CVC acquires majority stake in Namecheap for $1.5 billion

CVC Capital Partners has announced an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Namecheap, one of the largest independent domain registrars and hosting providers. The...

Group.one expands its reach in Finland with Wepardi acquisition

Group.one, a rapidly expanding European web services company, has taken another significant step in the Finnish market by acquiring Wepardi’s web hosting and domain business....

Guest post: Who are Private Equity hosting rollups – and what are their playbooks?

Private equity firms like Cinven, HgCapital and CVC have billions into web hosting aggregators. Why - and what have they achieved?