LINE’s IPO is slated to take place in July this year. Touted to be the world’s largest tech IPO in 2016, we at JapaneseUp made an infographic to give you the lowdown on the deal. Source: http://japaneseup.com/line-ipo/

1. ABOUT ’S IPO
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT LINE
KEY MARKETS
for each country
ORIGIN
March 2011, Japan
PARENT COMPANY
Korean corporation Naver
LOCALIZED EMOJI STICKERS
FINANCIALS
POTENTIALLY THE LARGEST TECH IPO IN 2016
EXPANSION PLANS
Japan Thailand Indonesia Taiwan
REGISTERED USERS
(FEB 2015)600M
MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS
(Q4 2015)215M
$
REVENUE SOURCE
advertisers
emoji stickers
content
(incl mobile games)
US$1.12B
Revenue in 2015
4.5 TO 5.4
Earnings per
active user
US$5.1
Valuation
US$5-6B
PRICE TO SALES RATIO:
22%
35%
35%
WHEN
MID-LATE JULY 2016 TOKYO & NEW YORK
WHERE GOAL
RAISE US$1-2B, WITH HALF
FROM US INVESTORS
JAN 2016 APRIL 2016 AFTER IPO IN JULY 2016
ACQUIRED M.T. BURN INC
a Japanese startup that develops
native advertising software, to boost
ad revenue
LAUNCHED A RESEARCH DIVISION
focusing on machine learning and big
data, to develop new services and
refine content/ads
BOOST MARKETING
expand operations in N. America and
potentially pursue deals for rival
messaging apps
Sources:
http://official-blog.line.me/en/archives/1001168967.html
http://www.statista.com/statistics/327292/number-of-monthly-active-line-app-users
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2015/02/419_173201.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-07/line-plans-year-s-biggest-tech-ipo-with-pitch-to-u-s-investors
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