Broadcom

Broadcom is a leading designer, developer, and global supplier of a diverse array of analog and digital semiconductor solutions. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company offers an extensive product portfolio that includes over 6,500 items targeted at various key markets such as wireless communications, wired infrastructure, industrial and automotive electronics, and consumer computing peripherals. Its products are integral to a wide range of applications, including cellular phones, data networking, telecommunications, enterprise storage, renewable energy, and factory automation. Broadcom's offerings range from simple discrete devices to complex subsystems that incorporate multiple device types and firmware, as well as mechanical hardware for optoelectronic and capacitive sensors, contributing to the scalability, agility, and security of business operations.

Michael E. Hurlston

Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mobile Connectivity Products Division

59 past transactions

ConnectALL

Acquisition in 2023
ConnectALL is a software company that provides an integration platform designed to enhance business agility and speed. The company offers an enterprise-class solution that unifies teams, processes, and data, facilitating synchronization across various functions. This integration helps clients accelerate software development and fosters improved collaboration among stakeholders. By streamlining operations, ConnectALL aims to empower organizations to respond more effectively to market demands and optimize their development workflows.

Bay Dynamics

Acquisition in 2019
Bay Dynamics, Inc. specializes in developing automated cybersecurity and risk solutions for enterprises. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers Risk Fabric, a cyber risk analytics platform that processes and analyzes cybersecurity data from organizations to provide actionable risk insights. This platform employs a common data model to ensure a consistent understanding of security and risk across various stakeholders, including executives and security professionals. Bay Dynamics focuses on key areas such as insider threats, asset risk, operational visibility, and communication at the executive level. Its technology enables large organizations to identify, prioritize, and mitigate critical cyber risks by visualizing and analyzing security data, thus enhancing decision-making processes. The company's solutions are utilized by Fortune 50 customers, reinforcing its reputation as a leader in the cybersecurity analytics space. As of late 2019, Bay Dynamics operates as a subsidiary of Broadcom Inc.

Symantec

Acquisition in 2019
Symantec is a security software suite developed by Broadcom Inc., offering anti-malware, anti-intrusion, and firewall features for server and desktop computers. It serves as a website certification service provider, enabling organizations, governments, and individuals to safeguard sensitive data from advanced threats across endpoints, cloud, and infrastructure. The enterprise security business of Symantec was sold to Broadcom by NortonLifeLock in 2019. Additionally, Symantec Ventures partners with startups at various growth stages, focusing on innovative solutions to address future cybersecurity challenges.

Symantec

Acquisition in 2019
Symantec is a security software suite developed by Broadcom Inc., offering anti-malware, anti-intrusion, and firewall features for server and desktop computers. It serves as a website certification service provider, enabling organizations, governments, and individuals to safeguard sensitive data from advanced threats across endpoints, cloud, and infrastructure. The enterprise security business of Symantec was sold to Broadcom by NortonLifeLock in 2019. Additionally, Symantec Ventures partners with startups at various growth stages, focusing on innovative solutions to address future cybersecurity challenges.

ARGON DESIGN LTD

Acquisition in 2019
Argon Design develops innovative electronic and software products for customers ranging from start-ups to some of the biggest names in tech.

MagnaCom

Acquisition in 2016
MagnaCom, Ltd. is a technology company specializing in advanced modulation technology known as WAM, which addresses global spectrum congestion and the increasing demand for bandwidth. Founded in 2013 and based in Petach-Tikvah, Israel, with operations in the United States, MagnaCom offers WAM-RX, an ultra-sensitive Wi-Fi receiver that enhances the power, range, and speed of Wi-Fi devices. The WAM technology is versatile and applicable across various wired and wireless systems, including cellular networks, satellite communications, cable television, DSL modems, and fiber infrastructure. The company has gathered a team of experts from notable firms such as Broadcom and Motorola Mobility, focusing on providing solutions for carriers, handset manufacturers, and communication IC vendors seeking to optimize bandwidth usage and improve performance in their products.

