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LINE Acquires Five

On December 4, 2017, LINE acquired digital media company Five

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is LINE’s 2nd transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is LINE’s 3rd transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-12-04
Target Five
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) LINE
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Five

Tokyo, Japan
Five Corp. is a developer, seller, and operator of a video ad platform for smartphones. A video ad network specializing in performance-based ads, this service maximizes marketing ROI by bringing the largest scale of user reach in Japan together with its unique creative service.

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Buyer

LINE

Tokyo, Japan
Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees3,085
Revenue 227.5B JPY (2019)
DESCRIPTION

LINE is a communication application that offers instant messages, voice calls, and video calls on smartphones. LINE was founded in 2000 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 7
Sector: Digital Media M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 6
Country: Japan M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2017 M&A 5 of 5
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Depok, Indonesia

TemanJalan is a chatbot based carpooling platform. TemanJalan was established in 2015 and is based in Depok, Indonesia.

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