Canzon Israel (TASE: CNZN): the dormant Tel Aviv shell worth just NIS 6M, once an internet portal and briefly a CBD brand, now merging with Haim Brooks Cohen's urban renewal firm.
Canzon Israel Ltd (TASE: CNZN) is a small Tel Aviv financing company that signed a binding agreement in January 2026 to merge with developer Haim Brooks Cohen's urban renewal business, a deal that will rename the company Brooks Partners Ltd and hand Brooks Cohen control. Founded in 1999, Canzon has had one of the stranger corporate histories on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, and it has no independent English-language coverage anywhere online.
What has Canzon Israel actually been, before real estate?
Canzon was incorporated in August 1999 by Ilan Ben-Dov under the name Achla Portal for Israel Ltd, a subsidiary of his company Sunny, according to the Hebrew Wikipedia entry on the company. It later ran the internet forum site Tapuz Anashim and other web properties, then pivoted into cellular and internet development through its Netcraft subsidiary. Between 2019 and 2020 it briefly sold CBD and hemp-based products under the Canzon brand across roughly 7,000 points of sale in Germany before that business wound down, and the company was renamed from User Trend Ltd to Canzon Israel in 2023. Since January 2025 it has sat on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's preservation list, the designation for dormant, low-activity shell companies, according to TASE's own securities data page for the stock.
What is the Brooks Cohen deal, and what does it actually contain?
Canzon signed a binding agreement in January 2026 to acquire the full share capital of Brooks Cohen Yizama Ltd, the urban renewal development firm wholly owned by entrepreneur Haim Brooks Cohen and known as a partner in Tabul Brooks, according to Nadlan Center's report on the deal. In exchange, Canzon will issue Brooks Cohen's shareholder new shares equal to approximately 74.49 percent of Canzon's capital after the allocation. Once the deal closes, Canzon will rename itself Brooks Partners Ltd, appoint new directors nominated by Brooks Cohen, and name Haim Brooks Cohen as CEO.
The business being folded in specializes in large-scale evacuation and reconstruction, or pinuy-binuy, projects. At the time of the report it comprised four active developments, with a combined roughly 1,258 housing units, in the cities of Bat Yam, Givatayim and Tirat Carmel, in various stages from securing majority resident consent to approved building plans. Brooks Cohen's audited financials under Israeli accounting rules showed total assets of about NIS 92.7 million and net profit of about NIS 4.5 million for 2024, and the deal terms include Brooks Cohen extending Canzon a credit line of up to NIS 1 million for six months after closing to cover cash flow needs.
Why would a real estate developer merge into a small public shell instead of filing for an IPO?
Deals structured this way are known as reverse mergers: a private company gains a public listing by merging into an existing, often dormant or lightly capitalized, publicly traded shell, without going through a traditional IPO. Before the Brooks Cohen announcement, Canzon's entire market value stood at roughly NIS 6 million, reflecting its status as a shell with no active operating business, according to Nadlan Center. For Brooks Cohen, folding an established pipeline of hundreds of apartments into an existing TASE listing is a faster and cheaper route to public capital markets than an independent offering, and investment bank Mor Langerman is acting as banker on the transaction, with law firm Barnea Jaffa Lande advising through attorney Hagit Ross.
The deal still requires several conditions to close, including completed due diligence on Brooks Cohen, approval at a special meeting of Canzon shareholders, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange approval to list the newly issued shares, and standard regulatory sign-offs. Canzon chairman Tomer Kaufman has said the board reviewed several possible merger candidates before settling on Brooks Cohen, citing his operating track record and the strength of the existing project pipeline.
How does this fit the wider pattern of small TASE financings?
Canzon's transformation sits alongside other small Israeli real estate vehicles making capital moves with no English footprint, including the urban renewal developer Urban Brand, which took the more conventional route of a public IPO rather than a reverse merger. Zvi Sarfati & Sons, a larger TASE-listed urban renewal builder, funds similar projects through private placements and bond issues rather than reverse mergers, and Solrom Holdings shows the same pattern of real revenue with little English coverage in a different sector. More small-cap Israeli real estate activity runs in The Olam's real estate section, and more on Israeli capital-markets structures like reverse mergers runs in The Olam's fintech and public markets section.
Key Facts
| Founded | 1999, Tel Aviv, Israel (as Achla Portal for Israel Ltd) |
|---|---|
| Former names | Achla Portal, Netcraft-linked internet business, User Trend Ltd (until 2023) |
| Prior ventures | Internet forums (Tapuz Anashim), cellular/internet development, CBD/hemp products (2019 to 2020) |
| TASE listing | CNZN; on TASE preservation list since January 2025 |
| Pre-deal market value | ~NIS 6 million (shell company) |
| 2026 event | Binding merger agreement with Brooks Cohen Yizama Ltd, signed January 2026 |
| Post-merger stake | Brooks Cohen shareholder to hold ~74.49% of Canzon |
| Post-merger name | Brooks Partners Ltd; Haim Brooks Cohen as CEO and controlling shareholder |
| Incoming project pipeline | 4 urban renewal projects, ~1,258 units, in Bat Yam, Givatayim and Tirat Carmel |
| Brooks Cohen 2024 financials | ~NIS 92.7M total assets; ~NIS 4.5M net profit |
| Deal advisors | Mor Langerman (banker); Barnea Jaffa Lande, attorney Hagit Ross (legal) |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Canzon Israel?
Canzon Israel Ltd (TASE: CNZN) is a small Tel Aviv shell company, founded in 1999, that has cycled through internet forums, cellular development and a brief CBD products business before sitting dormant on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's preservation list.
What is the Brooks Cohen deal?
Canzon signed a binding agreement in January 2026 to acquire Haim Brooks Cohen's urban renewal development firm, Brooks Cohen Yizama Ltd, issuing its shareholder about 74.49 percent of Canzon's post-deal capital and renaming the company Brooks Partners Ltd.
What is a reverse merger?
A reverse merger lets a private company gain a public stock listing by merging into an existing publicly traded shell, such as Canzon Israel, instead of filing for a traditional IPO.
What projects is Brooks Cohen bringing into the merged company?
Brooks Cohen Yizama's pipeline includes four active urban renewal projects totaling roughly 1,258 housing units in Bat Yam, Givatayim and Tirat Carmel, at various stages from resident consent to approved building plans.
How much was Canzon worth before the Brooks Cohen deal?
Canzon's entire market value stood at roughly NIS 6 million before the announcement, reflecting its status as a dormant shell company with no active operating business, according to Nadlan Center's report on the deal.
Who controls Canzon Israel after the merger?
Real estate entrepreneur Haim Brooks Cohen becomes the controlling shareholder and CEO once the merger closes, holding approximately 74.49 percent of the renamed Brooks Partners Ltd.
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