M&A Deal Summary

team.blue Acquires Combell

On June 12, 2019, team.blue acquired internet software and services company Combell from HgCapital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is team.blue’s 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is team.blue’s 1st transaction in Belgium.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-06-12
Target Combell
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) team.blue
Sellers(s) HgCapital
Deal Type Merger

Target

Combell

Ghent, Belgium
Combell is a mass web hoster offering services from domain names, email and shared hosting to online presence, e-commerce solutions and server hosting in the cloud. Combell was founded in 1999 and is based in Ghent, Belgium.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

team.blue

Gent, Belgium
Category Company
Founded 2019
Sector Internet Software and Services
DESCRIPTION

team.blue is an operator of a digital enabler for companies and entrepreneurs through the team.blue brands, the product offering is tailored to active markets and always supported with the highest level of expertise. team.blue was founded in 2019 and is based in Gent, Belgium.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 1 of 2
Type (Merger) 2 of 2
Country (Belgium) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-12 TransIP Group

Leiden, Netherlands

TransIP Group is a hosting and Virtual Private Server (‘VPS’) provider. TransIP offers managed and unmanaged internet services. The credo of TransIP Group is to ‘Make Advanced Simple’, which it does for more than 400,000 customers so that they can excel in their digital capabilities. TransIP Group is based in Leiden, Netherlands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-09-05 Register

Florence, Italy

Register is a provider of digital services for professionals and SMBs such as domain registration, hosting, servers, website creation, e-commerce, brand protection. Register provides domain and hosting services under Register.it, Sfera, Etinet, Dominiando, Namesco, Simply Hosting, Tagadab, LCN Register365, LetsHost, Hosting Ireland, Nominalia, Dominios.pt, Iberweb, and Amen brands. Register was founded in 1995 and is based in Florence, Italy.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

HgCapital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 70.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

HgCapital is a European private equity firm focused on a wide range of transactions including public-to-private leveraged buy-outs, management buy-ins, divestitures, and turnarounds. Broad sectors of interest include consumer and leisure, healthcare, industrials, services, technology, media, and renewable energy. The Firm will consider both majority and minority investment positions. HgCapital is the successor to Mercury Capital Partners, a former unit of Merill Lynch which was spun out by management in 2000. HgCapital has offices in London and Munich.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 72 of 92
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 10 of 16
Type (Merger) 3 of 5
Country (Belgium) 1 of 2
Year (2019) 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-12 team.blue

Gent, Belgium

team.blue is an operator of a digital enabler for companies and entrepreneurs through the team.blue brands, the product offering is tailored to active markets and always supported with the highest level of expertise. team.blue was founded in 2019 and is based in Gent, Belgium.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-09-05 Register

Florence, Italy

Register is a provider of digital services for professionals and SMBs such as domain registration, hosting, servers, website creation, e-commerce, brand protection. Register provides domain and hosting services under Register.it, Sfera, Etinet, Dominiando, Namesco, Simply Hosting, Tagadab, LCN Register365, LetsHost, Hosting Ireland, Nominalia, Dominios.pt, Iberweb, and Amen brands. Register was founded in 1995 and is based in Florence, Italy.

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