The document summarizes key trends in the internet advertising market in Q3 2015. It notes that US internet advertising companies continue outperforming international counterparts and stock market indexes. Trading multiples show US companies trading at a median LTM revenue multiple of 1.3x versus 3.3x for international companies. M&A activity reached a 3-year high in Q3 2015 with 55 deals, though aggregate transaction value continues to decline. Notable recent transactions include Rubicon's acquisition of Chango and Oracle's acquisition of Datalogix. Investment activity and values declined in Q3 2015 from the previous quarter.
The latest issue of our Q4 2015 Mobile Market Update, highlighting trends in M&A, financing, IPOs and capital markets for private and public companies in Internet Advertising, is now available.
Highlights include:
- M&A activity reached a 3-year high in Q3 2015
- Investment volume and aggregate values slowed from
earlier year highs
- Wireless and diversified infrastructure companies are trading
at a median LTM revenue multiple of 2.1x
- IoT / M2M companies continue to outperform the NASDAQ
and S&P indexes while their counterparts in mobile software
& solutions also remain market leaders
Technology Sector Update: Marketing and Advertising 4Q 2015Capstone Headwaters
The latest issue of our Marketing and Advertising Q4 2015 Market Update, highlighting trends in M&A, financing, IPOs and capital markets for private and public companies in Internet Advertising, is now available.
Highlights include:
- Key themes we are watching in 2016
- M&A activity stayed close to pace in 4Q 2015
- Investment volume and aggregate values rose in Q4 2015
- U.S. Marketing and Advertising public companies continue to
outpace their international counterparts and outperform the
NASDAQ, S&P 500, and MSCI Europe indexes
- U.S. Internet Advertising companies are trading at a media
LTM revenue multiple of 1.0x
The latest issue of our Marketing and Advertising 2Q 2016 Market Update, highlighting trends in M&A, financing, IPOs and capital markets for private and public companies in marketing and advertising, is now available.
The latest issue of our 2Q 2016 Mobile Market Update, highlighting trends in M&A, financing, and capital markets for private and public companies in Mobile, is now available.
The document provides an update on the internet advertising market in 2Q 2015. It discusses the following key points:
1) U.S. internet advertising companies continue outperforming international counterparts and indexes, though they have begun underperforming NASDAQ recently.
2) U.S. companies trade at a median LTM revenue multiple of 1.9x vs 4.9x for international.
3) M&A activity reached a 3-year high in 4Q 2014 before declining in 1Q-2Q 2015, with notable deals including Rubicon's acquisition of Chango and Twitter's acquisition of TellApart.
Since 2011, U.S. Internet Advertising companies (+92.3%) have outperformed the NASDAQ (+63.8%), S&P 500
(+54.1%), and MSCI Europe (+43.2%) indexes, along with their international counterparts (+51.1%).
The latest issue of our Q4 2015 Mobile Market Update, highlighting trends in M&A, financing, IPOs and capital markets for private and public companies in Internet Advertising, is now available.
Highlights include:
- M&A activity reached a 3-year high in Q3 2015
- Investment volume and aggregate values slowed from
earlier year highs
- Wireless and diversified infrastructure companies are trading
at a median LTM revenue multiple of 2.1x
- IoT / M2M companies continue to outperform the NASDAQ
and S&P indexes while their counterparts in mobile software
& solutions also remain market leaders
Technology Sector Update: Marketing and Advertising 4Q 2015Capstone Headwaters
The latest issue of our Marketing and Advertising Q4 2015 Market Update, highlighting trends in M&A, financing, IPOs and capital markets for private and public companies in Internet Advertising, is now available.
Highlights include:
- Key themes we are watching in 2016
- M&A activity stayed close to pace in 4Q 2015
- Investment volume and aggregate values rose in Q4 2015
- U.S. Marketing and Advertising public companies continue to
outpace their international counterparts and outperform the
NASDAQ, S&P 500, and MSCI Europe indexes
- U.S. Internet Advertising companies are trading at a media
LTM revenue multiple of 1.0x
The latest issue of our Marketing and Advertising 2Q 2016 Market Update, highlighting trends in M&A, financing, IPOs and capital markets for private and public companies in marketing and advertising, is now available.
The latest issue of our 2Q 2016 Mobile Market Update, highlighting trends in M&A, financing, and capital markets for private and public companies in Mobile, is now available.
