M&A Deal Summary

Oracle Acquires AmberPoint

On February 8, 2010, Oracle acquired information technology company AmberPoint from Crosslink Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Oracle’s 5th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Oracle’s 52nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Oracle’s 27th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-02-08
Target AmberPoint
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Oracle
Sellers(s) Crosslink Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Shea & Company (Financial)

Target

AmberPoint

Oakland, California, United States
AmberPoint has been recognized for its innovation in SOA Management, Business Transaction Management and run-time SOA Governance. The combination of Oracle and AmberPoint is expected to extend Oracle's leadership in Fusion Middleware SOA Management Solutions. Adding AmberPoint's capabilities to Oracle's solutions is expected to provide customers with more agility and visibility into their business processes, enabling increased control and performance of critical applications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Oracle

Austin, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1977
Sector Software
Employees159,000
Revenue 53.0B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Oracle's headquarters in Austin, Texas.
Oracle's headquarters in Austin, Texas.

Oracle provides products and services that address corporate information technology (IT) environments including applications, platforms, and infrastructure. Its products and services are available to customers via cloud computing or on-premises deployment models. Products include database and middleware software, application software, cloud infrastructure software and hardware systems (Oracle Engineered Systems, servers, storage, networking and industry specific products), along with support and related services. Oracle was formed in 1977 and is based in Austin, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 61 of 132
Sector: Information Technology M&A 5 of 16
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 55 of 124
State: California M&A 27 of 52
Country: United States M&A 52 of 114
Year: 2010 M&A 3 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-01-27 Sun Microsystems

Santa Clara, California, United States

Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services and that created the Java programming language, and the Network File System.

Buy $7.4B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-02-10 Convergin

Herzliya, Israel

Convergin is a provider of real-time service brokering solutions. Convergin’s industry-leading J2EE-based Service Broker platform enables communications service providers (CSPs) to manage services for a wide range of networks and application platforms, including pre-paid charging.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Crosslink Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 3.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Crosslink Capital is a growth-oriented investment firm focused on technology companies. Crosslink's typically invests in early-stage companies, however, the Firm will consider opportunities at every stage, from seed to pre-IPO to PIPE offerings. Sectors of interest include communications/infrastructure services, core technology, semiconductors, internet, and software. Crosslink Capital is based in San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 62
Sector: Information Technology M&A 7 of 14
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 9 of 44
State: California M&A 8 of 44
Country: United States M&A 15 of 61
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-01-08 Carbonite

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Carbonite, Inc. is a provider of cloud and hybrid backup and recovery solutions for businesses. Carbonite offers a comprehensive suite of affordable services for data protection, recovery and anywhere, anytime access. Carbonite was formed in 2005 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-05-01 Marble Security

Menlo Park, California, United States

Marble Security is a provider of secure managed portable storage, authentication, and trusted virtual computing services for mobile workers. Marble Security is based in Menlo Park, California.

Buy -