M&A Deal Summary

Invenios Acquires Varioptic SA

On January 10, 2017, Invenios acquired electronics company Varioptic SA from Parrot

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Invenios’ 1st transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is Invenios’ 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-01-10
Target Varioptic SA
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) Invenios
Sellers(s) Parrot
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Varioptic SA

Lyon, France
Varioptic is a pioneer and the global market leader for programmable miniature optics, particularly with high performance autofocus, stabilization and zoom applications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Invenios

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Category Company
Sector Manufacturing
DESCRIPTION

Invenios LLC is a micro-fabrication foundry specializing in the design, development and manufacturing of glass microfluidics, MEMS, and 3D microstructures to help both established and emerging companies create new products using high performance, cost-effective solutions.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Electronics M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Parrot

Paris, France

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Electronics
Employees451
Revenue 78M EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Parrot designs, develops, and markets consumer products for smartphones and tablets, as well as high technology solutions in the Automotive and UAV business. Parrot was founded in 1994 and is based in Paris, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector: Electronics M&A 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 3
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-01 DiBcom SA

Paris, France

DiBcom, founded in June 2000, is a French semiconductor company based on a fabless (no factory) model, that designs, produces and sells integrated circuits for receiving Digital terrestrial TV in mobile and portable environments. DiBcom has extensive experience solving real-world digital terrestrial television (DTT) reception problems and has overcome the main technological barriers to high-quality service.

Buy €12M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-01-27 MicaSense

Seattle, Washington, United States

MicaSense, Inc. is a provider of advanced drone sensor development. MicaSense’s patented, high precision thermal and multispectral sensors serve the aerial mapping and analytics needs of the agriculture market, and are well positioned to address applications in advanced inspection in the energy and insurance sectors and autonomous flight safety for package delivery, among other solutions. MicaSense was founded in 2014 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Sell $23M