Endurance International Group (EIG), previously named BizLand, was an IT services company specializing in web hosting. The company was founded in 1997 and headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, USA.[1] In 2021 Endurance International Group merged with Web.com forming a new company, Newfold Digital. It is one of the Internet's largest webhosting providers, the company was structured differently from other large hosting companies such as Rackspace, GoDaddy, or 1&1 Ionos. The company has grown its hosting and related business through numerous acquisitions.[2][3][4]
In 2011, Endurance was bought from Accel-KKR by Warburg Pincus and GS Capital Partners, for around $975 million.[5] In September 2013, the company announced plans to raise $400 million in an IPO.[6] The company announced it would list on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol EIGI.[7] It went public in October 2013 raising $252 million selling shares to the public at $12 each. This was below the company's target goal of $400 million.[8][9]
This path to increased size is similar to the path networking company Verio followed in the 1990s, using free cash flow and access to capital markets[10] in acquiring assets to add to their corporate portfolio.[2] The concept was to roll up small ISPs into one large ISP and achieve economies of scale. Endurance acquired hosting companies domestically and internationally.[4]
In 2014, Endurance bought four Directi owned companies – BigRock, LogicBoxes, ResellerClub, and Webhosting.info – for $160 million.[11][12]
In March 2015, the company announced an investment in Netherlands-based technology startup AppMachine, acquiring 40% of the company.[13][14] In August 2015, EIG announced the acquisition of Site5 and Verio Web Hosting from NTT. It is estimated that EIG gained 86,000+ new subscribers through these acquisitions.[15][16] In November 2015,[17] the company acquired Constant Contact, and days later laid off 15% of their workforce.[18] Also in November 2015, EIG acquired the assets of Ecommerce, LLC for $28 million.[19]
Endurance acquired Ecomdash in October 2019 for $9.6 million in cash, and placed it under the Constant Contact group.[21][22][23]
In November 2020, Clearlake Capital Group announced that it would acquire Endurance International Group for around $3 billion.[24] At the closing of the deal in February 2021, Clearlake Capital announced a few wrinkles. Clearlake spun off the Endurance Web Presence division, including subsidiaries Domain.com, Bluehost, and HostGator.
Endurance Web Presence merged with Web.com to form a new company, Newfold Digital, in 2021. Newfold Digital is a joint venture between Clearlake Capital and Siris Capital Group, owner of Web.com since 2018.[25]
Clearlake also spun off the Constant Contact division of Endurance into a separate joint venture between Clearlake and Siris.[26]
In November 2022, Newfold Digital "signed a definitive agreement to purchase MarkMonitor™, an industry-leading enterprise-level provider of domain management solutions"[27] from Clarivate. MarkMonitor provides brand protection, anti-piracy, and domain-name registration services for a variety of Big Tech industry giants and other companies.[28][29]
Subsidiary brandsedit
The company has owned and operated numerous hosting businesses, with shared support information and support agents. Subsidiaries and brands include:[30][31]
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^"AppMachine Partners Up With Endurance International Group". AppMachine.com.
^"AppMachine raises $15.2 million, partners with Endurance International Group". StartupJuncture.
^"Endurance International Group Reports 2015 Second Quarter Results". marketwatch.com. Aug 4, 2015. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
^"EIG's Acquisition of Verio and Site5 Nets 86,000 New Subscribers". Web Host Industry Review. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
^"Email marketing giant Constant Contact acquired for $1 billion". VentureBeat. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
^"Constant Contact Cuts 15 Percent of Staff After Its Acquisition". Xconomy.com.
^"EIG Reports 2015 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results" (Press release). Retrieved 2016-10-07.
^"Indian-origin executive settles charges with SEC, another charged for making false claims". The Times of India. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
^Batavia, Gaurav (September 10, 2019). "Endurance International to acquire Ecomdash for $9.6M". Seeking Alpha.
^"Endurance International Group Reports 2019 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results". GlobeNewswire News Room (Press release). Endurance International Group Holdings. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
^"Endurance International Group Holdings Inc (EIGI) Q3 2019 Earnings Call Transcript". The Motley Fool. 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
^"Endurance International Group Announces Agreement to be Acquired by Clearlake Capital Group L.P. for $9.50 per Share". Clearlake.com (Press release). Clearlake Capital. 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
^"Web.com merges with competitor, becoming Newfold Digital". jaxdailyrecord.com; Jacksonville Daily Record. February 11, 2021.
^"Clearlake And Siris Affiliates Re-Establish Digital Marketing Industry Pioneer Constant Contact As Standalone Company" (Press release). Clearlake Capital Group; Siris Capital Group. PR Newswire. 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
^Nicole, Cassis (November 1, 2022). "Newfold Digital Signs Agreement to Acquire MarkMonitor from Clarivate". Newfold Digital. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
^Wauters, Robin (July 26, 2012). "Thomson Reuters snaps up online brand protection giant MarkMonitor". The Next Web. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
^AlienVault, OTX (January 29, 2024). "Domain Names registered with abuse complaint email address "abusecomplaints@markmonitor.com"". OTX AlienVault. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
^"Thoughts on Endurance International Group (EIG) Hosting". linux-depot.com. November 15, 2013.
^"Endurance International Group, Inc". Hosting-Reviews-Exposed.com. 6 September 2010.
External linksedit
Official website for Newfold Digital Inc.
Historical business data for Endurance International Group, Inc.: