Awesome Motive Acquires WP Charitable

Awesome Motive Acquires Sandhills Development's WordPress Products and Team

September 22, 2021

Software

Awesome Motive has acquired Sandhills Development’s entire suite of WordPress products and services, along with the associated product teams, including AffiliateWP, Easy Digital Downloads, Sugar Calendar, WP Simple Pay, and the Payouts Service. The acquisition transfers stewardship of the products and team to Awesome Motive so Sandhills founder Pippin Williamson can step away from WordPress and focus on conservation efforts.

WPBeginner Growth Fund (Awesome Motive) Acquires aThemes

April 15, 2025

Software

WPBeginner Growth Fund, backed by Awesome Motive, announced the full acquisition of aThemes, a WordPress theme company whose Sydney and Botiga themes power over 130,000 websites. The deal expands Awesome Motive's WordPress product portfolio and strengthens its ability to provide high-quality, conversion-focused website templates to small businesses and e-commerce users.

Silent Partner Software Acquires CharityAdvantage

May 11, 2021

IT Services

Silent Partner Software, a Montreal-based provider of nonprofit software solutions, has acquired CharityAdvantage, a nonprofit-focused web design and hosting firm. The acquisition expands Silent Partner’s product suite by adding website design, integrated fundraising web tools, and hosting capabilities to better serve nonprofit clients.

Liquid Web Family of Brands Acquires Impress.org and GiveWP

May 11, 2021

Software

Liquid Web Family of Brands (Liquid Web) acquired Impress.org and its flagship WordPress donation plugin, GiveWP, adding GiveWP and WP Business Reviews to its newly created StellarWP umbrella for WordPress software. The deal expands Liquid Web's WordPress product portfolio and deepens its capabilities in digital commerce and online fundraising for nonprofits.

WP Engine Acquires Delicious Brains' WordPress Plugins Business

June 27, 2022

Software

WP Engine acquired five popular WordPress plugins (Advanced Custom Fields, WP Migrate, WP Offload Media, WP Offload SES, and Better Search Replace) from Delicious Brains, adding approximately 4 million installs to its developer tool portfolio. The deal strengthens WP Engine's developer and headless WordPress capabilities and expands its suite of builder tools used by agencies and developers worldwide.

Virtuous Acquires RaiseDonors

December 11, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Virtuous, a responsive fundraising platform for nonprofits, has acquired RaiseDonors, a Dallas-based online fundraising platform. The deal expands Virtuous's online giving capabilities — including embeddable forms, customized landing pages and text-to-give — to deliver more personalized, multi-channel fundraising experiences for nonprofit customers.