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Mergers & Acquisitions
EarthLink acquired New Edge Networks, a Vancouver, WA based provider of secure multi-site managed data networks and dedicated Internet access for businesses and communications carriers, for $144 million.
MKS Instruments, a Wilmington, MA worldwide provider of monitoring and control technologies for improving productivity in semiconductor and other advanced manufacturing processes, acquired Umetrics, a Swedish provider of software products and services to scientists and engineers to help investigate and optimize complex products and processes, for an undisclosed amount.
NetQoS, an Austin, TX based provider of solutions to optimize the performance of applications running over wide area networks, acquired Pine Mountain Group (PMG), an Orangevale, CA based provider of result-oriented network analysis training, troubleshooting, and documentation services, for an undisclosed amount.
Funding
AirTight Networks – Mountain View, CA; a provider of wireless perimeter security; $12 million; Series B; Trident Capital, Blueprint Ventures, Granite Ventures, Siemens Venture Capital, Walden International.
Amp’d Mobile – Aliso Viejo, CA; a mobile entertainment company created specifically to bring next-generation broadband wireless services and applications to young adults; $50 million; Corporate Round; MTV Networks.
Beceem Communications – Santa Clara, CA; a provider of chipsets for Mobile WiMAX technology; $20 million; Series C; Samsung Ventures America, AmBex Venture Group, Global Catalyst Partners, Individuals, KTB Ventures, Mitsui Incubase, Sequoia Capital, Walden International.
BridgeWave Communications – Santa Clara, CA; a supplier of multi-gigabit wireless solutions; $7 million; Series 2; Cipio Partners.
Commerciant – Houston, TX; a developer of payment processing technology for wireless handheld devices; $500K; Series A; Advantage Capital Partners.
Cornice – Longmont, CO; a developer of consumer storage solutions; $75 million; Series C; Caisse de Depot et placement du Quebec, BA Venture Partners (BAVP), BlueRun Ventures, VantagePoint Venture Partners.
Fabric7 Systems – Mountain View, CA; a developer of equipment for enterprise data center systems; $13.4 million; round not specified; Foundation Capital, Goldman Sachs Group, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Sanmina-SCI, Selby Venture Partners, Vanguard Ventures.
Impinj – Seattle, WA; a fabless semiconductor company; $26.5 million; round not specified; GF Private Equity, ARCH Venture Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Mobius Venture Capital, Polaris Venture Partners, Unilever Ventures, UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, VentureTech Alliance, Viterbi Group.
IPeria – Burlington, MA; a developer of messaging and communications software for VoIP; $5 million; round not specified; Friedli Corporate Finance.
Lumics – Berlin, Germany; a manufacturer of laser modules; $6.6 million; Series B; Earlybird Venture Capital, eCAPITAL New Technologies Fonds.
Oakley Networks – Salt Lake City, UT; a developer of information leakage detection and prevention solutions; $16.8 million; Series A; Fidelity Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Plenoptics – Edinburgh, Scotland; a developer of software that can make detailed 3D graphic models of large objects; $532K; Series B; Sigma Technology Group.
Redfern Integrated Optics – Santa Clara, CA; a developer and manufacturer of low-cost, high-performance optical transmitters for telecommunications, data transmission and other markets; $2.2 million; Series C; GE Capital Equity Capital Group, Jolimont Ventures.
Red-M – Buckinghamshire, UK; a developer of wireless networking solutions; $8.1 million; round not specified; Pi Capital, Apax Partners, Interregnum, Octopus Asset Management.
Sequence Design – Santa Clara, CA; a provider of power and signal integrity software for the nanometer chip design; $5.3 million; round not specified; Focus Ventures, First Plaza Group Trust, GM Capital, IVP, Lake Street Capital, Menlo Ventures, Sigma Partners.
Spodradio – Berlin, Germany; a provider of a software player that allows users to view, download and play multimedia content on their cell phones; $2.3 million; Series A; BayTech Venture Capital.
Telsima – Santa Clara, CA; a developer of converged network solutions; $20 million; Series C; CMEA Ventures, JAFCO Investment (Asia Pacific), New Enterprise Associates (NEA), NewPath Ventures.
3am Labs – Woburn, MA; a provider of remote access and administration services; $10 million; Series B; Polaris Venture Partners, 3TS Venture Partners, Integral Capital Partners, Prism Venture Partners.
Visual Sciences – Dundee, Scotland; an independent video game developer; $532K; Series A; Sigma Technology Group.
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IPO Pricings
Spansion, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPSN)
Sunnyvale, CA
Joint venture between Advanced Micro Devices and Fujitsu to make and market flash memory devices.
Date of Offering: 12/16/05
Offer Price: $12.00
Closing Price as of 12/16/05: $13.55
Executive Moves
Aicent, a San Jose based provider of mobile data network services and solutions for global mobile operators, named Kallen Chan as VP &CFO. Chan was formerly CFO at Atrua Technologies.
Arkeia, a Carlsbad, CA based provider of enterprise-class backup and restore solutions focused on Linux for heterogeneous environments, named Alain Pechon as CEO. Pechon was formerly CEO of Calendra Software.
ConSentry Networks, a Milpitas, CA based provider of secure networking solutions for LANs, named Jim Buckley as CFO. Buckley was formerly CFO at Airespace.
Discera, a San Jose based fabless analog semiconductor company, named Gene Jakubowski as VP of Sales and Venkat Bahl as VP of Marketing. Jakubowski was formerly VP of Sales at Xytrans. Bahl was formerly VP of Marketing at Ember.
ESilicon, a Sunnyvale, CA based fabless supplier of custom integrated circuits, named Jim Lindstrom as CFO. Lindstrom was formerly VP & CFO at Ammocore Technology.
NeoScale Systems, a Milpitas, CA based storage security company, named Andrew Moley as CFO. Moley was formerly CFO at Inkra Networks.
NextIO, an Austin, TX based developer of chips for enterprise-class computer servers, named Richard Warwick as VP of Engineering & Operations. Warwick was formerly VP of Engineering & Operations at NovusEdge.
SkyPilot Networks, a Santa Clara, CA based provider of carrier-class mesh networking systems, named David Robertson as CFO, Marty Hahnfeld as SVP of Sales, Wes Schaefer as VP of Business Development and Allen Adolph as VP of Operations. Robertson was formerly VP and CFO at Narus. Hahnfeld was formerly President & CEO of HyperEdge. Schaefer was formerly employed by Airespace. Adolph was formerly employed by Aperto Networks.
Solarflare Communications, an Irvine, CA based fabless semiconductor company, named Jim Perrott as VP of Sales & Business Development, Tim Heenan as VP of Operations and Bruce Tolley as Director of Marketing. Perrott was formerly VP of Worldwide Sales and Heenan was formerly VP of Operations for Applied Micro Circuits. Tolley was formerly a Senior Product Line Manager at Cisco.
TeraChip, a Palo Alto, CA based fabless semiconductor company providing high-performance switch fabrics, named Bob Frostholm as VP of Worldwide Sales and Derek Granath as VP of Marketing. Frostholm was formerly VP of Sales & Marketing at Mysticom. Granath was formerly Director of Product Marketing & Management at Brocade Communications
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