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JON SHALOWITZ

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JON’S BIO

Jon advises AI and Cloud Infrastructure & Software companies on M&A and
strategic financing transactions. He brings a rare combination of Silicon Valley
entrepreneurial and executive experience, coupled with successfully spearheading
the exits of multiple startups he was running. These include LiftIgniter,
acquired by Maven.io, Badgeville, acquired by SAP/CallidusCloud, CloudUp
Networks, acquired by CipherCloud, and XDN acquired by Fortinet. Prior to
joining WCP, Jon was a successful serial CEO and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley
during his 25+ year career. He has managed companies in AI, cloud infrastructure
software, security, and marketing cloud SaaS products.

Early in his career he spent over 5 years working in Japan in various roles at
Toshiba and in management consulting, and he later worked at Internet
infrastructure bellwethers including 3Com and NetScreen/Juniper. Jon is a Phi
Beta Kappa graduate of Duke University and the Stanford Graduate School of
Business.


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JON'S THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Managing Director Jon Shalowitz Interviews Helpshift CEO Eric Vermillion On
Their Acquisition by Keywords



AI Is Getting Emotional. Here’s Why That’s A Good Thing For Companies And
Consumers Alike by Jon Shalowitz



Woodside Capital Partners Presents: 2022 Tech Finance Look Forward



Woodside Capital Partners Proudly Presents: The Computer Vision Revolution in
Retail – Q1-Q3 2021



Selling My AI Startup — Brains and Brawn by Jon Shalowitz



Beyond Sophia: 3 Misconceptions About AI, And Why It’s Time To Evolve by Jon
Shalowitz



Email Is The Next Big Marketing Strategy — But This Time It’s Personal by Jon
Shalowitz



Humanize The User Experience With Real-Time Recommendations by Jon Shalowitz



Shakespeare, Meet Einstein — Making The Leap From Data Insights To Artificial
Intelligence For Content Marketing by Jon Shalowitz



It’s Your Data — Use It: Revisiting The Value Of First-Party Data In A Post-GDPR
World by Jon Shalowitz



WCP’s Jon Shalowitz Shares His Insights: “Waste Not, Want Not: Here’s How To
Make The Most Of Data Consumers Leave Behind”



WCP Q3 Insights Newsletter



99 Startups Poised for Growth : Prospering Amidst Pandemic



Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable – The Tech Ecosystem and The
Pandemic – What We Expect



