GoDaddy Acquires Pagely

GoDaddy Acquires Poynt to Expand Commerce and Payments

December 15, 2020

Payments & Fintech

GoDaddy Inc. agreed to acquire Poynt to integrate in-person point-of-sale, payments and commerce capabilities into its Websites + Marketing and WordPress commerce offerings. The deal pays $320 million cash at close plus up to $45 million in deferred cash and is expected to contribute more than $150 million of bookings in 2023; Poynt CEO Osama Bedier will join GoDaddy to lead a new Commerce Division.

GoDaddy Acquires SkyVerge

September 14, 2020

Software

GoDaddy Inc. has acquired SkyVerge, a developer of WooCommerce and WordPress eCommerce extensions. The acquisition brings SkyVerge's team and more than 60 WooCommerce extensions into GoDaddy to accelerate its WordPress eCommerce capabilities; financial terms were not disclosed.

WordPress VIP (Automattic) Acquires Parse.ly

February 8, 2021

Data & Analytics

WPVIP (WordPress VIP), part of Automattic, has acquired Parse.ly, a content analytics platform, to integrate real-time content analytics and recommendation capabilities into WPVIP's enterprise WordPress offerings. The deal brings Parse.ly's team and technology into WPVIP to expand content intelligence, personalization, and analytics for enterprise customers.

DigitalOcean Acquires Cloudways for $350M

September 8, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. completed its $350 million acquisition of Cloudways, a managed cloud hosting and SaaS provider serving small and medium-sized businesses. The deal expands DigitalOcean's managed hosting and platform capabilities for SMBs, enabling faster onboarding, scaling and simplified cloud management for developers and e-commerce customers.

Netlify Acquires Gatsby Inc.

February 1, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Netlify has acquired Gatsby Inc., the company behind the open-source Gatsby framework and Gatsby Cloud, to accelerate adoption of composable web architectures and integrate Gatsby’s content hub and cloud innovations into the Netlify platform. The acquisition keeps the Gatsby framework open source and aims to provide developers and enterprises increased flexibility when building composable web experiences.

Miss Group Acquires CloudAccess

May 31, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Miss Group, an international web hosting provider headquartered in Stockholm, has acquired CloudAccess, a WordPress and Joomla platform-as-a-service hosting provider, from Cloud Equity Group. Terms were not disclosed. The deal expands Miss Group's reach into North America and strengthens its WordPress/Joomla hosting capabilities.