Investment Summary

Tencent Holdings Invests In Supercell Oy

On June 21, 2016, Tencent Holdings invested in digital media company Supercell Oy from SoftBank and GungHo

Investment Highlights
  • This is Tencent Holdings’ 2nd transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Tencent Holdings’ 1st transaction in Finland.

Investment Summary
Date 2016-06-21
Target Supercell Oy
Sector Digital Media
Investor(s) Tencent Holdings
Sellers(s) SoftBank
GungHo
Deal Type Stake Purchase
Advisor(s) Morgan Stanley (Financial)
Fenwick & West LLP
White & Case (Legal)

Target

Supercell Oy

Helsinki, Finland
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Supercell is a mobile game company headquartered in Finland. Their two game apps, Clash of Clans and Hay Day, reached the top position in “Top Grossing” ranking of Apple’s App Store in 137 countries and 96 countries, respectively. From February 2013 to August 2013, Supercell was the No.1 publisher in the world among the apps in the Games category of the App Store. The Finnish company has become the one of the leading proponents of ‘freemium games’, which cost nothing to buy but players spend money to speed up the action.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Tencent Holdings

Shenzhen, China

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Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees110,715
Revenue 560.1B CNY (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Tencent is a provider of a comprehensive range of Internet and wireless value-added services. Through its various online platforms, including Instant Messaging QQ, web portal QQ.com, the QQ Game platform under Tencent Games, multi-media social networking service Qzone and wireless portal, Tencent services the largest online community in China and fulfills the user's needs for communication, information, entertainment and e-Commerce on the Internet. Tencent has three main streams of revenues: Internet value-added services, mobile and telecommunications value-added services and online advertising. Tencent Holdings was founded in 1998 and is based in Shenzhen, China.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 14
Sector (Digital Media) 2 of 4
Type (Stake Purchase) 5 of 7
Country (Finland) 1 of 1
Year (2016) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-22 BYJU S

Bengaluru, India

BYJU'S is an educational software company developing online learning solutions for K3, K10, K12, NEET, JEE, UPSC & Bank Exams. BYJU'S was established in 2008 and is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-10-18 ibiboGroup

Gurgaon, India

The ibibo Group operates integrated travel properties such as Goibibo.com (leading hotels and air aggregator), redBus.in (leading online bus ticketing platform), YourBus (Vehicle tracking application), and recently launched car sharing app, ibibo Ryde. The company's mission is to organize the transportation and accommodation industry and connect it with travellers. At 7.65mn unique transactions a quarter, ibibo is one of the leading travel companies in India.

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Seller(S) 2

SELLER

SoftBank

Tokyo, Japan

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Category Company
Founded 1981
Sector Diversified
Employees80,909
Revenue 6,570.4B JPY (2023)
DESCRIPTION

SoftBank is a diversified telecommunications and internet corporation, with operations in broadband, fixed-line telecommunications, e-commerce, Internet, broadmedia, technology services, finance, media and marketing, and other businesses. SoftBank was founded in 1981 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 15
Sector (Digital Media) 1 of 1
Type (Stake Purchase) 1 of 1
Country (Finland) 1 of 1
Year (2016) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-09 WeWork

New York, New York, United States

WeWork is a global network of co-working offices and living spaces that looks to foster a community amongst its members. WeWork was established in 2010 and is based in New York City.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-18 ARM

Cambridge, United Kingdom

ARM is a designer of semiconductor chips. The Company's product offering includes 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support and maintenance, and the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. ARM was formed in 1990 and is based in Cambridge, England.

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SELLER

GungHo

Chiyoda-KU, Japan

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Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees1,391
Revenue 104.6B JPY (2021)
DESCRIPTION

GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. is a provider of online internet computer games services in Japan. GungHo was founded in 1998 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Digital Media) 1 of 1
Type (Stake Purchase) 1 of 1
Country (Finland) 1 of 1
Year (2016) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-01 Supercell Oy

Helsinki, Finland

Supercell is a mobile game company headquartered in Finland. Their two game apps, Clash of Clans and Hay Day, reached the top position in “Top Grossing” ranking of Apple’s App Store in 137 countries and 96 countries, respectively. From February 2013 to August 2013, Supercell was the No.1 publisher in the world among the apps in the Games category of the App Store. The Finnish company has become the one of the leading proponents of ‘freemium games’, which cost nothing to buy but players spend money to speed up the action.

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