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Woodside Capital Partners Advises COGO Optronics Inc. Canadian Subsidiary on Acquisition by TeraXion Inc.

Posted on April 25th, 2013 · Posted in Uncategorized

April 24, 2013, Palo Alto, CA - Woodside Capital Partners International LLC announces that it acted as financial advisor to COGO Optronics Canadian Subsidiary, a leader in optical components and modules,.. read more

Woodside Capital Partner’s Perspective on the Next Generation Data Center

Posted on March 25th, 2013 · Posted in News

Read about the implications of new technologies which enable these Next Generation Data Centers and where they will be adopted as well as where more traditional approaches are likely to continue to be.. read more

Woodside Capital Partners Advises FibeRio® on strategic investment financing by SABIC and Aster Capital

Posted on March 7th, 2013 · Posted in News, Press Release

March 7, 2013, Palo Alto, CA - Woodside Capital Partners International LLC announces that it acted as financial advisor to FibeRio, the developer and manufacturer of Forcespinning® nanofiber production systems, on a.. read more

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MASiV 2013 Surfaces Year’s Top M&A Trends

Posted on February 13th, 2013 · Posted in Events, News, Silicon Valley

MASiV 2013 Surfaces Year’s Top M&A Trends Woodside Capital Partners’ Annual Event Attracts Top Silicon Valley M&A Executives, Venture Capitalists, and Entrepreneurs  PALO ALTO, CA, February 13, 2013 – More emerging.. read more

WCP Research Managing Director speaks at ITEXPO’s SDN Pre-conference

Posted on January 31st, 2013 · Posted in blog, News

PALO ALTO, CA, January 24, 2013 — Woodside Capital Partners, a global, independent investment bank, today announced that Sean Blakley, managing director of WCP Research, will speak at two sessions.. read more

Application Delivery Controller Market Update January 2013

Posted on January 28th, 2013 · Posted in blog, Research

Next Generation Application Delivery Controller (ADC) equipment continues to provide significant growth opportunities. Learn about what’s driving and accelerating the demand for ADCs in WCP’s Jan 2013 Banking Research Report:.. read more

WCP Electronics Banking Research Report – Software Defined Networking

Posted on August 22nd, 2012 · Posted in News, Uncategorized

SDN gains significant momentum in Q3-2012. Get informed on the Software Defined Networking key trends and take-aways in WCP’s August 2012 Banking Research Report: Software Defined Networking – Moving Towards.. read more

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Woodside Capital Partners Advises ASPEX Semiconductor on its Sale to Ericsson

Posted on August 14th, 2012 · Posted in News, Uncategorized

July 31, 2012 Palo Alto, CA — Woodside Capital Partners International LLC is pleased to announce that it acted as a financial advisor to ASPEX Semiconductor, a leader in semiconductor.. read more

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Silicon Valley executives meet at Stonebrook Court

Posted on July 31st, 2012 · Posted in News, Uncategorized

On June 28 Woodside Capital Partners hosted a cocktail reception attended by more than 100 senior executives, VCs and entrepreneurs, including some of the top companies and firms in Silicon.. read more

Rudy Burger

Apple to acquire AuthenTec, Inc.

Posted on July 27th, 2012 · Posted in blog

July 27, 2012 Apple Inc. (NasdaqGS:AAPL) agreed to acquire AuthenTec, Inc. (NasdaqGM:AUTH) for approximately $360 million today. Authentec’s Smart Sensor Solutions group designs, develops, and sells fingerprint sensor semiconductors and.. read more

WCP Software and Internet Services Research Report – Cloud Strategy

Posted on June 20th, 2012 · Posted in News, Uncategorized

Click link below to access the: Oracle SAP Cloud Strategy – June 2012

WCP Electronics Banking Research Report – Carrier WiFi

Posted on June 11th, 2012 · Posted in News, Uncategorized

Click link below to access the: WCP Banking Research Report – June 2012

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Woodside Capital Partners Advises IRIS Distribution, Leading Digital Music Distributor, in Merger with The Orchard

Posted on June 7th, 2012 · Posted in News, Uncategorized

June 7, 2012, Palo Alto, CA– Woodside Capital Partners International LLC announces that it acted as financial advisor to IRIS Distribution, leading digital music distribution company, in its merger with.. read more

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Woodside Capital Partners Advises Social Software Maker, Socialtext on Strategic Investment from Bedford Funding

Posted on June 1st, 2012 · Posted in News, Uncategorized

June 1, 2012, Palo Alto, CA — Woodside Capital Partners International LLC announces that it acted as financial advisor to Socialtext, an enterprise social software provider, in a strategic investment.. read more

WCP Electronics Banking Research Report – OTT Video

Posted on May 15th, 2012 · Posted in News, Uncategorized

Click link below to access the: Electronics Banking Research Report – May 2012

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Hostile M&A Offer Signals Hopeful Inflection Point?

