MercadoLibre Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

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MercadoLibre has acquired 7 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms.

MercadoLibre’s largest acquisition to date was in 2008, when it acquired DeRemate for $40M. MercadoLibre has acquired in 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (43%) and software (29%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity7
    • M&A Buy Activity7
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2

MercadoLibre

MercadoLibre, Inc.

Tower II Dr. Luis Bonavita 1294, Of. 1733,
Montevideo, 11300
Uruguay,
+598 2 927 2770
www.mercadolibre.com

MercadoLibre is an online trading platform serving Latin America. Its services are designed to provide its users with mechanisms to buy, sell, pay for, and collect on e-commerce transactions. The company principally offers MercadoLibre marketplace, an automated online commerce service, which permits businesses and individuals to list items and conduct their sales and purchases online in a fixed-price or auction-based format. MercadoLibre was founded in 1999 and is based in Montevideo, Uruguay.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 5 - - - 2 - 7
vol $64M $64M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  7

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Redelcom S.A. 2021-12-13 - Add-on Acquisition
Santiago, Chile · www.redelcom.cl
Kangu Tecnologia Ltda 2021-08-25 - Add-on Acquisition
Sao Paulo, Brazil · www.kangu.com.br
Axado Informacao e Tecnologia SA 2016-06-08 8M USD Add-on Acquisition
Florianopolis, Brazil · www.axado.com.br
Metros Cubicos, S.A. de C.V. 2015-04-25 - Divestiture
Mexico City, Mexico · www.metroscubicos.com
KPL Soluções Ltda 2015-04-14 16M USD Add-on Acquisition
Barueri, Brazil · www.kplsolucoes.com.br
Business Vision SA (dba Bvision) 2015-02-05 - Add-on Acquisition
Buenos Aires, Argentina · www.bvision.com
DeRemate 2008-08-26 40M USD Add-on Acquisition
Buenos Aires, Argentina · www.deremate.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 3 (43%) 48M (75%) - -
Software 2 (29%) 16M (25%) - -
Information Technology 1 (14%) - - -
Transportation 1 (14%) - - -
Total 7 $64M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
Brazil 3 24M - -
Argentina 2 40M - -
Chile 1 - - -
Mexico 1 - - -
Domestic - - - -
Cross-border 7 (100%) 64M (100%) - -
Total 7 $64M - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 3 $64M
TOTAL $64M
Largest DeRemate
$40M (2008-08-26)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
14%
1 (14%)
Strategic(s)
14%
1 (14%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

E-Commerce

Revenue

7,069   78% 2021
3,974   74% 2020
2,296   60% 2019
1,440   4% 2018
1,398   66% 2017
844   30% 2016
652   18% 2015
557   18% 2014
473   27% 2013
374   2012
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Employees

29,957

Established

1999

Public

NASDAQ: MELI

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