Cisco Acquires Starent Networks

Announced December 18, 2009 — $2.90B

What happened

Starent Networks was a company based in USA providing system Architecture Evolution, acquired by Cisco.

Cisco's acquisition history

139th 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 2009

54 across all acquirers

Cisco in System Architecture Evolution

1 acquisition

When did Cisco acquire Starent Networks?

Cisco acquired Starent Networks on December 18, 2009. This was Cisco's 139th publicly tracked acquisition out of 233 we have on record.

How much did Cisco pay for Starent Networks?

Cisco paid $2.90B for Starent Networks.

What does Starent Networks do?

Starent Networks was a company based in USA providing system Architecture Evolution, acquired by Cisco.

What other System Architecture Evolution companies has Cisco acquired?

Starent Networks is Cisco's only publicly tracked acquisition in System Architecture Evolution so far.