M&A Deal Summary

SDL Acquires Fredhopper BV

On December 31, 2009, SDL acquired internet software and services company Fredhopper BV

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SDL’s 3rd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is SDL’s 2nd transaction in the Netherlands.
Investment Fate
  • Fredhopper BV was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2017 for 25M GBP.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2009-12-31
Target Fredhopper BV
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) SDL
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Fredhopper BV

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fredhopper BV is a cloud-based provider of onsite search, navigation, recommendation and visual merchandising solutions through a global SaaS platform. Company has its primary office in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, with operations also in the UK and Bulgaria.

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Buyer

SDL

Maidenhead, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1992
Sector Software
Employees4,300
Revenue 376M GBP (2019)
DESCRIPTION

SDL is a global content management and language solutions. SDL helps companies build relevant digital experiences that deliver transformative business results on a global scale. SDL was founded in 1992 and is based in Maidenhead, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 10
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 3 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 9
Country: Netherlands M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2009 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-06-29 XyEnterprise

Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States

XyEnterprise develops, markets, and supports standards-based component content management, automated XML publishing and intelligent content delivery solutions that exceed customer expectations for reliability, productivity and ROI. XyEnterprise’s unmatched XML, DITA and S1000D expertise is the result of hundreds of successful deployments and is forged from lasting partnerships with customers for more than 20 years.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-07-15 Language Weaver

Los Angeles, California, United States

Language Weaver, Inc. was incorporated in January 2002 to commercialize a statistical approach to automated language translation and natural language processing; the result of more than 300 person-years of invention and development at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI). Their remarkable successes have made them the world's leaders in statistical approaches to automatic translation and natural language processing. Language Weaver continues to lead the quest for continuous improvements in translation accuracy and more scalable, flexible systems to improve human communications on a new level.

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