WP Engine, a WordPress software producer that counts WordPress operator Automattic as an investor, has raised $250m from Silver Lake.
WP Engine, a US-based developer of digital experience software for the WordPress online publishing platform, received $250m from investment firm Silver Lake yesterday, six years after raising cash from WordPress operator Automattic.
Founded in 2010, WP Engine provides a software platform, the Digital Experience Platform, that combines infrastructure, security, analytics and support to help businesses build their own websites or apps using WordPress.
The funding was disclosed alongside the announcement that WP Engine, which serves roughly 75,000 customers, has achieved…
