M&A Deal Summary

Avant! Acquires Analogy

On December 1, 1999, Avant! acquired software company Analogy

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Avant!’s 10th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Avant!’s 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Avant!’s 1st transaction in Oregon.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1999-12-01
Target Analogy
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Avant!
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Analogy

Beaverton,, Oregon, United States
Analogy engages in the development, marketing, and support of software and model libraries for the top-down design and behavioral simulation of mixed-signal and mixed-technology systems.

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Buyer

Avant!

Fremont,, California, United States
Category Company
Sector Software
Employees1,500
DESCRIPTION

Avant! Corporation was an electronic design automation software company that spent its life in litigation with Cadence over the theft of code. Avant! concentrated on the back-end of the flow including physical design, parasitic extraction, verification, flow development, and library development services.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 12
Sector (Software) 10 of 10
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 11 of 12
State (Oregon) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 10 of 11
Year (1999) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-08-20 Chrysalis Symbolic Design

North Billerica,, Massachusetts, United States

Chrysalis Symbolic Design is a developer of software for electronic design automation.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-06-06 ACEO Technology

Fremont,, California, United States

ACEO Technology, Inc. operates as an EDA software company,develops advanced synthesis tools for deep sub micron ASICs.

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