Valuing and Structuring Web Hosting Acquisitions Workshop

Posted on 2009-08-11

Challenging attendees to think like buyers and sellers, Cheval Capital managing director Hillary Stiff hosted "Valuing and Structuring Web Hosting Acquisitions," an interactive workshop Tuesday afternoon at HostingCon 2009.

HostingCon 2008 Wraps Up Today

July 30, 2008 -- In its final year of planning the event, Interjuncture hosts the final day of the hosted services industry's largest conference and trade show, HostingCon 2008, from Chicago's Navy Pier.

Cheval Closes 100th Web Hosting Deal

November 1, 2007 -- Boutique investment banking firm Cheval Capital announced on Thursday that it has closed its 100th successful Web hosting transaction. The sale marks the 19th transaction that Cheval has completed in 2007.

Stapleton says "Rat's ass cheap deals" at HostingCon

Posted on 2007-07-25

The tale: Hillary Stiff of Cheval Capital (Competitor of my firm NCC) and self proclaimed "buyer's broker" made a presentation at HostingCon. Paul Stapleton of DH Capital (Also a competitor of NCC) used several pages of Ms. Stiff's

Thoughts from ISPCON - who wants to buy a hosting company?

Posted on 2007-05-25

One of the questions I got the most at the spring ISPCON was "what does the market for hosting companies look like?" While I've handled 3 hosting transactions in 2007, my typical response is: "I don't know, ask DH Capital or Cheval Capital." But t

PSA: M&A Experts Say Shoe Boxes Aren't Adequate Accounting Tools

Posted on 2006-10-30

I had lunch with Hillary and Frank Stiff from Cheval Capital earlier. (Their site seems to be hosted at Hostway.) We reminisced about the good old days, when Hillary brokered digitalNATION's $100 million sale to Verio. The deal was all cash and value

Deals

Posted on 2006-10-05

This past Monday I met with Hilary and Frank Stiff of Cheval Capital. One of my big take aways from the meeting, was the sheer number of hosting deals they've done year-to-date: 19 pure hosting deals and 78 combined hosting/ISP deals. Aside from

Web Hosting's All Star Team

October 2009 The October 2009 issue features our polling results to determine our Web Hosting All Star Team.