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SanDisk Acquires Matrix Semiconductor

On January 17, 2006, SanDisk acquired semiconductors company Matrix Semiconductor from Integral Capital Partners for 14M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SanDisk’s 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is SanDisk’s 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is SanDisk’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is SanDisk’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-01-17
Target Matrix Semiconductor
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) SanDisk
Sellers(s) Integral Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 14M USD

Target

Matrix Semiconductor

Santa Clara, California, United States
Matrix Semiconductor, Inc. is the creator and developer of the world's first three-dimensional integrated circuits. Matrix's first product, Matrix® 3-D Memory (3DM), is a low cost, high density line of permanent, programmable, non-volatile memory that is compatible with existing standards. Matrix 3-D Memory accelerates time-to-market for publishers of digital content and is targeted for use in portable consumer electronic devices.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SanDisk

Milpitas, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1988
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees5,459
Revenue 6.6B USD (2014)
DESCRIPTION

SanDisk Corporation is an American multinational corporation that designs, develops and manufactures flash memory storage solutions and software.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 7
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 7
State: California M&A 1 of 4
Country: United States M&A 1 of 7
Year: 2006 M&A 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 5
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-11-19 msystems

United States

msystems has been transforming raw flash into smarter storage solutions since 1989. From embedded flash drives deployed in millions of mobile handsets to U3 USB smart drives designed for leading global brands, msystems creates, develops, manufactures and markets smart personal storage solutions for a myriad of applications targeting high growth markets.

Buy $1.5B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Integral Capital Partners

Menlo Park, California, United States

Investor

Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1991
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Integral Capital Partners operates as a group of partnerships that invests in expansion-stage private and growth-stage public companies in the information and life sciences industries. Within information sciences, Integral focuses on communications-centric computing, real-time computing, and mobility. Within life sciences, Integral targets companies that deal in emerging medical technologies and healthcare information systems. The Firm operates in partnership with the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, which incubated the Firm in 1991, as well as private equity firm Silver Lake Partners. Integral Capital Partners is based in Menlo Park, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 38 of 67
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 3 of 7
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 26 of 45
State: California M&A 28 of 48
Country: United States M&A 37 of 66
Year: 2006 M&A 1 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 17 of 17
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-05 CareDx

South San Francisco, California, United States

CareDx is a molecular diagnostics company that applies modern genomics technologies to the development of molecular diagnostic assays that translate a patient's immune status into clinically actionable information. CareDx was founded in 1998 and is based in South San Francisco, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-02-13 SkyStream Networks

Sunnyvale, California, United States

SkyStream Networks provides IP video delivery platforms and solutions to telcos and service providers.

Sell $80M
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