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.