M&A Deal Summary

Yandex Acquires Auto.ru

On June 16, 2014, Yandex acquired internet software and services company Auto.ru

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Yandex’s 7th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Yandex’s 7th transaction in Russia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-06-16
Target Auto.ru
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Yandex
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) VTB Capital (Financial)
Squire Patton Boggs (Legal)

Target

Auto.ru

Russia
Auto.ru is a provider of vehicle classifieds website in Moscow and is in Top-3 across Russia.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Yandex

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Category Company
Founded 1989
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees18,004
Revenue 356.2B RUB (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Yandex is an internet search engine primarily for Russian and Russian-language users. Yandex was founded in 1989 and is headquarters in Schiphol, the Netherlands.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 11
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 7 of 10
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 11
Country (Russia) 7 of 9
Year (2014) 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-03-18 KitLocate

Hertzelia, Israel

KitLocate Ltd. is a developer of an energy efficient geolocation technology for mobile devices.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-10 ADFOX

Moscow, Russia

ADFOX is an advertising technology platform. ADFOX provides services for planning, managing and analysing advertising campaigns on the internet, and allows its clients to place banners, mobile ads, videos and other popular formats.

Buy -
Mergr

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Company

Legal