Xplor Technologies and Clubessential Holdings to Merge, Creating a Scaled Global Software and Payments Platform
September 16, 2025
Xplor Technologies and Clubessential Holdings entered into a definitive agreement to combine their businesses in a merger creating a scaled global platform for software and embedded payments. The combined organization is expected to be majority-backed by Advent International, with Battery Ventures and Silver Lake continuing as significant minority investors, and is expected to close by year-end subject to regulatory approval.
- Buyers
- Xplor Technologies, Clubessential Holdings
- Targets
- Clubessential Holdings, Xplor Technologies
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Location
- Ohio, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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