M&A Deal Summary

MercadoLibre Acquires Redelcom

On December 13, 2021, MercadoLibre acquired information technology company Redelcom

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MercadoLibre’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is MercadoLibre’s 1st transaction in Chile.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-12-13
Target Redelcom
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) MercadoLibre
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Redelcom

Santiago, Chile
Redelcom is a payment network that offers cutting-edge technology at a national level, allowing the flexibility of reaching small and large businesses. Its POS accepts payments with all credit and debit cards, from any national and international bank. Redelcom was founded in 2010 and is based in Santiago, Chile.

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Buyer

MercadoLibre

Montevideo, Uruguay

Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees84,207
Revenue 20.8B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

MercadoLibre is an online trading platform serving Latin America. Its services are designed to provide its users with mechanisms to buy, sell, pay for, and collect on e-commerce transactions. The company principally offers MercadoLibre marketplace, an automated online commerce service, which permits businesses and individuals to list items and conduct their sales and purchases online in a fixed-price or auction-based format. MercadoLibre was founded in 1999 and is based in Montevideo, Uruguay.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 7
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 6
Country: Chile M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2021 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-08-25 Kangu

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Kangu is a logistics company that operates in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. The company has more than 5,000 collection and delivery points, more than half of them in Brazil. It serves a wide variety of companies including Mercado Livre, connecting e-commerce sellers to its network of neighborhood partners such as pet shops, stationers, and other local stores. These stores form a high capillarity network of collection points where sellers can leave their products for delivery, or delivery points where customers can pick up their orders. Kangu is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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