Expanding PDF productivity to include Apple eco-system users
Nitro Software has announced the acquisition of the PDFpen suite of PDF productivity applications for Mac, iPhone and iPad. Under the terms of the acquisition, Nitro will acquire the PDFpen technology from US- based Smile, Inc. for S$6 million in cash. The acquisition will be funded from the Company’s existing cash reserves. The acquisition — Nitro’s first since its successful IPO in December 2019 — expands the Company’s powerful platform of document productivity solutions, enabling Nitro to serve knowledge workers across businesses globally.
PDFpen provides a comprehensive document viewing, reviewing and collaboration experience, combined with powerful editing tools that enable users to sign PDFs, fill forms, search and redact sensitive information, export to Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and so much more.
Nitro’s Productivity Platform already supports certain key mobile and tablet use cases, with eSigning available on any device with a web browser and Nitro Pro compatible with Microsoft Surface devices. The addition of PDFpen extends native PDF productivity to Mac, iPhone and iPad users everywhere.
The expansion of Nitro’s Productivity Platform comes at a critical time for customers, with the work-from-anywhere tailwinds driven by the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating digital transformation, including the use of Mac and mobile devices.
Nitro Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Sam Chandler (pictured) commented: "As the first acquisition since our IPO, PDFpen marks a significant strategic milestone for Nitro. The addition of Mac and mobile capabilities to our platform better enables us to serve businesses and individuals on any device or operating system at a time when digital transformation has never been more relevant or more urgent for organisations around the world. It represents a major advance in Nitro’s vision to make document productivity easy, powerful and available to all."
