M&A Deal Summary

Rakuten Acquires Sky Estate

On April 20, 2022, Rakuten acquired business services company Sky Estate

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Rakuten’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Rakuten’s 9th transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-04-20
Target Sky Estate
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Rakuten
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Sky Estate

Tokyo, Japan
website
Sky Estate is a developer of various drone-related businesses, including drone pilot dispatch and training. Sky Estate is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Rakuten

Tokyo, Japan

website


Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Internet Software and Services
Revenue 1,927.9B JPY (2022)
DESCRIPTION
Rakuten office in Tokyo, Japan.
Rakuten office in Tokyo, Japan.

Rakuten is an internet services company. Rakuten provides a variety of consumer and business-focused services including e-commerce, eBooks & eReading, travel, banking, securities, credit card, e-money, portal and media, online marketing and professional sports. Rakuten Group is expanding globally and currently has operations throughout Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. Rakuten was founded in 1997 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 24 of 24
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 22 of 22
Country (Japan) 9 of 9
Year (2022) 2 of 2
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