Gemfire - Ownership and Business Overview

SemiconductorsCompany

Gemfire Ownership

Who owns Gemfire?

Gemfire is owned by Kaiam. It was acquired on March 19, 2013.

Gemfire Business Overview

Where is Gemfire headquartered?

Gemfire is headquartered in San Jose, California.

What sector is Gemfire in?

Gemfire is a semiconductors company.

When was Gemfire founded?

Gemfire was founded in 1995.

Semiconductors M&A Summary in 2013

Out of 60 sectors in the Mergr database, semiconductors ranked 41 in number of deals in 2013. The largest semiconductors acquisition in 2013 was Spreadtrum Communications - which was acquired by Tsinghua Unisplendour for $1.7B.

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Gemfire Corp.

2570 North First Street, Suite 440,
San Jose, California 95131
United States,
(408) 519-6015

Gemfire is an integrated photonics company with high volume manufacturing in Scotland. The Gemfire PhotonICTM planar technology platform enables wafer-scale processing to produce optical components, such as VMUXs, AWGs, Lithium-Niobate phase modulators and polymer VOAs.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
Sell (0.0/yr) # 1 - - - - - 1
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Covega Corp. 2009-03-23 - Divestiture
Jessup, Maryland · www.covega.com
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M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Test/Measurement Equipment - - 1 (100%) -
Total - - 1 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States - - 1 -
  Maryland - - 1 -
Total - - 1 -

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