Company further expands its online advertising business with latest acquisition. CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) announced today that it is acquiring German product review business VGL Verlagsgesellschaft mbH for an initial enterprise value of €60 million. ... Continue Reading1 Comment
CentralNic acquires Latin American domain name registrar
· Domain RegistrarsSmall acquisition will serve as a base for expansion in Latin America. CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) has acquired the assets of NameAction Inc., a small domain name registrar based in Chile. The deal was for approximately $1 million. NameAction will ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
DevHub acquires Brickwork Software to add local retail tech
· Services, UncategorizedCompany that once catered to domain investors makes an acquisition that bolsters its client roster and product functionality. Seattle-based DevHub has acquired Brickwork Software, a retail tech company. DevHub began its life in 2007 as ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
CentralNic to acquire Hexonet for €10.0 million
· Domain RegistrarsDomain company continues to consolidate the domain industry. Fresh off a bond issue of €50 million, domain name company CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) is acquiring domain name registrar Hexonet for €10 million. Hexonet is a reseller platform and also ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Montefiore Investment acquires domain name registrar Gandi
· Domain RegistrarsPrivate equity firm acquires domain name registrar with 2.5 million domains. Private equity firm Montefiore Investment has acquired domain name registrar Gandi. In a heartfelt blog post, Gandi CEO Stephan Ramoin explained the origins of the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
CentralNic scoops up KeyDrive for up to $55 million
· Domain RegistrarsDeal includes cash and share consideration with earnout that could make it a $55 million total price tag. CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) announced today that it has agreed to acquire KeyDrive S.A. for up to $55 million. The deal includes initial ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
CentralNic acquires Instra for $24 million, sells $3.6M in domains, and plans to raise $15M
· Domain RegistrarsCentralNic buys another domain name registrar. Publicly traded domain name registrar and registry CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) has agreed to acquire domain name registrar Instra Group for AU $33 million (USD $24 million), the company announced ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Endurance continues to roll up, acquires BuyDomains
· Domain SalesNameMedia sells off domain name portfolio. Publicly traded Endurance International Group continued its roll up of the webhosting and domain name business last quarter with the acquisition of BuyDomains, the company announced today. In his prepared ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Partnership leads to acquisition by GoDaddy
· Domain RegistrarsAfter integrating Locu into web site building product, GoDaddy buys the whole company. I took yesterday afternoon off to spend with my daughter before school starts again on Wednesday. As we hung out I scanned my tweet stream and saw something about ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment