Ribbon - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Ribbon M&A Summary

Ribbon has acquired 9 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms. It has also divested 3 assets.

Ribbon’s largest acquisition to date was in 2019, when it acquired ECI Telecom for $324M. Ribbon has acquired in 6 different US states, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include communications (45%) and software (23%).

Ribbon Business Overview

Where is Ribbon headquartered?

Ribbon is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

What is Ribbon’s revenue?

Ribbon disclosed revenue of 826M USD for 2023 and 820M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Ribbon have?

Ribbon has 3,107 employees.

What sector is Ribbon in?

Ribbon is a technology hardware company.

When was Ribbon founded?

Ribbon was founded in 1997.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity12
    • M&A Buy Activity9
    • M&A Sell Activity3
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 4
  • M&A Advisors 7

Ribbon

Ribbon Communications, Inc.

6500 Chase Oaks Boulevard, Suite 100,
Plano, Texas 75023
United States,
(978) 614-8100
www.ribboncommunications.com

Ribbon is a provider of SIP and 4G/VoLTE communication equipment solutions to its customers by enabling and securing mission critical traffic for VoIP, video, IM, and online collaboration. Ribbon was founded in 1997 and is based in Plano, Texas.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 9 - - - - - 9
vol $417M $417M
Sell (0.4/yr) # 1 1 1 - - - 3
  12

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Ribbon Communications - QualiTech Testing and Standardization Business 2021-02-16 - Divestiture
Westford, Massachusetts
Kandy Communications LLC 2020-08-05 - Divestiture
Pleasanton, California · www.kandy.io
ECI Telecom 2019-11-14 324M USD Merger
Petach Tikvah, Israel · www.ecitele.com
Anova Data, Inc. 2019-02-04 - Add-on Acquisition
Westford, Massachusetts · www.anovadata.com
Edgewater Networks, Inc. 2018-06-25 - Add-on Acquisition
San Jose, California · www.edgewaternetworks.com
GENBAND, Inc. 2017-10-30 - Merger
Frisco, Texas · www.genband.com
Taqua LLC 2016-09-26 20M USD Add-on Acquisition
Richardson, Texas · www.taqua.com
Multi-Protocol Server (MPS) - Sonus Networks 2014-07-01 - Divestiture
, United States
Performance Technologies, Inc. 2014-03-11 30M USD Add-on Acquisition
Rochester, New York · www.pt.com
Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. 2012-06-19 43M USD Add-on Acquisition
Fremont, California · www.net.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Communications 4 (44%) 397M (95%) 1 (33%) -
Software 2 (22%) 20M (5%) - -
Technology Hardware 1 (11%) - 1 (33%) -
Electronics 1 (11%) - - -
Information Technology 1 (11%) - - -
Internet Software and Services - - 1 (33%) -
Total 9 $417M 3 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 8 93M 3 -
  California 2 43M 1 -
  Texas 2 20M - -
  Massachusetts 1 - 1 -
  Virginia 1 - - -
  New York 1 30M - -
Israel 1 324M - -
Domestic 8 (89%) 93M (22%) 3 (100%) -
Cross-border 1 (11%) 324M (78%) - -
Total 9 $417M 3 -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
TAP Advisors
2
Bowen
2
Evercore Group
1
Legal Deals
Latham & Watkins
3
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $324M
< $100M 3 $93M
TOTAL $417M
Largest ECI Telecom
$324M (2019-11-14)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
11%
1 (11%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
3 (100%)

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