M&A Deal Summary

Synopsys Acquires Zerosoft

On March 12, 2010, Synopsys acquired software company Zerosoft for 24M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Synopsys’ 19th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Synopsys’ 16th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Synopsys’ 20th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Synopsys’ 17th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-03-12
Target Zerosoft
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Synopsys
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 24M USD

Target

Zerosoft

San Jose, California, United States
Zerosoft, Inc., a EDA startup with a patented software technology for logic verification.

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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 25 of 71
Sector: Software M&A 19 of 49
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 22 of 64
State: California M&A 17 of 31
Country: United States M&A 20 of 45
Year: 2010 M&A 3 of 7
Size (of disclosed) 16 of 23
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-02-08 CoWare

San Jose, California, United States

CoWare, Inc., is a supplier of software and services for electronic systems design and develops system-on-a-chip EDA software for the semiconductor industry.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-06-10 Synfora

Mountain View, California, United States

Synfora, Inc., is a provider of C/C++ high-level synthesis tools used to design complex systems-on-chips (SoCs) and FPGAs.

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