Investment Summary

Paladin Capital Group and Cambria Group Invest In Crossbow Technology

On June 1, 2005, growth capital firm Paladin Capital Group and private equity firm Cambria Group invested in semiconductors company Crossbow Technology

Investment Highlights
  • This is Paladin Capital Group’s 1st and Cambria Group’s 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Paladin Capital Group’s 14th and Cambria Group’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Paladin Capital Group’s 3rd and Cambria Group’s 1st transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • Crossbow Technology was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2011 for 32M USD.

Investment Summary

Date 2005-06-01
Target Crossbow Technology
Sector Semiconductors
Investor(s) Paladin Capital Group
Cambria Group
Deal Type Venture

Target

Crossbow Technology

Milpitas, California, United States
Crossbow Technology, Inc. is an end-to-end solutions supplier in wireless sensor networks and the manufacturer of Smart Dust wireless sensors. Crossbow is at the forefront of creating and deploying smaller, smarter, wireless sensing devices and mesh networking platforms for large-scale defense, environmental, agricultural, industrial monitoring and control, building automation, security and asset tracking applications. Crossbow is a supplier of inertial sensor systems for aviation, land and marine applications and other instrumentation sensors.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

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 14 of 62
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 4
Type: Venture M&A Deals 13 of 58
State: California M&A 3 of 17
Country: United States M&A 14 of 55
Year: 2005 M&A 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-04-01 Orchestria

Islandia, New York, United States

Orchestria Corp. is a provider of software assuring compliance with all forms of regulatory and business policy as they relate to electronic communications.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-07-01 Previstar

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Previstar is a technology provider in multi-disaster and multi-agency software solutions for first and critical responders, emergency managers, public health officials, and private sector security and emergency planning administrators. Previstar was founded in 2001 and is based in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Investor

Cambria Group

Dallas, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

The Cambria Group is a private equity firm that targets investments in small and mid-sized companies. Cambria prefers control investment situations where the firm can invest up to $5 million in businesses valued less than $25 million. Target companies typically generate sales up to $50 million and operate in the manufacturing, processing, distribution, transportation, or service sectors. Cambria will not invest in retail, technology, or healthcare. The Cambria Group was formed in 1996 and is based in Dallas, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 16
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 2
Type: Venture M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: California M&A 1 of 3
Country: United States M&A 6 of 16
Year: 2005 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-05-31 C.C. Filson Company

Seattle, Washington, United States

Filson Holdings designs, manufactures and markets premium apparel and accessories for the hunting, fishing, camping, outdoor and workwear markets.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-01 BHG

Dallas, Texas, United States

BHG is a provider of outpatient substance abuse treatment services, primarily for addiction to prescription pain medication. BHG was founded in 2006 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

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