The Cowen and Company Technology team includes corporate finance and M&A professionals based in New York, Boston and San Francisco. The Technology team works with clients across several product lines, including private equity placements, PIPEs, SPAC's initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, registered directs, convertible securities and M&A transactions.
Technology
Serving premier growth companies for over three decades, Cowen's Technology franchise combines a global distribution network with the focused expertise of a growth-oriented capital-markets and M&A advisory practice. Top technology companies consistently look to Cowen for timely advice and superior execution of creative and high-profile transactions across a broad range of sectors, including:
· Communications Equipment
· Computing Systems and Storage
· Digital Media
· Electronics Supply Chain
· Internet
· IT Services, BPO, and Transaction Processing
· Semiconductor Capital Equipment
· Semiconductors
· Software
Selected recent Technology transactions include:
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DoubleTake’s $51 million follow-on and $95 million initial public offering (Joint-Bookrunner)
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Verid’s sale to EMC (Target Adviser)
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Polycom’s $220 million acquisition of SpectraLink (Acquiror Adviser)
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Kenexa Corporation’s $69 million initial public offering (Bookrunner), 2006 $166 follow-on offering (Joint-Bookrunner), and 2007$137 million follow-on offering (Joint-Lead Manager)
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PeopleSupport’s $52 million initial public offering (Bookrunner) and $97 million follow-on offering (Joint-Bookrunner)
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CDC’s $168 million PIPE (Placement Agent)
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PortalPlayer’s $122 million initial public offering (Co-Manager) and $357 million sale to NVIDIA (Target Adviser)
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Global Cash Access’s $256 million initial public offering and $164 million follow-on offering (Co-Manager)
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MasterCard’s $2.6 billion initial public offering (Co-Manager)
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Redback Network’s $200 million follow-on offering (Co-Manager)
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MRV’s $75 million PIPE (Placement Agent)
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Rackable System’s $336 million follow-on offering (Co-Manager)
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ID Systems $60 million initial public offering (Co-Lead Manager)
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Sandburst’s $77 million sale to Broadcom (Target Adviser)
