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Accel-KKR sells One.com to Cinven

Accel-KKR sells One.com to Cinven

Private equity firm that flipped Host Europe Group buys another European hosting firm.

One.com web hosting web page

A European web hosting and domain registration firm is changing hands.

Private equity group Accel-KKR is selling One.com to another PE firm, Cinven.

The sale price wasn’t released but One.com has over 1 million clients, 270 employees and revenues estimated at regarding €60 million.

This isn’t Cinven’s first rodeo in the European hosting market. It purchased Host Europe Group in 2013, built it up and then sold it to GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) for $1.8 billion.

Cinven hints at an buyout strategy in a release regarding the deal:

There are opportunities to accelerate the growth of the business organically and through buyout: Cinven’s strategy centres on helping One.com realise its growth potential drawing on its sector expertise and experience through its successful investment in HEG.

One.com is an ICANN-accredited registrar. It has regarding 25,000 .com domains under management but I suspect much of its business is in ccTLDs.

Arma Partners advised One.com on the sale.

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