Lithuanian Oxylabs acquires French ScrapingBee to expands web scraping services

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Lithuanian Oxylabs acquires French ScrapingBee to expands web scraping services

Lithuanian Oxylabs’ company group, specialize in web data gathering, announced the acquisition of French ScrapingBee, web scraping API provider. The acquisition involved an eight-figure sum.

About ScrapingBee 

  • ScrapingBee is a France-based web scraping API, founded in 2019 by Pierre de Wulf and Kevin Sahin. Solution designed to simplify data extraction from websites. 

  • It handles complex tasks such as managing headless browsers, rotating proxies, and bypassing CAPTCHAs, allowing developers to focus on data processing rather than infrastructure.

“ScrapingBee has built a stellar reputation for its high-quality, easy-to-use web scraping product. With our expertise and technical capabilities, we are confident that ScrapingBee will scale even further. This acquisition also enables us to strengthen our position within the web scraping industry, as we are adding a leading direct-to-consumer product to our portfolio,” said Jurgis Gabrielius Rudgalvis, Oxylabs’ company group Chief Financial Officer.

Acquisition details 

The acquisition involved an eight-figure sum, was financed entirely from Oxylabs’ company group’s own resources.

ScrapingBee will continue operating as an independent entity, maintaining its existing leadership and brand identity. Oxylabs’ company group plans to gradually integrate the company into its broader ecosystem while expanding the team with top-tier web scraping industry talent.

  • Oxylabs is a Lithuanian company founded in 2015, specializing in web data collection and proxy services. It offers a vast network of over 177 million IPs across 195 countries, serving industries like e-commerce, cybersecurity, and SEO monitoring. 

  • Known for ethical data collection practices, Oxylabs provides various proxy solutions, including residential, datacenter, mobile, and ISP proxies. The company also offers tools like Web Unblocker and OxyCopilot to assist with data scraping and analysis. 

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