M&A Deal Summary

Synopsys Acquires VaST Systems Technology

On February 1, 2010, Synopsys acquired software company VaST Systems Technology

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Synopsys’ 17th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Synopsys’ 18th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Synopsys’ 15th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-02-01
Target VaST Systems Technology
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Synopsys
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Needham & Company (Financial)

Target

VaST Systems Technology

Sunnyvale, California, United States
VaST Systems Technology Corp., is a provider in electronics virtualization.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Synopsys

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Software
Employees20,000
Revenue 6.1B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Synopsys' corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California.
Entrance to Synopsys' corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Synopsys is a global software company providing electronic design automation tools, semiconductor intellectual-property blocks, and verification & simulation solutions that help engineers design, test, and build integrated circuits, systems-on-chip, and complex electronics. Synopsys was founded in 1986 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 23 of 71
Sector: Software M&A 17 of 49
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 20 of 64
State: California M&A 15 of 31
Country: United States M&A 18 of 45
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-18 Gemini Design Technology

Fremont, California, United States

Gemini Design Technology, Inc., is an electronic design automation software company working on next-generation design and verification tools.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-02-08 CoWare

San Jose, California, United States

CoWare, Inc., is a supplier of software and services for electronic systems design and develops system-on-a-chip EDA software for the semiconductor industry.

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