CERES provides M & A advisory services to growth companies employing photonics to serve a wide range of markets
Sell Side M & A Advisory
Technology businesses face market and technological uncertainty in complex ecosystems. Engage CERES’ broad network and strategic insight to markets served by photonics on the sell side to realize maximum value.
Buy Side M & A Advisory
Great companies are scarce. There is an abundance of investment capital. Prices are high. M & A sales processes are competitive. Partner with CERES on the buy side for clarity of strategic direction and speed to action.
Business Valuation
CERES is highly specialized in valuation of businesses with core photonics technology. Whether entrepreneur, private equity or publicly owned, be smarter and better prepared for sale or acquisition with CERES on valuation.
Recent Articles
Photonics in Today’s Transformative Age
Today’s transformative age is blurring the lines between economic sectors, while creating new and unique opportunities to step beyond traditional boundaries. With this collision of industries, leaders in traditionally defined sectors are seizing opportunities to create new value for their customers and reshape their businesses.
Linda Smith Honored as Fellow of SPIE
CERES announces the promotion of Linda Smith to Fellow of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. SPIE confers the grade of Fellow on a member who has become distinguished through outstanding technical accomplishments and entrepreneurial contributions to optics and photonics.
Foreign Investment in US Photonics Technologies
Significant changes to Committee for Foreign Investment in US (CFIUS) review process expand its jurisdiction to new types of transactions and change the timeline and procedures for seeking approval for a transaction from CFIUS.
2018 Mergers & Acquisitions – Photonics
Buyers address the challenges of slower growth, an abundance of investment capital, advances in digital technologies and government intervention with M & A. In addition to consolidation and scaling manufacturing operations in Asia, buyers are acquiring companies employing photonics technologies to open new markets, enhance capabilities and implement new business models.
2018 Private Placements – Photonics
$29B of $822B private placements worldwide goes to work commercializing and growing businesses with core photonics technology. Communications, LED's, and solar attract the most investment. Autonomous vehicles, 3D sensing, point-of-care medical diagnostics and AI powered imaging see the most activity. With exception of smart architectural glass, investment in pure-play photonics lags.
2019 Mergers & Acquisitions in Photonics
2019 was a record year worldwide for M & A, but not for pure-play photonics companies. Strategic buyers are expanding scope and vertically integrating. Unlike suppliers of manufactured goods who seem to be waiting out the uncertainty of trade war, financial buyers are very active despite high valuations, scooping up “add-on” targets for their high-priced middle market platforms.