Posted on April 19th, 2012 · Posted in Life Sciences Blog

April 19, 2012: Today, Human Genome Sciences (HGSI) rejected an unsolicited hostile takeover offer by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) even though it carried an 81% premium. In fact, the market is now.. read more

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Woodside Capital Partners Advises Top Digital Marketing Agency, LSF Network, Inc. in Merger with Geary Group

Posted on April 18th, 2012 · Posted in News, Uncategorized

April 18, 2012, Palo Alto, CA — Woodside Capital Partners International LLC announce that it acted as financial advisor to the merger of LSF Network, Inc., a global online marketing.. read more

WCP Banking Research Report – Oracle In-Depth

Posted on April 3rd, 2012 · Posted in News, Uncategorized

Click link below to access the: WCP Software Banking Research Report

Woodside Capital Partners Doubles Size of Software & Internet Services Team With Senior Investment Banking Talent

Posted on January 18th, 2012 · Posted in News

January 18, 2012, Palo Alto, CA: Woodside Capital Partners International LLC is pleased to announce the addition of three new senior M&A advisors to its global software and internet services.. read more

Woodside Capital Partners Hosts The Better Acquisitions Gathering 2012

Posted on January 10th, 2012 · Posted in News

“Meeting of Top Acquirers in Software and Internet Services, Top Venture Capitalists, CEOs” Palo Alto, CA – January 10, 2012 – Woodside Capital Partners, a global technology investment bank, is.. read more

Woodside Capital Partners Launches Institutional Research Group

Posted on January 9th, 2012 · Posted in News

“WCP Launches Technology Research Group” Palo Alto, CA. January, 9, 2012. Woodside Capital Partners, a global technology investment bank is pleased to announce the launch of its technology research group.. read more

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Predictions for 2012 Technology M&A

Posted on December 13th, 2011 · Posted in blog

December 12, 2011 Gather ye round and hoist a glass to wash down the following bold and soon-to-be-forgotten prognostications for 2012. Year 2011 was a busy one for some industry.. read more

Rudy Burger

Who Should Apple Buy?

Posted on September 8th, 2011 · Posted in blog

September 7, 2011 With $76B in cash on its balance sheet, Apple Computer (NASDAQ: AAPL) is sitting on a huge war chest with which to make a game-changing move. Apple.. read more

Rudy Burger

Corporate Cash Stockpiles Driving M&A

Posted on July 31st, 2011 · Posted in blog

July 31, 2011 In the first half of 2011, the total value of M&A transactions in the United States rose 39% from the same period a year earlier, according to.. read more

Rudy Burger

When to Sell Your Company

Posted on June 22nd, 2011 · Posted in blog

June 22, 2011 The answer, all too often, is about a year ago. More often than not, privately funded technology firms miss the optimal jumping-off point and get swept over.. read more

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Microsoft Buys Skype

Posted on May 26th, 2011 · Posted in blog

May 26, 2011 Microsoft’s recent acquisition of Skype for $8.5 billion represented the largest buy to-date for the Redmond, Washington giant, and a number of observers have noted that Microsoft.. read more

Top Dealmakers From Top Acquirers Brought Together

Posted on March 30th, 2011 · Posted in News

“Better Acquisitions Gathering 2011″ January 13, 2011 – As part of its on-going thought-leadership initiatives in technology investment banking, Woodside Capital Partners today hosted the “Better Acquisitions Gathering 2011”. The.. read more

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Samplify raises $11.2M round for analog chips that can cut electronics costs

Posted on March 7th, 2011 · Posted in News

Chip startups are rare these days. But Samplify Systems has managed to raise another round of $11.2 million in funding for its analog chip design business. The company focuses on.. read more

ClearSpeed Sale of Patents

Woodside Capital Partners UK advises ClearSpeed Ltd on the sale of its IP assets

Posted on February 8th, 2011 · Posted in London, News, Sale of Company

February 8, 2011, WCP (UK) Ltd, is pleased to announce that it recently acted as the financial advisor to ClearSpeed Ltd for the sale of its intellectual property assets to.. read more

A Comparison Between European and U.S. Venture Capital Industries

Posted on February 1st, 2011 · Posted in News

According to an article in the Independent (UK), 84 percent of participants at a recent biotech conference in Monaco cited “funding” as the biotechnology industry’s biggest challenge. No matter which.. read more