M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2012-12-20 |
| Target | Meraki |
| Sector | Information Technology |
| Buyer(s) | Cisco Systems |
| Sellers(s) | Northgate Capital |
| Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
| Deal Value | 1.2B USD |
| Advisor(s) | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Legal) |
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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 | 161 of 222 |
| Sector (Information Technology) | 34 of 45 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 154 of 214 |
| State (California) | 85 of 112 |
| Country (United States) | 142 of 188 |
| Year (2012) | 10 of 10 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 15 of 133 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-12-17 |
Cariden Technologies
Mountain View, California, United States Cariden Technologies is a supplier of network planning, design and traffic management solutions for telecommunications service providers. |
Buy | $141M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-01-24 |
The Linksys Group
Irvine, California, United States Linksys is a provider of home networking equipment. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| PE ASSETS | 4.9B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Northgate Capital is a private investment firm focused on venture and private equity investing. The Firm's venture group will consider opportunities globally looks to make direct investments in rapidly growing companies as well as invest in venture funds. Northgate's private equity group looks to provide provide equity and mezzanine capital to growth oriented small and middle-market companies operating in Mexico. Northgate Capital was formed in 2000 and is based in San Francisco, California.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 7 of 18 |
| Sector (Information Technology) | 1 of 3 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 2 of 8 |
| State (California) | 7 of 17 |
| Country (United States) | 7 of 18 |
| Year (2012) | 4 of 4 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 6 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-08-23 |
AOptix Technologies
Campbell, California, United States AOptix is a provider of wireless communications and mobile network solutions, as well as the inventor of Composite Optical-RF (COR™) technology. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-13 |
Silver Spring Networks
Redwood City, California, United States Silver Spring Networks, Inc. is a provider of networking platform, software and services that enable energy networks to perform brilliantly at enormous scale. Silver Spring Networks was founded in 2002 and is based in Redwood City, California. |
Sell | - |
