M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2012-07-09 |
| Target | Ember |
| Sector | Semiconductors |
| Buyer(s) |
Crescent Cove
Silicon Laboratories |
| Sellers(s) | Vulcan Capital |
| Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
| Deal Value | 72M USD |
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Crescent Cove is a private equity firm focused on investments in founder-led technology companies. The Firm invests in a variety of industries including business services, information technology, software, and technology hardware. Crescent Cove was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 1 of 12 |
| Sector (Semiconductors) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 1 of 1 |
| State (California) | 1 of 6 |
| Country (United States) | 1 of 12 |
| Year (2012) | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-02 |
Udemy
San Francisco, California, United States Udemy is an online education learning marketplace where 10 million students are enrolled in 40,000 courses across 190 countries. Udemy was founded in 2010 and is based in San Francisco, California. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| Sector | Semiconductors |
| Employees | 1,846 |
| Revenue | 782M USD (2023) |
Silicon Laboratories is a provider of high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs. Silicon Labs’ diverse portfolio of patented semiconductor solutions offers customers advantages in performance, size and power consumption. Silicon Laboratories was founded in 1996 and is based in Austin, Texas.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 8 of 17 |
| Sector (Semiconductors) | 7 of 12 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 8 of 15 |
| State (California) | 5 of 10 |
| Country (United States) | 6 of 12 |
| Year (2012) | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 5 of 9 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-01-26 |
SpectraLinear
Santa Clara, California, United States SpectraLinear a late-stage private company offering integrated timing solutions. Company operates as a fabless mixed signal integrated circuits company that designs, develops, manufactures, and markets timing circuits for the consumer, computation, and communication markets. |
Buy | $40M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-01 |
Energy Micro AS
Oslo, Norway Energy Micro develops and markets microcontroller and radio products based on ARM Cortex-M processor cores. |
Buy | $170M |
| Category | Family Office |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1986 |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Vulcan Capital is the private investment group of Vulcan Inc., the organization founded by Paul G. Allen to manage his personal and professional endeavors. Vulcan Capital looks to invest at all company stages and will consider opportunities across an array of industries. Sectors of interest include business services, consumer products, distribution and logistics, energy and natural resources, financial services and insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, media, technology, and telecom. The Firm's target investment size is $10 to $100 million. In addition to direct investing, Vulcan Capital also makes fund investments as well as invests in public securities. Vulcan Inc. was formed in 1986 and has offices in Seattle, Washington and Palo Alto, California.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 10 of 29 |
| Sector (Semiconductors) | 1 of 3 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 6 of 14 |
| State (California) | 6 of 11 |
| Country (United States) | 9 of 27 |
| Year (2012) | 2 of 2 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 7 of 8 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-06-19 |
Sand 9
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Sand 9 is a technology company offering a precision MEMS technology platform that enhances quality and performance, simplifies system design, and promotes space and power savings in integrated electronic systems, Sand 9's broad patent portfolio has the potential to transform wireless and wired systems in a wide range of market segments: mobile, industrial and communications. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-07-31 |
Applied Proteomics
San Diego, California, United States Applied Proteomics (API) is pioneering the best proteomics platform, a novel discovery approach to protein measurement-based diagnostics. API adopted an industrial approach to combine improved instrumentation, faster computing and extensive genome annotations with regimented standard operating procedures, extensive quality controls, and documented processes spanning hundreds of steps from sample collection to processing through informatics. |
Buy | - |
