M&A Deal Summary

Newfold Digital Acquires Hostopia Australia

On March 8, 2022, Newfold Digital acquired internet software and services company Hostopia Australia from Deluxe

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Newfold Digital’s 9th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Newfold Digital’s 1st transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-03-08
Target Hostopia Australia
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Newfold Digital
Sellers(s) Deluxe
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Hostopia Australia

Sydney, Australia
Hostopia Australia is a hosting provider to more than 50,000 small business customers and hosts 250,000 websites. Hostopia Australia was founded in 2017 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Newfold Digital

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Internet Software and Services
Revenue 1.1B USD (2019)
DESCRIPTION

Newfold Digital is a provider of shared web hosting services to small businesses. Newfield Digital helps customers of all sizes build a digital presence that delivers results. Newfold Digital has extensive product offerings and personalized support with customers to serve their online presence needs. Newfold Digital was founded in 1997 and is based in Jacksonville, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 18
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 9 of 11
Type (Divestiture) 4 of 5
Country (Australia) 1 of 1
Year (2022) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-08-12 Yoast

Wijchen, Netherlands

Yoast is a search engine optimization (SEO) plugin provider for WordPress with over 12 million active installs makes it easier for everyone to get great results from their websites. Yoast was founded in 2010 and is based in Wijchen, Netherlands.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-03-17 YITH

Tenerife, Spain

YITH is an independent marketplace for WooCommerce plugins. The company designs, develops, maintains, and supports its library of over 100 free and premium WooCommerce plugins ensuring reliability year after year. All plugins are developed through a proprietary framework that grants 100% compatibility among plugins and the latest WordPress technologies for advanced features online sellers need to build and grow their business. YITH is based in Tenerife, Spain.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Deluxe

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Category Company
Founded 1915
Sector Business Services
Employees5,170
Revenue 2.2B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Deluxe's corporate headquarters in Shoreview, Minnesota.
Entrance to Deluxe's corporate headquarters in Shoreview, Minnesota.

Deluxe offers a diversified range of products and services to businesses of all sizes. The Company's products and services include customized checks and forms, as well as website development and hosting, email marketing, social media, search engine optimization and logo design. Deluxe was incorporated in 1915 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
Country (Australia) 1 of 1
Year (2022) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-04-22 First American Payment Systems

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

First American Payment Systems is a service provider of credit card processing for merchants. It provides debit/EBT card processing, Secur-Chex check services, FirstPay.Net e-Commerce payment gateway, national ATM deployment, and Merimac Capital point-of-sale equipment and ATM leasing. First American Payment Systems was formed in 1990 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.

Buy $960M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-01-31 HostPapa

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

HostPapa is a web hosting and cloud-based service provider to small businesses across the globe. Its commitment is to provide a complete array of enterprise-grade solutions to every small business owner. HostPapa was formed in 2005 and is based in Burlington, Ontario.

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