M&A Deal Summary

SolarWinds Acquires Pingdom AB

On June 18, 2014, SolarWinds acquired internet software and services company Pingdom AB

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SolarWinds’ 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is SolarWinds’ 1st transaction in Sweden.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-06-18
Target Pingdom AB
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) SolarWinds
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) GP Bullhound (Financial)

Target

Pingdom AB

Vasteras, Sweden
Pingdom is a SaaS company that monitors sites and servers on the internet, alerting the site owners if any problems are detected.

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Buyer

SolarWinds

Austin, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Software
Employees2,073
Revenue 759M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

SolarWinds provides hybrid IT infrastructure management software to customers worldwide from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses, government agencies and educational institutions. SolarWinds was founded in 1999 and is based in Austin, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 23
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 6
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 12 of 22
Country: Sweden M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
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