Investment Summary

L Capital Partners and Paladin Capital Group Exits WiSpry

On May 11, 2015, AAC Technologies Holdings invested in semiconductors company WiSpry from L Capital Partners and Paladin Capital Group

Investment Highlights
  • This is AAC Technologies Holdings’ 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is AAC Technologies Holdings’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is AAC Technologies Holdings’ 1st transaction in California.

Investment Summary

Date 2015-05-11
Target WiSpry
Sector Semiconductors
Investor(s) AAC Technologies Holdings
Sellers(s) L Capital Partners
Paladin Capital Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

WiSpry

Irvine, California, United States
WiSpry, Inc. is a fabless RF semiconductor company that develops RF silicon integrated circuits and components for wireless communication products.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

AAC Technologies Holdings

Shenzhen, China

Category Company
Founded 1993
Sector Information Technology
Employees44,181
Revenue 27.3B CNY (2024)
DESCRIPTION

AAC Technologies Holdings is a supplier of micro component total solutions for communications, IT, and consumer electronics market. AAC Technologies Holdings was founded in 1993 and is based in Shenzhen, China.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-08-11 Premium Sound Solutions

Dendermonde, Belgium

Premium Sound Solutions is active worldwide in the development, sales, and production of sound solutions for the automotive industry and top-end consumer market (from speaker to complete finished products). Premium Sound Solutions is based in Dendermonde, Belgium.

Buy -

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

L Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 165M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

L Capital Partners is a specialist private equity firm focused on investing in companies operating within the healthcare, technology, and energy/environmental sectors, looking to bring 'groundbreaking products to market'. Within healthcare, L Capital looks to invest in biopharmaceutical and medical device businesses. Within technology, the Firm's emphasis is on security/defense and IT businesses. And within the energy/environmental sector, the L Capital's focus is investing in opportunities that 'improve the quality of life'. L Capital was formed in 2004 and has offices in New York City and Tel Aviv, Israel.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 7
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 5
State: California M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 7 of 7
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-07 Vicini

San Mauro Pascoli,

Vicini S.p.A. luxury footwear maker and retailer.

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SELLER

Paladin Capital Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 1.5B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Paladin Capital Group is a growth capital firm focused on early and expansion stage businesses related to homeland security, defense, and business continuity. Specific areas of interest include identity management, antimicrobial solutions, mesh networks, IT services, data storage, business process software, network management software and detection, biometrics, and protective equipment. Paladin Capital Group was formed in 2001 and is headquartered in Washington DC.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 23 of 44
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 17 of 31
State: California M&A 7 of 15
Country: United States M&A 22 of 38
Year: 2015 M&A 3 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-24 ProtectWise

Denver, Colorado, United States

ProtectWise, Inc. provides cloud-delivered network detection and response. The ProtectWise platform creates full-fidelity network memory in the cloud to detect threats.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-30 PerspecSys

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

PerspecSys, Inc. is a provider of cloud data protection platform solves key data compliance, privacy and security concerns for enterprises adopting cloud-based applications.

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