Top M&A Trends in Infrastructure Software







TRANSACTIONS


Woodside Capital Partners acted as financial advisor to Helpshift on their
acquisition by Keywords Studios, an international technical service provider to
the global video game industry. The deal, valued at $75 million USD, is expected
to bring together each organization’s complementary expertise, allowing them to
provide better experiences to game companies and gamers alike.
Woodside Capital Partners acted as financial advisor to Outsight, leader in the
development of LiDAR-based 3D Software solutions, on raising a total of €22
million in a round that was co-led by Energy Innovation Capital (EIC) and the
Defense Innovation Fund managed by Bpifrance, alongside Groupe ADP and
historical investors BNP Paribas, SPDG, Demeter, Safran, and Faurecia.
WCP served as exclusive financial advisor to Zubie on their capital raise from
Decathlon Capital Partners. The significant investment from Decathlon Capital
Partners will support the industry leadership of Zubie, Inc., as it expands its
fleet-management platform and launches new service capabilities.
WCP is proud to announce that it acted as exclusive financial advisor to
Cortexica Vision Systems, a leader in AI, machine learning and computer vision
for image and video analysis, in it’s acquisition by Zebra Technologies
Corporation, a leading market innovator which empowers the front line of
business in retail/ecommerce, manufacturing, transportation and logistics,
healthcare and other industries to achieve a performance edge.
FrontRow is a rapidly growing, highly profitable technology company and we were
able to attract interest from both strategic and private equity buyers. It was
pleasure working with Demant and FrontRow management on this divestiture. We’re
delighted to have found a good home for this exciting company.
The words on the back should say: WCP is proud to announce that it acted as
exclusive financial advisor to Drivemode, Developer of Smartphone Apps for
Drivers, on its acquisition by Honda R&D Co., Ltd. (Honda R&D), a research and
development subsidiary of Honda. Drivemode is the first acquisition Honda has
made of a startup company.
WCP acted as exclusive financial advisor to KRT Marketing in its acquisition by
Recruitics. KRT Marketing is a West Coast based data-driven recruitment
marketing agency. Recruitics is an East Coast based agency the makes it easy for
leading brands to attract and hire great talent. As pioneers in the space,
Recruitics revolutionized recruitment advertising in 2012 by introducing the
first recruitment marketing analytics and optimization platform. By acquiring
another rapidly growing and innovative agency, Recruitics strengthened its
position as the leading provider of talent attraction solutions to the Fortune
100.
Valencell, the leading innovator in wearable biometric sensor technology, and
Sonion, the global leader in micro acoustic and micro mechanical technologies
and solutions for hearing instruments and specialty earphones, today announced a
strategic partnership that will expand the boundaries for the use of biometric
sensors in the ear. As part of the partnership, Sonion has made a strategic
investment in Valencell, making Sonion a significant shareholder in Valencell
Inc. WCP acted as exclusive advisor to Valencell for this transaction.
Telexis Solutions, an innovative technology provider that offers public
transport agencies/operators end-to-end e-ticketing solutions has been acquired
by Enghouse Systems Limited, a leading global provider of enterprise software
solutions serving a variety of vertical markets. WCP served as the exclusive
financial advisor to Telexis Solutions for this transaction.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to iS5 Communications, an
innovative provider of cyber-secure Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
platforms, in its CDN $22 million capital raise from Phoenix Contact Innovation
Ventures, ClearSky and existing investors.
IntelliVision Technologies Corp., a pioneer and leader in Artificial
Intelligence, smart cameras and deep learning-based video analytics software,
has been acquired by Nortek Security & Control LLC (NSC), a global leader in
smart connected devices and systems for residential, security, access control
and digital health markets. WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to
IntelliVision for this transaction.
WCP served as the primary financial advisor to AMICRA Microtechnologies GmbH, a
worldwide leading supplier of ultra-precise die bonding equipment supporting
placement accuracies down to ±0.3μm @ 3σ, in its acquisition by ASM Pacific
Technology Ltd., a global technology and market leader providing leading edge
solutions and materials for the semiconductor assembly and packaging industries.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Blue Mammoth Games, a game
development studio specializing in online multiplayer games, in its acquisition
by Ubisoft, a leading creator, publisher, and distributor of interactive
entertainment and services.

WCP is proud to announce that it acted as exclusive financial advisor to
Cortexica Vision Systems, a leader in AI, machine learning and computer vision
for image and video analysis, in it’s acquisition by Zebra Technologies
Corporation, a leading market innovator which empowers the front line of
business in retail/ecommerce, manufacturing, transportation and logistics,
healthcare and other industries to achieve a performance edge.
WCP is proud to announce that it acted as Exclusive Financial Advisor to
Silexica on its acquisition by Xilinx, the inventor of the FPGA, programmable
SoCs, and now, the ACAP.Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), the leader in adaptive
computing, today announced that it has acquired Silexica, a privately-held
provider of C/C++ programming and analysis tools.
WCP is proud to announce that it acted as Exclusive Financial Advisor to Cuberg
on its acquisition by Northvolt, a company positioning to be Europe’s largest
supplier of batteries for Electric Vehicles. Cuberg specializes in
high-energy-density lithium metal battery design and production. This deal comes
close behind the EU’s goal of 30 million EVs by 2030, as Northvolt builds one
battery factory in Sweden and one in Germany to scale up production and satisfy
rising EV demand.
LiftIgniter, a provider of on-site and in-app content recommendations across
hundreds of leading digital properties worldwide, was acquired by Maven, a media
coalition of professional content destinations, operating exclusively on a
shared digital publishing, advertising and distribution platform. The
transaction bolsters Maven’s content with LiftIgniter’s recommendation
technology, providing consumers with a personalized and more enriched online
experience.
Badgeville, a provider of gamification and social engagement solutions, was
acquired by CallidusCloud to bolster its own solutions around cloud-based sales,
marketing, learning and customer experience. CallidusCloud was subsequently
acquired by SAP for its sales performance management (SPM) and
configure-price-quote (CPQ) solutions in a $2.4 billion deal.
CloudUp Networks, a SaaS applications security provider, has been acquired by
CypherCloud, itself an a16z-backed startup. The integration of CloudUp Networks
broadens the capabilities of the CipherCloud platform and adds scanning and
tagging of different data classes in order to protect sensitive organizational
information.

