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Value Delivered -- Raytheon Commercial Ventures Inc. (RCVI)

RCVI was formed in 2001, and over the next 20 months, Raytheon spawned six companies:

5 GHZ Wireless LAN
World’s first 802.11a/802.11b chipset
$35 M capital raised from VCs
Acquired by Philips November 2002
Spin-in
then sale
Fab-less IC Design -- Software Defined Radio chipset
$23 Million raised from VCs in January 2002
VC Spin-out
Side-Object Detection for automotive blind spot
First Customer contract in May 2004
Joint Venture
Network Security Analysis Software
Spun-out as separate company in late 2001
Acquired by Computer Associates in July 2003
Spin-out
and sale
Superior “bullet-proof” and “scratch-proof” glass from transparent aluminum
Spin-in
Low cost antenna for wireless communications
Spin-in

In all of these, Raytheon contributed Intellectual Property and People, and retained an equity ownership stake in the new company. Over $115 million in external capital raised, and equity of over $50 million “post-money” to Raytheon.

For further information and links to current information on these businesses, please see http://www.rcvi.com/track/current.html.

For press releases and articles about these transactions, please see http://www.rcvi.com/news/index.html.

 



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