OpenEdge, invests 120 billion KRW to acquire 65% of the subsidiary... Fully strengthening the semiconductor IP business

OpenEdge Technology has acquired over 320,000 shares of its subsidiary OpenEdge Square, amounting to approximately 120 billion KRW, thereby increasing its stake in the company to 65.4%.

This share acquisition is interpreted as a strategic move by OpenEdge Technology to enhance its competitiveness in the semiconductor intellectual property (IP) field. OpenEdge Square is a company that develops a sales platform supporting semiconductor IP sales. To strengthen its technological capabilities and expand its business, it urgently requires financial support from its parent company.

OpenEdge Technology stated that the purpose of this investment is to stabilize the core technology development of the subsidiary and to secure the necessary funds for commercialization. In other words, by increasing its stake, the company aims to enhance its influence over OpenEdge Square and to cultivate new businesses as long-term growth engines.

The scheduled date for the share acquisition is December 15th, and after the transaction is completed, OpenEdge Technology will become the true major shareholder, reinforcing its control. This seems to lay the foundation for a more systematic promotion of technological and business synergies between the two companies in the future.

The semiconductor IP field has recently gained increasing importance due to the growth in demand for high-performance computing and the rising complexity of semiconductor design. Especially in system semiconductor design, the utilization rate of reusable IP is continuously increasing, and the demand for related software and platforms is expanding rapidly.

This trend could serve as an opportunity for OpenEdge Technology to strengthen its position in the semiconductor IP market over the medium to long term and to diversify its platform-based revenue structure. Especially as other companies intertwine efforts to gain competitiveness through technological internalization and vertical integration, similar M&A cases are expected to continue emerging in the future.