Rudy Burger

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Rudy is a leading expert on M&A transactions within the technology sector. As the founder of Woodside Capital, he focuses on computer vision and imaging companies within the autotech, security, and consumer electronics sectors.

Prior to Woodside Capital Partners, Rudy was the founding CEO of the MIT Media Lab Europe, a joint venture between MIT and the Irish government. Over the past 25 years, he founded five technology companies in the U.S., ran a European public company, and served as a senior executive for two global 500 companies. He is an effective, results-oriented professional with a proven track record in strategic planning, change management, and corporate development.

In addition to his work with Woodside Capital, Rudy serves on the board of Seeing Machines plc (AIM:SEE). Rudy has a BSc and MSc from Yale University and a PhD from Cambridge University.

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WCP Proudly Releases The Automotive Artificial Intelligence (AI) Industry Report by our Managing Partner and Managing Director, Rudy Burger

Palo Alto, CA – September 17, 2019 – WCP is proud to announce the release of our Automotive Artificial Intelligence (AI) Industry Report by our Managing Partner and Managing Director, Rudy Burger.

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Content Delivery Network and App Delivery Platform Provider XDN has been acquired by Fortinet, in a bid to strengthen its own software abilities in cloud management, said John Maddison, Fortinet's VP of technical marketing. This deal should help Fortinet integrate security and WAN optimization services with content acceleration software from XDN, providing a distributed, cloud-based approach to adapt effectively to disruptive attack traffic.

WCP is proud to announce that it acted as Exclusive Financial Advisor to Marketly on its acquisition by Corsearch, a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity. The acquisition strengthens Corsearch Brand Risk & Performance™ offering through the addition of the Marketly team, which is trusted by leading media companies to safeguard their online content against piracy.

WCP served as exclusive finical advisor to Hustle in their acquisition by Social Capital. Hustle, a startup backed by Insight Venture Partners, Google’s GV and Salesforce Ventures, lets businesses communicate with users in a personalized one-on-one way with, ideally, higher conversion rates.

WCP is proud to announce that it acted as exclusive financial advisor to Attila Security, a leading developer of data security products with customers across the U.S. federal government, on its acquisition by ID Technologies, a mission-driven technology provider backed by The Acacia Group. Attila Security will integrate with the company’s Archon secure solutions division, adding complementary product IP and technical capabilities, new customers and greater sales capacity to the Archon secure product portfolio.

WCP served as exclusive financial advisor to eLichens on their capital raise from New Cosmos Electric Co., Ltd.

WCP served as financial advisor to iDevices in its acquisition by Hubbell. iDevices®, the preeminent brand in the smart home industry, will join Hubbell’s portfolio of brands that manufacture and sell electrical and electronic products for residential, commercial, industrial, and utility applications.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to ObjectVideo, Inc., a technology and solutions company, on the sale of substantially all of its business, including its products, technology portfolio and engineering team, to Alarm.com, the leading platform for the connected home and business.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Xura Inc., a leading global provider of digital communications services, on the sale of its enterprise division to CLX Communications AB (Publ) (“CLX”), a leading global provider of cloud-based communications services.

WCP served as lead financial advisor to Smaato in its $148 Million acquisition by Spearhead. The bid for Smaato was announced earlier in 2016; the transaction officially closed on December 21, 2016. WCP collaborated with CV Capital on the engagement.

