M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 1999-11-01 |
| Target | Cerent |
| Sector | Information Technology |
| Buyer(s) | Cisco Systems |
| Sellers(s) | Integral Capital Partners |
| Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
| Deal Value | 6.9B USD |
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| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 |
| Sector | Technology Hardware |
| Employees | 83,300 |
| Revenue | 51.6B USD (2022) |
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 | 43 of 222 |
| Sector (Information Technology) | 14 of 45 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 41 of 214 |
| State (California) | 22 of 112 |
| Country (United States) | 39 of 188 |
| Year (1999) | 13 of 18 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 3 of 133 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-10-26 |
Tasmania Network Systems
San Jose, California, United States Tasmania is a developer of network caching software technology. |
Buy | $25M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-11-09 |
Aironet Wireless Communications
Akron, Ohio, United States Aironet Wireless Communications, Inc. is a developer of high-speed wireless LAN products. |
Buy | $799M |
| Category | Venture Capital Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1991 |
| Size | Middle-Market |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Integral Capital Partners operates as a group of partnerships that invests in expansion-stage private and growth-stage public companies in the information and life sciences industries. Within information sciences, Integral focuses on communications-centric computing, real-time computing, and mobility. Within life sciences, Integral targets companies that deal in emerging medical technologies and healthcare information systems. The Firm operates in partnership with the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, which incubated the Firm in 1991, as well as private equity firm Silver Lake Partners. Integral Capital Partners is based in Menlo Park, California.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 11 of 67 |
| Sector (Information Technology) | 2 of 14 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 8 of 45 |
| State (California) | 9 of 48 |
| Country (United States) | 11 of 66 |
| Year (1999) | 6 of 6 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 2 of 17 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-08-31 |
Amplitude Software
San Francisco, California, United States Enterprise Reservation and Calendar Software. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-03-22 |
Gartner
Stamford, Connecticut, United States Gartner is an information technology research and advisory company. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight to clients worldwide. Gartner was founded in 1979 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut. |
Buy | - |
