
Investments
8Portfolio Exits
3Partners & Customers
10Service Providers
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Latest Avnet News
Jan 18, 2023
Avnet Abacus garners distribution award from Bourns Avnet wins award for highest growth across Bourns’ distribution network in the EMEA region ) Avnet Abacus, one of Europe’s leading interconnect, passive, electro-mechanical and power distributors and a regional business unit of Avnet (NASDAQ: AVT ), has won a distribution award from Bourns, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of passive electronic components. At a recent event, Bourns presented a series of awards to recognize its top-performing distribution partners that have contributed to its sales and business growth over the past 18 months in the EMEA region. Across a different range of criteria, Avnet Abacus won the award for the ‘Highest Percentage Network Share Growth’. Adam Chidley, Senior Marketing Manager, was awarded MVP for his long-term relationship and commitment to Bourns, built over many years of hard work and dedication to driving an excellent team of Supplier Development Managers. Serving a broad range of markets including automotive, industrial, consumer, communications and non-critical life support medical, Bourns is a leading maker of position and speed sensors, circuit protection solutions, magnetic components, microelectronic modules, panel controls and resistive products. “Bourns has been a long-term supplier and partner of Avnet Abacus and brings a world-renown surety for innovative and high-quality passive components,” said Hagen Goetze, Senior Director Marketing at Avnet Abacus. “This award is a recognition of our efforts across these challenging times in the market over the past couple of years, Avnet has worked hard to cement its position as one of the leading distribution sales arms for Bourns on a global and European basis.” Anlagen
Avnet Investments
8 Investments
Avnet has made 8 investments. Their latest investment was in Stroma as part of their Convertible Note on November 11, 2021.

Avnet Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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11/1/2021 | Convertible Note | Stroma | $0.1M | Yes | 1 | |
7/24/2019 | Corporate Minority | |||||
6/6/2019 | Corporate Minority | |||||
5/9/2018 | Corporate Minority | |||||
2/3/2018 | Biz Plan Competition |
Avnet Portfolio Exits
3 Portfolio Exits
Avnet has 3 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Defendry on August 25, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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8/25/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
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Sources | 1 |
Avnet Acquisitions
36 Acquisitions
Avnet acquired 36 companies. Their latest acquisition was Witekio on September 17, 2019.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
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9/17/2019 | Acquired | 4 | ||||
12/12/2018 | Acquired | 5 | ||||
8/22/2017 | Seed / Angel | $2.8M | Acquired | 5 | ||
11/14/2016 | Other | |||||
10/17/2016 |
Date | 9/17/2019 | 12/12/2018 | 8/22/2017 | 11/14/2016 | 10/17/2016 |
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Investment Stage | Seed / Angel | Other | |||
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Total Funding | $2.8M | ||||
Note | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Sources | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Avnet Partners & Customers
10 Partners and customers
Avnet has 10 strategic partners and customers. Avnet recently partnered with Bourns on January 1, 2023.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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1/18/2023 | Distributor | United States | Avnet Abacus garners distribution award from Bourns `` Bourns has been a long-term supplier and partner of Avnet and brings a world-renown surety for innovative and high-quality passive components , '' said Hagen Goetze , Senior Director Marketing at Avnet . | 1 | |
12/14/2022 | Partner | United States | Avnet Abacus and Molex celebrate 40 years in business `` Avnet and Molex have been collaborating to support our customers ' needs for four decades , and we are extremely proud of our long history together , '' said Henry Fuerniss , VP , EMEA at Molex . | 1 | |
11/18/2022 | Partner | Japan | Stutensee , Germany - In order to open up new markets and applications for scalable standard modules , Avnet , the leading manufacturer of embedded solutions , has expanded its existing partnership with Renesas , a global processor manufacturer , to include compact SMARC modules . | 1 | |
11/17/2022 | Supplier | ||||
11/9/2022 | Supplier |
Date | 1/18/2023 | 12/14/2022 | 11/18/2022 | 11/17/2022 | 11/9/2022 |
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Type | Distributor | Partner | Partner | Supplier | Supplier |
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Country | United States | United States | Japan | ||
News Snippet | Avnet Abacus garners distribution award from Bourns `` Bourns has been a long-term supplier and partner of Avnet and brings a world-renown surety for innovative and high-quality passive components , '' said Hagen Goetze , Senior Director Marketing at Avnet . | Avnet Abacus and Molex celebrate 40 years in business `` Avnet and Molex have been collaborating to support our customers ' needs for four decades , and we are extremely proud of our long history together , '' said Henry Fuerniss , VP , EMEA at Molex . | Stutensee , Germany - In order to open up new markets and applications for scalable standard modules , Avnet , the leading manufacturer of embedded solutions , has expanded its existing partnership with Renesas , a global processor manufacturer , to include compact SMARC modules . | ||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Avnet Service Providers
1 Service Provider
Avnet has 1 service provider relationship
Service Provider | Associated Rounds | Provider Type | Service Type |
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Lincoln International | Acq - P2P | Investment Bank | Financial Advisor |
Service Provider | Lincoln International |
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Associated Rounds | Acq - P2P |
Provider Type | Investment Bank |
Service Type | Financial Advisor |
Partnership data by VentureSource
Avnet Team
41 Team Members
Avnet has 41 team members, including current Founder, Owner, Aviv Leshem.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Aviv Leshem | Founder, Owner | Current | |
Name | Aviv Leshem | ||||
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Title | Founder, Owner | ||||
Status | Current |
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