M&A Deal Summary

SolarWinds Acquires Rove

On April 10, 2012, SolarWinds acquired software company Rove

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SolarWinds’ 5th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is SolarWinds’ 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is SolarWinds’ 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-04-10
Target Rove
Sector Software
Buyer(s) SolarWinds
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Rove

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Rove, Inc., provides software services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SolarWinds

Austin, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Software
Employees2,073
Revenue 759M USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION

SolarWinds provides hybrid IT infrastructure management software to customers worldwide from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses, government agencies and educational institutions. SolarWinds was founded in 1999 and is based in Austin, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 22
Sector (Software) 5 of 12
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 21
State (Ontario) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2012) 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-02-02 EminentWare

Austin, Texas, United States

EminentWare LLC, a Windows server and workstation patch management software provider.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-10-25 Athena Security

Lombard, Illinois, United States

Athena Security, Inc., creates and markets software tools to audit firewalls for security, identify and remove dangerous programming in these devices, and to assist change management.

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