M&A Deal Summary

Orange Acquires Dailymotion SA

On February 22, 2013, Orange acquired internet software and services company Dailymotion SA from Idinvest Partners for 168M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Orange’s 2nd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Orange’s 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Orange’s 4th transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-02-22
Target Dailymotion SA
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Orange
Sellers(s) Idinvest Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 168M USD

Target

Dailymotion SA

Paris, France
Dailymotion SA is a video-sharing website.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Orange

Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

Category Company
Founded 1990
Sector Communications
Employees126,909
Revenue 40.3B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Orange retail store in central Barcelona, Spain.
Orange retail store in central Barcelona, Spain.

Orange provides a range of fixed telephony and mobile telecommunications, data transmission, Internet, multimedia, and other value-added services to consumers, businesses, and other telecommunications operators under the Orange brand worldwide. Orange was founded in 1990 and is based in Paris, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 15
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 2 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 12
Country: France M&A 4 of 7
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-02-03 Orange Austria Telecommunication

Vienna, Austria

Orange Austria Telecommunication GmbH offers mobile telecommunications network services. Orange Austria Telecommunication GmbH was founded in 1998 and is based in Vienna, Austria.

Sell €1.3B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-06-03 Etrali Trading Solutions Co.

Paris, France

Etrali Trading Solutions Co. is a provider of voice and electronic trading infrastructure and compliance services for the banking and trading communities.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Idinvest Partners

Paris, France

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 7.6B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Idinvest Partners is a European investment firm focused on investing in small to mid-sized companies at various stages of development. Idinvest segments its investment activity into three groups. These include venture and growth capital, private debt, and dedicated portfolios/funds. Idinvest's venture and growth capital group looks to invest directly in early stage companies with high growth potential. Idinvest's private debt group seeks to provide senior or subordinated debt to small and mid-sized companies pursuing growth objectives. Idinvest's dedicated portfolio/funds group looks to invest in private equity funds, acquire secondary fund positions, and directly co-invest alongside other private equity firms in established companies. Idinvest Partners was formed in 1997 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 38
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 7
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 18
Country: France M&A 8 of 24
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 8
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Sittingbourne, United Kingdom

Vivacta Limited is a medical diagnostic company developing proprietary sensors and readers for rapid, point-of-care (PoC) testing. The company is applying piezofilm technology to achieve extremely high sensitivity and wide dynamic range for a new generation of diagnostic products adapted to near-patient testing and has generated an independent intellectual property position comprising over 15 patent families.

Sell $90M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-07 Erytech Pharma

Lyon, France

Erytech Pharma is a French biopharmaceutical company providing new prospects for cancer patients, particularly those with acute leukemia and selected solid tumors. Erytech Pharma was founded in 2004 and is based in Lyon, France.

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