M&A Deal Summary

Amazon Acquires Twitch

On August 25, 2014, Amazon acquired digital media company Twitch for 970M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Amazon’s 5th transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Amazon’s 6th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Amazon’s 31st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Amazon’s 10th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-08-25
Target Twitch
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Amazon
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 970M USD
Advisor(s) Qatalyst Partners (Financial)

Target

Twitch

San Francisco, California, United States
Twitch is a live video platform and community for gamers where more than 55 million have gathered to broadcast, watch and talk about video games. Twitch’s video platform is the backbone of both live and on-demand distribution for the entire video game ecosystem. This includes game developers, publishers, media outlets, events, user generated content and the entire esports scene.

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Buyer

Amazon

Seattle, Washington, United States
Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector E-Commerce
Employees1,525,000
Revenue 574.8B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Amazon office building in downtown Seattle, Washington.
Amazon office building in downtown Seattle, Washington.

Amazon is an e-commerce retailer and provider of web services. Amazon enables millions of products to be sold through its website and by third parties across a variety of product categories. Customers access Amazon directly and through mobile websites and apps. Amazon also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo. Amazon also offers Amazon Prime, an annual membership program that includes free shipping and access to streaming of movies and TV episodes. Amazon was founded in 1994 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 42 of 76
Sector (Digital Media) 5 of 7
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 37 of 67
State (California) 10 of 20
Country (United States) 31 of 54
Year (2014) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 21
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-11 ComiXology

New York, New York, United States

Iconology, Inc.is a provider of cloud-based digital comics platform that makes discovering, buying, and reading comics more fun than ever before. ComiXology’s Guided View™ reading technology transforms the comic book medium into an immersive and cinematic experience.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Yokneam, Israel

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