M&A Deal Summary

Neophotonics Acquires Santur

On September 29, 2011, Neophotonics acquired chemicals company Santur from Cipio Partners for 39M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Neophotonics’ 1st transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Neophotonics’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Neophotonics’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Neophotonics’ 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-09-29
Target Santur
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Neophotonics
Sellers(s) Cipio Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 39M USD

Target

Santur

Fremont, California, United States
Santur Corporation, is a designer and manufacturer of Indium Phosphide (InP) based PIC products.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Neophotonics

San Jose, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Semiconductors
Employees2,541
Revenue 371M USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Neophotonics is a designer and manufacturer of hybrid photonic integrated optoelectronic modules and subsystems for bandwidth-intensive, high-speed communications networks. Neophotonics was founded in 1996 and is based in San Jose, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Chemicals) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2011) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-22 LAPIS Semiconductor - Semiconductor Optical Components Business Unit

Yokohama, Japan

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Cipio Partners

Munich, Germany

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Secondary Investor
Founded 2003
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Cipio Partners is an investment management firm focused on secondary investments, as well as early and later-stage venture capital transactions. Sectors of interest include technology, media, and communications. Cipio Partners was formed in 2003 and is based in Munich, Germany.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 43 of 68
Sector (Chemicals) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 18 of 35
State (California) 12 of 17
Country (United States) 16 of 24
Year (2011) 5 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 8 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-09-28 DisplayLink

Palo Alto, California, United States

DisplayLink connects any display to any computer that supports USB or Wi-Fi and provides universal solutions for a range of corporate, home and embedded applications where easy connectivity of displays enhances productivity. DisplayLink was founded in 2003 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-02-01 Picochip

Bath, United Kingdom

Picochip, Inc. is a company involved in multi-core digital signal processing (DSP) solutions and a leading player in the femtocell (3G home access points) and WiMax markets.

Sell -
Mergr

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