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Spotify Acquires Kinzen

On October 5, 2022, Spotify acquired digital media company Kinzen

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Spotify’s 9th transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Spotify’s 2nd transaction in Ireland.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2022-10-05
Target Kinzen
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Spotify
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Kinzen

Dublin, Ireland
Kinzen is focused on protecting online communities from harmful content. It works with technology platforms that need the skills of human editors, and human editors who need to scale engagement through technology. Kinzen was formed in 2017 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

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Buyer

Spotify

Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Category Company
Founded 2006
Sector Digital Media
Employees7,691
Revenue 15.7B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Spotify is an internet audio streaming subscription service provider. Spotify was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 27 of 27
Sector: Digital Media M&A 9 of 9
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 26 of 26
Country: Ireland M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2022 M&A 5 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-07-12 Heardle

London, United Kingdom

Heardle is a provider of a daily music guessing game for clients. Heardle is based in London.

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