Add-on Acquisition • Digital Media

Nexon Acquires Pixelberry Studios

On November 10, 2017, Nexon acquired digital media company Pixelberry Studios

Acquisition Context

This is Nexon’s 1st transaction in the Digital Media sector.
This is Nexon’s 1st transaction in the United States.
This is Nexon’s 1st transaction in California.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	November 10, 2017
Target	Pixelberry Studios
Sector	Digital Media
Buyer(s)	Nexon
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Pixelberry Studios

Mountain View, California, United States

Pixelberry Studios is a developer in interactive narrative mobiles games. The studio has paved the way for the interactive storytelling genre on mobile devices with their top grossing apps Choices: Stories You Play and High School Story.

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Buyer

Nexon

Minato-ku, Japan

Category	Company
Founded	1994
Sector	Internet Software and Services
Employees	8,231
Revenue	446.2B JPY (2024)

DESCRIPTION

Nexon is a games company and distributor of MapleStory and other free-to-play games online. Nexon was founded in 1994 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	2 of 2
Sector: Digital Media	1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition	2 of 2
State: California	1 of 1
Country: United States	1 of 1
Year: 2017	1 of 1

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2012-10-01	gloops Tokyo, Japan gloops, Inc. is a mobile game developer.	Buy	$486M

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2012-10-01

gloops

Tokyo, Japan

gloops, Inc. is a mobile game developer.

Buy

$486M

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