Tech Company M&A Transactions

Nicira Acquisition

Nicira, operating out of Palo Alto, was acquired by VMWare. VMWare said the transaction price was $1.3 billion.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Acquired By
Announced On
7/24/2012
Transaction Type
M&A
Amount
$1,260,000,000
M&A Terms
VMware will acquire Nicira for approximately $1.05 billion in cash plus approximately $210 million of assumed unvested equity awards.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
3460 W. Bayshore Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
USA
Email Address
Overview
Nicira Networks is accelerating the transformation to cloud infrastructure by delivering software that virtualizes the network and enables elastic, scale-out data centers.
Profile
Nicira LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Nicira Company Twitter Account
Company News
Nicira News
Facebook
Nicira on Facebook
YouTube
Nicira on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Steve Mullaney
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Chief Technical Officer
Martin Casado
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Co-Founder
Nick McKeown
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Co-Founder
Scott Shenker
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VP - Bus. Development
John Jendricks
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VP - Engineering
Rob Enns
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VP - Operations
Frank D'Agostino
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VP - Product Management
Paul Fazzone
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