[May 05, 2015] |
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CyberChimps Responsive WordPress Themes Has Been Acquired by Hummingbird Web Solutions
CyberChimps Inc. (http://cyberchimps.com)
today announced it has agreed to be acquired by Hummingbird Web
Solutions Pvt Ltd (http://hbwsl.com).
As part of the acquisition, all intellectual property of CyberChimps
including all WordPress themes, plugins, and services will join
Hummingbird Web Solutions. Effective immediately, Founder and CEO of
CyberChimps Inc., Trent Lapinski, will be stepping down as CEO, and will
be succeeded by Hummingbird Web Solutions CEO Karthik Magapu.
Hummingbird Web Solutions has acquired CyberChimps for an undisclosed
sum.
"We are very excited to provide CyberChimps with the team and resources
necessary to take us to the next level," said Karthik Magapu,
Hummingbird Web Solutions' CEO. "Under Trent Lapinski's leadership
CyberChimps made responsive mobile web development a reality in the
WordPress community, and I am humbled to carry his vision forward."
"CyberChimps has been my life for the past 5 years. We created a company
and products bigger than we ever could have imagined, and I am thrilled
to have found a new owner and CEO that shares the philosophies I founded
this company on to carry us forward into the future," said Trent
Lapinski. "When Google (News - Alert) began punishing non-mobile websites from search
results, I realized we succeeded at our mision of making the web mobile
friendly."
Trent Lapinski is a San Francisco based entrepreneur and product
development expert who has been on the forefront of innovation in the
WordPress industry. Under his tenure, CyberChimps was responsible for
well over 4.9 million downloads worth of responsive WordPress themes,
helping millions of people launch tens of millions of mobile friendly
websites globally. He bootstrapped CyberChimps to over a million dollars
in revenue without investors or advisors. Trent can be found at
trentlapinski.com (http://trentlapinski.com),
mysticlabs.com (http://mysticlabs.com),
and on Twitter (News - Alert) @trentlapinski (https://twitter.com/trentlapinski).
CyberChimps Inc., founded in 2011, is an open source web development
company and ecommerce website in San Francisco, CA (News - Alert) that pioneered the
responsive web design and development movement through innovative
WordPress products and services, such as 'Responsive', 'iFeature', and
'CyberChimps Plus'. CyberChimps can be found at CyberChimps.com (http://cyberchimps.com).
Hummingbird Web Solutions Pvt Ltd, founded in 2011, is an open source
product development and ecommerce company based out of Pune, India. They
are a private investment group and operate several major Internet
properties. Hummingbird Web Solutions can be found at hbwsl.com (http://hbwsl.com).
"I look forward to new challenges and opportunities which is why I am
starting MysticLabs, a product development incubator and consulting
company aimed at helping other startups build better products," said
Trent Lapinski. "After successfully starting, running, and selling my
own business I've learned a lot, and am excited to help others change
the world."
MysticLabs (http://mysticlabs.com),
founded in 2015, is a product development consulting agency and startup
incubator based out of San Francisco, CA.
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