America’s Growth Capital is pleased to announce that its client, Mazu Networks, Inc., a leading network behavior analysis company, has agreed to be sold to Riverbed Technology, Inc., a leader in WAN optimization solutions, for $25 million in cash, with the potential for up to an additional $22 million in contingent consideration. The acquisition of Mazu will add network visibility and analysis tools to Riverbed’s platform of wide-area data services. The transaction is subject to certain closing conditions.With a team led by Maria Lewis Kussmaul, America’s Growth Capital acted as sole financial advisor to Mazu Networks.
The Mazu management team and board were very pleased with AGC's ability to drive a transaction with a strong partner such as Riverbed, especially in light of the challenging economic environment. Maria, Scott and the team worked hard to ensure that Mazu had strong visibility with the most logical potential partners and helped us close on the best option for the Company. They did an outstanding job every step of the way, and I would not hesitate to work with AGC again in the future.