M&A Deal Summary

Ziff Davis Acquires WeCloud AB

On July 17, 2017, Ziff Davis acquired internet software and services company WeCloud AB

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ziff Davis’ 47th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Ziff Davis’ 2nd transaction in Sweden.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-07-17
Target WeCloud AB
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Ziff Davis
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

WeCloud AB

Malmo, Sweden
WeCloud AB is a developer of cloud based spam and web filtering tools. WeCloud AB was established in 2010 and is based in Malmo, Sweden.

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Buyer

Ziff Davis

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 2014
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees3,800
Revenue 1.4B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Ziff Davis is a provider of Internet fax, virtual phone, hosted email, email marketing, online backup, unified communications, and CRM solutions. Ziff Davis was founded in 1995 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 77 of 88
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 47 of 52
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 70 of 78
Country: Sweden M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2017 M&A 8 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-07-17 CloudRecover

St Leonards, Australia

CloudRecover is a provider of enterprise server and laptop backup, disaster recovery, email archiving and recovery services. CloudRecover was founded in 1999 and is based in St Leonards, Australia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-12 StreamSend

Sacramento, California, United States

StreamSend, Inc. is a cloud based platform that provides email marketing and social delivery services. StreamSend, Inc. was established in 1998 and is based in Sacramento, California.

Buy -