M&A Deal Summary

Cisco Systems Acquires Acacia Communications

On July 9, 2019, Cisco Systems acquired technology hardware company Acacia Communications for 2.6B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 39th transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 12th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 178th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 16th transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-07-09
Target Acacia Communications
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Cisco Systems
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 2.6B USD

Target

Acacia Communications

Maynard, Massachusetts, United States
Acacia Communications, Inc. provides advanced solutions to the optical transport and network infrastructure equipment market for coherent 100G, 200G, 400G and beyond transceivers. Acacia designs, manufactures and sells leading-edge optical transponder technology that enables customers to reduce overall development costs while increasing performance and reducing time to market. Acacia Communications was formed in 2009 and is headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts.

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Buyer

Cisco Systems

San Jose, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees84,900
Revenue 57.0B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Cisco's corporate campus in San Jose, California.
Entrance to Cisco's corporate campus in San Jose, California.

Cisco Systems designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology (IT) industry and provides services associated with these products and their use. Cisco provides a broad line of products for transporting data, voice, and video within buildings, across campuses, and around the world. The Company's products are designed to transform how people connect, communicate, and collaborate, and are installed at enterprise businesses, public institutions, telecommunications companies and other service providers, commercial businesses, and personal residences. Cisco was founded in 1984 and is based in San Jose, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 209 of 223
Sector (Technology Hardware) 39 of 40
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 201 of 215
State (Massachusetts) 16 of 16
Country (United States) 178 of 189
Year (2019) 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 12 of 133
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-12-18 Luxtera

Carlsbad, California, United States

Luxtera, Inc. is a provider of Silicon CMOS Photonics. Luxtera is a fabless semiconductor company that was founded in 2001 by a team of industry-renowned researchers and technology managers drawn from the communications and semiconductor industries.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-08-06 Voicea

Mountain View, California, United States

Rizio, Inc. is a provider of IT services to meeting transcription, voice search, and meeting highlights/action items, with robust data privacy. Rizio is based in Mountain View, California.

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