Deluxe announces acquisition of PartnerUp

St. Paul, Minn.—Deluxe Corp. announced it has acquired PartnerUp, an online networking community for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Deluxe said the deal is aligned with its continued focus on creating a portfolio of services and products that spans the full small-business work flow. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Deluxe plans to promote the value of PartnerUp membership to its current small-business customers, and the PartnerUp community will have access to products and services from Deluxe and other brands.

This news comes after Deluxe announced acquisition deals with Hostopia, a Web services company, and Logo Mojo, an online logo design company, earlier this year.

—Carol Krol