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SugarCRM Acquires W-Systems

On November 5, 2020, SugarCRM acquired information technology company W-Systems from GateHouse Media

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SugarCRM’s 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is SugarCRM’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is SugarCRM’s 6th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-11-05
Target W-Systems
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) SugarCRM
Sellers(s) GateHouse Media
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

W-Systems

Cupertino, California, United States
W-Systems Corp. is a provider of transformational sales & marketing technology based on CRM and Marketing Automation. We are Certified Partners of top vendors including SugarCRM, DocuSign, Act-On, GoldMine, and Vonage. W-Systems was founded in 1996 and is based in Cupertino, California.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SugarCRM

Cupertino, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 2004
Sector Software
Employees400
DESCRIPTION

SugarCRM is a CX (customer experience) platform, enabling businesses to create profitable customer relationships by delivering highly relevant, personalized experiences throughout the customer journey. The easy-to-use, intuitive platform makes CX easy and accessible for everyone, allowing marketing, sales and services professionals to focus on high-impact, value-adding activities that create customers for life. SugarCRM was founded in 2004 and is based in Cupertino, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 9
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 3
State: California M&A 6 of 6
Country: United States M&A 6 of 6
Year: 2020 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-08-24 Node.io

San Francisco, California, United States

Node, Inc. is an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that leverages CRM data and vast external sources to deliver an unparalleled level of predictability across a whole array of different business use cases. Node was established in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-11-25 Loaded Technologies

North Sydney, Australia

Loaded Technologies is a business consulting, CRM strategy, and cloud implementation services provider. Loaded Technologies was founded in 1997 and is based in North Sydney, Australia.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

GateHouse Media

Fairport, New York, United States
Category Company
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

GateHouse Media, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest local media companies as measured by its daily publications.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-01 American Consolidated Media

Dallas, Texas, United States

American Consolidated Media, LP ("ACM") is a publisher of community newspapers and shopping publications.

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