Investment Summary

Trident Capital Invests In Amprius

On March 3, 2011, Trident Capital invested in technology hardware company Amprius

Investment Highlights
  • This is Trident Capital’s 4th transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Trident Capital’s 65th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Trident Capital’s 25th transaction in California.

Investment Summary

Date 2011-03-03
Target Amprius
Sector Technology Hardware
Investor(s) Trident Capital
Deal Type Venture

Target

Amprius

Sunnyvale, California, United States
Amprius's silicon technology was originally developed at Stanford University and enables dramatic improvements in the energy density and specific energy of Lithium-Ion batteries. Amprius was founded in 2008 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Trident Capital

San Mateo, California, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 1.9B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Trident Capital was a venture capital firm focused on investments at all company stages, from early and expansion stage investments to buyouts and recapitalizations. Trident focused on investments in tech-enabled sectors, including enterprise software/services, outsourcing and payments, healthcare software/services, internet/consumer, and energy/clean tech. In 2015, Trident ceased investing and the Firm's employees split to form Sunstone Partners, a growth equity firm, and Trident Capital Cybersecurity, a venture firm focused on the cyber security sector.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 72 of 86
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 4 of 4
Type: Venture M&A Deals 56 of 62
State: California M&A 25 of 29
Country: United States M&A 65 of 78
Year: 2011 M&A 2 of 8
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