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Top Fabless Funding Deals

Following is an overview of the top fabless funding deals in recent years (2000-2003). For more information on Fabless Fundings, see the FSA’s Fabless Fundings Report.

2003 Top Funding Deals
Month Funded Company Location Amount
($M)		 Round Investors
March Matrix Semiconductor California $52.0 5 TeleSoft Partners, Benchmark Capital Europe, Integral Capital Partners, Seagate Technology, Benchmark Capital, Skymoon Ventures, Western Technology Investment
August Alien Technology California $38.0 5 Lago Ventures Fund, Forsythe Technology, H&S Ventures, Manhattan Associates Inc., Sevin Rosen Funds, Rho Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, CMEA Ventures, First Analysis, Equitek, Digital Bandwidth, Dow Chemical
October TelASIC Communications California $35.0 3 Raytheon Co., ComVentures, Mission Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Agilent Technologies
April Intrinsity Texas $35.0 3 Adams Capital Management
August Fortinet California $30.0 4 Redpoint Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners
February Ikanos California $30.0 4 Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, Intel Capital, J.P. Morgan Partners, Presidio Venture Partners, Ridgewood Capital, Telesoft Partners, VentureTech Alliance, Walden International
October Entropic Communications California $29.4 2 Anthem Venture Partners, China Development Industrial Bank, Cisco Systems, CMEA Ventures, Comcast Interactive Capital, The Dow Employees Pension Plan, Intel, Liberty Associated Partners, Mission Ventures, Motorola, Panasonic, Redpoint Ventures, Revolution Ventures, Time Warner, YAS Broadband Ventures
 
2002 Top Funding Deals
Month Funded Company Location Amount
($M)		 Round Investors
February Mellanox Technologies, Inc. California $56.0 4 Bessemer Venture Partners, Banc of America Securities, China Development Investment Bank, Dell Computer Corp, Gemini Israel Funds, Jerusalem Global Ventures, JNI Corporation, Quanta Computers, Sun Microsystems Inc., Walden Israel Venture Capital
January Primarion Arizona $47.0 3 Lehman Brothers, Accel Partners, APV Technology Partners, Intel Capital, Intersil Corporation, Kock Ventures
December SiGe Semiconductor Canada $42.8 Undisc. Undisclosed
June PortalPlayer California $42.0 4 J.P. Morgan Partners, Investcorp International, Shamrock Capital Advisors, CIBC World Markets, Linear Technology Corporation, LSI Logic Corporation, the Band of Angels Fund, Thomas Spiegel, Portal Partners
February Legerity Texas $40.0 Undisc. Undisclosed
April Magis Networks California $40.0 2 AOL Time Warner Ventures, Hitachi, Motorola, Panasonic, SANYO, Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc., Bay Partners, Crescendo Ventures, WK Technology Fund, China Development Industrial Bank
 
2001 Top Funding Deals
Month Funded Company Location Amount
($M)		 Round Investors
August Accelerant Networks Texas $104.3 4 Mohr Davidow Ventures, Worldview Technology Partners
January Network Elements Oregon $77.0 2 New Enterprise Associates
January Terawave Communications Texas $73.0 3 Undisclosed
March Atheros Communications California $66.7 3 Fidelity Management & Research, Bowman Capital, Evercore Ventures, Levensohn Capital Management, Mitsubishi International, Presidio Venture Partners, Proxim, Sumitomo, TDK
January NetLogic Microsystems California $54.0 2 Sevin Rosen Funds, GlobalLink One Capital, Hallador Venture Partners, J&W Seligman & Company, UMC
 
2000 Top Funding Deals
Month Funded Company Location Amount
($M)		 Round Investors
April Transmeta California $88.0 7 ABS Ventures, AOL Time Warner, Compal Electronics, Compaq Computer Corporation, Novus Ventures, Samsung, Quanta Computer, Sony Corporation, Vulcan, Inc.
October VxTel California $62.0 3 Bowman Capital Management, Capital Research and Management, Undisclosed
August Silicon Wave, Inc. California $56.7 7 3Com Ventures, Alps Electric Company Limited, Ampersand Ventures, Benaroya Capital Company, Global Technology Group Ventures, Intersil Corporation, J&W Seligman & Company, J.P. Morgan Partners, JMG Triton, Japan Asia Investment, Mitsubishi Corporation, Nexus Group LLC, SIDUS, Sands Brothers & Co., Senvest International, Signal Lake Venture Fund, Velocity Capital Management
September Silicon Access Networks California $56.0 7 Comdisco Ventures, DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, Intel Capital, Morgan Stanley Private Equity, Norwest Venture Partners, Pivotal Asset Management, Raza Foundries, Soros Fund Management, Sprout Group, Synopsys, Tallwood Venture Capital
February EmpowerTel Networks California $54.0 3 Undisclosed

Fabless Acquisitions

Totals for Fabless Merger & Acquisition activity from 2000 - 2003 are listed below. For more information on Fabless Mergers & Acquisitions, see the FSA’s Global Fabless Financials Report.

2003 - $2.7 Billion
2002 - $1.1 Billion
2001 - $4.4 Billion
2000 - $22 Billion

 
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