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BetaKit: FIRMEX ACQUIRED BY US-BASED DATASITE IN VERTU CAPITAL’S FIRST EXIT


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BY JOSH SCOTT

Toronto-based virtual data room (VDR) company Firmex has been acquired by fellow VDR provider Datasite. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

Created in 2020 with the sole purpose of helping to recapitalize Dejero, UbiDatasite has acquired 100 percent of Firmex from majority shareholders Vertu Capital and BDC Capital, and Firmex’s management. The acquisition comes about two and a half years after Toronto-based Vertu and BDC teamed up in early 2019 to acquire a majority stake in Firmex from Québec investor Novacap, Firmex’s only other investor aside from the company’s management team.

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