Pivotree Announces Closing of Acquisition of Codifyd Inc.
Acquisition will enable Pivotree to scale data management services and add new capabilities
TORONTO, Nov. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Pivotree Inc. (TSXV: PVT) ("Pivotree'' or the "Company"), a leading provider of frictionless commerce solutions, is pleased to announce it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Codifyd Inc. ("Codifyd"), a leading Data Services and Master Data Management firm, on November 4, 2021. The acquisition will scale and enhance Pivotree's capability in the data management business as a foundational component of the company's frictionless commerce strategy.
"We are thrilled to see Codifyd become a Pivotree company, and join our mission to provide frictionless commerce solutions to our customers,'' said Bill Di Nardo, CEO of Pivotree. "With this acquisition we will rapidly scale our existing multi-domain MDM practice and bring additional capabilities to market that will help leading brands to efficiently acquire, manage and enhance data across all channels to enable trusted frictionless experiences for customers."
The expanded data management strategy capability will enable Pivotree customers to leverage their data to achieve digital transformation objectives. With the addition of the content service practice, customers will also benefit from data optimization to deliver exceptional customer experiences in digital commerce.
For the trailing twelve-month period ended September 2021, Codifyd generated USD$12.9 million and USD$2.9 million of unaudited revenue and net income respectively. Over the past 3 years, Codifyd has delivered a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14% on total revenue, and grew 31% year-over-year for the trailing twelve-month period ending September 2021.
Transaction Details:
Under the terms of the arms-length Transaction, a total purchase consideration of USD$12.0 million of cash is paid in connection with the closing of the Transaction. In addition, the sellers may be entitled to receive an additional earn-out payment subject to the satisfaction of certain net revenue targets for the 2021 fiscal year, ending December 31, 2021. No finders fee was paid in connection with the Transaction.
About Pivotree
Pivotree is a leader in frictionless commerce with expertise in eCommerce, MDM, Cloud, Cybersecurity, and Supply Chain solutions. It is an end-to-end vendor supporting clients from strategy, platform selection, deployment, and hosting through to ongoing support. It operates as a single expert resource to help companies adapt relentlessly in an ever-changing digital commerce landscape. Leading and innovative clients rely on Pivotree's deep expertise to choose enterprise-proven solutions and design, build, and connect critical systems to run smoothly at defining moments in a commerce business. Pivotree serves as a trusted partner to over 170 market-leading brands and forward-thinking B2C and B2B companies, including many companies in the Fortune 1000. With offices and customers in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, Pivotree is widely recognized as a high-growth company and industry leader around the globe. For more information, visit http://www.pivotree.com.
About Codifyd
Codifyd is the leading end-to-end digital solutions provider, enabling businesses across industries to build and grow digital commerce with a content-first approach through Master Data Management & Product Information Management services, Product Content Management and Digital Commerce solutions. As a digital solutions partner, Codifyd has enabled numerous businesses across industry verticals to ace digital growth.
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Forward-looking information is necessarily based on a number of opinions, estimates and assumptions that, while considered by the Company to be appropriate and reasonable as of the date of this press release, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with market conditions and the satisfaction of all applicable regulatory requirements, as well as risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business and finances in general.
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Although the Company has attempted to identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other risk factors not presently known to the Company or that the Company presently believes is not material that could also cause actual results or future events to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking information. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information, which speaks only as of the date made. Forward-looking information contained in this press release represents the Company's expectations as of the date of this press release (or as of the date they are otherwise stated to be made), and are subject to change after such date. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking information whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under applicable securities laws.
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SOURCE Pivotree Inc.
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