Naspers - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Naspers M&A Summary

Naspers has acquired 8 companies, including 1 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 9 assets.

Naspers’ largest acquisition to date was in 2009, when it acquired BuscaPé.com for $374M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2018, when it sold Flipkart Internet Pvt. to Walmart for $16.0B. Naspers has acquired in 1 US state, and 6 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include e-commerce (25%) and internet software and services (25%).

Naspers Business Overview

Where is Naspers headquartered?

Naspers is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.

What is Naspers’ revenue?

Naspers disclosed revenue of 6,431M USD for 2024 and 5,960M USD for 2023.

How many employees does Naspers have?

Naspers has 25,564 employees.

What sector is Naspers in?

Naspers is a media company.

When was Naspers founded?

Naspers was founded in 1915.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity16
    • M&A Buy Activity8
    • M&A Sell Activity8
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 6
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 17
  • M&A Advisors 8

Naspers

Naspers Ltd.

40 Heerengracht,
Cape Town, 8001
South Africa,
+27 21 406 2121
www.naspers.com

Naspers is a multinational media company with principal operations in electronic and print media. Naspers was founded in 1915 and is based in Cape Town, South Africa.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 7 - - 1 - - 8
vol $374M $374M
Sell (0.0/yr) # 8 - - - - - 8
vol $19.3B $19.3B
  16

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Floatpays 2022-02-22 - Stake Purchase
Cape Town, South Africa · www.floatpays.co.za
Prosus N.V. 2019-09-11 - Spin Off
Amsterdam, Netherlands · www.prosus.com
TBO Tek Ltd. 2018-07-18 - Divestiture
Gurgaon, India · www.travelboutiqueonline.com
Flipkart Internet Pvt. Ltd. 2018-05-09 16.0B USD Trade Sale
Bengaluru, India · www.flipkart.com
ibiboGroup 2016-10-18 - Divestiture
Gurgaon, India · www.ibibo.com
Allegro sp. z o.o. 2016-10-14 3.3B USD Divestiture
Poznan, Poland · www.allegro.pl
Avito SARL 2015-10-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Moscow City, Russia · www.avito.ru
Korbitec (Pty) Ltd. 2015-06-23 - Divestiture
Cape Town, South Africa · www.korbitec.com
Gaadi Web Pvt. Ltd. 2014-09-30 - Divestiture
Gurgaon, India · www.gaadi.com
Trendsales ApS 2014-07-28 - Divestiture
Viborg, Denmark · www.trendsales.dk
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
OLX Global B.V. (OLX Group)    - Properati 2022-01-10 1
Hoofddorp, Netherlands · www.olxgroup.com Buenos Aires, Argentina · www.properati.com
OLX Global B.V. (OLX Group)    - KIWI Finance SRL 2020-10-21 1
Hoofddorp, Netherlands · www.olxgroup.com Bucharest, Romania · www.kiwifinance.ro
Media24 Ltd.    - INET BFA Pty Ltd. 2016-09-13 1
Cape Town, South Africa · www.media24.com Johannesburg, South Africa · www.inetbfa.com
Irdeto B.V.    - Irdeto - Pay TV Billing & Customer Care Product(ICC) 2013-01-02 1
Hoofddorp, Netherlands · www.irdeto.com Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Irdeto B.V.    - Rovi Corp. - BD+ Technology 2011-07-07 4
Hoofddorp, Netherlands · www.irdeto.com San Carlos, California

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 2 (25%) - 4 (50%) -
E-Commerce 2 (25%) 374M (100%) 2 (25%) 19.3B (100%)
Leisure 1 (13%) - 1 (13%) -
Digital Media 1 (13%) - - -
Financial Services 1 (13%) - - -
Retail 1 (13%) - - -
Software - - 1 (13%) -
Total 8 $374M 8 $19.3B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
India 3 - 4 16.0B
South Africa 1 - 1 -
Brazil 1 374M - -
Denmark - - 1 -
Netherlands - - 1 -
Poland - - 1 3.3B
Russia 1 - - -
Switzerland 1 - - -
United States 1 - - -
  Florida 1 - - -
Domestic 1 (13%) - 1 (13%) -
Cross-border 7 (88%) 374M (100%) 7 (88%) 19.3B (100%)
Total 8 $374M 8 $19.3B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Goldman Sachs
1
Signal Hill Capital Group LLC
1
Morgan Stanley
1
Legal Deals
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
2
Trilegal
1
Allen & Overy
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $374M
TOTAL $374M
Largest BuscaPé.com, Inc.
$374M (2009-09-29)
sell # Total
> $1B 2 $19.3B
TOTAL $19.3B
Largest Flipkart Internet Pvt. Ltd.
$16.0B (2018-05-09)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
25%
2 (25%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
25%
2 (25%)
Strategic(s)
63%
5 (63%)

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