Content Delivery Network and App Delivery Platform Provider XDN has been
acquired by Fortinet, in a bid to strengthen its own software abilities in cloud
management, said John Maddison, Fortinet's VP of technical marketing. This deal
should help Fortinet integrate security and WAN optimization services with
content acceleration software from XDN, providing a distributed, cloud-based
approach to adapt effectively to disruptive attack traffic.
WCP is proud to announce that it acted as Exclusive Financial Advisor to
Marketly on its acquisition by Corsearch, a portfolio company of Audax Private
Equity. The acquisition strengthens Corsearch Brand Risk & Performance™ offering
through the addition of the Marketly team, which is trusted by leading media
companies to safeguard their online content against piracy.
WCP served as exclusive finical advisor to Hustle in their acquisition by Social
Capital. Hustle, a startup backed by Insight Venture Partners, Google’s GV and
Salesforce Ventures, lets businesses communicate with users in a personalized
one-on-one way with, ideally, higher conversion rates.
WCP is proud to announce that it acted as exclusive financial advisor to Attila
Security, a leading developer of data security products with customers across
the U.S. federal government, on its acquisition by ID Technologies, a
mission-driven technology provider backed by The Acacia Group. Attila Security
will integrate with the company’s Archon secure solutions division, adding
complementary product IP and technical capabilities, new customers and greater
sales capacity to the Archon secure product portfolio.
WCP served as exclusive financial advisor to eLichens on their capital raise
from New Cosmos Electric Co., Ltd.
WCP served as financial advisor to iDevices in its acquisition by Hubbell.
iDevices®, the preeminent brand in the smart home industry, will join Hubbell’s
portfolio of brands that manufacture and sell electrical and electronic products
for residential, commercial, industrial, and utility applications.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to ObjectVideo, Inc., a technology
and solutions company, on the sale of substantially all of its business,
including its products, technology portfolio and engineering team, to Alarm.com,
the leading platform for the connected home and business.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Xura Inc., a leading global
provider of digital communications services, on the sale of its enterprise
division to CLX Communications AB (Publ) (“CLX”), a leading global provider of
cloud-based communications services.
WCP served as lead financial advisor to Smaato in its $148 Million acquisition
by Spearhead. The bid for Smaato was announced earlier in 2016; the transaction
officially closed on December 21, 2016. WCP collaborated with CV Capital on the
engagement.
WCP served as the exclusive sell-side advisor to 3scale in its acquisition by
Red Hat. 3scale’s acquisition, with its position as a leader in providing API
management technology, enhances Red Hat’s ability to enable the API economy with
simplified cloud integration and micro-services-based architectures.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Birdstep Technology ASA, which
provides wireless network optimization solutions used by operators and OEMs, in
its acquisition by Smith Micro, a company that provides software to simplify and
enhance the mobile experience.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Ekahau RTLS, the global leader
in Wi-Fi network design tools, from WLAN network planning to site surveys and
troubleshooting, in its acquisition by AiRISTA, developer and manufacturer of
leading Identification & Track and Trace solutions.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor for Cobolt AB, a renowned supplier
of compact and robust high-performance lasers to analytical instrumentation
applications, in its acquisition by Hübner. Cobolt and Hübner have signed an
agreement that results in Hübner acquiring 100% control of Cobolt’s business.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Great Wall Semiconductor, a
private technology company developing state-of-the-art power MOSFET technology
for cloud computing, space, and consumer applications, in its acquisition by
Intersil Corporation, a leading provider of power management and precision
analog solutions.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor for aveni® S.A., a manufacturer of
wet deposition technologies and chemistries for 2D interconnects and 3D TSV
packaging, in its $13.5 million capital raise from a semiconductor chipmaker,
ALIAD (the venture capital arm of Air Liquid) and existing investors.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Spotzot, a leading
