M&A Deal Summary

MediaTek Acquires MStar Semiconductor

On June 23, 2012, MediaTek acquired semiconductors company MStar Semiconductor from General Atlantic

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MediaTek’s 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is MediaTek’s 1st transaction in Taiwan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-06-23
Target MStar Semiconductor
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) MediaTek
Sellers(s) General Atlantic
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

MStar Semiconductor

ChuPei Hsinchu Hsien,, Taiwan
MStar Semiconductor is a global leader in supplying application specific ICs (ASIC) for the consumer and communication product markets.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

MediaTek

Beijing, China

Category Company
Sector Semiconductors
DESCRIPTION

MediaTek Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that provides system-on-chip solutions for wireless communications, HDTV, DVD and Blu-ray.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Taiwan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2012 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-10 Coresonic AB

Linkoping, Sweden

Coresonic AB, a company which has developed a completely new and ground-breaking DSP architecture for wireless basebands which constitutes the central element of all digital communications.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

General Atlantic

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 105.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

General Atlantic is a large private equity firm that invests globally in growth-oriented public and private companies. Broad areas of interest include financial services, media and consumer, healthcare, enterprise solutions, communications and electronics, and energy. General Atlantic looks to invest $40 to $400 million in transactions that support growth, expansions, buy-outs, consolidations and build-ups. General Atlantic seeks to make 8 to 12 investments per year with an investment horizon of five to ten years. The Firm's geographic coverage spans North America; Europe; Asia/Pacific; and India. General Atlantic was formed in 1980 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 52 of 166
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 21 of 50
Country: Taiwan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2012 M&A 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-06-20 AKQA Holdings

San Francisco, California, United States

AKQA provides consulting, customer relationship management, digital product design and e-commerce solutions to the world's leading brands. An independent firm, AKQA employs over 350 people worldwide and has offices in London, San Francisco, New York, Washington DC and Singapore.

Sell $350M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-07-11 Cyient

Hyderabad, India

Cyient provides leading-edge engineering solutions, including product development and life-cycle support, process, network and content engineering to major organizations worldwide. Cyient was founded in 1991 and is based in Hyderabad, India.

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