M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2004-05-25 |
| Target | Jamba AG |
| Sector | Communications |
| Buyer(s) | VeriSign |
| Sellers(s) | Summit Partners |
| Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
| Deal Value | 273M USD |
| Advisor(s) | GTK Partners (Financial) |
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| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 |
| Sector | Information Technology |
| Employees | 907 |
| Revenue | 1.6B USD (2024) |
VeriSign provides domain name registry services to power the navigation of the Internet by operating a global infrastructure for a portfolio of top-level domains that includes .com, .net, .tv, .edu, .gov, .jobs, .name and .cc as well as two of the world’s 13 Internet root servers. The company's product suite also includes Network Intelligence and Availability Services, consisting of Distributed Denial of Service Protection Services, Verisign iDefense Security Intelligence Services and Managed Domain Name System Services. VeriSign was formed in 1995 and is based in Reston, Virginia.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 8 of 17 |
| Sector: Communications M&A | 2 of 2 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 8 of 17 |
| Country: Germany M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2004 M&A | 2 of 2 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 5 of 17 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-02-26 |
Guardent
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States Guardent, Inc., a managed security service provider (MSSP). Guardent, of Waltham, Massachusetts, offers a variety of security services for its customers, including managed firewall, VPN (virtual private network), and IDS (intrusion detection system) services. The company also offers consulting services such as vulnerability assessments, computer forensics and network architecture reviews. |
Buy | $135M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-01-10 |
LightSurf Technologies
Santa Cruz, California, United States LightSurf a provider in multimedia messaging and interoperability solutions for the wireless market. The company’s industry-leading technology platform enables mobile subscribers to exchange pictures, video, and other forms of multimedia content. |
Buy | $270M |
| Category | Growth Capital Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 |
| PE ASSETS | 39.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Summit Partners is a private investment and asset management firm focused on venture, growth, credit, and public equity investing. Sectors of interest include business services, communications technology and services, consumer products, energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, industrial products, internet/information services, media/entertainment, semiconductors, electronics, and software. Summit Partners is known for having a proactive business development group for sourcing transactions. Summit will consider both minority or majority investment stakes and is willing to commit as little as $10 million or as much as $500 million in combined debt/junior capital per transaction. The Firm's geographic coverage spans North America and Europe. Summit Partners was formed in 1984 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 98 of 294 |
| Sector: Communications M&A | 7 of 16 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 43 of 131 |
| Country: Germany M&A | 1 of 8 |
| Year: 2004 M&A | 5 of 12 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 23 of 51 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-05-20 |
EMED Co.
Williamsville, New York, United States EMED is a direct marketer and manufacturer of safety signage and related products to industrial, government, and other commercial customers. |
Sell | $190M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-06-01 |
NxTrend Technology
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States NxTrend Technology, Inc. is a supplier of enterprise-wide software solutions for supply-chain management. |
Sell | - |
