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{{Infobox dot-com company
| name = Umbrellar Ltd.
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| company_type = Private
| foundation = 1997 (as Digiweb)
| location = Auckland, New Zealand
| area_served = New Zealand
| key_people = Robert Rolls, CFO & Head of Online
Dave Howden, Head of Cloud [citation needed]
Umbrellar Ltd. is a privately owned Internet web hosting company incorporated and based in Auckland, New Zealand.[1][2]
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]
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.
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]
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.