M&A Deal Summary

Advanced Power Technology Acquires Ghz Technology

On December 6, 2001, Advanced Power Technology acquired semiconductors company Ghz Technology from Summit Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Advanced Power Technology’s 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Advanced Power Technology’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Advanced Power Technology’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2001-12-06
Target Ghz Technology
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Advanced Power Technology
Sellers(s) Summit Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Ghz Technology

Santa Clara, California, United States
Ghz Technology, Inc. provides high-performance RF and microwave silicon power transistors for the telecommunications, electronics, and avionics industries.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Advanced Power Technology

Bend, Oregon, United States

Category Company
Sector Semiconductors
DESCRIPTION

Advanced Power Technology, Inc. is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of high-performance RF and switching power semiconductors. Primarily focused on the high-power, high-speed segment of the power semiconductor market, these products permitted the design of more compact end-products and improve system features and functionality.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Semiconductors 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: 2001 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Summit Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 39.0B 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 83 of 295
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 3 of 7
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 32 of 132
State: California M&A 28 of 64
Country: United States M&A 80 of 255
Year: 2001 M&A 9 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-12-01 Benesight

Lake Mary, Florida, United States

Benesight, Inc. operates as a third-party benefit administrator of health care plans.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-01-01 GoldenGate Software

San Francisco, California, United States

GoldenGate Software, Inc. provides real-time, multi-platform database replication and data integration solutions.

Buy -