Investment Summary

Catalyst Investors and Insight Partners Invest In Web.com

On December 15, 2003, venture capital firms Catalyst Investors and Insight Partners invested in internet software and services company Web.com

Investment Highlights
  • This is Catalyst Investors’ 4th and Insight Partners’ 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Catalyst Investors’ 20th and Insight Partners’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Catalyst Investors’ 3rd and Insight Partners’ 1st transaction in Florida.
Investment Fate
  • Web.com went public in 2005.
  • Web.com was sold to a financial buyer in 2007.
  • Web.com was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2018 for 2.0B USD.
  • Web.com merged with another company in 2021.

Investment Summary

Date 2003-12-15
Target Web.com
Sector Internet Software and Services
Investor(s) Catalyst Investors
Insight Partners
Deal Type Venture

Target

Web.com

Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Web.com is a provider of website-building tools, services, and internet solutions. The company offers a comprehensive suite of website design, customer support, and technology platforms tailored to the needs of the small and medium-sized businesses. Additionally,Web.com Group partners with enterprise companies to help these partners build stronger, more profitable relationships with their business customers. Web.com was formed in 1997 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Catalyst Investors

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 377M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Catalyst Investors is a specialist private equity firm that targets investments in the media, communications and internet services industries. Specific areas of interest include, video and audio content and distribution, print and online publishing, out-of-home advertising, music publishing, wireless voice and data, wireless spectrum and other infrastructure, outsourced applications providers / software as a service (SAAS), subscription based services, and online advertising. Catalyst looks for the growth companies located in the US and Canada requiring $10 to $60 million in capital. Catalyst prefers businesses with 'high-margin economics', 'defensible market positions', and 'recurring revenues'. Catalyst was formed in 1999 and is based in New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 21 of 54
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 4 of 18
Type: Venture M&A Deals 3 of 16
State: Florida M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 20 of 52
Year: 2003 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-01-01 Aloha Partners

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Aloha Partners, L.P. provides wireless broadband services in the United States. It provides mobile broadband IP service for desktops, laptops, pocket PCs, and other devices.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-01-01 Clearwire

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Clearwire Inc., based in Kirkland, Washington, is a provider of reliable, wireless, high-speed broadband Internet service to consumers and small businesses.

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Investor

Insight Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 90.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Insight Partners is a growth capital investment firm focused on early to later stage investments principally in the software sector. Insight Partners was formed in 1995 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 99
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 26
Type: Venture M&A Deals 1 of 23
State: Florida M&A 1 of 9
Country: United States M&A 1 of 79
Year: 2003 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-11-02 Web.com

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Web.com is a provider of website-building tools, services, and internet solutions. The company offers a comprehensive suite of website design, customer support, and technology platforms tailored to the needs of the small and medium-sized businesses. Additionally,Web.com Group partners with enterprise companies to help these partners build stronger, more profitable relationships with their business customers. Web.com was formed in 1997 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

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