Keeping track of the merger and acquisitions over the last while is proving to be headache inducing. A lot of the players have switched around and the number of transactions does not show any sign of slowing down. The latest announcement is that Ethos Capital, the rather secretive investment company, is now the majority shareholder… Continue reading Secretive Investment Company Ethos Capital Now Owns Donuts
Tag: Mergers and acquisitions
Donuts’ Afilias Deal Closes
Back in November many were surprised by the news that Donuts was acquiring Afilias. While mergers and acquisitions happen all the time, this deal was big news and to many observers probably a little surprising. Yesterday the deal closed. The “change of control” had been on the agenda of a recent ICANN Board meeting, but… Continue reading Donuts’ Afilias Deal Closes
Donuts to Buy Afilias
There’s been a lot of mergers and acquisitions in the domain name space over the last few years. However Donuts acquiring Afilias is more than just “big” news. I’d have to sit down and work it out in more , but I think with this merger Donuts becomes the single biggest registry operator in terms… Continue reading Donuts to Buy Afilias
Clearlake to Acquire Endurance
Endurance International Group Holdings Inc. has announced that it is to be acquired by Clearlake Capital Group L.P. in a deal valued in excess of $3 billion. Endurance (EIG) isn’t really a household name, even for people working in the internet space. They’re better known by the brands in the group which include companies like:… Continue reading Clearlake to Acquire Endurance
One.com Acquires GratisDNS / Larsen Data
It looks like the merger and acquisition activity in the hosting and domain market isn’t slowing down. Multiple European and international hosting and domain name groups have been quietly, and not so quietly, expanding via acquisitions in the last few months. While announcements of mergers and acquisitions in the middle of a global pandemic might… Continue reading One.com Acquires GratisDNS / Larsen Data
Radix Buys Uno
Radix registry has acquired the .uno TLD. Since its initial launch .uno has been using Neustar’s backend, while Radix uses Centralnic. While a backend switch hasn’t been announced yet it would be logical for Radix to keep all its domain extension on the one backend provider. The .uno tld currently has just over 16 thousand… Continue reading Radix Buys Uno
Donuts Acquires Legacy .Travel Domain Registry
Andrew and Kevin both covered the acquisition of the .travel TLD by Donuts, which was announced earlier today. What will Donuts do with it? I suspect they’ll try to make it as easy to register a .travel domain name as possible, though they might like to keep some level of “certification”. What that’ll look like… Continue reading Donuts Acquires Legacy .Travel Domain Registry
United Internet Acquires Strato
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