e-Share

Seed Round in 2014
e-Share provides a secure collaboration platform that allows users to share sensitive information with external parties while maintaining control over their data. The platform enables the creation of SmartURLs that govern access permissions according to predefined policies, offering features such as download restrictions, expiration dates, watermarks, and branding options to enhance user trust. It integrates seamlessly with cloud-based applications like GSuite and Office 365, allowing for online document editing. Additionally, the e-Share Bot facilitates secure sharing within Microsoft Teams, ensuring compliance in external communications. e-Share Secure Mail is a pioneering product that enables secure messaging without the need for new software or plugins, utilizing existing email services with enhanced security measures such as SPF and DKIM signatures. The platform employs advanced key management and military-grade encryption to protect data both at rest and in transit. It is entirely cloud-based, aiming to provide a user-friendly experience for senders, recipients, and administrators alike.

Javelin Semiconductor

Acquisition in 2013
Javelin Semiconductor is an innovator of high performance, mixed-signal ICs for wireless communications. Developed by a world-class engineering team, Javelin's products are implemented in a standard CMOS process technology. Javelin was founded in 2007 and is based in Austin, Texas.

CyOptics

Acquisition in 2013
CyOptics, Inc. is engaged in the design, development, and marketing of Indium Phosphide (InP) optical chips and components, which are essential for access, metro, and long-haul communications systems. The company's product offerings include planar lightwave circuits (PLCs) tailored for optical networks utilized in telecommunications and defense sectors. Additionally, CyOptics produces various optical components such as transmitters, receivers, and modulators, which serve as critical technology enablers for manufacturers of optical sub-assemblies and modules. The company also provides contract design, foundry, and packaging services, alongside radio frequency and optical design, wafer fabrication, and automated assembly and testing services for both telecom and non-telecom applications. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, CyOptics operates InP design and fabrication facilities in Lehigh Valley, a silicon PLC fabrication site in South Plainfield, New Jersey, and automated packaging and testing operations in Matamoros, Mexico.
BroadLogic Network Technologies, Inc. designs and supplies video-processing mixed signal semiconductors for broadband network operators. It offers video-on-demand, digital-video, voice, and high-speed data services to consumers. Its products include TeraPIX, a multi-channel video processor that decodes digital video streams and generates analog and digital service tier, including an analog channel lineup, which enables cable-ready devices, such as televisions, DVRs, and personal computers with tuner cards to view programs. The company also provides Wideband Receiver for new subscriber devices. BroadLogic Network Technologies offers solutions for system operators and manufacturers. It has strategic partnerships with Comcast Interactive Capital, Advance/Newhouse Communications, Cisco, Intel, and Time Warner Investments. BroadLogic Network Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in San Jose, California. It has a development center in Beijing, China.

BroadLight

Acquisition in 2012
BroadLight leads delivery of end-to-end (E2E) Passive Optical Network (PON) technology through its comprehensive and innovative product solutions consisting of highly integrated semiconductor devices, embedded and application software, reference designs and support tools. Their company is delivering complete E2E BPON and GPON component solutions for the central office (CO) and customer premise equipment (CPE). These solutions help equipment companies bring standards-based PON products quickly to service providers and with low risk. BroadLight has been supplying the PON industry with components longer than any other company and is the most experienced in turning up BPON and GPON. As one of the pioneers in GPON, BroadLight's ground-breaking first to market product line is now delivering the majority of today's GPON solutions worldwide.

SCsquare

Acquisition in 2011
SC² is a subsidiary of Nisko Projects & Communications Ltd, established in 1999. SC² is a world leader in the provision of Security Chip and Communication solutions. The company offers a wide variety of solutions meeting the latest security needs.

Provigent

Acquisition in 2011
Provigent Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, specializing in system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for the fixed wireless and cellular infrastructure markets. Founded in 2000, the company develops products such as the PVG610 and PVG610X SoCs, which facilitate broadband wireless transmission and support the transmission of orthogonally polarized signals at the same frequency. Additionally, Provigent offers the PVG310, which integrates baseband functionality for point-to-point wireless systems, alongside development kits like the PVG9610 and PVG350MDK to aid in the development of wireless solutions. The company's offerings are designed for applications including cellular backhaul networks, fixed wireless transmission, and private wireless networks, aiming to simplify operations and enhance internet connectivity.

