Investment Summary

Atlantic Bridge Invests In HiLight Semiconductor

On May 1, 2015, growth capital firm Atlantic Bridge invested in semiconductors company HiLight Semiconductor

Investment Highlights
  • This is Atlantic Bridge’s 3rd transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Atlantic Bridge’s 3rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

Investment Summary

Date 2015-05-01
Target HiLight Semiconductor
Sector Semiconductors
Investor(s) Atlantic Bridge
Deal Type Venture

Target

HiLight Semiconductor

Southampton, United Kingdom
HiLight Semiconductor is a designer and supplier of high-performance PMD and PHY ICs for high-speed fiber-optics-based communications and networking applications. Highly integrated multi-channel chipsets for 100Gbps comprising super low power TIAs, CDRs, and VCSEL Drivers. HiLight Semiconductor was formed in 2012 and is based in Southampton, England.

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Investor

Atlantic Bridge

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 1.0B EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Atlantic Bridge is a growth capital firm focused on mid-market technology businesses across Europe, the US, Middle East, and China. Specific areas of interest include machine learning, robotics, computer visioning, cloud, IoT and big data. Atlantic Bridge generally prefers 'domain-specific companies' as well as businesses that can benefit from transatlantic opportunities. Atlantic Bridge was formed in 2006 and is based in Dublin.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 23 of 34
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 3 of 3
Type: Venture M&A Deals 15 of 25
Country: United Kingdom M&A 3 of 4
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 2
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