Hoststar has been acquired by Miss Group
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Oaklins Switzerland advised the owner of Hoststar in the sale of the company to Miss Group.
Hoststar – Multimedia Networks AG, based in Fraubrunnen in the Swiss canton of Bern, was founded in 1996 as a sole proprietorship by Claude Hofer. Today it has around 30 employees. The company is one of the largest Swiss hosting providers. It is primarily active in Switzerland and Austria. Around 80,000 customers rely on Hoststar solutions. The company manages more than 180,000 domains.
Founded in 2014, Miss Group is an international web hosting group that offers a range of hosting related services at competitive prices including web hosting, domain registration, VPS, dedicated servers, website builder, SSL-Certificate, SEO Tools, web security and domain management. Miss Group is also an ICANN-accredited Domain Name registrar via Name ISP. Miss Group is a well-established operator in its core markets, with a customer service-oriented model driving industry-leading performance metrics for more than 200,000 web hosting customers. The majority of Miss Group is owned by Perwyn, an international private equity and growth equity investor.
Hoststar will continue to operate as an independent company under the leadership of its current management. Miss Group shares the vision of Hoststar and offers access to a global network and know-how as well as a broad range of products.
Oaklins assisted the owner of Multimedia Networks AG as his exclusive M&A advisor.
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