M&A Deal Summary

Bad Juju Games Acquires Desura Pty

On November 5, 2014, Bad Juju Games acquired digital media company Desura Pty from Linden Lab

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Bad Juju Games’ 1st transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Bad Juju Games’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Bad Juju Games’ 1st transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • Desura Pty was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2016.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-11-05
Target Desura Pty
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Bad Juju Games
Sellers(s) Linden Lab
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Desura Pty

San Francisco, California, United States
Desura Pty Ltd. is a provider of digital distribution services for games, mods and downloadable contents.

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Buyer

Bad Juju Games

Aliso Viejo, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2010
Sector Digital Media
DESCRIPTION

Bad Juju Games, Inc. is a developer and artists to build the next generation middleware technology platform for the Mobile, Console and PC Gaming markets.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Digital Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-10-21 Desura Pty

San Francisco, California, United States

Desura Pty Ltd. is a provider of digital distribution services for games, mods and downloadable contents.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Linden Lab

San Francisco, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Internet Software and Services
DESCRIPTION

Linden Lab is a creator of the popular online game, Second Life, which is a 3D virtual online world where users create avatars which can travel to worlds and lands, participate in role-playing games, create and sell products, and socialize with other Second life users. Linden Lab was founded in 1999 and is based in San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Digital Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-24 Blocksworld

United States

Blocksworld is an iPad game in which players use cubes, wedges, rockets, wheels, motors and more to easily create 3D models of anything they can imagine - from race cars to animals to robots and more.

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