M&A Deal Summary

Axway Acquires Tumbleweed Communications

On September 4, 2008, Axway acquired communications company Tumbleweed Communications

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Axway’s 1st transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Axway’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Axway’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-09-04
Target Tumbleweed Communications
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Axway
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Tumbleweed Communications

Redwood City, California, United States
Tumbleweed Communications Corp. provides managed file transfer, email security, and identity validation products to enterprise and government customers worldwide. Its solutions enable organizations to safely and confidently conduct business over the Internet, protecting data in motion and at rest with intuitive, pragmatic solutions that promote collaboration, prevent data loss, and reduce the cost of doing business.

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Buyer

Axway

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Software
Employees1,525
Revenue 319M EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Axway's corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona.
Axway's corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona.

Axway is a provider of enterprise integration, security, and technology solutions. The Company offers a variety of managed file transfer solutions for business-to-business (B2B) needs. Axway was founded in 2000 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 9
Sector (Communications) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 8
State (California) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 5
Year (2008) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-04 Cyclone Commerce

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Cyclone Commerce is an enterprise software company which provides solutions that allow companies to connect, manage and collaborate with their business partners over the Internet. Cyclone Commerce solves a unique and urgent problem for global 2000 businesses: the need to extend their enterprises 'outside the four walls' to dynamically exchange and manage business critical information and commerce transactions with suppliers, customers and other partners.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-11-28 Vordel

Dublin, Ireland

Vordel provides solutions to enable the development, usage, management, and governance of Service Oriented Architectures extending inside and outside the enterprise via the use of API-based products and services, allowing enterprises to deliver APIs to cloud, mobile, and partners. The Vordel API Server is an enterprise-ready, unified API platform to manage, deliver and secure APIs. Vordel has global enterprise customers including banking, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, media, pharmaceutical, telecoms, utility and government organisations.

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