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Hosting.com
Hosting.com is a global web hosting platform serving developers, entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized businesses. Oakley is building a leading global hosting group by acquiring and fully integrating shared hosting providers onto a single common platform, consolidating a fragmented global market at a disciplined entry EBITDA multiple.
Hosting.com
Since Oakley's initial investment in December 2023, the platform has completed 11 acquisitions and scaled run-rate EBITDA approximately fourfold within two years. The value creation strategy has progressed through clearly defined phases: building scale through acquisition, integrating businesses onto a common platform to extract synergies, and driving group-wide organic growth. Around €12 million of synergies have been realised to date across personnel, servers and other cost lines, and reported operating cash conversion has improved markedly, from 5% in FY24 to a run-rate of over 80% by March 2026.
With integration well advanced, focus has shifted to organic growth. The leadership team has been strengthened, including the appointment of a Chief Growth Officer in April 2026. A structured pricing engine has been introduced and the Group has begun cross-selling acquired products across its combined customer base, such as Rocket.net-managed WordPress. In March, the Company launched a new AI application hosting product. Oakley continues to work closely with management to complete integration and accelerate Hosting.com's organic growth.
11
acquisitions in two years
4x
run-rate EBITDA scaled