WCP served as the exclusive sell-side advisor to 3scale in its acquisition by Red Hat. 3scale’s acquisition, with its position as a leader in providing API management technology, enhances Red Hat’s ability to enable the API economy with simplified cloud integration and micro-services-based architectures.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Birdstep Technology ASA, which provides wireless network optimization solutions used by operators and OEMs, in its acquisition by Smith Micro, a company that provides software to simplify and enhance the mobile experience.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Ekahau RTLS, the global leader in Wi-Fi network design tools, from WLAN network planning to site surveys and troubleshooting, in its acquisition by AiRISTA, developer and manufacturer of leading Identification & Track and Trace solutions.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor for Cobolt AB, a renowned supplier of compact and robust high-performance lasers to analytical instrumentation applications, in its acquisition by Hübner. Cobolt and Hübner have signed an agreement that results in Hübner acquiring 100% control of Cobolt’s business.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Great Wall Semiconductor, a private technology company developing state-of-the-art power MOSFET technology for cloud computing, space, and consumer applications, in its acquisition by Intersil Corporation, a leading provider of power management and precision analog solutions.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor for aveni® S.A., a manufacturer of wet deposition technologies and chemistries for 2D interconnects and 3D TSV packaging, in its $13.5 million capital raise from a semiconductor chipmaker, ALIAD (the venture capital arm of Air Liquid) and existing investors.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Spotzot, a leading location-based mobile advertising platform, in its acquisition by Valassis, a leader in intelligent media delivery and marketing technology. Valassis intends to use the acquisition of Spotzot to create a performance-based offering called Valassis Mobile Offers (VMO).

Synthicity was acquired by Autodesk.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to GainSpan Corporation, a provider of wireless connectivity solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) industry, in securing a $5 million venture debt loan from Trinity Capital Investment, a leading provider of venture loans and equipment leases to emerging growth companies, to meet their debt financing needs.

Total Immersion was acquired by Qualcomm.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to the shareholders of Welcome Real-time, an international provider of payment-based loyalty solutions, in its acquisition by Collinson Group, a global leader in shaping customer behavior to drive revenue and add value to its clients.

WCP served as financial advisor to InMage Systems in its acquisition by Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft plans to integrate the InMage Scout technology into their Azure Site Recovery service to give customers a simple, cost-effective way to ensure business continuity with the power and scale of the Azure global cloud.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to iSystems LLC, leading national payroll, tax, and HR management Software as a Service (“SaaS”) provider for service bureaus, in its acquisition by Silver Oak Services Partners, a lower middle market private equity firm focused exclusively on service businesses.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Karmasphere, a company that uses data analytics to provide deep insights on Big Data to optimize every customer touch point, in its acquisition by FICO (NYSE:FICO), a leading analytics and decision-making software company.

WCP served as financial advisor to Phoenix Age, a social games companies specializing in mobile and social platforms, in its acquisition by Kabam, a leader in free-to-play games for traditional players.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Sense Networks, the leader in delivering mobile ads based on mobile location and behavioral targeting data, on its acquisition by YP, North America’s largest local search, media and advertising company connecting consumers with local businesses.

WCP served as financial advisor to Discera, Inc., a leading provider of silicon timing solutions, in its acquisition by Micrel, Inc. The acquisition is intended to complement Micrel’s high performance clock and timing products, as well as expand its MEMS (micro-electrical mechanical systems) capabilities.

WCP served as financial advisor to Caliopa, a developer and marketer of silicon photonics-based optical transceivers, in its sale to Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to TagArray, a leader in Real Time Location Service (RTLS) systems, on its acquisition by Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ:MXIM).

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Movidius on its recent $16 Million Series D Funding, which was led jointly by Atlantic Bridge, DFJ Esprit and Robert Bosch Venture Capital. Movidius is a developer of computational image-processing chips and software that is revolutionizing mobile imaging, computer vision, and video analytics.

WCP served as financial advisor to Fujitsu Semiconductor America, a leader in RF technology, on the divestiture of certain assets of Fujitsu Semiconductor Wireless Products Division, which were acquired by Intel Corporation.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to GC Holdings Inc. in its acquisition by Kaiam Corp., including its subsidiaries Gemfire Corporation and Gemfire Europe Ltd. Gemfire specializes in applying planar semiconductor-type processing technology to make integrated photonic chips used in multi-wavelength fiber optic networks.

