M&A Deal Summary

Rakuten Acquires Rakuten Kobo

On January 11, 2012, Rakuten acquired internet software and services company Rakuten Kobo

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Rakuten’s 4th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Rakuten’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Rakuten’s 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-01-11
Target Rakuten Kobo
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Rakuten
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Rakuten Kobo

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Rakuten Kobo, Inc. is a privately held company operates as an online eBook retailer.

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Buyer

Rakuten

Tokyo, Japan
Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees30,830
Revenue 2.07T JPY (2023)
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 6 of 24
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 4 of 11
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 22
State (Ontario) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2012) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-10-03 Play

Saint Helier, Channel Islands

Play Ltd is a online retailer of CD, DVD and games.

Buy £25M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-13 Aquafadas SAS

Montpellier, France

Aquafadas, an innovative company based in Montpellier, France, was set up in January 2006 by Claudia Zimmer and Matthieu Kopp. It achieved turnover of almost €580 thousand in 2008, thanks to the marketing of its first Mac-based applications for video cataloguing and processing. Currently, 90% of its sales are made via the Internet, and almost 85% outside of France

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