M&A Deal Summary

Supercell Oy Acquires Space Ape Games

On May 23, 2017, Supercell Oy acquired digital media company Space Ape Games

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Supercell Oy’s 2nd transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Supercell Oy’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-05-23
Target Space Ape Games
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) Supercell Oy
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Space Ape Games

London, United Kingdom
Space Ape Games (UK) Ltd. is a developer and publisher of online mobile games for iPhone and Android Phones. Space Ape Games (UK) Ltd. was founded in 2012 and based in London, UK.

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Buyer

Supercell Oy

Helsinki, Finland

Category Company
Founded 2011
Sector Digital Media
DESCRIPTION

Supercell is a mobile game company headquartered in Finland. Their two game apps, Clash of Clans and Hay Day, reached the top position in “Top Grossing” ranking of Apple’s App Store in 137 countries and 96 countries, respectively. From February 2013 to August 2013, Supercell was the No.1 publisher in the world among the apps in the Games category of the App Store. The Finnish company has become the one of the leading proponents of ‘freemium games’, which cost nothing to buy but players spend money to speed up the action.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Digital Media M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-21 Frogmind

Helsinki, Finland

Frogmind is a mobile game developer. Frogmind develops games with best possible gaming experience and high production values by small independent teams. Frogmind was established in 2012 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

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