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Keywords Studios Acquires Volta Creation

On July 29, 2016, Keywords Studios acquired digital media company Volta Creation for 5M CAD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Keywords Studios’ 7th transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Keywords Studios’ 12th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Keywords Studios’ 2nd transaction in Canada.
  • This is Keywords Studios’ 2nd transaction in Quebec.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-07-29
Target Volta Creation
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Keywords Studios
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 5M CAD

Target

Volta Creation

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Volta Creation, Inc. is a visual development studio dedicated to creating high-end 2D and 3D visuals, as well as cinematics for video games and film.

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Buyer

Keywords Studios

Dublin, Ireland
Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Digital Media
Revenue 780M EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Keywords Studios is an international technical services provider to the global video games industry. The company provides integrated art creation, localization, testing, audio, and customer care services across 50 languages and 14 game platforms to a blue-chip client base in more than 15 countries. Keywords Studios was founded in 1998 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 41
Sector: Digital Media M&A 7 of 27
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 11 of 36
State: Quebec M&A 2 of 4
Country: Canada M&A 2 of 5
Year: 2016 M&A 5 of 8
Size (of disclosed) 12 of 23
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-13 Synthesis International Srl

Lecco, Italy

Synthesis International Srl is a provider of voice-over recording for video games.

Buy €18M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-10-26 Player Research

Brighton, United Kingdom

Player Research Ltd. is an user research and playtesting specialist whose cutting edge work has impacted more than 600 million gamers worldwide to date. Established in Brighton in 2012, the Player Research team ensure players' experiences are as close as possible to the designers' vision, thus helping their clients to achieve long term chart-topping and genre-leading games.

Buy £1M
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