Host Europe Group has acquired Nottingham-based web hosting company Heart Internet.
Round-up of today’s M&A deals
Host Europe Group has acquired Nottingham-based web hosting company Heart Internet.
Host Europe’s portfolio of businesses will now be joined by Heart Internet. Together the combined infrastructure of the UK operation will reach a customer base of one million, according to a statement.
Thomas Vollrath, CEO of the Host Europe Group, comments: ‘This is a great opportunity for both businesses and our customers, who will benefit from a full suite of complementary product ranges from a one stop shop that will cater for all their hosting requirements.
‘We have jointly developed a product integration plan for all customers, ranging from domains, value added-services, shared hosting, cloud hosting, VPS and dedicated servers to customised and managed hosting solutions which will deliver additional growth for the new combined Group.’
Heart was founded by Jonathan Brealey and Tim Beresford, who also established 123-reg and Webfusion, both of which were acquired by Host Europe in 2003.
Financial terms of the deal were undisclosed.
Round-up of today’s M&A deals
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Value: undisclosed
Advisers: undisclosed
- Ziff Davis, on online media company that provides information about the technology sector, has acquired Focus Research, an online agency that serves IT vendors
Value: undisclosed
Advisers: undisclosed
- Aegis to acquire Master Ad in Russia
Value: undisclosed
Advisers: undisclosed
- Huntsman Gay Global Capital has merged iCongo, a Canadian e-commerce software provider purchased in November, with Germany’s Hybris
Value: undisclosed
Advisers: undisclosed
