Umbrellar

Umbrellar Ltd. is a privately owned Internet web hosting company incorporated and based in Auckland, New Zealand.^[1][2]

Umbrellar Ltd.

Type of business	Private
Founded	1997; 28 years ago (1997) (as Digiweb)
Headquarters	Auckland, New Zealand
Area served	New Zealand
CEO	Michael Foley
Key people	Robert Rolls, CFO & Head of Online[citation needed] Dave Howden, Head of Cloud [citation needed]
Industry	Web hosting
URL	www.umbrellar.com

Its services are utilised by small businesses, marketing agencies, web specialists, and large corporate enterprises across New Zealand, Australia and Asia.^[3]

Pax 8 acquired Umbrellar in August 2022.^[4][5]

History

The company was formed in 1997 from the amalgamation of 10 New Zealand domain name and web hosting brands including Digiweb, Web Drive & Freeparking.^[3]

Umbrellar has four data centers, including one in Albany Heights.^{[citation needed]}

Acquisitions

In 2005, 2day.com acquired by Freeparking.^[6]

On June 13, 2012, Digiweb (now Umbrellar) announced that it would acquire Digital Network Limited, a fellow provider of hosting services and domain name management.^[7]

On September 8, 2014, Web Drive was sold to Digiweb Holdings Limited.^[8]

Ownership

PenCarrow PE owns 82.8% of Umbrellar via its holding company DWDA Holdings Limited.^[2] Smaller shareholders include 10.5% owned by DWDA LTIS Trustee Ltd, 3.9% by Aminoex Trustees & RDP Trusteed Ltd. (owned by current CFO Robert Rolls), 1.63% by Adrian Grant, 1.12% by Robin Dickie.