Cisco Acquires Lightwire

Announced March 19, 2012 — $271M

What happened

Lightwire was a company based in USA providing silicon Photonics, acquired by Cisco.

Cisco's acquisition history

153rd of 233 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

146 of 233 Cisco deals

Cisco's average disclosed price

$742.6M

Cisco's largest disclosed deal

Splunk ($28B)

Tracked acquisitions in 2012

90 across all acquirers

Cisco in Silicon Photonics

1 acquisition

When did Cisco acquire Lightwire?

Cisco acquired Lightwire on March 19, 2012. This was Cisco's 153rd publicly tracked acquisition out of 233 we have on record.

How much did Cisco pay for Lightwire?

Cisco paid $271M for Lightwire.

What does Lightwire do?

Lightwire was a company based in USA providing silicon Photonics, acquired by Cisco.

What other Silicon Photonics companies has Cisco acquired?

Lightwire is Cisco's only publicly tracked acquisition in Silicon Photonics so far.