Brightcove - M&A Summary, Ownership, and Business Overview

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Brightcove M&A Summary

Brightcove has acquired 6 companies of its own, including 3 in the last 5 years.

Brightcove’s largest acquisition to date was in 2014, when it acquired Unicorn Media for $49M. Brightcove has acquired in 4 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (67%) and digital media (17%).

Brightcove Ownership

Who owns Brightcove?

Brightcove is owned by Bending Spoons. It was acquired on November 25, 2024.

Brightcove Business Overview

Where is Brightcove headquartered?

Brightcove is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

What is Brightcove’s revenue?

Brightcove disclosed revenue of 201M USD for 2023 and 211M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Brightcove have?

Brightcove has 671 employees.

What sector is Brightcove in?

Brightcove is an internet software and services company.

When was Brightcove founded?

Brightcove was founded in 2004.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity6
    • M&A Buy Activity6
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2
  • M&A Advisors 2

Brightcove

Brightcove, Inc.

281 Summer Street,
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
United States,
(888) 882-1880
www.brightcove.com

Brightcove a global provider of cloud services for video, offers a family of products that help the way organizations deliver video experiences. Brightcove was founded in 2004 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 4 - 1 1 - - 6
vol $49M $49M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  6

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Wicket Labs, Inc. 2022-02-02 - Add-on Acquisition
Seattle, Washington · www.wicketlabs.com
Newsela, Inc. - HapYak Technology 2021-10-14 - Divestiture
New York, New York
Ooyala, Inc. - Online Video Platform Business 2019-02-13 - Divestiture
Mountain View, California
Unicorn Media 2014-01-06 49M USD Add-on Acquisition
Tempe, Arizona · www.unicornmedia.com
Zencoder 2012-07-26 - Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.zencoder.com
MetaStories, Inc. 2006-03-20 - Add-on Acquisition
Seattle, Washington
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 4 (67%) 49M (100%) - -
Digital Media 1 (17%) - - -
Information Technology 1 (17%) - - -
Total 6 $49M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 6 49M - -
  Washington 2 - - -
  California 2 - - -
  New York 1 - - -
  Arizona 1 49M - -
Total 6 $49M - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
BMO Capital Markets
 1
Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 1 $49M
TOTAL $49M
Largest Unicorn Media
$49M (2014-01-06)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
33%
2 (33%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Internet Software and Services

Revenue

201   5% 2023
211   0% 2022
211   8% 2021
197   8% 2020
184   12% 2019
165   6% 2018
156   4% 2017
150   12% 2016
135   8% 2015
125   15% 2014
109   26% 2013
87   2012
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Employees

671

Established

2004

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