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Rakuten Acquires Viber Media S.à r.l.

On February 13, 2014, Rakuten acquired internet software and services company Viber Media S.à r.l. for 900M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Rakuten’s 5th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Rakuten’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Rakuten’s 1st transaction in Cyprus.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-02-13
Target Viber Media S.à r.l.
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Rakuten
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 900M USD

Target

Viber Media S.à r.l.

Limassol, Cyprus
Viber Media S.à r.l. is a messaging, voice and video service that lets everyone in the world connect. Freely. Users can send free text messages, fun stickers, photos, videos and doodles, share locations, make free HD-quality calls and communicate with Push-To-Talk. Viber Media S.à r.l. was founded in 2010 and is based in Limassol, Cyprus.

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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 9 of 24
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 5 of 11
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 9 of 22
Country: Cyprus M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 8
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-12 Slice Technologies

Palo Alto, California, United States

Slice Technologies is a provider of online shopping organizational service. Slice Technologies was founded in 2010 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

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