M&A Deal Summary

Cloud Equity Group Acquires Virpus

On September 14, 2015, private equity firm Cloud Equity Group acquired internet software and services company Virpus

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cloud Equity Group’s 3rd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Cloud Equity Group’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Cloud Equity Group’s 1st transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-09-14
Target Virpus
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Cloud Equity Group
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Virpus

Jersey, New Jersey, United States
Virpus is a virtual private server and bare metal cloud hosting provider. Virpus provides reliable industry-leading services comprised of SSD Cache VPS, Pure SSD VPS, and Bare Metal Cloud Servers. Virpus was founded in 2006 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

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DESCRIPTION

Cloud Equity Group is a private investment firm focused on providing equity and mezzanine capital to businesses that provide web hosting and cloud based infrastructure solutions. The Firm will consider opportunities throughout the US and seeks acquisitions as well as growth capital investment situations. Cloud Equity Group was formed in 2013 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 19
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 3 of 11
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 3 of 18
State: New Jersey M&A 1 of 3
Country: United States M&A 3 of 18
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-04 Fresh Roasted Hosting

Lewes, Delaware, United States

Fresh Roasted Hosting is a web hosting company tucked in among coffee houses, independent retailers, and the oldest continually-operating market house in the US, Fresh Roasted Hosting delivers all the same high-end web hosting solutions. Fresh Roasted Hosting was founded in 2011 and is based in Lewes, Delaware.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-05-09 CloudAccess

Traverse City, Michigan, United States

CloudAccess is a cloud based hosting and support platform for Joomla and WordPress based content managers. CloudAccess was founded in 2008 and is based in Traverse City, Michigan.

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