M&A Deal Summary

Booking.com B.V. Acquires eBuddy B.V.

On December 4, 2013, Booking.com B.V. acquired internet software and services company eBuddy B.V. from Prime Ventures

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Booking.com B.V.’s 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Booking.com B.V.’s 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-12-04
Target eBuddy B.V.
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Booking.com B.V.
Sellers(s) Prime Ventures
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

eBuddy B.V.

Amsterdam, Netherlands
eBuddy B.V. provides web browser-based instant messaging service as e-Messenger.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Booking.com B.V.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Internet Software and Services
DESCRIPTION
Booking.com's corporate headquarters in Amsterdam.
Booking.com's corporate headquarters in Amsterdam.

Booking.com is an online hotel and accommodation reservations company. Booking.com was formed in 1996 and is based in Amsterdam.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Prime Ventures

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 750M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Prime Ventures is a venture capital and growth equity firm focusing on investing in European companies in the technology and related industries. Prime is based in Amsterdam with an additional office in Cambridge.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 19
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 4 of 10
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 9 of 15
Country: Netherlands M&A 10 of 15
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Berlin, Germany

AppLift GmbH is a mobile app marketing platform that empowers mobile app advertisers to acquire and re-engage quality users at scale. AppLift works with 500+ leading global advertisers across all verticals, such as match.com, King, Zynga, OLX, Glu Mobile, Myntra, Paltalk and Tap4Fun. AppLift was established in 2012 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Mendix, Inc. is the fastest and easiest platform to build and continuously improve mobile and web applications at scale. The only low-code platform available through SAP and IBM, we help our customers digitize their operations by building, managing, and improving apps at unprecedented speed and scale. More than 4,000 forward-thinking enterprises, including KLM, Philips and Royal DSM use our platform to build business applications to delight their customers and improve operational efficiency.

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