MercadoLibre - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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MercadoLibre M&A Summary

MercadoLibre has acquired 7 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms.

MercadoLibre’s largest acquisition to date was in 2008, when it acquired DeRemate for $40M. MercadoLibre has acquired in 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (43%) and software (29%).

MercadoLibre Business Overview

Where is MercadoLibre headquartered?

MercadoLibre is headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay.

What is MercadoLibre’s revenue?

MercadoLibre disclosed revenue of 7,069M USD for 2021 and 3,974M USD for 2020.

How many employees does MercadoLibre have?

MercadoLibre has 29,957 employees.

What sector is MercadoLibre in?

MercadoLibre is an e-commerce company.

When was MercadoLibre founded?

MercadoLibre was founded in 1999.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity7
    • M&A Buy Activity7
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2

MercadoLibre

MercadoLibre, Inc.

Tower II Dr. Luis Bonavita 1294, Of. 1733,
Montevideo, 11300
Uruguay,
+598 2 927 2770
www.mercadolibre.com

MercadoLibre is an online trading platform serving Latin America. Its services are designed to provide its users with mechanisms to buy, sell, pay for, and collect on e-commerce transactions. The company principally offers MercadoLibre marketplace, an automated online commerce service, which permits businesses and individuals to list items and conduct their sales and purchases online in a fixed-price or auction-based format. MercadoLibre was founded in 1999 and is based in Montevideo, Uruguay.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 5 - 2 - - - 7
vol $64M $64M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  7

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Redelcom S.A. 2021-12-13 - Add-on Acquisition
Santiago, Chile · www.redelcom.cl
Kangu Tecnologia Ltda 2021-08-25 - Add-on Acquisition
Sao Paulo, Brazil · www.kangu.com.br
Axado Informacao e Tecnologia SA 2016-06-08 8M USD Add-on Acquisition
Florianopolis, Brazil · www.axado.com.br
Metros Cubicos, S.A. de C.V. 2015-04-25 - Divestiture
Mexico City, Mexico · www.metroscubicos.com
KPL Soluções Ltda 2015-04-14 16M USD Add-on Acquisition
Barueri, Brazil · www.kplsolucoes.com.br
Business Vision SA (dba Bvision) 2015-02-05 - Add-on Acquisition
Buenos Aires, Argentina · www.bvision.com
DeRemate 2008-08-26 40M USD Add-on Acquisition
Buenos Aires, Argentina · www.deremate.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 3 (43%) 48M (75%) - -
Software 2 (29%) 16M (25%) - -
Information Technology 1 (14%) - - -
Transportation 1 (14%) - - -
Total 7 $64M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
Brazil 3 24M - -
Argentina 2 40M - -
Chile 1 - - -
Mexico 1 - - -
Domestic - - - -
Cross-border 7 (100%) 64M (100%) - -
Total 7 $64M - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 3 $64M
TOTAL $64M
Largest DeRemate
$40M (2008-08-26)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
14%
1 (14%)
Strategic(s)
14%
1 (14%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

E-Commerce

Revenue

7,069   78% 2021
3,974   74% 2020
2,296   60% 2019
1,440   4% 2018
1,398   66% 2017
844   30% 2016
652   18% 2015
557   18% 2014
473   27% 2013
374   2012
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Employees

29,957

Established

1999

Public

NASDAQ: MELI

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