Contact: Brenon Daly
Intersil’s purchase of Zilker Labs last week had more than a few echoes of its pickup of D2Audio last July: same buyer, same banker, same backyard and even a shared backer at the acquired company. Both Zilker Labs and D2Audio are based in Austin and drew venture money from Dallas-based Sevin Rosen. (We understand that Al Schuele, Sevin Rosen’s lone VC in Austin, participated in funding both companies.) On the exit, boutique firm Pagemill Partners advised both Zilker Labs and D2Audio.
Despite the similarities between the exits of Zilker Labs and D2Audio, the companies had virtually nothing to do with each other up until that point. D2Audio makes digital audio power amplifiers, and primarily serves the consumer market. We estimate that Intersil paid around $25m for D2Audio. Intersil’s more-recent purchase of Zilker Labs added power-management technology to its existing portfolio. We estimate that Intersil paid about $18m for Zilker Labs, which raised some $33m in backing.
Intersil’s 2008 acquisitions
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Source: The 451 M&A KnowledgeBase