Digital River completes sales of Beanstream Internet Commerce
NEW YORK — September 30, 2015 – Digital River, Inc., a portfolio company of Siris Capital Group, LLC, announced today it completed the sale of Beanstream Internet Commerce Inc., the Canadian-based payments division of Digital River focused on small & medium-sized businesses, to Bambora Group, a leading global payments services provider and portfolio company of Nordic Capital.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
About Digital River
Backed by 20 years of ecommerce experience, Digital River is recognized as a leading global provider of Commerce-as-a-Service solutions. Companies of all sizes rely on Digital River’s multi-tenant, SaaS commerce, payments and marketing services to manage and grow their online businesses. In 2013, Digital River processed more than $30 billion in online transactions, connecting B2B and B2C digital products and cloud service companies as well as branded manufacturers with buyers across multiple devices and channels, and nearly every country in the world.
Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices across the U.S., Asia, Europe and South America.
Beanstream has forged relationships with major financial institutions, built a network of more than 700 partners and 18,000 merchants, and provides white label solutions for First Data Canada, TD Bank and Sage Payroll. Customers include online and brick-and-mortar merchants, governments, and financial and higher education institutions. Beanstream is located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
About Bambora Group
Bambora Group is one of the fastest growing providers of online payment transactions with business in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and North America. Bambora consists of a consolidation of innovative payment technology companies, including Samport, MPS, ePay, DK Online, Keycorp, dSAFE, Euroline and IP Payments. The group processes more than $50 billion in transaction value a year, of which more than 70 percent is online. Bambora has 520 employees with offices in seven countries. The Bambora Group is owned by Nordic Capital Fund VIII.
About Siris Capital Group
Siris Capital is a leading private equity firm focused on making control investments in data, telecommunications, technology and technology-enabled business service companies in North America. Integral to Siris’ investment approach is its partnership with exceptional senior operating executives, or Executive Partners, who work exclusively with Siris to identify, validate and operate investment opportunities. Their significant involvement allows Siris to partner with management to add value both operationally and strategically.