M&A Deal Summary

Rakuten Acquires Rakuten KC Co.

On March 10, 2005, Rakuten acquired financial services company Rakuten KC Co. from Japan Industrial Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Rakuten’s 2nd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Rakuten’s 2nd transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-03-10
Target Rakuten KC Co.
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Rakuten
Sellers(s) Japan Industrial Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Rakuten KC Co.

Fukuok, Japan
Kokunai Shinpan is a consumer credit company based in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The company offers credit card services, shopping credit services and card loan services.

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Buyer(S) 1

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 2 of 24
Sector: Financial Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 22
Country: Japan M&A 2 of 9
Year: 2005 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-11-26 Rakuten Securities

Tokyo, Japan

Rakuten Securities, Inc. is a online brokers in Japan. Rakuten Sec is ranked 3rd in terms of equities trading value and 5th in terms of FX trading value in the Japanese securities market.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-06-17 Price Minister SA

Villette, France

PriceMinister is a french company backing the online electronic commerce website PriceMinister.com.

Buy €200M

Seller(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

Japan Industrial Partners is a private investment firm focused on acquisitions of companies operating in basic industries throughout Japan. Japan Industrial Partners was established in 2000 and is headquartered in Tokyo.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 7
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 7
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 6
Year: 2005 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-05-01 Rakuten KC Co.

Fukuok, Japan

Kokunai Shinpan is a consumer credit company based in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The company offers credit card services, shopping credit services and card loan services.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-29 Laserfront Technologies

United States

Laserfront Technologies, Inc. is a manufacturer of cutting-edge laser repair, marker and welding products to its own extensive line-up of sensors and measurement devices.

Sell -