M&A Deal Summary

WISeKey Acquires INSIDE Secure - oT integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Business

On May 19, 2016, WISeKey acquired semiconductors company INSIDE Secure - oT integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Business from Verimatrix for 13M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is WISeKey’s 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is WISeKey’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is WISeKey’s 1st transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-05-19
Target INSIDE Secure - oT integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Business
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) WISeKey
Sellers(s) Verimatrix
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 13M USD

Target

INSIDE Secure - oT integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Business

United States
INSIDE Secure - oT integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Business is a provider of comprehensive trusted end-to-end cybersecurity platform for people and objects (IoT).

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

WISeKey

Zug, Switzerland
Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Information Technology
Employees102
Revenue 31M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

WISeKey is a cyber security company that provides Internet of Things (“IoT”) digital identity ecosystems recognized by the operating system and applications, to ensure the authenticity, confidentiality and integrity of online transactions. WISeKey Holding was founded in 1999 and is based in Zug, Switzerland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 4
Sector (Semiconductors) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2016) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-20 QuoVadis

Hamilton, Bermuda

QuoVadis is an international provider of online identity certification services. QuoVadis’ outsourced services allow customers to meet their obligations for data integrity and privacy. QuoVadis provides digital certificate and smartcard solutions to secure access for computer networks and applications, to encrypt data and transactions, and to authenticate people, devices and documents. The company is a Qualified Certification Services Provider (CSP) in Switzerland and Bermuda, and was one of the first providers worldwide authorized to issue “Extended Validation” SSL certificates.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Verimatrix

Meyreuil, France
Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Information Technology
Employees237
Revenue 62M EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Verimatrix is a designer, developer and supplier of semiconductors, embedded software and platforms for secure transactions and digital security. Verimatrix was founded in 1995 and is based in Meyreuil, France.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Semiconductors) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2016) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-07 Metaforic

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Metaforic Ltd. is a developer of software obfuscation [1] technologies and encryption-related security software for a variety of industries, including the mobile payment and mobile banking markets.

Buy $12M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-08-28 Meontrust Oy

Oulu, Finland

Meontrust Oy is a provider of authentication service for small and medium sized online services. Meontrust was founded in 2010 is based in Oulu, Finland.

Buy -
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