Acquiring Company
Klaviyo
Acquired Company
Napkin.io
Description
Klaviyo, a unified customer platform that provides data-driven marketing tools, including email and SMS, for e-commerce businesses, today announced it acquired Napkin.io. Founded in January 2021 by Nick Sypteras, Napkin.io provides developers an easy and secure way to write and deploy code directly from a browser. The code, once live, can be set to run on a schedule, or deployed as an API endpoint. Napkin.io is Klaviyo’s first acquisition and underscores the company’s continued commitment to the developer community. As part of the acquisition, Sypteras will join the Klaviyo team, reporting to VP of Data Science, Ezra Freedman.
M&A Insights
Based on deal dataIntegration timeline
70% of M&A integrations take 12-24 months to complete
Tech stack consolidation
83% of merged companies consolidate technology vendors within first year
Post-acquisition investment
Companies increase IT spending by 23% on average after acquisitions
Success factor
M&A deals with strong technology integration plans are 2.5x more likely to succeed