Gigle Networks

Acquisition in 2010
Gigle Networks is a fabless semiconductor company that specializes in developing system-on-chip integrated circuits for home networking applications. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, with an office in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, the company focuses on providing solutions for multimedia home networking. Their technology enables the extension of both wired and wireless Ethernet throughout homes, eliminating the need for new wiring. This innovative approach enhances connectivity and multimedia distribution within residential environments.

Percello

Acquisition in 2010
Percello is a fabless semiconductor company established in 2007, specializing in digital baseband solutions for the femtocells market, which includes technologies such as 3G, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, and LTE. The company addresses critical challenges such as cost, power consumption, integration levels, development time, and flexibility. Percello's expertise lies in silicon design, software, and communication systems, enabling them to produce complex system-on-chip (SoC) solutions from standard to mass production. Their femtocell technology is designed to enhance indoor coverage where signals are typically weak, thereby increasing capacity and enabling new services in areas with limited or no access. This allows both residential and enterprise customers to maintain connectivity without incurring the high costs associated with traditional fixed infrastructure deployments.

Beceem Communications

Acquisition in 2010
Beceem Communications is a fabless semiconductor company focused on the WiMAX market, providing essential components for mobile broadband communications devices. The company specializes in baseband and radio frequency (RF) chips, along with integrated circuits and reference designs, enabling customers to incorporate its 4G solutions into various end-user devices such as modems, mobile routers, and smartphones. Beceem has established itself as a leader in the industry, achieving milestones such as being the first to market with a pre-WiMAX chipset in 2005 and subsequently releasing the first Wave 1 and Wave 2 mobile WiMAX chipsets in 2006. Their comprehensive hardware and software solutions support a wide range of applications, making them a key player in the development of mobile broadband technologies.
Innovision R&T delivers innovative and market leading ICs for wireless connectivity solutions. Their primary focus is on short-range data communication from one device to another, passive and/or active, with a special emphasis on Near Field Communications (NFC) and RFID solutions.

Tilera

Series C in 2010
Tilera Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company that specializes in designing multicore embedded processors tailored for the networking, digital multimedia, and wireless infrastructure sectors. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Jose, California, with additional locations in Westborough, Massachusetts, and Beijing, China, Tilera offers a range of products including the TILEPro multicore processor, which provides high-performance computing for various embedded applications. The company also develops multicore software development tools and production boards, such as TILExpress PCIe cards, to support its processors. Tilera's innovations aim to meet the processing and power needs of modern digital and wireless infrastructures.

Teknovus

Acquisition in 2010
Teknovus, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor and software solutions company based in Petaluma, California, specializing in access chips and embedded software for the fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) market. The company develops Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) integrated chips designed for both central office and customer premises applications, as well as EPON customer premises equipment. Teknovus also offers TDM transport chips that facilitate circuit emulation on various Ethernet switched networks, alongside evaluation kits aimed at supporting original equipment manufacturers and service providers. Their EPON optical line terminal (OLT) solutions utilize a system-on-a-chip architecture, and the TK3401 Intelligent EPON Node Controller helps service providers adapt to diverse network topologies and subscriber densities. Teknovus markets its products through distributors across the United States, Europe, and China, and maintains additional sales and support centers in Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and San Jose. Founded in 2002, Teknovus focuses on delivering innovative communication chipset solutions for digital broadband networks.

DuneNetworks

Acquisition in 2009
Dune Networks is a fabless semiconductor supplier of networking devices which facilitate the building of Data Center, Enterprise and Carrier Ethernet Switching Platforms. They provide switching solutions which are scalable in capacity, port rate and service schemes, effectively extending the life cycle of packet platforms from 3 years (legacy-based systems) to 10 years and beyond, subsequently revolutionizing the economics of packet network deployment.

Wisair

Series D in 2008
Wisair is a fabless semiconductor company providing single-chip based Ultra Wideband (UWB) and Wireless USB solutions for personal computing, consumer electronics, and mobile devices.

