M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2013-10-01 |
| Target | Supercell Oy |
| Sector | Digital Media |
| Buyer(s) |
SoftBank
GungHo |
| Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
| Deal Value | 1.5B USD |
| Advisor(s) | Global Leisure Partners (Financial) |
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| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1981 |
| Sector | Diversified |
| Employees | 67,229 |
| Revenue | 7.24T JPY (2025) |
SoftBank is a diversified telecommunications and internet corporation, with operations in broadband, fixed-line telecommunications, e-commerce, Internet, broadmedia, technology services, finance, media and marketing, and other businesses. SoftBank was founded in 1981 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 9 of 30 |
| Sector: Digital Media M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 5 of 16 |
| Country: Finland M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2013 M&A | 1 of 2 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 5 of 7 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-10-15 |
Sprint
Overland Park, Kansas, United States Sprint is a provider of wireless and wireline communications services for consumers, businesses and government users. In addition to the Sprint brand, Sprint offers its services through Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-18 |
Likewize
Southlake, Texas, United States Likewize is a global provider of cell phone and electronic device protection products and services, resolving hundreds of millions of customer issues each year across insurance, warranty, repairs, trade-ins, recycling, and premium tech support. The Company serves a wide array of clients including carriers, financial institutions, retailers, and mobile phone OEMs across the world. Likewize was founded in 1997 and is based in Southlake, Texas. |
Buy | $1.3B |
| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 |
| Sector | Internet Software and Services |
| Employees | 1,583 |
| Revenue | 103.6B JPY (2024) |
GungHo Online Entertainment is a provider of online internet computer games services. GungHo was founded in 1998 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 1 of 1 |
| Sector: Digital Media M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 1 of 1 |
| Country: Finland M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2013 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-21 |
Supercell Oy
Helsinki, Finland Supercell is a mobile game company headquartered in Finland. Their two game apps, Clash of Clans and Hay Day, reached the top position in “Top Grossing” ranking of Apple’s App Store in 137 countries and 96 countries, respectively. From February 2013 to August 2013, Supercell was the No.1 publisher in the world among the apps in the Games category of the App Store. The Finnish company has become the one of the leading proponents of ‘freemium games’, which cost nothing to buy but players spend money to speed up the action. |
Sell | - |
