M&A Deal Summary

iEntertainment Network Acquires Tapstar Interactive

On March 2, 2016, iEntertainment Network acquired digital media company Tapstar Interactive

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is iEntertainment Network’s 1st transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is iEntertainment Network’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is iEntertainment Network’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-03-02
Target Tapstar Interactive
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) iEntertainment Network
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Tapstar Interactive

San Francisco, California, United States
TapStar Interactive is a boutique mobile game publisher and developer with multi-platform capability. Company goal is to create and publish unique and innovative gaming experiences that appeal to a wide range of players.

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Buyer

iEntertainment Network

Cary, North Carolina, United States

Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Digital Media
Employees18
DESCRIPTION

iEntertainment Network, Inc. founded in 1995 to develop and operate retail and online military simulation games. IENT was one of the very first online game companies and its casual games have been featured on EarthLink, Time Warner, and 10 other ISPs as their white label casual games. IENT was generating very significant advertising revenues from its casual games at one time. IENT also was one of the very first Massively Multiplayer Online game companies and has been developing and operating online games since 1997, with its launch of the WarBirds franchise of online games.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Digital Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1