LiveRamp - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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LiveRamp M&A Summary

LiveRamp has acquired 13 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 4 assets.

LiveRamp’s largest acquisition to date was in 1998, when it acquired May & Speh for $625M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2018, when it sold Acxiom - Marketing Solutions Business to The Interpublic Group of Companies for $2.3B. LiveRamp has acquired in 7 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (31%) and marketing (24%).

LiveRamp Business Overview

Where is LiveRamp headquartered?

LiveRamp is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

What is LiveRamp’s revenue?

LiveRamp disclosed revenue of 660M USD for 2024 and 597M USD for 2023.

How many employees does LiveRamp have?

LiveRamp has 1,400 employees.

What sector is LiveRamp in?

LiveRamp is an information services company.

When was LiveRamp founded?

LiveRamp was founded in 2018.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity17
    • M&A Buy Activity13
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 9
  • M&A Advisors 4

LiveRamp

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.

225 Bush Street 17th Floor,
San Francisco, California 94104
United States,
(866) 352-3267
www.liveramp.com

LiveRamp operates as an enterprise data, analytics, and software-as-a-service company in the United States, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific. LiveRamp Holdings was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 11 - 1 - - 1 13
vol $1.1B $200M $1.3B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 4 - - - - - 4
vol $2.5B $2.5B
  17

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Habu, Inc. 2024-01-17 200M USD Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.habu.com
DataFleets 2021-02-08 - Add-on Acquisition
Palo Alto, California · www.datafleets.com
Acxiom Corp. - Marketing Solutions Business 2018-07-02 2.3B USD Divestiture
Little Rock, Arkansas
Acxiom Impact 2016-08-04 - Divestiture
, Arizona · www.acxiomimpact.com
Ensono, LLC 2015-05-20 190M USD Divestiture
Downers Grove, Illinois · www.ensono.com
LiveRamp, Inc. 2014-05-14 310M USD Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.liveramp.com
Acxiom - AISS 2011-12-05 - Divestiture
, United States
GoDigital 2010-05-12 - Add-on Acquisition
Sao Paulo, Brazil
EchoTarget, Inc. 2007-08-28 2M USD Add-on Acquisition
New York,, New York
Kefta, Inc. 2007-04-03 9M USD Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 4 (31%) 459M (34%) 2 (50%) -
Marketing 3 (23%) 12M (1%) 1 (25%) 2.3B (92%)
Business Services 2 (15%) - - -
Software 2 (15%) 235M (18%) - -
Information Technology 1 (8%) 625M (47%) 1 (25%) 190M (8%)
Media 1 (8%) 2M (< 1%) - -
Total 13 $1.3B 4 $2.5B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 11 1.3B 4 2.5B
  California 5 659M - -
  Illinois 1 625M 1 190M
  Arkansas 1 12M 1 2.3B
  Virginia 1 - - -
  Tennessee 1 - - -
  New York 1 2M - -
  Colorado 1 35M - -
  Arizona - - 1 -
Brazil 1 - - -
France 1 - - -
Domestic 11 (85%) 1.3B (100%) 4 (100%) 2.5B (100%)
Cross-border 2 (15%) - - -
Total 13 $1.3B 4 $2.5B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Morgan Stanley
1
Evercore Group
1
Legal Deals
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
1
Baker & McKenzie
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 4 $1.3B
< $100M 4 $58M
TOTAL $1.3B
Largest May & Speh, Inc.
$625M (1998-05-27)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $2.3B
$100M to $1B 1 $190M
TOTAL $2.5B
Largest Acxiom Corp. - Marketing Solutions Business
$2.3B (2018-07-02)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
15%
2 (15%)
Strategic(s)
15%
2 (15%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
25%
1 (25%)
Strategic(s)
75%
3 (75%)

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