M&A Deal Summary

GoDaddy Acquires Uniregistry

On February 11, 2020, GoDaddy acquired internet software and services company Uniregistry

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GoDaddy’s 20th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is GoDaddy’s 1st transaction in Cayman Islands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2020-02-11
Target Uniregistry
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) GoDaddy
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Uniregistry

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Uniregistry Corp. is a domain registrar and marketplace businesses. Uniregistry Corp. is a more intuitive and user-friendly domain management registrar, and an award-winning premium domain brokerage service.

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Buyer

GoDaddy

Tempe, Arizona, United States

Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees5,518
Revenue 4.6B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
GoDaddy's corporate headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona.
GoDaddy's corporate headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona.

GoDaddy is a provider software and tools for consumers and businesses. GoDaddy's software solutions include a variety of domain name registration plans, website design and hosting packages, and cloud-based solutions. Specific products include SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy private registration, ecommerce website hosting, blog software, search engine optimization utilities, email marketing tools, website design services, website security software and online storage solutions. GoDaddy was formed in 1997 and is based in Tempe, Arizona.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 27
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 20 of 24
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 19 of 23
Country: Cayman Islands M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2020 M&A 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-29 Over

Cape Town, South Africa

Over is the company behind the Over app that helps entrepreneurs and small businesses grow their brands by easily creating impactful visual content for any platform online. The Over app enables anyone to create inspiring content quickly on a mobile phone for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, and other popular social platforms, as well as email marketing campaigns and websites. It features a vast library of hand-curated, professionally designed templates and layout for quick customization that standout and grab attention.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-04-06 NeuStar - Registry business

Sterling, Virginia, United States

NeuStar, Inc. - Registry business includes an extensive portfolio of top-level domains, including .biz, .co, .in, .nyc and .us, and supports more than 215 TLDs and approximately 12 million domains.

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