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Altium

Sydney, NSW

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Who bought Altium

The transaction that ended Altium's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.

Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
Renesas Electronics	Acquisition	undated (recalled in later coverage)	~$9.1b	Dealroom, Perennial Partners portfolio

What Altium bought

Companies Altium acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.

Company	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
Altium is not recorded as having acquired anything.

Name	Role	Sources
Sam Weiss	Non-executive Chairman (former)	Dealroom

Coverage

Stories naming Altium. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Unnamed stage $2.8m

Ex-Altium chairman Sam Weiss cornerstones $2.8M Pathkey.AI raise

ASX-listed Pathkey.AI has completed a A$2.8 million placement anchored by former Altium chairman Sam Weiss, who becomes a strategic advisor as the company advances its Chipforge chip-design automation technology.

Dealroom Wed 12 Aug 2026 Pathkey.AI 708 Capital Pty Ltd Altium Blue Ocean Equities Renesas Electronics Sam Weiss

Funding announcement

Fund Distributions – Secondaries are a Growing Option Amongst IPO & M&A in Exit Conversations

Perennial's analysis of exit conditions argues improving markets will lift M&A, IPO and secondary activity, surveying recent ASX deals, secondaries involving Canva, Employment Hero and Eucalyptus, and LP pressure for distributions.

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News

Monday Market Highlights: 19 February 2024

Weekly market commentary podcast reviewing US and UK inflation, wage and GDP figures, plus equity news including a bid for software firm Altium and mentions of Fletcher Building and Charter Hall Retail.

Milford Asset Management Mon 19 Feb 2024 Altium Fletcher Buildings

News

Finding The Exit: Australian VC exits and market roundup

Commentary piece on VC exit strategies (IPO, trade sale, secondary sale) referencing recent Australian tech M&A deals and venture funding rounds including Sendle, UpGuard, Sonder and others.

8 deals

Finding the Exit

Aura Group's analysis of venture capital exits, reviewing recent Australian deals such as MessageMedia's sale and several funding rounds, then explaining the three liquidity paths: IPOs, trade sales and secondary sales.

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