M&A Deal Summary

J-STAR Acquires Mattrz

On October 24, 2019, asset manager J-STAR acquired media company Mattrz

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is J-STAR’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is J-STAR’s 22nd transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-10-24
Target Mattrz
Sector Media
Buyer(s) J-STAR
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Mattrz

Tokyo, Japan
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Mattrz is a media group, that offers a new line of business to support their client companies' web marketing by introducing owned-medias. Mattrz was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Buyer

J-STAR

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Asset Manager
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 300M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

J-STAR is a private equity and asset management firm focused on acquisitions of small to mid-sized Japanese companies. The Firm does not have any sector preferences and generally looks to commit JPY 1 to JPY 3 billion per transaction. J-STAR was established in 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 37
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 13 of 18
Country (Japan) 22 of 37
Year (2019) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-04-01 Shin Nippon Kaihatsu

Hyogo, Japan

Shin Nippon Kaihatsu develops environmental projects that are essential to the development of industry and daily life. Shin Nippon Kaihatsu was founded in 1972 and is based in Hyogo, Japan.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-03-01 paiza

Tokyo, Japan

paiza is a company that operates "paiza," the largest career change, employment, and learning platform for IT engineers. paiza was founded in 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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