18 deals, worth $1.7 billion, in the third quarter of 2016 raised private equity investment in Israeli companies in the nine months of 2016 to $3.26 billion. This is more than the $3.22 billion for the whole of 2015. The 2016 figure includes BC Partners’ $1.4 billion July buy-out of Keter plastics.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/private-equity-investment-in-israeli-firms-surges-to-record/

http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-private-equity-investment-in-israel-jumps-1001160107