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 Wecommerce To Acquire Knocommerce To Provide Merchants With Zero-Party Customer Data Capabilities

Mar 03, 2022•almost 4 years ago

Acquiring Company

WeCommerce Holdings Ltd.

Acquired Company

KnoCommerce

DallasInformation Technology

Description

WeCommerce Holdings Ltd. (“WeCommerce” or the “Company”) (TSXV:WE), a leading provider of ecommerce enablement software and tools for merchants, today announced that yesterday it signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Kno Technologies Inc. (“KnoCommerce”), a leading ecommerce survey and insights platform provider that enables merchants to capture and act on zero-party data collected directly from customers.

Company Information

Company

WeCommerce Holdings Ltd.

About

WeCommerce provides merchants with a suite of ecommerce software tools to start and grow their online store. Our family of companies and brands include Pixel Union, Out of the Sandbox, Archetype, Yopify, SuppleApps, Rehash, Foursixty and Stamped. As one of Shopify’s first partners since 2010, WeCommerce is focused on building, acquiring and investing in leading technology businesses operating in the Shopify partner ecosystem. For more about WeCommerce, please visit https://www.wecommerce.co/ or refer to the public disclosure documents available under WeCommerce’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.

M&A Insights

Based on deal data
Integration 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