EPiServer and Ektron merge to create new digital experience vendor

Stockholm, Sweden – Stockholm, Sweden-based EPiServer and Nashua, New Hampshire-based Ektron have merged to create a new global digital experience provider of scale. The combined company is backed by technology-focused private equity investment firm Accel-KKR.



The combined company, which will operate under the EPiServer name and continue to use the Ektron and EPiServer brands, has more than 8,800 customers in 30 countries backed by a network of more than 880 partners.



The merger will converge both offerings into a next-generation Digital Experience Cloud that offers advanced Web content management, multichannel marketing, connectivity, and e-commerce capabilities on a single platform in the cloud.



Enterprise software veterans and former Kana Software CEO Mark Duffell and CMO James Norwood have been appointed president and CEO, and executive VP strategy and CMO, respectively, of the new company. Martin Henricson, CEO of the former EPiServer business, assumes the role of executive chairman for the merged entity.



Tom Barnds, Jason Klein, Greg Williams, and Dean Jacobson of Accel-KKR joined the board of EPiServer on the consummation of the merger.