M&A Deal Summary

Epic Games Acquires Kamu

On October 8, 2018, Epic Games acquired digital media company Kamu

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Epic Games’ 2nd transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Epic Games’ 1st transaction in Finland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-10-08
Target Kamu
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Epic Games
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Kamu

Helsinki, Finland
Kamu Ltd. is a game security and player services company. Kamu is the creator of Easy Anti-Cheat, a service currently used by over 100 million PC players globally. Kamu Ltd. was founded in 2013 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.

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Buyer

Epic Games

Cary, North Carolina, United States

Category Company
Founded 1991
Sector Digital Media
DESCRIPTION

Epic Games is a publisher of interactive games and developer of the software platforms used for game development and high-end graphics rendering. Epic Games was founded in 1991 and is based in Cary, North Carolina.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 9
Sector: Digital Media M&A 2 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 9
Country: Finland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2018 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-19 Cloudgine

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Cloudgine Ltd. is a provider of compute power to real-time, interactive content, from games to virtual reality and enterprise applications. Cloudgine Ltd. was established in 2012 and is based in Edinburgh, UK.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-01 Houseparty

San Francisco, California, United States

Houseparty is a face-to-face social network app that provides professional tools to host, manage video meetings, voice, webinars, and chats. Houseparty is based in San Francisco, California.

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