Aust firm eyeing Cellebrite stake: paper

Australia's Macquarie Group and US private equity firm KKR are reportedly potential buyers for a major stake in digital intelligence provider Cellebrite.

Japan's Sun Corp is looking to sell up to 50 per cent of Israeli digital intelligence provider Cellebrite with an Australian company in the running to buy it, an Israeli financial newspaper says.

Sun Corp values the fully-owned affiliate, which specialises in forensics and extraction of data from mobile devices, at $US400 million ($A567 million), The Calcalist newspaper said om Wednesday.

Sun Corp was in talks with a number of potential buyers, including Australia's Macquarie Group and US private equity firm KKR, it said.

Officials at Cellebrite, Sun Corp and Macquarie were not immediately available for comment. KKR declined to comment.


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