Tiny Completes Acquisition of WholesalePet
31 Januar 2024 - 11:22PM
Business Wire
Tiny Ltd. (“Tiny” or the “Company”) (TSXV: TINY),
a Canadian technology holding company, today announced that its
private partnership Tiny Fund I, LP (the “Buyer”) has
completed its acquisition of Retail Store Networks, Inc (d/b/a
WholesalePet.com) (“WSP”), a B2B marketplace for wholesale
pet products from EMERGE US Holdings LLC (the “Seller”), a
subsidiary of EMERGE Commerce Ltd. (“EMERGE”) (TSXV:ECOM)
pursuant to a share purchase agreement (the “Definitive
Agreement”) dated January 23, 2024.
WholesalePet
Founded in 2001, WSP has established itself as one of the
largest pet wholesale marketplaces in the United States, growing
gross merchandise value by more than 100% over the last 10-years.
WSP specializes in serving pet boutiques, pet stores, and pet
service businesses, including pet boarding and grooming. The
platform enables thousands of independent pet retailers to purchase
pet products from a diverse range of manufacturers and
distributors. WSP operates solely as a marketplace, carrying no
inventory.
Transaction Overview
Pursuant to the Definitive Agreement, the Buyer has paid the
Seller cash consideration of US$9,250,000, subject to standard
closing adjustments.
About Tiny
Tiny is a Canadian-based investment company focused primarily on
investing and acquiring majority stakes in businesses that it
expects to hold over the long-term. The Company is structured to
give maximum flexibility to operating management teams by
maintaining a focus at the parent company level on only three
areas: capital allocation, management, and incentives. This
structure enables each company to run independently and focus on
what they do best, within an incentive structure that is designed
to drive results for both the operating business and ultimately for
Tiny and its shareholders.
Tiny currently has three principle reporting segments: Digital
Services, which provides design, engineering, brand positioning and
marketing services to help companies of all sizes deliver premium
web and mobile products; E-Commerce Platform, which is home to a
complementary portfolio of recurring revenue software businesses
that support merchants, as well as digital themes businesses that
sell templates to Shopify merchants; and Creative Platform, which
is comprised primarily of Dribbble, the leading social network for
designers and digital creatives, as well as a premier online
marketplace for digital assets such as fonts and templates.
For more information, please visit www.tiny.com or refer to the
public disclosure documents available under Tiny’s SEDAR+ profile
at www.sedarplus.ca.
About EMERGE Commerce
EMERGE is a premium e-commerce brand portfolio in Canada and the
U.S. The company’s subscription and marketplace e-commerce
properties provide members with access to unique offerings across
grocery and golf verticals.
To learn more visit https://www.emerge-commerce.com/
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking
Information:
This press release contains statements which constitute
“forward-looking statements” and “forward-looking information”
within the meaning of applicable securities laws (collectively,
“forward-looking statements”), including statements regarding the
plans, intentions, beliefs and current expectations of the Company
with respect to future business activities and operating
performance. Forward-looking statements are often identified by the
words “may”, “would”, “could”, “should”, “will”, “intend”, “plan”,
“anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect” or similar
expressions and forward-looking statements in this press release
includes, but is not limited to, information and statements
regarding the Company's beliefs regarding the future prospects of
WSP.
Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not
based on historical facts but instead reflect the Company’s
expectations, estimates or projections concerning future results or
events based on the opinions, assumptions and estimates of
management considered reasonable at the date the statements are
made. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected
in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements
involve risks and uncertainties, and undue reliance should not be
placed thereon, as unknown or unpredictable factors could have
material adverse effects on future results, performance or
achievements of the Company.
Among the key factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements
are the following: credit, liquidity and additional financing risks
for the Company; stock market volatility; changes in e-commerce
industry growth and trends; changes in the business activities,
focus and plans of the Company; changes in general economic,
business and political conditions, including challenging global
financial conditions and the impact of the novel coronavirus
pandemic; competition risks; potential conflicts of interest;
changes in applicable laws and regulations both locally and in
foreign jurisdictions; compliance with extensive government
regulation; the risks and uncertainties associated with foreign
markets; and the other risk factors more fully described in the
Company's most recent MD&A as well as the list of risk factors
in the Company's management information circular dated March 6,
2023 available on SEDAR+ at https://www.sedarplus.ca under the
Company's profile.
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or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements
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Company Contact: David Charron Chief Financial Officer
Phone: 416-418-3881 Email: david@tiny.com
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