The story
Founded by Tsvi Misinai in 1990, in Cayman Islands.1
Sapiens grew out of an initiative, dubbed DB1, undertaken by a group of scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science during the 1970s to develop an object-oriented application generator for use with mainframe computers.
In 1972, Tsvi Misinai, a graduate of the Technion, started the project together with Shai Sole, Shmuel Timor, and Eli Raban. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Weizmann team partnered with a local Israeli company, Advanced Automated Applications (AAA), founded by Tuvi Orbach.
In 1984, the Weizmann team established its own company, which was later merged with AAA and joined by entrepreneurs Ron Zuckerman and Shaul Shani. The company separated from the Weizmann Institute and was incorporated under the name Sapiens.
In 1992, shares of Sapiens began trading on the NASDAQ exchange. By 1993, Sapiens had 900 workers at 33 branches worldwide and a market capitalization of $340 million.
During the latter half of the 1990s, Sapiens developed a business rules technology (eMerge) and legacy modernization products. It worked on updating information systems for the Year 2000 problem. In 1999, annual revenues reached $91 million.
Refocusing on insurance software
In 2001, Dan Goldstein, then chairman of The Formula Group, became chairman of Sapiens, and the company narrowed its focus to insurance software.
In November 2005, Roni Al-Dor joined Sapiens as president and CEO after serving at TTI Telecom. He stepped down at the end of 2025 following the Advent acquisition.
In 2010, Sapiens acquired Harcase, a Canadian software company that developed a policy administration suite for property and casualty insurance.
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In 2011, Goldstein carried out a three-way merger between Sapiens and two subsidiaries of Formula Vision, Formula Insurance Solutions (FIS) and IDIT.
Additional acquisitions
In March 2015, Sapiens acquired IBEXI Solutions, an India-based insurance technology provider, and in July 2015 it acquired Insseco, a Poland-based insurance software provider, for $9.1 million. In February 2017, it acquired U.S.-based StoneRiver, Inc. for approximately $102 million.
Further acquisitions expanded its regional presence: Maximum Processing in North America (2016), Cálculo in Spain (2019), the German insurtech sum.cumo GmbH for up to €28.4 million (2019), and Tia Technology from EQT Mid Market (2020).
Acquisition by Advent International
In August 2025, Sapiens agreed to be acquired by the private equity firm Advent International in an all-cash transaction valued at about $2.5 billion, or $43.50 per share, a premium of about 64 percent over the closing price of $26.52 on August 8, 2025. Formula Systems, which held about 44 percent of Sapiens, retained a minority stake.
Shareholders approved the deal on November 19, 2025, and it closed on December 17, 2025, after which the shares were delisted.
In June 2026, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) acquired a minority stake in Sapiens on undisclosed terms, and the company moved its global headquarters to London.
From Wikipedia’s article on Sapiens International Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7