M&A Deal Summary

Automattic Acquires BruteProtect

On August 26, 2014, Automattic acquired internet software and services company BruteProtect

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Automattic’s 12th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Automattic’s 13th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Automattic’s 1st transaction in Maine.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-08-26
Target BruteProtect
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Automattic
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

BruteProtect

Bath, Maine, United States
website
BruteProtect is a plugin and service that protects your sites from malicious logins, saves server resources so your site runs faster, and keeps all your sites on the latest and greatest versions of WordPress core, plugins, and themes.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Automattic

San Francisco, California, United States

website

Category Company
Founded 2005
Sector Internet Software and Services
DESCRIPTION

Automattic is a provider of website building and blogging tools as well as a hosting provider for small and medium sized businesses. Automattic was formed in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 25
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 12 of 22
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 13 of 23
State (Maine) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 13 of 22
Year (2014) 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-24 Scroll Kit

New York, New York, United States

Scroll Kit, a New York-based startup that had developed a platform for people to build websites without needing to know any code.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-11-06 Code For The People

Newbury, United Kingdom

Code For The People is a web development agency specializes in designing and implementation.

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