Versio has acquired rival Dutch hosting provider QDC. It is Versio’s first acquisition since joining Total Webhosting Solutions (TWS), the rapidly expanding pan-European web hosting group.
Leidschendam-based QDC has been offering web-hosting, domain registration and other services since 1994 and has around 3,000 customers. QDC says it will expand its product and service offering by partnering with Versio, which was acquired by TWS in 2018.
TWS subsidiary hosting companies include Yourhosting, Versio, PCextreme, RealHosting, DeHeeg, Savvii, Provider, Neostrada, InforTelecom, Axarnet, SoHosted, Argeweb, Flexwebhosting, Alphamega, Sitebytes, Sloppy.io, RAN Networks, Singular Web, Domeinbalie, Nerion, Skyberate, MageHost, IPS and now QDC.
Noor Nijkamp-Danser, director of QDC, said: “Having taken care of the business for many years the time has come for a next step. To ensure continuity of the business I was looking for a reliable partner, which I found in Versio. Our customers are in good hands.”
Christiaan Tsirakos, CEO of Zwolle-based Versio, said: “This is Versio’s first acquisition after becoming part of TWS. The acquisition lets us service a broader customer base and offer a broader variety of products.
“Partnering with Versio offers the opportunity for QDC to upgrade its technical platform to a new platform compliant to modern standards and requirements. I believe we will strengthen each other in the future.”
Matthieu van Amerongen (pictured), CEO TWS, added: “Smaller web-hosting companies fit very well within the companies of TWS and we will continue acquiring those in the coming years. Due to our scale, most of our companies can perform above market average. TWS unlocks cross-selling for example, which results in consistent revenue growth.
“In addition, investments in infrastructure and technology on a larger scale are more easily accessible, thus creating opportunities to save costs. By joining TWS smaller web-hosting companies can benefit from those advantages and become a better and more successful company.”
