Woodside Capital Partners Announces Joint Venture with Yole Développement to Expand Market Research Expertise

Palo Alto, CA – July 28, 2017 – Woodside Capital Partners International LLC, a global, independent investment bank, announces a joint venture with Yole Développement SA, a France-based market research and technology strategy consulting company. Yole will serve as a research partner for Woodside Capital’s M&A advisory practice which provides strategic and financial advice to emerging growth companies in the technology sector.

Yole focuses on a number of the technology sectors within Woodside Capital’s electronics practice. Yole’s analysts are subject matter experts in MEMS and Sensors; Imaging; Advanced Packaging; Power Electronics; LED; Displays; Photonics; Optoelectronics; Compound Semiconductors and Substrates; RF Electronics devices and technologies; and MedTech. Under the research partnership, Yole and Woodside Capital will jointly develop in-depth industry reports which will benefit the client base of both companies.

“Woodside capital has a unique overlap with Yole’s research focus” said Jean-Christophe Eloy, Yole CEO. Together with Woodside Capital, which is a leader in research and M&A financial advising in various emerging growth tech industry sectors, we will be able to provide immediate value to both of our client basis.

“Our collaboration with Yole will help us deliver the critical market insights that our global M&A customers depend on” said Rudy Burger, Managing Partner at Woodside Capital Partners. “Yole will bring the extensive expertise of their worldwide team of analysts to Woodside Capital’s industry leading research and advisory services.”

About Yole Développement SA

Founded in 1998, Yole Développement, provides marketing, technology and strategy consulting, media, reverse engineering including market research, technology analysis, strategy consulting, and targeted media. More information is available at http://www.yole.fr/.

About Woodside Capital Partners

Woodside Capital Partners is a global, independent investment bank that delivers world-class strategic and financial advice to emerging growth companies in the technology sectors, as well as institutional technology research services marketed as techView. With a strong track record in M&A, strategic partnerships and private placements, Woodside Capital Partners has been providing worldwide investment banking services since 2001 with leading domain experience in software, Internet services, electronics, communications and materials. Securities transactions are offered through Woodside Capital Securities LLC, a registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA (www.finra.org) and SIPC (www.sipc.org), and through Woodside Capital Partners UK LLP, a financial services firm authorized and regulated by the FSA (www.fsa.gov.uk). Woodside Capital Partners International LLC, Woodside Capital Securities LLC, and Woodside Capital Partners UK LLP are affiliated companies. More information is available at www.woodsidecap.com.