Laurie Yoler to Take Role as SVP of Business Development at Qualcomm
The GrowthPoint team would like to congratulate Laurie Yoler, one of our Managing Directors, on her new role as SVP of Business Development at Qualcomm. Laurie will be transitioning from GrowthPoint to Qualcomm on March...
GrowthPoint Acted as Exclusive Financial Advisor to Sunpower on its Acquisition by AMETEK, Inc.
GrowthPoint Technology Partners, LLC acted as the financial advisor to Sunpower, Inc. in its sale to AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME), a $10 billion industrial technology conglomerate. Headquartered in Athens, OH, Sunpower, Inc. designs and develops high...
Roundup on Q4 2012 & some interesting M&A Deals
We hope you had a great 4th quarter and holiday break! We had a busy quarter at GrowthPoint, closing one M&A transaction, building up our video knowledge base, and adding a new wave of high...
GrowthPoint Acted as Financial Advisor to Mozes on its Acquisition by ePrize
PLEASANT RIDGE, MI–(Marketwire – Jan 16, 2013) – ePrize, a global leader in engagement for mobile, social, and web campaigns — and the largest provider of interactive promotions — today announced the acquisition of Mozes, a...
GrowthPoint’s Quarterly GrowthPoints for Q3 2012
Dear Friends of GrowthPoint, We hope you had a nice summer! After a difficult Q2, this quarter saw stocks recoup their losses despite sluggish growth in employment and business investment. The technology M&A market saw...
GrowthPoint Acted as Exclusive Financial Advisor to Distra on its Acquisition by ACI Worldwide
GrowthPoint Technology Partners, LLC acted as the financial advisor to Distra in their sale to ACI Worldwide, a leading international provider of payment systems. The USD $48.75 million cash transaction closed September 13, 2012. Financial...
GrowthPoint Acted as Exclusive Financial Advisor to Open Kernel Labs on its Acquisition by General Dynamics
GrowthPoint Technology Partners acted as the financial advisor to Open Kernel Labs, Inc. (“OK Labs”) in their sale to General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). The closing of the transaction was announced September 10, 2012. OK Labs...
GrowthPoint Announces Opening Of A London Office
London – GrowthPoint Technology Partners LLC today announced that it has opened an office in London, United Kingdom. GrowthPoint is a technology investment bank with a global footprint, offering advisory services to innovative technology companies....
GrowthPoint has opened an office in Tel Aviv, Israel
GrowthPoint Technology Partners, LLC, an investment bank that is headquartered in Silicon Valley, announced today that it has opened an office in Tel Aviv, Israel. Mr. Adoram Gaash, who recently joined GrowthPoint as a Managing...
GrowthPoint is now on Twitter…
Stay in the loop with our upcoming events, market analysis, and videos. See Our Tweets. Follow us at @GrowthPointTech. Who are we? GrowthPoint Technology Partners provides research-driven and relationship-focused corporate finance expertise, exclusively to publicly...
Presentation to Nordic Venture Capital Tour on cross-border M&A trends (May 2012)
Of special interest is our original research on M&A cross-border flows, especially from the acquisitions between companies in the US and EU. Also, we have outlined some of the largest overall acquirers. Download this presentation...
Valuation Timing
In the Technology M&A business, we often meet fast-growing companies that have reached a critical “growth point.” In fact, we consider this to be such an interesting and increasingly relevant time in a company’s lifecycle...
GrowthPoint Acted as Exclusive Financial Advisor to Nanda Technologies on its Acquisition by Nanometrics
We wanted to update our friends in the Semiconductor Capital Equipment Industry on our most recent completed transaction in the space: Nanda Technologies acquired by Nanometrics, Inc. — On November 22, 2011 we closed the...
GrowthPoint Acted as Exclusive Financial Advisor to enStratus on its investment by El Dorado Ventures
Funding led by El Dorado Ventures enables the company to expand the team and extend leadership in enterprise cloud management Minneapolis, MN – enStratus announced today that the company has closed on $3.5M in Series A...
GrowthPoint Acted as Exclusive Financial Advisor to Enxsuite on its Acquisition by Infor
Atlanta, GA – Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, today announced it has acquired the ENXSuite product line. A natural complement to Infor10 EAM‘s convergence of energy and asset management,...
GrowthPoint Acted as Exclusive Financial Advisor to Crescendo Networks on its Acquisition by f5
Crescendo’s core engineering team joins F5, bolsters company’s ADN expertise Seattle, WA – F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), today announced that it has acquired the intellectual property assets of Crescendo Networks....
Qualcomm Acquires Gesture Recognition Assets from GestureTek
San Diego, CA – Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that it has acquired certain assets from GestureTek, a developer of gesture recognition technology. A leader in the gesture recognition field, GestureTek has more than 25 years...
Intalio Completes Financing to Advance Its Private Cloud Business Applications
Intalio Adds VMware as Strategic Investor Palo Alto CA – PRNewswire via COMTEX – Intalio, Inc., the leader in private cloud applications, today announced a new round of venture financing that will enable the company to...
Zeus Acquires German-based Web Application Firewall Company art of defence
Increasing Demand for Innovative Web Application Security in the Cloud is the Driving Force behind the Acquisition Cambridge, UK – Zeus Technology, the pioneers of Application Delivery Controller software, today announced it has purchased the assets...
KIT digital Acquires Kyte, Signaling Era of Video-Driven Social Media
Prague, Czech Republic and New York, NY – KIT digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: KITD), a leading global provider of cloud-based video asset management solutions (VAMS) for multi-screen delivery, has acquired San Francisco-based Kyte. KIT digital acquired privately-held...