For innovative, enabling companies, their strategic value is often far greater than the value defined by their stand-alone financial performance as a smaller, independent company. It is important to capture this strategic value. This objective has become a foundational paradigm underlying our work, and a key to the very high valuations we have obtained.
Google - Shareholder liquidity, acquisition
Client was a developer of real-time voice and video collaboration software
Drove the M&A process resulting in the acquisition by Google
ARM - Shareholder liquidity, acquisition
Client was a developer of a 3D graphics semiconductor core for mobile phones
Drove the M&A process resulting in the acquisition by ARM Holdings in the UK
Intel | Nordic Edge - Shareholder liquidity, acquisition
Client developed and deployed federated identity and access management for Single Sign-On pertaining to cloud services
Drove the M&A process resulting in the acquisition by Intel
Oracle - Shareholder liquidity, acquisition
Client was a developer of enterprise software in the telco sector
Drove the M&A process resulting in the acquisition by Oracle
TPG | Isola Corporation - Mid-size company turnaround and sale
A leading supplier of PCB substrate materials; 3 plants in US + others int'l
Restructured, turned around financial performance
Company successfully sold to TPG
ViaSat | US Monolithics - Shareholder liquidity, acquisition
Client was an GaAs high-speed RF IC communications solutions company
Backed by a Kleiner Perkins portfolio company
Drove the M&A process resulting in the acquisition by ViaSat
Verifone | Zivelo - Turnaround, teambuilding, and sale
Client was a leading supplier of self-service kiosks
Largest customer was McDonald's (+ airports, theaters, stadiums, etc.)
Operating at a loss longer than planned; needed a turnaround, new mgt team
New team installed, achieved superior profitability
Company successfully sold to Verifone, a Francisco Partners company
Fairchild | Andigilog - Restructure, re-alignment of strategy, financing
Client was a developer of specialized analog IC products
Realigned strategy shifting from services to product revenues
Strategic investment from Fairchild Semiconductor
SpeedFam| IPO - Re-align strategy, turnaround, rapid growth, NASDAQ IPO
An international technology company in semiconductor equipment sector
Created new strategy for rapid growth, implemented successfully
Rapidly grew revenue and earnings
Expanded headcount from 30 to over 600 - excluding sizable joint ventures in Asia
Leading role in NASDAQ IPO and secondary offerings raising over $200 million
Company was subsequently acquired by Novellus
Gemplus| Celo Communications- Shareholder liquidity, acquisition
A software company focused on encryption, communications and authentication
Drove the M&A process resulting in acquisition by Gemplus
Conexant | Oak Technology - Divestiture of a non-core division of a public company
A non-core business unit focused on broadband communications
Structured entity for spin-off
Drove the M&A process resulting in acquisition by Conexant
Symantec | SafeWeb - Shareholder liquidity, acquisition
Web security software platform company
Drove the M&A process resulting in acquisition by Symantec
Logitech | Paradial - Shareholder liquidity, acquisition
Secure communication NAT traversal software
Drove the M&A process resulting in acquisition by Logitech
Principles of the company conducted the transactions listed above while at Legacy Capital Partners or with previous organizations.