M&A Deal Summary

Atmel Acquires Ozmo

On December 20, 2012, Atmel acquired technology hardware company Ozmo from Atlantic Bridge

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Atmel’s 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Atmel’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Atmel’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-12-20
Target Ozmo
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Atmel
Sellers(s) Atlantic Bridge
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Pagemill Partners (Financial)

Target

Ozmo

Palo Alto, California, United States
Ozmo, Inc. is a provider of ultra-low power Wi-Fi solutions.Its solutions are used in notebook computers, mobile CE devices, and home entertainment platforms.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Atmel

San Jose, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Semiconductors
Employees5,000
Revenue 1.4B USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION
Atmel's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.
Atmel's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.

Atmel Corp. is a designer and manufacturer of microcontrollers, capacitive touch solutions, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Atmel provides the electronics industry with solutions focused on industrial, consumer, communications, computing and automotive markets. Atmel Corp. was established in 1984 and is based in San Jose, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 6
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 5
State: California M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 2 of 4
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 1
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Zaragoza, Spain

ADD Semiconductor specializes in the design of system-on-chip solutions that allow for narrow-band data communication across existing electric power lines. In addition to successfully supporting a number of advanced meter infrastructure ("AMI") pilots in Europe, ADD Semiconductor products are also targeted towards the lighting, building automation and solar infrastructure markets.

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United States

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Atlantic Bridge

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


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 9 of 22
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 2 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 20
State: California M&A 5 of 11
Country: United States M&A 5 of 12
Year: 2012 M&A 3 of 3
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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San Francisco, California, United States

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2013-03-04 Sophia

San Francisco, California, United States

Sophia, Sophia's products derive meaning from text in context, without relying on human intervention. Sophia products can automatically read, analyze, understand and extract precise meaning from any document, book or web page. This high quality information can be leveraged in many ways, to increase awareness & understanding, reduce costs, and increase profitability.

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