BroadLight

Series E in 2007
BroadLight leads delivery of end-to-end (E2E) Passive Optical Network (PON) technology through its comprehensive and innovative product solutions consisting of highly integrated semiconductor devices, embedded and application software, reference designs and support tools. Their company is delivering complete E2E BPON and GPON component solutions for the central office (CO) and customer premise equipment (CPE). These solutions help equipment companies bring standards-based PON products quickly to service providers and with low risk. BroadLight has been supplying the PON industry with components longer than any other company and is the most experienced in turning up BPON and GPON. As one of the pioneers in GPON, BroadLight's ground-breaking first to market product line is now delivering the majority of today's GPON solutions worldwide.

Global Locate

Acquisition in 2007
Global Locate offers semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. It provides GPS chips, software, and network services. The company's semiconductor solutions bring GPS technology to the mobile wireless devices, including handsets, smartphones, PDAs, and other wireless devices. It offers IndoorGPS Driver Software that runs on the handset or mobile wireless device host processor to provide interfaces to the wireless network, handle assistance data, manage chip communications and control, and provide the location APIs for application development. Global Locate, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Jose, California with offices in New Jersey; Tokyo, Japan; and Madrid, Spain. As of July 12, 2007, Global Locate, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Broadcom Corp.

Octalica

Acquisition in 2007
Octalica Inc is a privately held semiconductor company based in Israel with headquarters in the US. The company develops a highly-integrated chipset for high speed home multimedia networking over existing coax infrastructure.

LVL7 Systems

Acquisition in 2006
LVL7 Systems, Inc. provides networking software solutions. It offers FASTPATH, a production-ready networking software, which is used by original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers to implement Internet protocol and ethernet products. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina. As of January 3, 2007, LVL7 Systems, Inc. is a subsidiary of Broadcom Corp.

Sandburst

Acquisition in 2006
Sandburst Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in innovative technologies for designing complex integrated circuits. The company focuses on developing very-large-scale integration (VLSI) solutions tailored for data communications and IP networking. Sandburst's products include wire-speed IP packet processing components, which offer a robust foundation for high-performance systems while significantly reducing development costs and accelerating time-to-market for its customers. By providing scalable semiconductor solutions for packet switching and routing systems, Sandburst caters to the evolving needs of the communications and data networking markets.

BroadLight

Series D in 2005
BroadLight leads delivery of end-to-end (E2E) Passive Optical Network (PON) technology through its comprehensive and innovative product solutions consisting of highly integrated semiconductor devices, embedded and application software, reference designs and support tools. Their company is delivering complete E2E BPON and GPON component solutions for the central office (CO) and customer premise equipment (CPE). These solutions help equipment companies bring standards-based PON products quickly to service providers and with low risk. BroadLight has been supplying the PON industry with components longer than any other company and is the most experienced in turning up BPON and GPON. As one of the pioneers in GPON, BroadLight's ground-breaking first to market product line is now delivering the majority of today's GPON solutions worldwide.

Athena Semiconductors

Acquisition in 2005
Athena Semiconductors is a designer and manufacturer of semiconductors, focusing on the development of CMOS radio transceiver integrated circuit (IC) products. The company operates as a fabless IC firm, targeting the rapidly expanding markets of wireless broadband communications and convergence, which encompass video, audio, and data transmission. Utilizing a patented CMOS radio technology platform, Athena Semiconductors delivers products characterized by high integration, cost-effectiveness, and superior performance, catering to the increasing demands of modern communication technologies.

Siliquent Technologies

Acquisition in 2005
Siliquent Technologies, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company dedicated to expanding Ethernet's applications across the entire enterprise - for storage, high-performance computing, and all networking applications. The company's new 10GbE processors are designed to enable a new generation of intelligent NICs that make it possible to run storage, networking and clustering over a single physical Ethernet interface - creating the unified wire. Founded in 2001.

Zeevo

Acquisition in 2005
Zeevo, Inc. specializes in the development of system-on-chip solutions tailored for Bluetooth and other wireless communication applications. The company offers a range of semiconductor and software products designed specifically for stereo wireless headsets, enabling enhanced connectivity and performance in audio devices. Through its innovative technology, Zeevo aims to meet the growing demand for efficient and reliable wireless communication solutions in the consumer electronics market.

