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Facebook Acquires Unit 2 Games

On June 5, 2021, Facebook acquired digital media company Unit 2 Games

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Facebook’s 5th transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Facebook’s 6th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-06-05
Target Unit 2 Games
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Facebook
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Unit 2 Games

Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Unit 2 Games is a developer behind the free-to-play game creation and sharing tool Crayta. Unit 2 Games builds on top of the Unreal Engine and gives users a more simple creation interface teamed with discovery and community features. Unit 2 Games was founded in 2017 and is based in Leamington Spa, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

Facebook

Menlo Park, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 2004
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees69,329
Revenue 134.9B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Facebook's corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
Entrance to Facebook's corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

Facebook is a social utility company that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family, and coworkers. Facebook develops technologies that facilitate the sharing of information through the social graph, the digital mapping of people's real-world social connections. Facebook was founded in 2004 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 80 of 85
Sector (Digital Media) 5 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 77 of 82
Country (United Kingdom) 6 of 6
Year (2021) 1 of 4
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Kustomer, Inc. is a customer service CRM platform helping contact centers and businesses reimagine service and support in today’s customer-first world. Kustomer enables personalized, efficient, and effortless customer and agent experiences by delivering unprecedented views of a customer's history, facilitating continuous omnichannel conversations, and using intelligence to automate repetitive tasks and surface knowledge. Kustomer was formed in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-06-11 BigBox VR

Seattle, Washington, United States

BigBox VR is a provider of online VR multiplayer games. Its mission is to combine platform-defining games, social communities, and competitive play to create a VR esports ecosystem. BigBox VR was founded in 2016 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

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