Clearlake Acquires Endurance and Makes Strategic Investment in Web.com to Form Newfold Digital

Newfold Digital Acquires MarkMonitor from Clarivate

November 1, 2022

Cybersecurity

Newfold Digital has completed its acquisition of MarkMonitor, an enterprise provider of domain management and protection solutions, from Clarivate. The deal, announced November 1, 2022, strengthens Newfold's enterprise domain management and security capabilities; Newfold is backed by affiliates of Clearlake Capital and Siris Capital.

Newfold Digital (Clearlake & Siris-backed) Acquires Yoast

August 12, 2021

Software

Newfold Digital, backed by Clearlake Capital Group and Siris Capital Group, has acquired Yoast, the leading SEO plugin provider for WordPress that powers over 12 million websites. The acquisition bolsters Newfold Digital's product portfolio to expand SEO offerings for its nearly seven million customers; all Yoast employees will join Newfold Digital.

Newfold Digital (Clearlake- and Siris-backed) Acquires YITH

March 17, 2022

E-Commerce

Newfold Digital, backed by private equity firms Clearlake Capital and Siris Capital, has acquired YITH, a leading developer and seller of WooCommerce plugins and WordPress themes. The acquisition (terms not disclosed) expands Newfold's e-commerce capabilities by adding YITH's library of 100+ plugins and ~2.3 million active installs to its product portfolio.

Endurance International Group Acquires Ecomdash

September 9, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all assets of Ecomdash for approximately $9.6 million in cash. The acquisition will add Ecomdash’s inventory, multichannel listing and order management capabilities to Endurance’s cloud-based SMB web presence and marketing platform; the deal was expected to close by October 1, 2019.

Warburg Pincus Acquires Clearlake's Interest in NetDocuments

May 25, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Warburg Pincus has agreed to acquire Clearlake Capital's interest in NetDocuments, joining existing investor Cove Hill Partners to support the company's next phase of growth. Terms were not disclosed; the investment will back NetDocuments' continued expansion of its vertical cloud-based content services platform for law firms, corporate legal teams and compliance departments.

Motive Partners & Clearlake Acquire Majority Stake in InvestCloud

February 2, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Funds advised by Motive Partners and Clearlake Capital acquired an 80% stake in InvestCloud and combined it with Motive portfolio companies Finantix and Tegra118 to create a global, next-generation SaaS wealth solutions platform. Co-investors in the transaction included Accenture, Citi Ventures and Fiserv; the combined InvestCloud Group will target global wealth managers, private banks and asset managers with an integrated cloud-native offering.