location-based mobile advertising platform, in its acquisition by Valassis, a
leader in intelligent media delivery and marketing technology. Valassis intends
to use the acquisition of Spotzot to create a performance-based offering called
Valassis Mobile Offers (VMO).
Synthicity was acquired by Autodesk.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to GainSpan Corporation, a
provider of wireless connectivity solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT)
industry, in securing a $5 million venture debt loan from Trinity Capital
Investment, a leading provider of venture loans and equipment leases to emerging
growth companies, to meet their debt financing needs.
Total Immersion was acquired by Qualcomm.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to the shareholders of Welcome
Real-time, an international provider of payment-based loyalty solutions, in its
acquisition by Collinson Group, a global leader in shaping customer behavior to
drive revenue and add value to its clients.
WCP served as financial advisor to InMage Systems in its acquisition by
Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft plans to integrate the InMage Scout technology
into their Azure Site Recovery service to give customers a simple,
cost-effective way to ensure business continuity with the power and scale of the
Azure global cloud.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to iSystems LLC, leading national
payroll, tax, and HR management Software as a Service (“SaaS”) provider for
service bureaus, in its acquisition by Silver Oak Services Partners, a lower
middle market private equity firm focused exclusively on service businesses.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Karmasphere, a company that
uses data analytics to provide deep insights on Big Data to optimize every
customer touch point, in its acquisition by FICO (NYSE:FICO), a leading
analytics and decision-making software company.
WCP served as financial advisor to Phoenix Age, a social games companies
specializing in mobile and social platforms, in its acquisition by Kabam, a
leader in free-to-play games for traditional players.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Sense Networks, the leader in
delivering mobile ads based on mobile location and behavioral targeting data, on
its acquisition by YP, North America’s largest local search, media and
advertising company connecting consumers with local businesses.
WCP served as financial advisor to Discera, Inc., a leading provider of silicon
timing solutions, in its acquisition by Micrel, Inc. The acquisition is intended
to complement Micrel’s high performance clock and timing products, as well as
expand its MEMS (micro-electrical mechanical systems) capabilities.
WCP served as financial advisor to Caliopa, a developer and marketer of silicon
photonics-based optical transceivers, in its sale to Huawei, a leading global
information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to TagArray, a leader in Real Time
Location Service (RTLS) systems, on its acquisition by Maxim Integrated Products
(NASDAQ:MXIM).
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Movidius on its recent $16
Million Series D Funding, which was led jointly by Atlantic Bridge, DFJ Esprit
and Robert Bosch Venture Capital. Movidius is a developer of computational
image-processing chips and software that is revolutionizing mobile imaging,
computer vision, and video analytics.
WCP served as financial advisor to Fujitsu Semiconductor America, a leader in RF
technology, on the divestiture of certain assets of Fujitsu Semiconductor
Wireless Products Division, which were acquired by Intel Corporation.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to GC Holdings Inc. in its
acquisition by Kaiam Corp., including its subsidiaries Gemfire Corporation and
Gemfire Europe Ltd. Gemfire specializes in applying planar semiconductor-type
processing technology to make integrated photonic chips used in multi-wavelength
fiber optic networks.
WCP served as financial advisor to COGO Optronics Canadian Subsidiary, a leader
in optical components and modules, in its acquisition by TeraXion, along with
critical intellectual property assets.
WCP served as financial advisor to FibeRio, the developer and manufacturer of
Forcespinning® nanofiber production systems, on a $13 million capital raise led
by SABIC Ventures and Aster Capital Partners.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to MontaVista LLC, an embedded
Linux software provider and subsidiary of Cavium, in the acquisition of its
automotive technology unit by Mentor Graphics Corp., an EDA and embedded
software vendor.
WCP served as financial advisor to ASPEX Semiconductor, a leading edge fabless
semiconductor company specializing in the delivery of high performance
