M&A Deal Summary

NeuStar Acquires .CO Internet S.A.S.

On March 20, 2014, NeuStar acquired internet software and services company .CO Internet S.A.S. for 109M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is NeuStar’s 4th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is NeuStar’s 6th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is NeuStar’s 1st transaction in Colombia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-03-20
Target .CO Internet S.A.S.
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) NeuStar
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 109M USD

Target

.CO Internet S.A.S.

Bogota, Colombia
.CO Internet is the exclusive operator of the worldwide registry for Internet addresses with the “.co” top-level domain. .co has grown to more than 1.6 million web addresses registered by individuals and businesses in over 200 countries and territories worldwide.

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Buyer

NeuStar

Reston, Virginia, United States

Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Information Services
Revenue 1.1B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION

NeuStar is a global information services provider driving the connected world forward with trusted, holistic identity resolution. The company serves many of the world’s brands to grow and guard their businesses with the most complete understanding of how to connect people, places, and things. The combination of Neustar’s unique, accurate and real-time identity system and its cloud-based workflow solutions empower businesses to make actionable, precise, and valuable decisions across marketing, risk, IT/security, network & operations departments. As the current sole provider to the U.S. Number Portability Administration Center, Neustar also facilitates the routing of all telephone call and text messages in the U.S. NeuStar was formed in 1996 and is based in Sterling, Virginia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 17
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 4 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 10 of 13
Country (Colombia) 1 of 1
Year (2014) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-01 DSET

Norcross, Georgia, United States

DSET Corp. is a provider of software development tools for the telecommunications industry. DSET products are used by telecommunications carriers and equipment vendors to automate and support complex network management functions.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-30 Bombora Technologies Pty

Melbourne, Australia

Bombora Technologies Pty Ltd. is a provider of domain name registry services.

Buy AU$119M