M&A Deal Summary

Songtradr Acquires Bandcamp

On September 28, 2023, Songtradr acquired internet software and services company Bandcamp from Epic Games

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Songtradr’s 2nd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Songtradr’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Songtradr’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2023-09-28
Target Bandcamp
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Songtradr
Sellers(s) Epic Games
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Bandcamp

San Francisco, California, United States
Bandcamp is a marketplace and music community that includes album pages, mobile apps, merch tools, payment system, and search and discovery features, to newer initiatives like our vinyl pressing and live streaming services. Bandcamp was founded in 2008 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Songtradr

Santa Monica, California, United States

Category Company
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Songtradr connects artists to film, TV, brands and other media in a fully-automated, worldwide marketplace for music licensing. Songtradr’s proprietary technologies, music supervisors, brands, filmmakers and other creatives, can easily license music from a vast community of artists, bands, record labels, and publishers. Songtradr is based in Santa Monica, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 7
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2023 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-06-07 Musicube

Hamburg, Germany

Musicube provides rich metadata for music labels, publishers, rights holders, and others seeking song discoverability tools. The database includes more than 50 million song titles with ISRC and all contributors, as well as more than 500 keywords. Musicube is based in Hamburg, Germany.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Epic Games

Cary, North Carolina, United States

Category Company
Founded 1991
Sector Digital Media
DESCRIPTION

Epic Games is a publisher of interactive games and developer of the software platforms used for game development and high-end graphics rendering. Epic Games was founded in 1991 and is based in Cary, North Carolina.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2023 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-03-02 Bandcamp

San Francisco, California, United States

Bandcamp is a marketplace and music community that includes album pages, mobile apps, merch tools, payment system, and search and discovery features, to newer initiatives like our vinyl pressing and live streaming services. Bandcamp was founded in 2008 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-11-23 Harmonix

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Harmonix is a developer of groundbreaking music-oriented videogames. Harmonix has developed Guitar Hero I and Guitar Hero II games, Karaoke Revolution Party, Amplitude, Frequency, Eyetoy and the Rock Band franchise. Harmonix was formed in 1995 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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