M&A Deal Summary

Summit Partners Acquires AEHR

On January 1, 1985, growth capital firm Summit Partners acquired test/measurement equipment company AEHR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Summit Partners’ 1st transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is Summit Partners’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Summit Partners’ 1st transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • AEHR went public in 1997.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1985-01-01
Target AEHR
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Buyer(s) Summit Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

AEHR

Fremont, California, United States
AEHR is a provider of test systems for burning-in and testing logic and memory integrated circuits with an installed base of more than 2,500 systems worldwide. AEHR was founded in 1977 and is based in Fremont, California.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Summit Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 45.0B 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 2 of 415
Sector: Test/Measurement Equipment M&A 1 of 3
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 1 of 84
State: California M&A 1 of 77
Country: United States M&A 2 of 335
Year: 1985 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1985-01-01 TEL FSI

Chaska, Minnesota, United States

FSI International is a global supplier of surface conditioning equipment technology and support services for microelectronics manufacturing.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1986-01-01 Chips & Technologies

Milpitas, California, United States

Chips and Technologies, Inc. provides application-specific integrated circuit design and manufacturing.

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