Agere Systems

Acquisition in 2004
Agere Systems is a manufacturer of integrated circuit components specializing in telecommunications and data communication technologies. The company develops and commercializes advanced solutions for complex processing needs, focusing on Layer 2 through 7 applications. Agere provides powerful multi-protocol network processors that enable equipment manufacturers to build wire-speed programmable routers, switches, and network management systems. With a strong emphasis on serving carriers, service providers, and enterprises, Agere's products support a range of services, including OC-12, OC-48, and Gigabit Ethernet. Its offerings extend across two primary segments: Consumer Enterprise, which includes integrated circuits for mobile and wireless communications, and Telecommunications, which caters to enterprise networking and storage area networks.

Alphamosaic

Acquisition in 2004
Alphamosaic develop low power, flexible video processing devices. Our devices support video communications and image analysis software running on a wide range of products.We are focused on telecomms and computing with devices for camera-enabled smart phones and PDAs. We also serve video requirements in security, consumer and new-products with a generic videoprocessing engine (VideoCore®).

Zyray Wireless

Acquisition in 2004
Zyray Wireless specializes in the development of wireless intellectual property and semiconductor products for mobile devices. The company is known for its SPINNER™ family of WCDMA semiconductor products, which includes the SPINNERchip, an add-on WCDMA baseband processor. This technology allows handset manufacturers to efficiently create a range of mobile devices, including single-mode WCDMA, dual-mode GPRS/GSM, and tri-mode EDGE/GPRS/GSM products. Zyray Wireless aims to facilitate the transition to dual-mode WCDMA devices, providing solutions that are cost-effective and reduce the risks and time associated with product development in the wireless industry.

WIDCOMM

Acquisition in 2004
WIDCOMM specializes in Bluetooth software, systems, and designs that facilitate communication between intelligent devices over short-range wireless connections. The company aims to enhance accessibility in communication by providing its services to semiconductor and consumer electronics manufacturers, as well as computing device original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Its technology supports a wide range of electronic devices, including computers, cell phones, keyboards, and headphones, ensuring seamless wireless connectivity for users.

Sand Video

Acquisition in 2004
Sand Video is a privately held company specializing in advanced video compression semiconductor technology for consumer digital video applications. Its innovative technology significantly enhances the capacity of digital video and audio devices, allowing manufacturers and service providers to deliver an expanded range of services and features at reduced costs to consumers.

RAIDCore

Acquisition in 2004
RAIDCore designs and develops enterprise storage solutions. The company's products include RAID controllers, which assist in maintaining the data integrity by controlling it against viruses, malicious users, disk failure, and exhausted disk space; and Fulcrum Architecture, which is an integrated storage subsystem that handles virtualization and coherency for multi-controller access of data. RAIDCore was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Nashua, New Hampshire.

M-Stream

Series A in 2003
M-Stream develops chips for improved reception of voice, video, music and heavy multimedia for second, 2.5, and third-generation cellular communication systems. The start-up raised $1.5 million in its first round of financing in March 2003, at which time it also signed its first agreement with Broadcom. Aside from the $750,000 injection, the deal included an option to buy the company depending on its reaching certain goals.

Gadzoox Network

Acquisition in 2003
Gadzoox Network is a leading provider of hardware and software products that enable the creation of networks made up of computers and data storage devices which have become known as "storage area networks," or SANs. They helped pioneer the development of SANs by taking the concepts used to connect computers to one another in local area networks and applying those same concepts to the connection of computers and data storage devices. Their SAN products are based on fibre channel technology, a set of specifications designed to enable computing devices to exchange large amounts of data. They have designed their products to leverage the capabilities of fibre channel technology to enable companies to better manage the growth of mission-critical data by overcoming the limitations of the traditional captive storage architecture, and creating a foundation for data centralization.

