M&A Deal Summary

Avant! Acquires ACEO Technology

On June 6, 2002, Avant! acquired internet software and services company ACEO Technology

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Avant!’s 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Avant!’s 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Avant!’s 8th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2002-06-06
Target ACEO Technology
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Avant!
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

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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Buyer(S) 1

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 12 of 12
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 12 of 12
State: California M&A 8 of 8
Country: United States M&A 11 of 11
Year: 2002 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-12-01 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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