M&A Deal Summary

Social Native Acquires Olapic

On September 29, 2020, Social Native acquired internet software and services company Olapic from Monotype

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Social Native’s 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Social Native’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Social Native’s 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2020-09-29
Target Olapic
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Social Native
Sellers(s) Monotype
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Olapic

New York, New York, United States
Olapic, Inc. is a visual marketing platform for collecting, curating, permissioning, and showcasing consumer-generated photos across marketing channels. Olapic collects consumer photos and videos from social media sites including Instagram, Vine, Twitter and Tumblr to help brands and retailers significantly increase sales and marketing campaign performance by creating more authentic brand experiences. Olapic was founded in 2009 and is based in New York.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Social Native

Beverly Hills, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2015
Sector Information Technology
DESCRIPTION

Social Native, Inc. is a marketplace technology company that empowers marketers to source and optimize visual content to improve brand awareness and performance. Brands such as Crocs, Nestlé Waters, Unilever, and Clinique trust Social Native to create high-performing visual content to improve the performance of their paid and organic social strategies. Social Native was founded in 2015 and is based in Beverly Hills, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: New York M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Monotype

Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 1887
Sector Software
Employees696
Revenue 247M USD (2018)
DESCRIPTION

Monotype is a provider of typefaces, technology, and expertise that enable the best user experience and ensure brand integrity. Monotype provides customers worldwide with typeface solutions for a broad range of creative applications and consumer devices. Monotype was founded in 1887 and is based in Woburn, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: New York M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-05-18 URW Type Foundry

Hamburg, Germany

URW Type Foundry GmbH is a design company focused on continually developing and marketing innovative font and software products. It is particularly successful in the area of corporate type development and production as well as a supplier of the so-called world or global fonts for OEM customers. URW was formed in 1972 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-15 Hoefler&Co

New York, New York, United States

Hoefler&Co is a provider of prominent type foundry. Hoefler&Co was founded in 1989 and is based in New York.

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