M&A Deal Summary

Worldline Acquires Digital River World Payments AB

On July 17, 2017, Worldline acquired internet software and services company Digital River World Payments AB from Digital River

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Worldline’s 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Worldline’s 1st transaction in Sweden.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-07-17
Target Digital River World Payments AB
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Worldline
Sellers(s) Digital River
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Digital River World Payments AB

Stockholm, Sweden
Digital River World Payments AB is an online global payment service provider. Digital River World Payments AB was founded in 1997 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Worldline

Paris, France

Category Company
Founded 1973
Sector Financial Services
Employees18,240
Revenue 4.6B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Worldline is a provider of electronic payment and transactional services. Worldline was founded in 1973 and is based in Paris, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 5
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Sweden M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-02-03 Ingenico

Suresnes, France

Ingenico is a provider of payment solutions, enabling banks and merchants to manage their payment activities across all sales channels (in-store, on-line and mobile). Ingenico was founded in 1980 and is based in Suresnes, France.

Buy €7.8B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Digital River

Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees1,317
Revenue 390M USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION

Digital River is an online business for software and game publishers, consumer electronics manufacturers, distributors, online retailers, and affiliates. Its multi-channel commerce solution, which supports both direct and indirect sales, is designed to help companies of all sizes maximize online revenues as well as reduce the costs and risks of running a global commerce operation. Digital River was founded in 1994 and is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 3 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 4
Country: Sweden M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-08 Mapp Digital

San Diego, California, United States

Mapp Digital helps companies break away from the pack without breaking the bank. Mapp Cloud is a badass digital marketing platform that combines customer acquisition and engagement into one simple platform, with built-in, cross-channel capabilities. Underlying Mapp Cloud is Mapp's native customer data platform (CDP) that enables campaigns to draw from real-time, unified customer data, so marketers can be one step ahead of their customer. Mapp also offers an email marketing platform, Mapp Empower, designed for digital agencies. Mapp Digital was founded in 2000 and is based in San Diego, California.

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