M&A Deal Summary

Cloud Equity Group Acquires WebHostingBuzz

On March 27, 2017, private equity firm Cloud Equity Group acquired internet software and services company WebHostingBuzz

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cloud Equity Group’s 8th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Cloud Equity Group’s 9th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Cloud Equity Group’s 2nd transaction in Delaware.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-03-27
Target WebHostingBuzz
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Cloud Equity Group
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

WebHostingBuzz

Wilmington, Delaware, United States
WebHostingBuzz are a world-class web hosting company who offer a range of hosting services, including web hosting, reseller hosting, vps hosting and dedicated servers. With more than 13 years in the hosting industry and over 30,000 clients from 140+ countries around the world, company have earned a reputation for excellence. WebHostingBuzz was founded in 2002 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

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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 9 of 19
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 8 of 11
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 9 of 18
State: Delaware M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 9 of 18
Year: 2017 M&A 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-03-27 DedicatedNOW

Clifton, New Jersey, United States

DedicatedNOW is a provider of managed and unmanaged dedicated web hosting services to thousands of satisfied customers. DedicatedNOW has been delivering cutting-edge hosting solutions to meet the requirements of small and medium sized businesses, large scale corporations and individuals. Customers rely on DedicatedNOW to provide reliable, secure and value rich services such as dedicated servers, e-commerce, application, reseller and collocation hosting for their business. DedicatedNOW was founded in 1997 and is based in Clifton, New Jersey.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-18 CoolHandle

New York City, New York, United States

CoolHandle started as a group of IT professionals to introduce a new standard in the fast changing environment of web hosting. With over a decade of web hosting experience on various hosting platforms and operating systems, particularly Apache and Linux, they bring a wealth of knowledge and the capability to handle any hosting needs. CoolHandle was founded in 2001 and is based in New York City, New York.

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