Serverworks

Acquisition in 2001
Serverworks manufactures silicon-based chips designed for network computers, focusing on enhancing the efficiency of data transfer in network servers and storage systems. The company's products enable customers to build a variety of systems, including servers, Network Attached Storage (NAS), and Storage Area Networks (SAN). By providing essential components that control high-speed data movement, Serverworks plays a crucial role in the development of advanced networking solutions.

VisionTech

Acquisition in 2001
VisionTech is a fabless chip company supplies digital video/audio MPEG-2compression and decompression chips enabling personal video recording (PVR), interactivevideoconferencing, and IP video streaming for the consumer electronics market.

InnovICs Wireless

Series B in 2000
InnovICs Wireless is focused on providing advanced baseband signal processing solutions to the emerging 2.5G and 3G cellular markets. The company supplies integrated circuits and licenses semiconductor intellectual property cores that deliver unprecedented improvements in data transmission to the wireless handset.

SiByte

Acquisition in 2000
SiByte, Inc. is a designer of microprocessor solutions based in Santa Clara, California, primarily focusing on the Internet Infrastructure Provider market. The company aims to develop, market, and sell high-performance, low-power, and cost-effective microprocessors that adhere to industry-standard architectures. SiByte's products are designed to manage and move data across various networks, including local area networks, wireless communications, and voice-over-Internet applications. This enables seamless connectivity for professionals within corporations and across the globe. The company's leadership includes Dan Dobberpuhl, who has a notable background in designing high-speed commercial microprocessors, contributing to SiByte's innovative approach in the semiconductor industry.

Element 14 Inc

Acquisition in 2000
Element14 is an online web-based community that provides end-to-end electronic engineering solutions. The community also offers latest products, services, and development software which are connected with an innovative online engineering community where purchasers and engineers are able to network with peers and experts as well as access a wide range of independent technical information and helpful tools. Element14 was launched in April 2009.

Allayer Technologies

Acquisition in 2000
Allayer Technologies Corp. designs, manufactures, markets and supports advanced semiconductor products that improve the edge network system by providing silicon solutions that make switches smarter and links between workgroups faster. The corporate name -- pronounced "All-layer" --represents the company's long-range intention to provide silicon solutions for all levels of the OSI networking model. Founded in 1997, Allayer uses a Modular Systems Standard Product or MSSP approach to design the most flexible, high performance and scalable ICs for Ethernet LAN switching and fiber optics applications. Allayer products are used by systems OEMs who manufacture local area networking equipment in the edge network that provides the interface between individual workstations or workgroups and the enterprise network backbone system.

NewPort Communications

Acquisition in 2000
NewPort Communications is a supplier of mixed-signal integrated circuits for the high-speed communications market. The Company's business objective is to develop highly integrated single-chip solutions that enable economic scaling of the existing bandwidth capacity of today's fiber-based networks.

Silicon Spice

Acquisition in 2000
Silicon Spice, Inc. builds platform solutions that enable networking and telecom system companies to build differentiated access systems.

Radiata

Venture Round in 2000
Radiata is a developer of high-speed wireless networking products for the home, small office or home office, enterprise and public area environments. Radiata is a privately held company with corporate headquarters in San Jose, California. There are research and development facilities based in Sydney, Australia. Radiata, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

xSides Corporation

Series B in 1999
The xSides Corporation delivers unique and simple computer navigation by tapping into unused digital real estate.

AltoCom

Acquisition in 1999
AltoCom specializes in the development, marketing, and licensing of intellectual property cores that deliver communication solutions tailored for embedded systems, remote access servers, and personal computers. The company is known for its software-based modem technology, which includes key products such as the Softmodem and Fax Modem, along with Link Layer software. Through its innovative offerings, AltoCom addresses the needs of various markets by providing efficient and effective communication solutions.

Maverick Networks

Acquisition in 1999
Maverick Networks specializes in providing communication solutions aimed at enterprises. The company offers a range of services, including shell accounts, web hosting, and colocation services. Additionally, Maverick Networks manufactures networking products, particularly a networking chip designed for small company workgroups. This chip facilitates the integration of voice, video, and data networking, achieving speeds of up to one gigabit per second. Through its diverse offerings, Maverick Networks supports businesses in enhancing their communication and networking capabilities.
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