M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2007-03-14 |
| Target | Netli |
| Sector | Internet Software and Services |
| Buyer(s) | Akamai Technologies |
| Sellers(s) | Alta Partners |
| Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
| Deal Value | 178M USD |
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| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 |
| Sector | Information Technology |
| Employees | 10,700 |
| Revenue | 4.0B USD (2024) |
Akamai Technologies is a provider of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and business applications. Akamai was formed in 1998 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 3 of 35 |
| Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A | 3 of 10 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 3 of 32 |
| State: California M&A | 3 of 13 |
| Country: United States M&A | 3 of 26 |
| Year: 2007 M&A | 1 of 2 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 6 of 10 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-11-20 |
Nine Systems
San Diego, California, United States Nine Systems Corp. provides software solutions for media production, publishing, and distribution. |
Buy | $164M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-04-12 |
Red Swoosh
San Francisco, California, United States Red Swoosh's technology is designed to empower content publishers and distributors to manage and monetize large-file distribution to edge devices, such as set top boxes and personal computers. Red Swoosh, Inc.,has developed innovative client-side technology for supporting the management and distribution of media files in a controlled fashion, respecting the rights restrictions and copyrights of all publishers. By providing a controlled environment with effective business rules. |
Buy | $19M |
| Category | Venture Capital Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| PE ASSETS | 2.6B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Alta Partners is a venture capital firm that targets investments in early and later stage life science companies, including biopharmaceuticals, medical technology, and information technology businesses. Alta was formed as an early stage investor but has since expanded its investment range to provide later stage growth capital to private and young public companies. Alta was established in 1996 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 34 of 85 |
| Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 23 of 45 |
| State: California M&A | 16 of 41 |
| Country: United States M&A | 29 of 75 |
| Year: 2007 M&A | 3 of 6 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 17 of 23 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-02-01 |
Arrow Therapeutics
London, United Kingdom Arrow Therapeutics utilizes its genome-based target discovery technology to search for novel anti-microbial compounds. The Company is focused on unexplored targets for antibiotics, anti-viral, and anti-fungal therapies and aims to overcome the rapidly growing problem of microbial resistance. |
Sell | $150M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-03-31 |
Neothetics
San Diego, California, United States Neothetics is a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the aesthetic market. Neothetics was founded in 2007 and is based in San Diego, California. |
Buy | - |
