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Advanced Fibre Communications Acquires AccessLan Communications

On May 13, 2002, Advanced Fibre Communications acquired technology hardware company AccessLan Communications from Spring Lake Equity Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Advanced Fibre Communications’ 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Advanced Fibre Communications’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Advanced Fibre Communications’ 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2002-05-13
Target AccessLan Communications
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Advanced Fibre Communications
Sellers(s) Spring Lake Equity Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

AccessLan Communications

San Jose, California, United States
AccessLan is a provider of business-focused and carrier-class access equipment for Integrated Communications Providers (ICPs).

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Advanced Fibre Communications

Petaluma, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1992
Sector Technology Hardware
DESCRIPTION

Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc. designs and manufactures worldwide broadband access solutions for the last mile.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2002 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Spring Lake Equity Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 2013
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Spring Lake Equity Partners is a private venture capital firm focused on later-stage technology company investments. The Firm looks to invest $7 to $15 million in growth-oriented companies with up to $100 million in revenue. Specific areas of interest include software, digital media, mobile, data center infrastructure, healthcare IT, and business/financial services. Spring Lake Equity was formed in 2013 after spinning-off from Tudor Investment Corporation. The Firm is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 39
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 1 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 23
State: California M&A 2 of 9
Country: United States M&A 3 of 38
Year: 2002 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-08-27 Advanced Fibre Communications

Petaluma, California, United States

Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc. designs and manufactures worldwide broadband access solutions for the last mile.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-05-15 Nuasis

Mountain View, California, United States

Nuasis Corporation, a new company in the emerging IP contact center market space, is leading the transformation of the customer contact center from proprietary circuit-based ACD switches to IP-based enterprise software applications for handling customer inquiries via the phone, e-mail, and Web.

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