M&A Deal Summary

Exar Acquires Neterion

On February 10, 2010, Exar acquired technology hardware company Neterion from Scorpion Capital Partners, Greenwoods Capital Partners and Stockwell Capital for 10M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Exar’s 2nd transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Exar’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Exar’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Exar’s 3rd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-02-10
Target Neterion
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Exar
Sellers(s) Scorpion Capital Partners
Greenwoods Capital Partners
Stockwell Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 10M USD

Target

Neterion

Cupertino,, California, United States
Neterion is a 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters that provide high speed solutions for customers' server and storage systems. It delivers the industry's highest performing line of 10 GbE adapters, allowing IT managers to virtualize many more applications per physical server including the most I/O-intensive ones drastically decreasing costs when deploying virtualized servers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Exar

Fremont, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1971
Sector Semiconductors
Employees269
Revenue 149M USD (2016)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Exar's corporate headquarters in Fremont, California.
Entrance to Exar's corporate headquarters in Fremont, California.

Exar Corp. is a designer, developer and marketer of high-performance integrated circuits and system solutions for the Communications, High-End Consumer, Industrial & Embedded Systems, and Networking & Storage markets. Exar's broad product portfolio includes analog, display, LED lighting, mixed-signal, power management, connectivity, data management, and video processing solutions.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 8
Sector (Technology Hardware) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 6
State (California) 3 of 5
Country (United States) 3 of 6
Year (2010) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-08-27 Sipex

Milpitas, California, United States

Sipex Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of analog integrated circuits (ICs).

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-07-08 Cadeka Microcircuits

Loveland, Colorado, United States

Cadeka Microcircuits is a supplier of over 400 high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products for customers who require cost-effective, leading edge performance. Cadeka's expertise and passion is to "Amplify the Human Experience" by providing application specific, solution-based semiconductor products that drive the industry's next generation communications, industrial, instrumentation, consumer, and medical products.

Buy $29M

Seller(S) 3

SELLER

Scorpion Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 120M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Scorpion Capital Partners LP is a private equity firm that partners with management to invest in smaller middle-market companies. Scorpion looks to make equity or equity like investments of $5 to $10 million in businesses with $10 to $100 million of revenue and EBITDA of $4 to $25 million. The Firm will consider both control and minority investment to support growth capital needs, recapitlizations, divestitures, take privates, and family successions. Scorpion has no industry focus, however the Firm will not invest in real estate, gaming, tobacco, biotechnology, software development, as well as start-up and early stage ventures. Scorpion Capital Partners was originally established in 1995 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 8
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 5
State (California) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 8
Year (2010) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-05-07 Champion Broadband

Castle Rock, Colorado, United States

Champion Broadband is a provider of advanced video, high-speed internet access, and digital telephony services. The Company's services are supported by one of the most advanced networks in the cable and broadband industry. Champion Broadband was founded in 2003 and is based in Castle Rock, Colorado.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-04-06 Rivulet Communications

Herndon, Virginia, United States

Rivulet Communications offers a complete product suite that enables medical, government and carrier customers to flawlessly transport high bandwidth, mission critical and real-time applications over existing IP networks. With Rivulet products, organizations can realize the economic benefits of IP-based convergence without compromising application quality or network utilization. Rivulet supports applications, including IPTV, VoIP, video, ATM, and TDM (circuit emulation), in their native modes while guaranteeing a quality of service (QoS) equivalent to traditional TDM networks.

Sell -
SELLER

Greenwoods Capital Partners

Norfolk, Connecticut, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Greenwoods Capital Partner is a private investment firm focused on acquiring interests in small cap, emerging growth companies valued between $25 and $75 million. The Firm typically targets smaller investments of $1 to $3 million per transaction, to support strategic growth initiatives, corporate restructurings and potential acquisitions. Target sectors include retail, business services, and applied technologies. Prospective companies are generally experiencing double digit revenue and cash flow growth, have acquisition candidates, or have an opportunity to enhance intrinsic value. Greenwoods Capital has offices in Norfolk, Connecticut and New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 3
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 3
Year (2010) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-05-07 Champion Broadband

Castle Rock, Colorado, United States

Champion Broadband is a provider of advanced video, high-speed internet access, and digital telephony services. The Company's services are supported by one of the most advanced networks in the cable and broadband industry. Champion Broadband was founded in 2003 and is based in Castle Rock, Colorado.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-22 3D Medical Manufacturing

Riviera Beach, Florida, United States

3D Medical Manufacturing is a manufacturer of critical high precision medical device implants, cutting tools, instruments, and electro-mechanical assemblies. Specializing in full service fabrication from materials of Titanium, Stainless Steel, PEEK, precious metal, Aluminum, and plastic that demand close tolerances and superior cosmetic finishing.

Sell -
SELLER

Stockwell Capital

Austin, Texas, United States

Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2002
PE ASSETS 750M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Stockwell Capital is a co-investment firm, focused on making minority investments alongside private equity sponsors. Stockwell is a generalist investor, with no sector preferences and looks to commit $3 to $10 million per investment. The Firm will consider opportunities throughout the US and Europe and prefers late-stage or growth equity situations. Stockwell Capital was formed in 2002 and is based in Chicago.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 41
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 12
State (California) 1 of 5
Country (United States) 6 of 33
Year (2010) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 17 of 17
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-07-24 Best PumpWorks

Houston, Texas, United States

Best PumpWorks is one of the largest and respected pump distributor, supplier and remanufacturer in the world. In business for over three decades, the company has built its reputation on superior pump engineering, inventory, delivery and service.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-07-08 MultiPlan

New York, New York, United States

MultiPlan is a provider of technology-enabled healthcare cost management solutions. MultiPlan provides a single gateway to a host of analytics- and network-based solutions for managing the financial risks associated with medical claims, as well as solutions that improve payment integrity by resolving waste, abuse, and fraud before payments are made. MultiPlan was founded in 1980 and is based in New York City.

Buy $3.1B