Technology & Communications

The deal toys shown here reflect technologies ranging from phones and laptops to robotics and fiber optics. You’ll also find custom commemorative designs for patent awards, licensing agreements, product launches, and user milestones.

Rocket Internet Lucite Tombstone

Custom lucite celebrating a joint venture between MTN Group, a telecom operator based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Rocket Internet is a venture capital firm focusing on e-commerce.

Job: 4LMK03U

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Lyft Lucite Tombstone

Deal gift commemorating an investment in Lyft. The car-sharing service is headquartered in San Francisco.

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Custom Calpian Deal Gift

Custom deal gift recognizing an equity offering by Calpian, a mobile payments and processing technology company based in Dallas, Texas. National Securities acted as lead placement agent.

Job: 4AHB508

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Intuit Lucite Tombstone

Intuit lucite tombstone commemorating the purchase of Check, a mobile billing paying service based in Palo Alto, California. The acquirer, Intuit, is based in Mountain View.

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Google Deal Toy

Lucite tombstone marking the recapitalization of Mountain View, California-based Google. Google’s Board was advised by Perella Weinberg Partners.

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Softlayer/IBM Custom Lucite

Custom Lucite marking the acquisition of Softlayer by IBM.

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Adobe Neolane Custom Tombstone

Custom Tombstone marking the acquisition of Neolane by Adobe

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Amphenol Financial Tombstone

Financial tombstone recognizing the acquisition by Wallingford, Connecticut-based electroparts manufacturer Amphenol of Tecvox. Headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, Tecvox is a manufacturer and supplier of intelligent automotive infotainment components.

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Rizvi Traverse / Flipboard Lucite Tombstone

Lucite tombstone commemorating the investment by Rizvi Traverse Management in the Palo Alto-based social news app Flipboard. Other investors in Flipboard include Goldman Sachs, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Index Futures, and Insight Venture Partners.

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Technology & Communications Deal Toys

This section features deal toys and financial tombstones from the technology and communications sectors. In the galleries beginning on this page, you’ll find images of over 250 designs made with a variety of materials including crystal, Lucite, pewter, resin, wood, and marble.

The deal toy designs themselves also play off a range of technological components, including computers, cell phones, circuit boards, and semiconductor wafers; they also highlight a number of disciplines, including robotics, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), building automation services (BAS), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), and software asset management (SAM).

The transactions also feature some of most recognizable players and names in these sectors. These include Apple, Google, Cox Communications, SAP, Rockwell Automation, and Virgin Media.

But you’ll also encounter less familiar names and deals. These might include, for instance, the initial public offering of an Australian aerial mapping and geospatial technology company, the acquisition of a Florida-based developer of high-performance computational hardware and software, the acquisition of a California manufacturer of integrated circuits for the industrial Internet of things, and an institutional placement for a U.K.-based developer of technology for skin therapy and regeneration.

Finally, in addition to deal toys, you’ll also find pieces related to these sectors but not related to a financial transaction. These include, for example, a wafer-themed employee recognition award designed for a semiconductor firm, and custom awards celebrating such achievements as production launches and patent applications and grants.