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M&A Deal Summary

Rakuten Acquires Curbside

On June 8, 2018, Rakuten acquired internet software and services company Curbside

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Rakuten’s 10th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Rakuten’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Rakuten’s 3rd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-06-08
Target Curbside
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Rakuten
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Curbside

Palo Alto, California, United States
Curbside, Inc. is a technology company whose solutions take friction out of the mobile order ahead customer experience at thousands of stores and restaurants. Curbside, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

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Buyer

Rakuten

Tokyo, Japan
Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees29,334
Revenue 2.28T JPY (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Rakuten office in Tokyo, Japan.
Rakuten office in Tokyo, Japan.

Rakuten is an internet services company. Rakuten provides a variety of consumer and business-focused services including e-commerce, eBooks & eReading, travel, banking, securities, credit card, e-money, portal and media, online marketing and professional sports. Rakuten Group is expanding globally and currently has operations throughout Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. Rakuten was founded in 1997 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 24
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 10 of 11
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 16 of 22
State: California M&A 3 of 4
Country: United States M&A 5 of 7
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-03 The Grommet

Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

The Grommet, Inc. is a provider of an e-commerce website that markets and sells new and innovative products created by independent entrepreneurs, also known as Makers. It has discovered and launched dozens of now household brand names, including FitBit, IdeaPaint, OtterBox, SimpliSafe and SodaStream.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-05 LOB

Tokyo, Japan

LOB, Inc. is a developer and supplier of advertising platforms. Company engages in Development and provision of advertising platforms, Consulting business for running online ads and Development business for marketing support tools for running online ads.

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