M&A Deal Summary

WP Engine Acquires Flywheel

On June 24, 2019, WP Engine acquired internet software and services company Flywheel

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is WP Engine’s 2nd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is WP Engine’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is WP Engine’s 1st transaction in Nebraska.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-06-24
Target Flywheel
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) WP Engine
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Flywheel

Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Flywheel is a WordPress hosting and management company. Flywheel focused on creating targeted and innovative products to help agencies grow their business on WordPress. Flywheel was founded in 2012 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Buyer

WP Engine

Austin, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 2010
Sector Internet Software and Services
Revenue 100M USD (2017)
DESCRIPTION
WPEngine's corporate headquarters in downtown Austin, Texas.
WPEngine's corporate headquarters in downtown Austin, Texas.

WP Engine provides managed WordPress cloud hosting solutions for individuals and small and medium-sized companies. The Company was formed in 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 8
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 2
State (Nebraska) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2019) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-06-27 StudioPress

United States

StudioPress is a creator of the Genesis Framework (Genesis), theme framework for the millions of WordPress sites that comprise 30 percent of the Web. Genesis, and its accompanying suite of themes, helps enterprises, startups, and agencies to accelerate the building of amazing digital experiences.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-06-02 Advanced Custom Fields

Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

Advanced Custom Fields makes it easy for developers to create full CMS solutions with WordPress including easy-to-edit fields for content creators on any kind of site.

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Mergr

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