programmable processors, in its acquisition by Ericsson, the world’s leading
provider of communications technology and services.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to WIMM Labs, an Android-powered
smartwatch maker, in its 2012 acquisition by Google.
WCP served as financial advisor to IRIS Distribution, a leading digital music
distribution company, in its merger with The Orchard, an independent music and
video distribution company.
WCP served as financial advisor to Socialtext, an enterprise social software
provider, in a strategic investment from Bedford Funding, owner of Peoplefluent,
an industry leading talent management solutions provider.
WCP served as financial advisor to the merger of LSF Network, Inc., a global
online marketing and media buying group, parent of LSF Interactive, and Geary
Group, Inc., a San Diego-based leading digital marketing agency, creating one of
the world’s foremost independent digital marketing agencies.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Rosum Corporation, a developer
of high-accuracy wireless location solutions using television signals, in the
sale of its intellectual property portfolio to TruePosition, Inc., a leading
provider of wireless location solutions and a subsidiary of Liberty Media
Corporation.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Kovio, Inc., a privately held
pioneer in printed silicon electronics, in securing $15 million in new equity
financing led by Tyco Retail Solutions, a unit of Tyco International and a
global leader in retail solutions and services.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to CygNet Software, the leading
Enterprise Operations Platform (EOP) provider delivering SCADA and operational
applications, in its acquisition by Weatherford International Ltd., a provider
of innovative mechanical solutions, technology and services for the oil and gas
industry.
WCP served as an advisor to Samplify Systems, a company focused on analog chips
that can make the processing of real world data, such as sound, more efficient
and thereby less costly, in its capital raise of $11.2 million for Schlumberger.
WCP served as an advisor to Samplify Systems, a company focused on analog chips
that can make the processing of real world data, such as sound, more efficient
and thereby less costly, in its capital raise of $11.2 million for IDT.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to Fibercore, Ltd., a UK-based
global market leader in the design and manufacture of specialty optical fibers,
in its acquisition by H.I.G. Europe, the European arm of global private equity
firm H.I.G. Capital.
WCP served as the exclusive financial advisor to InVisage Technologies, Inc., a
Silicon Valley-based start-up that is revolutionizing the image sensor market,
in its Series C Funding round, led by Intel Capital. InVisage will use the
funding to bring their QuantumFilm™ technology and products to mass production
scale.
WCP served as financial advisor to SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc., a
Mississippi-based manufacturer of high-voltage silicon-carbide (SiC)
semiconductor devices, on its recent strategic investment from Power
Integrations, the leading supplier of high-voltage integrated circuits used in
energy-efficient power conversion.
WCP served as financial advisor to Yardbarker, the largest network of sports
blogs and pro athlete blogs on the web, in its acquisition by News Corporation /
Fox Sports, a diversified global media company with operations in eight
different industry segments.
WCP served as financial advisor to ChipSensors, a fabless semiconductor company
producing sensors on deep submicron CMOS for measuring temperature, humidity and
gases, in its sale to Silicon Laboratories Inc., an industry leader in the
innovation of high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs.
WCP served as financial advisor to Silicon Clocks, a fabless semiconductor
company that develops integrated timing products based on its modular CMEMSTM
process technology platform, in its acquisition by Silicon Laboratories, an
industry leader in the innovation of high-performance, analog-intensive,
mixed-signal ICs.
WCP served as financial advisor to iWatt, a power control IC company that
designs, develops and markets semiconductor products for the communication and
consumer market segments, on the divestiture of its IKOR Advanced Power
Solutions Division to IDT.
WCP served as financial advisor to ARC International, a leading provider of
customizable Solution to Silicon IP to consumer and semiconductor companies
globally, in its acquisition by Virage Logic Corporation, a leading provider of
semiconductor intellectual property (IP) for the design of complex integrated
circuits.




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