Palo Alto Investment Bank Bulking Up Its Staff
By Lindsay Riddell
San Francisco Business Times
January 27, 2012, Palo Alto, CA:
Palo Alto-based mid-market investment bank Woodside Capital Partners has added nine employees since the beginning of the year, doubling the size of its software and Internet …
Woodside Capital Partners Advises CIP On Its Sale to Huawei
January 25, 2012, Palo Alto, CA: Woodside Capital Partners International LLC is pleased to announce that it acted as financial advisor to Integrated Photonics Ltd (CIP), a world-leading photonics research laboratory.
About Huawei:
Huawei is a leading global information …
Woodside Capital Partners Doubles Size of Software & Internet Services Team With Senior Investment Banking Talent
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 banking team. Tricia Salinero, Ron Heller, and Kirk Bloede …
Woodside Capital Partners Hosts The Better Acquisitions Gathering 2012
“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 pleased to announce that it is hosting the 2012 …
Woodside Capital Partners Launches Institutional Research Group
“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 serving buyside institutional investors and industry executives. WCP Research …
Top Dealmakers From Top Acquirers Brought Together
“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 Gathering brought together 90 executives including CEO’s from leading venture-backed …
Samplify raises $11.2M round for analog chips that can cut electronics costs
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 analog chips that can make the processing of real world …
Woodside Capital Partners UK advises ClearSpeed Ltd on the sale of its IP assets
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 a USA, NASDAQ listed company. The transaction included the …
A Comparison Between European and U.S. Venture Capital Industries
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 continent you’re on, the process of raising venture …
Woodside Capital Partners acts as a financial advisor to SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc.,
November 11, 2010, Palo Alto, CA; Woodside Capital Partners International LLC is pleased to announce that it acted as a financial advisor to SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc., a Mississippi-based manufacturer of high-voltage silicon-carbide (SiC) semiconductor devices, on its recent strategic investment …
Woodside Capital Partners Advises Yardbarker on its Sale to News Corporation / Fox Sports
November 4, 2010, Palo Alto, CA: Woodside Capital Partners International LLC is pleased to announce that it acted as financial advisor to Yardbarker on its recent sale to News Corporation / Fox Sports.
About Yardbarker
Yardbarker is the largest network …
Woodside Capital Partners Advises ChipSensors on its Sale to Silicon Laboratories
November 1, 2010, Palo Alto, CA; Woodside Capital Partners International LLC is pleased to announce that it acted as a financial advisor to ChipSensors in its recent sale to Silicon Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB)
About Silicon Labs
Silicon Laboratories is …
Silicon Valley’s elite come out for tech awards
The SDForum, a technology-industry nonprofit, has been around for decades. Its awards are like the Oscars of tech, honoring people who it deems visionaries. This year’s event was held at the the chateau home of Kelly Porter of Woodside Capital.…
Woodside Capital Partners Advises Samplify Systems on its Financing from IDT
June 18, 2010, Palo Alto, CA; Woodside Capital Partners International LLC is pleased to announce that it acted as a financial advisor to Samplify Systems, a leader in compression technology for sampled data, on its strategic investment from IDT (NASDAQ: …
Banker uses ‘sultan’s tent’ to woo startups
Investment banker Kelly Porter, who has bought, sold and grown dozens of technology companies in Silicon Valley, has a unique way of finding his next deal: He invites CEOs of startups to his $28 million mansion for dinner.
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Woodside Capital Partners Advises iWatt on the Sale of IKOR Division
Woodside Capital Partners Advises iWatt on the divestiture of its IKOR Advanced Power Solutions Division
May 17, 2010, Palo Alto, CA; Woodside Capital Partners International LLC is pleased to announce that it acted as a financial advisor to iWatt on …
Woodside Capital Partners Advises Silicon Clocks on its Sale to Silicon Labs
May 10, 2010, Palo Alto, CA: Woodside Capital Partners International LLC is pleased to announce that it acted as financial advisor to Silicon Clocks on its recent sale to Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB)
About Silicon Clocks
Silicon Clocks, a fabless semiconductor …
10 Digital M&A Deals For 2010
As Published in TechCrunch
Kelly Porter, Woodside Capital Partners
At WCP we take pride in our industry knowledge and were gratified to have been selected by the largest internet-related tech blog, TechCrunch, with approximately 2.5 million subscribers, to be the …
Woodside Capital Partners Advises Packet Island on its Sale to BroadSoft
October 14th 2009, Palo Alto, CA: Woodside Capital Partners International LLC is pleased to announce that it acted as financial advisor to Packet Island in its recent sale to BroadSoft.
About Packet Island
Packet Island is a pioneer of SaaS-based …
Woodside Capital Partners Advises ARC International on its Sale to Virage Logic
October 13th 2009, Palo Alto, CA: Woodside Capital Partners LLC is pleased to announce that it acted as financial advisor to publicly held ARC International plc (LSE: ARK) in its recent sale to Virage Logic Corporation (NASDAQ:VIRL). The all-cash transaction …
Woodside Capital Partners Advises Silicon Clocks on its $10.3M Series C Financing Led By Silicon Labs and Premier VC Firms
June 18, 2009, Palo Alto, CA: Woodside Capital Partners LLC is pleased to announce that it acted as financial advisor to Silicon Clocks, a leader in integrated timing solutions for electronic systems, on its recently completed $10.3M Series C financing. …