M&A Deal Summary

EFI Acquires Splash Technology Holdings

On October 23, 2000, EFI acquired technology hardware company Splash Technology Holdings from Summit Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EFI’s 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is EFI’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is EFI’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2000-10-23
Target Splash Technology Holdings
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) EFI
Sellers(s) Summit Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Splash Technology Holdings

Sunnyvale, California, United States
Splash Technology produces raster image processors that allow ordinary photocopiers to function as digital color copiers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

EFI

Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States
Category Company
Founded 1989
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees3,400
Revenue 1.0B USD (2018)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Electronics for Imaging's corporate headquarters in Fremont, California.
Entrance to Electronics for Imaging's corporate headquarters in Fremont, California.

EFI is a provider of digital printing solutions. EFI's products include industrial super-wide and wide format, label and packaging, textile, and ceramic tile decoration digital inkjet printers. EFI's products are designed to automate print and business processes, streamline workflow, provide value-added services, and produce accurate digital output. EFI was formed in 1989 and is based in Londonderry, New Hampshire.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 37
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 7
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 32
State (California) 1 of 6
Country (United States) 1 of 21
Year (2000) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-02-26 Printcafe Software

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Printcafe Software, Inc. provides software solutions designed for the printing industry supply chain.

Buy $25M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Summit Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 39.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Summit Partners is a private investment and asset management firm focused on venture, growth, credit, and public equity investing. Sectors of interest include business services, communications technology and services, consumer products, energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, industrial products, internet/information services, media/entertainment, semiconductors, electronics, and software. Summit Partners is known for having a proactive business development group for sourcing transactions. Summit will consider both minority or majority investment stakes and is willing to commit as little as $10 million or as much as $500 million in combined debt/junior capital per transaction. The Firm's geographic coverage spans North America and Europe. Summit Partners was formed in 1984 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 72 of 286
Sector (Technology Hardware) 11 of 16
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 21 of 127
State (California) 24 of 62
Country (United States) 69 of 246
Year (2000) 10 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-10-18 Alopa Networks

Santa Clara, California, United States

Alopa Networks provides end-to-end subscriber services solutions that allow broadband Internet service providers to create and deploy subscriber services quickly and cost-effectively.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-11-01 Coleman Consulting Group

San Rafael, California, United States

Coleman Consulting Group specializes in the design and implementation of scheduling solutions for 24-hour businesses that seek to reduce operating costs and improve capital utilization.

Sell -
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