M&A Deal Summary

Synopsys Acquires Inventure

On February 6, 2012, Synopsys acquired technology hardware company Inventure

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Synopsys’ 2nd transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Synopsys’ 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-02-06
Target Inventure
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Synopsys
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Inventure

Yokohama, Japan
Inventure, Inc., a provider in IP (intellectual property) related business.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Synopsys

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Software
Employees20,000
Revenue 6.1B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Synopsys' corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California.
Entrance to Synopsys' corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Synopsys is a global software company providing electronic design automation tools, semiconductor intellectual-property blocks, and verification & simulation solutions that help engineers design, test, and build integrated circuits, systems-on-chip, and complex electronics. Synopsys was founded in 1986 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 34 of 71
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 2 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 31 of 64
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2012 M&A 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-23 ExpertIO

Simi Valley, California, United States

ExpertIO, Inc., is a provider of verification IP (VIP) for industry standard protocols.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-08 RSoft Design Group

Ossining, New York, United States

RSoft Design Group, Inc., is a provider of photonics design and simulation software. RSoft software a accurately model nano-scale optical structures that enhance the light extraction efficiency of applications such as LED structures, displays and solar cells, as well as enable increased optical data storage capacity.

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