, multifocal, sunglasses, sports glasses, kids’ glasses, contact lenses, digital protection, and prescription sunglasses. GlassesUSA, LLC was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York.

Qnergy

Series B in 2020
Qnergy Inc. is a company that specializes in the development and manufacturing of Stirling engines and systems for various power applications, including residential, commercial, and industrial uses. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Ogden, Utah, with additional offices in Calgary and Houston, Qnergy offers innovative solutions to generate electricity from diverse heat sources such as biofuels, natural gas, and waste heat. The company's technology is designed to be highly efficient, with a total efficiency exceeding 90%, making it suitable for micro-combined heat and power systems, solar power generation, and liquefied natural gas applications. Additionally, Qnergy provides compressed air pneumatics solutions that reduce methane emissions from pneumatic devices. By enabling on-site power generation, Qnergy helps its customers improve operational efficiency while minimizing their environmental impact.

Scodix

Private Equity Round in 2017
Scodix Ltd. manufactures and markets digital print enhancement presses primarily for the graphic arts, commercial printing, and packaging industries. The company specializes in providing enhancement machines that facilitate various processes, including lamination, embossing, and hot foil, as well as embellishments like gloss, metallic, and Braille. These technologies are used to produce a wide range of products such as marketing materials, greeting cards, business cards, and packaging for personal care items and cosmetics. Scodix also offers web-to-print solutions for online ordering and provides tools for print service providers to create customized products, including photo books and menus. The company's extensive brand portfolio features products like the Scodix Ultra Series and Scodix Foil. In addition to its printing technology, Scodix provides imaging software solutions, training, and support services, catering to a global customer base through a network of distributors. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel, the company maintains an office in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, and has formed strategic alliances with several notable industry partners.

Sharon Laboratories

Acquisition in 2017
Sharon Laboratories develops, produces and markets specialty chemical compounds and blends for the ‎cosmetics, food and drink industries‏ .‏‎ Sharon Labs specializes ‎in ‎producing preservatives for cosmetics, both traditional and ‎innovative (free-of or natural) preservatives. Most of ‎its ‎cosmetics products are exported‏.‏‎ In addition, the company ‎produces specialty chemicals for the food and drink industry ‎in ‎Israel. Sharon Labs’ subsidiaries sell yeast, baking ‎improvers, active components, mixes and other products to the ‎local ‎baking industry.‎

Telefire Fire

Acquisition in 2017
Telefire Fire & Gas Detectors is Israel’s fire-detection brand. Telefire develops, produces and sells fire detection systems and complementary products in Israel and abroad. The company provides a full fire detection solution, including fire alarm control panels, conventional and specialty detectors, smoke control systems etc.

OrtalUSA

Acquisition in 2016
Ortal-USA brings to the American marketplace one of the premier international firms in modern fireplace design and installation. Ortal heating solutions weds high-tech ingenuity, unsurpassed craftsmanship and energy efficiency to a sleek contemporary aesthetic unmatched in the industry and perfectly positioned to satisfy 21st century design needs in both residential and commercial settings. Ortal-USA proudly introduces this pioneering global enterprise from Israel to the American consumer. Within its comprehensive line of fireplace products, Ortal’s hand-crafted glass to glass fittings set a new industry standard for modern design which can be found in a wide-range of standardized units as well as models custom designed to individual specifications.

Caesarstone

Post in 2016
Caesarstone is a designer and manufacturer of engineered quartz surfaces, catering to both residential and commercial markets. The company offers a diverse range of products, including kitchen countertops, bathroom vanities, wall paneling, backsplashes, floor tiles, and custom-made furniture. These surfaces are known for their adaptability, making them suitable for various indoor and outdoor applications. Caesarstone operates globally, with a presence in regions such as the United States, Canada, Latin America, Australia, Asia, Israel, and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. By combining talent, innovation, and advanced technology, Caesarstone aims to enhance interior décor and provide high-quality materials for renovation and construction projects.

