M&A Deal Summary

Cisco Systems Acquires BroadHop

On August 30, 2013, Cisco Systems acquired software company BroadHop

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 72nd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 145th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 3rd transaction in Colorado.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-08-30
Target BroadHop
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Cisco Systems
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Mooreland Partners LLC (Financial)

Target

BroadHop

Denver, Colorado, United States
BroadHop is a provider of next-generation policy control and service management technology for carrier networks worldwide.

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Buyer

Cisco Systems

San Jose, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees90,400
Revenue 53.8B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Cisco's corporate campus in San Jose, California.
Entrance to Cisco's corporate campus in San Jose, California.

Cisco Systems designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology (IT) industry and provides services associated with these products and their use. Cisco provides a broad line of products for transporting data, voice, and video within buildings, across campuses, and around the world. The Company's products are designed to transform how people connect, communicate, and collaborate, and are installed at enterprise businesses, public institutions, telecommunications companies and other service providers, commercial businesses, and personal residences. Cisco was founded in 1984 and is based in San Jose, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 168 of 223
Sector: Software M&A 72 of 87
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 161 of 215
State: Colorado M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 145 of 189
Year: 2013 M&A 7 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-07-30 Cisco Data Virtualization

San Mateo, California, United States

Cisco Data Virtualization is a developer of data virtualization software. Composite Software, Inc. was established in 2002 and is based in San Mateo, California.

Buy $180M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-07 Sourcefire

Columbia, Maryland, United States

Sourcefire, Inc. is a provider of intelligent cybersecurity solutions, is transforming the way global large- to mid-size organizations and government agencies manage and minimize security risks to their dynamic networks, endpoints, mobile devices and virtual environments.

Buy $2.7B