M&A Deal Summary

Intel Acquires Dialogic

On June 1, 1999, Intel acquired information technology company Dialogic from First Analysis

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Intel’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Intel’s 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Intel’s 6th transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • Dialogic was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2007.
  • Dialogic was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2014.
  • Dialogic was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2020.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1999-06-01
Target Dialogic
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Intel
Sellers(s) First Analysis
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Dialogic

Milpitas, California, United States
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Dialogic is an IT services company that supercharges the impact of applications and amplifies the capacity of congested networks. Dialogic was founded in 1983 and is based in Milpitas, California.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Intel

Santa Clara, California, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1968
Sector Semiconductors
Employees122,900
Revenue 79.0B USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Intel's corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
Entrance to Intel's corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California.

Intel is a multinational semiconductor chip maker. The Company's products are incorporated into desktop computers, wearables, servers, tablets, smartphones, and other devices. Intel was formed in 1968 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 96
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 7
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 82
State (California) 6 of 39
Country (United States) 10 of 62
Year (1999) 3 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-03-26 XLNT Design

San Diego, California, United States

XLNT Design, Inc. provides networking products like legacy networks including FDDI, ethernet, and ATM to gigabit ethernet.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-07-07 Softcom Microsystems

Fremont, California, United States

Softcom Microsystems, a maker of high-end networking chips and hardware.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

First Analysis

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 800M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

First Analysis is a financial advisory and investment firm. First Analysis' private equity arm targets investments in growth companies at all stages of development. The Group looks for opportunities based primarily in the US and can commit up to $10 million of equity per transaction. Sectors of particular interest include outsourced services, (business/government services, education, environmental services, healthcare services, marketing services); information technology, (business integration, call centers, healthcare IT, network security, open source, sensor systems, transaction processing); and chemistry enabled businesses (advanced materials, chemicals, healthcare products, polymers, purification). First Analysis was formed in 1981 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 71
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 13
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 51
State (California) 2 of 12
Country (United States) 5 of 70
Year (1999) 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-03-28 NexPrise

Carlsbad, California, United States

NexPrise Inc. delivered extranet solutions for product development and engineering projects. NexPrise products supported document management, event tracking, procurement negotiation, supplier databases, and a unique Internet notebook for capturing the rich, multimedia collaboration of product development teams.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-07-27 NexPrise

Carlsbad, California, United States

NexPrise Inc. delivered extranet solutions for product development and engineering projects. NexPrise products supported document management, event tracking, procurement negotiation, supplier databases, and a unique Internet notebook for capturing the rich, multimedia collaboration of product development teams.

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