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| Date | 2019-01-22 |
| Target | Pluto TV |
| Sector | Internet Software and Services |
| Buyer(s) | Viacom |
| Sellers(s) | ProSiebenSat.1 Media |
| Deal Type | Divestiture |
| Advisor(s) | LionTree (Financial) Gunderson Dettmer Hogan Lovells (Legal) |
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Viacom is a global media company which is home to a variety of entertainment brands that connect with audiences through compelling content across television, motion picture, online and mobile platforms in over 160 countries and territories. Viacom was founded in 2005 and is based in New York, New York.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 17 of 17 |
| Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A | 3 of 3 |
| Type: Divestiture M&A Deals | 3 of 3 |
| State: California M&A | 6 of 6 |
| Country: United States M&A | 15 of 15 |
| Year: 2019 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-25 |
Rate My Professors
New York, New York, United States Rate My Professors is a site and app used by more than 6 million college students a month to author an average of 125,000 new professor and class ratings monthly (seasonally peaking at 7 million and 300,000 respectively). Rate My Professors is based in New York. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 |
| Sector | Media |
| Employees | 7,188 |
| Revenue | 3.9B EUR (2023) |
ProSiebenSat.1 Media is a media company that operates 27 TV channels in 10 countries. The entertainment segment operates free TV stations, such as SAT.1, prosieben, kabel eins, sixx, SAT.1 gold, prosieben MAXX, and kabel eins doku, as well as distributes prosiebenSat.1 HD stations. ProSiebenSat.1 Media was founded in 1984 and is based in Unterfohring, Germany.
| DEAL STATS | # |
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| Overall | 6 of 7 |
| Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A | 3 of 3 |
| Type: Divestiture M&A Deals | 4 of 5 |
| State: California M&A | 2 of 2 |
| Country: United States M&A | 2 of 2 |
| Year: 2019 M&A | 2 of 2 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-14 |
Aroundhome
Berlin, Germany Beko Käuferportal GmbH is an online portal in Germany that connects customers with a vendor network for consulting-intensive products and services for home improvement and financial services. The online service helps consumers obtain and compare offers from regional companies before making a major purchase. KäuferPortal announced its gradual expansion into the rest of Europe. Together with their partners, they now sell products and services worth EUR 500 million annually and employ more than 350 people in six locations across Europe. |
Sell | $161M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-04 |
The Meet Group
New Hope, Pennsylvania, United States The Meet Group, Inc. is a developer of mobile apps designed to meet the universal need for human connection. Using innovative products and sophisticated data science, The Meet Group keeps its approximately 2.7 million mobile daily active users engaged and originates untold numbers of casual chats, friendships, dates, and marriages. The Meet Group offers advertisers the opportunity to reach customers on a global scale with hundreds of millions of daily mobile ad impressions. The Meet Group was founded in 1997 and is based in New Hope, Pennsylvania. |
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