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Reliance Communications Acquires Yipes Enterprise Services

On July 16, 2007, Reliance Communications acquired communications company Yipes Enterprise Services from Crosslink Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Reliance Communications’ 1st transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Reliance Communications’ 1st transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-07-16
Target Yipes Enterprise Services
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Reliance Communications
Sellers(s) Crosslink Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Yipes Enterprise Services

Brentford, United States
Yipes Holdings is the parent company of Yipes Enterprise Services, the leading provider of managed Ethernet and application delivery services for the global enterprise. Yipes' custom data networking solutions empower businesses by delivering high performance, dynamic control, unmatched service quality, and rapid ROI. Enterprise customers worldwide take advantage of Yipes' managed Ethernet services because they are easier to implement and manage than other services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Reliance Communications

Navi Mumbai, India
Category Company
Founded 2004
Sector Communications
Employees614
Revenue 3.6B INR (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Reliance Communications is an Internet access and telecommunications company. Reliance Communications was founded in 2004 and is based in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Crosslink Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 3.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Crosslink Capital is a growth-oriented investment firm focused on technology companies. Crosslink's typically invests in early-stage companies, however, the Firm will consider opportunities at every stage, from seed to pre-IPO to PIPE offerings. Sectors of interest include communications/infrastructure services, core technology, semiconductors, internet, and software. Crosslink Capital is based in San Francisco, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 62
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 44
Country: United States M&A 12 of 61
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-07-03 NewScale

San Mateo, California, United States

NewScale, Inc. is a provider of software that delivers a service catalog and self-service portal for IT organizations to select and quickly deploy cloud services within their businesses.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-07-24 Platonetworks

Santa Clara, California, United States

Plato Networks is an innovative fabless semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, CA. The company enables robust standards compliant, high performance, ultra low power 10GBASE-T PHY solutions for next generation data center and enterprise networks. Plato is financed by a group of leading venture capital firms and strategic partners that combine in-depth experience and a strong track record of success in the communication semiconductor industry.

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