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  1. x close Alphamosaic

    Alphamosaic

    Alphamosaic was acquired by Broadcom Inc in September 2004 for $100m.

  2. x close Biotie Therapies

    Biotie Therapies

    Encore I Fund’s investment in Biotie was sold in a market placing in December 2009, generating a strong return on investment.

    Visit the Biotie Therapies website at www.biotie.com

  3. x close Blackspider

    Blackspider

    Sold to SurfControl for $40m in July 2006.

  4. x close Bookham Technology

    Bookham Technology

    Bookham Technology was listed on the LSE and NASDAQ (BKHM) in April 2000 at a £1.2bn capitalisation.

    (Investment made by a DFJ Esprit partner in a previous fund)

  5. x close Buy At

    Buy At

    Buy.at is a leading UK online marketing network providing a wide range of brand name clients with high quality affiliate marketing solutions. The buy.at technology platform allows merchants to access thousands of affiliates who generate sales or leads for them on a pay for performance basis.
    Buy.at is the preferred affiliate network for many companies because of the features and flexibility of its technology platform, the superior levels of customer service it provides and its reputation for integrity and quality.
    Leading clients include Marks & Spencer, Sky, BT, Barclays Bank and Play.com.

    Visit the Buy At website at www.buy.at

  6. x close Cambridge Positioning Systems

    Cambridge Positioning Systems

    CPS was sucessfully sold to CSR plc in January 2007 for $35m.

  7. x close Cambridge Silicon Radio

    Cambridge Silicon Radio

    Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) listed on the LSE in March 2004 at a capitalisation of £240m.

    (Investment made by a DFJ Esprit partner in a previous fund)

  8. x close DRI

    DRI

    DNA Research Innovations (DRI) was sucessfully sold to Invitrogen Corporation in October 2004 for $65m.

  9. x close ETT

    ETT

    ETT was sold to Mercator Partners Acquisition Group in October 2006 for $65m.

  10. x close FillFactory

    FillFactory

    Fillfactory was sold to Cypress Semiconductor Inc in August 2004 for $123m.

  11. x close KVS

    KVS

    KVS was acquired by Veritas (now Symantec) in September 2004 for $225m.

  12. x close Microcosm

    Microcosm

    Microcosm was acquired by Conexant (Nasdaq: CNXT) in January 2000 for $128m in cash.

    (Investment made by a DFJ Esprit partner in a previous fund)

  13. x close NetEconomy

    NetEconomy

    Neteconomy was sucessfully sold to Fiserv Inc for an undislcosed sum in January 2007.

  14. x close Powerlase

    Powerlase

    Powerlase was acquired by Korean, EO Technics Co.,Ltd.(KOSDAQ: A039030), one of the world’s leading developers and manufacturers of laser-based equipments in the fields of semiconductor, microelectronics, PCB, FPD, PV and general industries.

     

  15. x close Virata

    Virata

    Virata was acquired by Globespan in October 2001 in a $1.3bn transaction.

    (Investment made by a DFJ Esprit partner in a previous fund)

  16. x close Xaar

    Xaar

    Xaar listed on the LSE in October 1997.