Tech Company M&A Transactions

Picolight Acquisition

On 2/27/2007, Picolight was acquired by JDS Uniphase. The transaction price was $125 million.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Acquired By
Announced On
2/27/2007
Transaction Type
M&A
Amount
$125,000,000
M&A Terms
Under the terms of the agreement, JDSU will acquire Picolight for approximately $115 million in JDSU stock, plus up to an additional $10 million in cash subject to the achievement of certain revenue targets during calendar year 2007.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Components
Mailing Address
1480 Arthur Ave
Louisville, CO 80027
USA
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
Picolight Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Colo., is an innovative designer and manufacturer of optical components and vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)-based optical transceivers for high-bandwidth optical systems in rapidly growing data center, enterprise, storage area, and metro networking markets.
Profile
Picolight LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Picolight Company Twitter Account
Company News
Picolight News
Facebook
Picolight on Facebook
YouTube
Picolight on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Steve Hane
  Steve Hane LinkedIn Profile  Steve Hane Twitter Account  Steve Hane News  Steve Hane on Facebook


 

 

Browse more venture capital transactions:

Prev: 2/27/2007: Spadac venture capital transaction
Next: 2/27/2007: Trius Therapeutics venture capital transaction

 

Share this article

 


News on VC Transactions

We do our best to report on every notable VC transaction. VC investment data records reported here are sourced from a variety of public sources. The data comes to us via our partnership with VentureDeal.com, an affiliated venture.

 


Additional Resources for Entrepreneurs

Lists of Venture Capital and Private Equity Firms

Franchise Opportunities

Contributors

Business Glossary