TIBA Parking LLC

Private Equity Round in 2015
TIBA develops and manufactures innovative hardware and cutting edge software for parking access and revenue control systems (PARCS). With its extensive experience, TIBA systems cater to many customer vertical markets, and uses modular, open architecture for easy 3rd party integration. TIBA is a global market leader with its’ U.S. base of operations in Columbus OH, and has an extensive dealer network serving worldwide.

Qnergy

Series A in 2015
Qnergy Inc. is a company that specializes in the development and manufacturing of Stirling engines and systems for various power applications, including residential, commercial, and industrial uses. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Ogden, Utah, with additional offices in Calgary and Houston, Qnergy offers innovative solutions to generate electricity from diverse heat sources such as biofuels, natural gas, and waste heat. The company's technology is designed to be highly efficient, with a total efficiency exceeding 90%, making it suitable for micro-combined heat and power systems, solar power generation, and liquefied natural gas applications. Additionally, Qnergy provides compressed air pneumatics solutions that reduce methane emissions from pneumatic devices. By enabling on-site power generation, Qnergy helps its customers improve operational efficiency while minimizing their environmental impact.

Gadot

Acquisition in 2014
The Gadot Group is a worldwide leader in shipping, storing and distributing liquid chemicals, oils and other materials, with an emphasis on hazardous solvents and specialty chemicals.Gadot has grown into an international conglomerate headquartered in Israel and Europe. Worldwide, Gadot Group companies employ more than 800 professionals.The hub of all Gadot Group operations is Israel, where it is the predominant organization in chemical distribution and the leading supplier of bulk commodity chemicals and other raw materials. The Gadot Group represents many of the world’s largest manufacturers of raw chemicals, giving Israeli companies outstanding reach to the best materials the world offers. Gadot maintains a strong in-house IT department and infrastructure, ensuring state of the art systems and quality of service. Multinational manufacturers depend on Gadot for all the complex logistics linking multinational manufacturers with a broad customer base in Israel. Gadot’s customers – from the smallest laundries to large electronics, food, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies – know they can depend on Gadot to supply high-quality products with safe, efficient and cost-effective service.

TAG Medical Products

Acquisition in 2011
T.A.G. Medical Products is an innovator in the field of medical and dental equipment and implants, and a leader in the manufacturing of surgical instruments. The company employs professionals in the fields of research and development, engineering, production, administration, and management, and it’s primary goal is to design, develop and produce high-quality, cutting-edge medical solutions that can then be manufactured and marketed worldwide. They have established two professional divisions so far- T.A.G. Arthro The Orthopedic Division- which produces sterile and non-sterile medical and surgical devices and implants for Arthroscopy, Orthopedic and Endoscopy; & T.A.G. Dental The Dental Division- which offers high quality implantology products, including: Dental implants, Superstructures, instruments, and biological materials.

SCR Engineers

Private Equity Round in 2009
CR is a world leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of advanced solutions that combine cow monitoring, milking and herd management systems. The company is the world's largest manufacturer of electronic milk meters and smart tags for monitoring cow fertility and health. SCR products support the operations of tens of thousands of dairy farmers throughout the world. Today there are over 13 million cows worldwide that are monitored or milked with the help of SCR technologies, and this has a substantive effect on the business success of thousands of dairy farms, providing smarter and more efficient tools for farm management.

Fishman Thermo Technologies

Private Equity Round in 2009
Fishman Thermo Technologies Ltd. is a manufacturer and supplier of cooling system products for the automotive industry specializing in the development, manufacturing and sales of thermostats, housing thermostats, inserts, wax elements, fuel caps, radiator caps and oil caps. They provide a comprehensive portfolio of high-quality products to global automotive OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers and Aftermarket distributors and retailers. Currently, their primary innovation focus is on developing the new generation of controllable actuators and electronic controlled thermostats, and thermostats made from new materials. These innovative developments are being designed to meet the new, more stringent requirements of the automotive industry. Fishman was one of the first companies to offer its customers patented electronic thermostat technology and a design-ready electronic thermostat.
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