Avaya - M&A Summary and Business Overview

CommunicationsCompany

Avaya M&A Summary

Avaya has acquired 22 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 1 asset.

Avaya’s largest acquisition to date was in 2009, when it acquired Nortel Enterprise Solutions for $900M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2017, when it sold Avaya - Networking Business to Extreme Networks for $100M. Avaya has acquired in 9 different US states, and 7 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include software (39%) and technology hardware (24%).

Avaya Business Overview

Where is Avaya headquartered?

Avaya is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

What sector is Avaya in?

Avaya is a communications company.

When was Avaya founded?

Avaya was founded in 2000.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity22
    • M&A Buy Activity21
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 7
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 6
  • M&A Advisors 1

Avaya, Inc.

4655 Great America Parkway,
Santa Clara, California 95054
United States,
(908) 953-6000
www.avaya.com

Avaya, Inc. is a global provider of communication systems, applications, and end-to-end services to enterprises worldwide; and offers IP telephony solutions, traditional voice communications solutions, contact center infrastructure and applications, and unified communications gear and appliances. Avaya was formed in 2000 and is based in Santa Clara, California.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 19 - 1 - - 1 21
vol $1.4B $1.4B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 1 - - - - - 1
vol $100M $100M
  22

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Edify Labs, Inc. 2024-05-08 - Add-on Acquisition
Fishers, Indiana · www.edify.cx
CTIntegrations LLC 2021-08-09 - Add-on Acquisition
Cedar Park, Texas · www.ctsuite.io
Cogito Corp. 2018-10-09 - Add-on Acquisition
Boston, Massachusetts · www.cogitocorp.com
Intellisist, Inc. 2018-01-29 - Add-on Acquisition
Seattle, Washington · www.spoken.com
Avaya, Inc. - Networking Business 2017-03-07 100M USD Divestiture
Santa Clara, California
Esna Technologies Inc. 2015-05-28 - Add-on Acquisition
Richmond Hill, Ontario · www.esna.com
KnoahSoft, Inc. 2015-04-14 - Add-on Acquisition
Ann Arbor, Michigan · www.knoahsoft.com
BurstPoint Networks, Inc. 2014-07-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Merrimack, New Hampshire · www.burstpoint.com
ITNavigator Ltd. 2013-10-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Petach Tikva, Israel · www.itnv.com
Radvision Ltd. 2012-03-15 230M USD Add-on Acquisition
Tel Aviv, Israel · www.radvision.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Cogito Corp. 2018-10-09 Tenacity Solutions, Inc. 2018-12-05 1
Boston, Massachusetts · www.cogitocorp.com Reston, Vermont · www.tenacitysolutions.com
Radvision Ltd. 2012-03-15 Radvision Ltd - Technology Business Unit 2014-07-02 1
Tel Aviv, Israel · www.radvision.com , Israel

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Software 8 (38%) 79M (5%) - -
Technology Hardware 5 (24%) 245M (17%) - -
Internet Software and Services 4 (19%) - - -
Communications 2 (10%) 103M (7%) 1 (100%) 100M (100%)
Information Technology 2 (10%) 1.0B (70%) - -
Total 21 $1.4B 1 $100M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 12 164M 1 100M
  California 3 44M 1 100M
  Texas 2 - - -
  Washington 1 - - -
  New Jersey 1 120M - -
  New Hampshire 1 - - -
  Michigan 1 - - -
  Massachusetts 1 - - -
  Indiana 1 - - -
Canada 3 935M - -
  Ontario 2 35M - -
Israel 2 230M - -
Ireland 1 103M - -
New Zealand 1 - - -
Sweden 1 15M - -
United Kingdom 1 - - -
Domestic 12 (57%) 164M (11%) 1 (100%) 100M (100%)
Cross-border 9 (43%) 1.3B (89%) - -
Total 21 $1.4B 1 $100M

Top M&A Advisors

Legal Deals
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 4 $1.4B
< $100M 4 $94M
TOTAL $1.4B
Largest Nortel Enterprise Solutions
$900M (2009-12-18)
sell # Total
< $100M 1 $100M
TOTAL $100M
Largest Avaya, Inc. - Networking Business
$100M (2017-03-07)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
10%
2 (10%)
Strategic(s)
10%
2 (10%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
1 (100%)

 Subscribe to unlock this and 209,180
investor and company profiles

Sign-up today to get full access

  • check  Unlimited Searches
  • check  Unlimited Profile Views
  • check  Build and Export Lists of
    • PE Backed Companies
    • Direct Investors & Acquirers
    • Advisors
    • Deals
    • & More

What's Mergr?

We built Mergr to save people the arduous and time-consuming process of tracking when companies are bought, sold, and who currently owns them.

Every day, new opportunities emerge around M&A and we help professionals of all types comb through transactions, investors, and corporate acquirers via an easy-to-use web database that is accessible to anyone.

Try us for 1 week free today!

Mergr, the Easiest-to-Use PE and M&A DB


Key Benefits

  • Stay informed on events in your industry
  • M&A research that takes seconds (not all afternoon)
  • Better understand your customers and prospects
  • Discover active buyers (or sellers)
Search
  • 4.6K Private Equity Firms
  • 202K M&A Transactions
  • 205K Companies Involved in M&A
    (Buyer, Seller, or Target)
  • 3.6K M&A Advisors
    (Investment Banks and Law Firms)
  • 81K M&A Contacts
    (PE and M&A Advisors)

Ready to try?

Join FREE for 1 Week

No obligation. Cancel anytime.