M&A Deal Summary

Silvaco Acquires Cadence - Process Proximity Compensation Product Line

On March 4, 2025, Silvaco acquired software company Cadence - Process Proximity Compensation Product Line from Cadence

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Silvaco’s 7th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Silvaco’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Silvaco’s 6th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-03-04
Target Cadence - Process Proximity Compensation Product Line
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Silvaco
Sellers(s) Cadence
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Cadence - Process Proximity Compensation Product Line

San Jose, California, United States
Cadence's Process Proximity Compensation Product Line is an optical proximity correction (“OPC”) suite of tools.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Silvaco

Santa Clara, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

Silvaco is a provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software tools used for process and device development and for analog/mixed-signal, power IC, and memory design. The company delivers a full TCAD-to-signoff flow for vertical markets including displays, power electronics, optical devices, radiation and soft error reliability, and advanced CMOS process and IP development. Silvaco was formed in 1984 and is based in Santa Clara, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 11
Sector (Software) 7 of 7
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (California) 6 of 6
Country (United States) 7 of 7
Year (2025) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-01-21 POLYTEDA CLOUD

Kyiv, Ukraine

POLYTEDA CLOUD LLC is a physical verification solution and cloud enablement provider. POLYTEDA CLOUD was founded in 2015 and is based in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Cadence

San Jose, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1987
Sector Software
Employees11,200
Revenue 4.1B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Cadence Design Systems' corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.
Entrance to Cadence Design Systems' corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.

Cadence develops system design enablement solutions that customers use to design whole electronics systems, increasingly small and complex integrated circuits, and electronic devices. Cadence's solutions are designed to help customers reduce the time to bring an electronics system, IC or electronic device to market and to reduce their design, development and manufacturing costs. Cadence's product offerings include electronic design automation, software, emulation and prototyping hardware, system interconnect and analysis and categories of intellectual property referred to as verification IP and design IP. Cadence was founded in 1987 and is based in San Jose, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Software) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2025) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-01-21 Secure-IC

Cesson-Sevigne, France

Secure-IC is a provider of end-to-end cybersecurity solutions for embedded systems and connected objects. Secure-IC was founded in 2010 and is based in Cesson-Sevigne, France.

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