STS is the leading provider of ‘plug & play’ real-time wireless chipsets for consumer audio applications. It offers a superior digital and radio silicon platform that supports the complete range of wireless products including home, portable and automotive applications. The company was acquired in June 2010 by SMSC (NASDAQ:SMSC).

FRSGlobal provides banks with compliance, risk management and analytics software to enable them to mitigate operational risks and to reduce the costs of compliance with Basel II, IFRS and Sarbanes-Oxley regulations. FRS has over 1000 financial institutions as customers, including 40 of the top 50 global banks. The company was acquired in September 2010 by Wolters Kluwer Financial Services.

SEQUANS Communications is the leading leading 4G chipmaker, supplying LTE and Wimax chips to equipment manufacturers and mobile operators globally. Sequans’ chips currently enable the world’s largest WiMAX networks and will soon be driving leading LTE networks. In April 2011, Sequans Communications (NYSE: SQNS) completed its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, becoming the first French company to list on the NYSE since 2002.

Adviva operates the leading European online advertising network targeted at brand advertisers. Using behavioural and contextual targeting technology, Adviva connects advertisers with the European consumers they want to reach. Adviva was acquired by Specific Media in March 2008.

Chipidea is a leading provider of analog/mixed-signal semiconductor intellectual property and associated services. The company was acquired by MIPS Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: MIPS) for $147 million in August 2007. See Case Study.

Fluency Voice Technology supplies interactive speech recognition applications to large enterprise call centers. The company was acquired by Syntellect, a division of Enghouse Systems Limited (TSX: ESL), in June 2008.