Naver - M&A Summary and Business Overview

Internet Software And ServicesCompany

Naver M&A Summary

Naver has acquired 4 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years.

Naver’s largest acquisition to date was in 2022, when it acquired Poshmark for $1.2B. Naver has acquired in 1 US state, and 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (100%).

Naver Business Overview

Where is Naver headquartered?

Naver is headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea.

What is Naver’s revenue?

Naver disclosed revenue of 9,670,643M KRW for 2023 and 8,220,079M KRW for 2022.

How many employees does Naver have?

Naver has 4,390 employees.

What sector is Naver in?

Naver is an internet software and services company.

When was Naver founded?

Naver was founded in 1999.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity4
    • M&A Buy Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 1
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2
  • M&A Advisors 2

Naver

Naver Corp.

NAVER 1784 95 Jeongjail-ro Bundang-gu,
Seongnam, 13561
South Korea,
+82 1588 3830
www.navercorp.com

NAVER is an Internet company, operating the nation’s top search portal “Naver” (www.naver.com), Korea’s first online children’s portal “Jr. Naver” (jr.naver.com), and the nation’s first online donation portal “Happybean” (happybean.naver.com). NAVER was founded in 1999 and is based in Seongnam, South Korea.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 2 - 1 1 - - 4
vol $68M $600M $1.2B $1.9B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  4

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Poshmark, Inc. 2022-10-03 1.2B USD Add-on Acquisition
Redwood City, California · www.poshmark.com
WP Technology, Inc. 2021-01-19 600M USD Add-on Acquisition
Toronto, Ontario · www.wattpad.com
Xerox Research Centre Europe 2017-06-26 - Divestiture
Meylan, France
Livedoor Co.,Ltd. 2010-04-12 68M USD Divestiture
Tokyo, Japan
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 4 (100%) 1.9B (100%) - -
Total 4 $1.9B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
Canada 1 600M - -
  Ontario 1 600M - -
France 1 - - -
Japan 1 68M - -
United States 1 1.2B - -
  California 1 1.2B - -
Domestic - - - -
Cross-border 4 (100%) 1.9B (100%) - -
Total 4 $1.9B - -

Top M&A Advisors

Legal Deals
Kirkland & Ellis
 1
Stikeman Elliott
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $1.2B
$100M to $1B 1 $600M
< $100M 1 $68M
TOTAL $1.9B
Largest Poshmark, Inc.
$1.2B (2022-10-03)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
50%
2 (50%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Internet Software and Services

Revenue

9,670,643   18% 2023
8,220,079   21% 2022
6,817,600   29% 2021
5,304,146   20% 2020
6,593,400   19% 2019
5,586,905   20% 2018
4,678,469   17% 2017
4,022,630   24% 2016
3,251,157   18% 2015
2,758,479   23% 2014
2,259,139   26% 2013
1,798,657   2012
(millions of KRW) Show More Show Less

Employees

4,390

Established

1999

Public

Korea Exchange (KRX): 035420

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