WCP served as financial advisor to COGO Optronics Canadian Subsidiary, a leader in optical components and modules, in its acquisition by TeraXion, along with critical intellectual property assets.

WCP served as financial advisor to FibeRio, the developer and manufacturer of Forcespinning® nanofiber production systems, on a $13 million capital raise led by SABIC Ventures and Aster Capital Partners.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to MontaVista LLC, an embedded Linux software provider and subsidiary of Cavium, in the acquisition of its automotive technology unit by Mentor Graphics Corp., an EDA and embedded software vendor.

WCP served as financial advisor to ASPEX Semiconductor, a leading edge fabless semiconductor company specializing in the delivery of high performance programmable processors, in its acquisition by Ericsson, the world’s leading provider of communications technology and services.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to WIMM Labs, an Android-powered smartwatch maker, in its 2012 acquisition by Google.

WCP served as financial advisor to IRIS Distribution, a leading digital music distribution company, in its merger with The Orchard, an independent music and video distribution company.

WCP served as financial advisor to Socialtext, an enterprise social software provider, in a strategic investment from Bedford Funding, owner of Peoplefluent, an industry leading talent management solutions provider.

WCP served as financial advisor to the merger of LSF Network, Inc., a global online marketing and media buying group, parent of LSF Interactive, and Geary Group, Inc., a San Diego-based leading digital marketing agency, creating one of the world’s foremost independent digital marketing agencies.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Rosum Corporation, a developer of high-accuracy wireless location solutions using television signals, in the sale of its intellectual property portfolio to TruePosition, Inc., a leading provider of wireless location solutions and a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Kovio, Inc., a privately held pioneer in printed silicon electronics, in securing $15 million in new equity financing led by Tyco Retail Solutions, a unit of Tyco International and a global leader in retail solutions and services.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to CygNet Software, the leading Enterprise Operations Platform (EOP) provider delivering SCADA and operational applications, in its acquisition by Weatherford International Ltd., a provider of innovative mechanical solutions, technology and services for the oil and gas industry.

WCP served as an advisor to Samplify Systems, a company focused on analog chips that can make the processing of real world data, such as sound, more efficient and thereby less costly, in its capital raise of $11.2 million for Schlumberger.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Fibercore, Ltd., a UK-based global market leader in the design and manufacture of specialty optical fibers, in its acquisition by H.I.G. Europe, the European arm of global private equity firm H.I.G. Capital.

WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to InVisage Technologies, Inc., a Silicon Valley-based start-up that is revolutionizing the image sensor market, in its Series C Funding round, led by Intel Capital. InVisage will use the funding to bring their QuantumFilm™ technology and products to mass production scale.

WCP served as financial advisor to SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc., a Mississippi-based manufacturer of high-voltage silicon-carbide (SiC) semiconductor devices, on its recent strategic investment from Power Integrations, the leading supplier of high-voltage integrated circuits used in energy-efficient power conversion.

WCP served as financial advisor to Yardbarker, the largest network of sports blogs and pro athlete blogs on the web, in its acquisition by News Corporation / Fox Sports, a diversified global media company with operations in eight different industry segments.

WCP served as financial advisor to ChipSensors, a fabless semiconductor company producing sensors on deep submicron CMOS for measuring temperature, humidity and gases, in its sale to Silicon Laboratories Inc., an industry leader in the innovation of high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs.

WCP served as financial advisor to Silicon Clocks, a fabless semiconductor company that develops integrated timing products based on its modular CMEMSTM process technology platform, in its acquisition by Silicon Laboratories, an industry leader in the innovation of high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs.

WCP served as financial advisor to iWatt, a power control IC company that designs, develops and markets semiconductor products for the communication and consumer market segments, on the divestiture of its IKOR Advanced Power Solutions Division to IDT.

WCP served as financial advisor to ARC International, a leading provider of customizable Solution to Silicon IP to consumer and semiconductor companies globally, in its acquisition by Virage Logic Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP) for the design of complex integrated circuits.

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