<span style="line-height: 18.9091px;">The Israeli private equity industry saw 90 investments $3.4 billion in 2015, up 3% from $3.3 billion in 2014, but 3% below the $3.5 billion record amount invested in private equity deals in 2012, according to the latest IVC Shibolet Private Equity Survey by&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.ivc-online.com" style="line-height: 18.9091px;" target="new">IVC Research Center</a><span style="line-height: 18.9091px;">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.shibolet.com/" style="line-height: 18.9091px;" target="new">Shibolet &amp; Co. Law Firm</a><span style="line-height: 18.9091px;">. The number of private equity deals in 2015, however, was the highest ever - up 13% from the previous record of 80 deals closed in 2014.</span>