M&A Deal Summary

Return Path Acquires Bonded Sender

On April 12, 2005, Return Path acquired software company Bonded Sender from IronPort Systems

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Return Path’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Return Path’s 3rd transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-04-12
Target Bonded Sender
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Return Path
Sellers(s) IronPort Systems
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Bonded Sender

United States
Bonded Sender allows legitimate email senders to post a financial bond to guarantee the messages they send are not spam.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Return Path

New York City, New York, United States

Category Company
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

ReturnPath is a customer retention software and services company. The company's first product, ECOA (Email Change of Address) is a universal email management and change-of-address service that helps businesses and consumers optimize email communications. They are up and running and revenue producing, with over 40 million email addresses to date. The company sells both directly and through resellers such as DoubleClick.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 8
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 3 of 8
Year: 2005 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-06-29 NetCreations

New York, New York, United States

NetCreations is an email list rental, list management and market research provider.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-08-12 Habeas

Mountain View, California, United States

Habeas provides provides email reputation intelligence to a million email networks, including hundreds of ISPs, in 190 countries. This global network enables optimum delivery of Habeas-certified email to businesses, organizations, and individuals worldwide.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

IronPort Systems

San Bruno, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Software
Employees408
DESCRIPTION

IronPort Systems, Inc. is a web security products provider for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2005 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-11-24 SpamCop

United States

SpamCop is a provider of anti spam software and solutions.

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