The document provides an update on the internet advertising market in 2Q 2015. It discusses the following key points:
1) U.S. internet advertising companies continue outperforming international counterparts and indexes, though they have begun underperforming NASDAQ recently.
2) U.S. companies trade at a median LTM revenue multiple of 1.9x vs 4.9x for international.
3) M&A activity reached a 3-year high in 4Q 2014 before declining in 1Q-2Q 2015, with notable deals including Rubicon's acquisition of Chango and Twitter's acquisition of TellApart.
Since 2011, U.S. Internet Advertising companies (+92.3%) have outperformed the NASDAQ (+63.8%), S&P 500
(+54.1%), and MSCI Europe (+43.2%) indexes, along with their international counterparts (+51.1%).
The digital travel revolution poses a threat to the hotel industry as new digital competitors are poised to disrupt distribution and capture significant market value. Large digital players have demonstrated the ability to rapidly gain scale in targeted segments. Winners will be those that solve customer hassles along the entire guest journey and build interactional and collaborative relationships rather than purely transactional ones. To respond, hotel companies must rethink distribution's role, build a holistic operating model, define segment and channel strategies, develop a comprehensive revenue agenda, and measure performance using RevPARD.
The document summarizes the Tech Tour Growth 50 list, which highlights the 50 fastest growing high-impact private companies in Europe. Some key details:
- The companies have raised over $5 billion and created over 15,000 jobs since 1998.
- They represent a variety of sectors and countries, with the UK and Germany having the most companies.
- A selection committee reviewed over 300 candidates to determine those that met criteria for revenue, funding, valuation and growth rates.
Mercer Capital's Value Focus: FinTech Industry | First Quarter 2015Mercer Capital
The document provides an overview and analysis of the FinTech industry for the first quarter of 2015. Some key points:
- FinTech outperformed broader markets in Q1 as investor interest remained high. Valuation multiples continued to expand relative to historical levels.
- 18 FinTech IPOs occurred in 2014-Q1 2015, with a median stock price return of 12% since IPO. Eight IPOs had market caps over $1 billion.
- FinTech M&A activity was flat in Q1 2015 vs Q1 2014, but deal values increased significantly, led by several billion-dollar deals in payments and healthcare software.
- The document analyzes financial performance, margins, and valuation metrics for
BMO Capital Capital Markets at DES: The State of Advertising TechnologyDigiday
This document summarizes an analyst report on the media and internet marketing industry. It includes an overview of digital marketing trends, the growth of programmatic advertising, and the emergence of the digital marketing hub. It also provides financial details on public companies in the space and discusses topics like the difference between ad tech and marketing SaaS business models.
Global Technology Trends & Top Ten Startup Hubs 2019Bernard Moon
Update report by SparkLabs Group (www.sparklabsgroup.com) that provides an overview of general technology trends, global venture capital trends, and startup trends around the world. Snapshots of the top 10 startup hubs in the world: Silicon Valley, NYC, London, Stockholm, Shanghai, Tel Aviv, Beijing, Seoul, Boston, and Los Angeles.
Kakao is a leading mobile platform company in South Korea that provides messaging, entertainment, commerce, and financial services. It analyzed Kakao's current business lines and proposed new business models that could generate $80 million from a premium taxi service and $80 million from a designated driver service in 2016. It also discussed potential new revenue streams from a quick delivery service estimated at $930 million annually and an internet banking joint venture. The document concluded with an outlook for Kakao's earnings growth and peer company valuations.
A Frontline Ventures and Notion Capital collaboration
Self serve enterprise SaaS products have gone from being a niche category, to now accounting for the majority of enterprise SaaS IPOs.
What has changed in the world of enterprise SaaS leading to this change?
We teamed up with Notion Capital to study the rise self-serve SaaS. You may be surprised to learn:
Self serve companies are some of the fastest growing SaaS companies in the public markets, with Shopify growing +67% YoY, Wix +47%, and Atlassian +42%.
Self serve SaaS companies are some of the least and most capital efficient enterprise SaaS companies. Shopify has a 7 month payback time, while Box has a payback time of 40! Why is that?
Of companies that disclose dollar based net expansion, our average company retained 115% of its users.
Find this and much more, inside our 27 page slide deck.
A big thanks to Chrys Chrysanthou, the team at Notion Capital (Kate Hyslop and Jordan Taylor) and our very own Carolina Küng for making this happen.
Tracxn Startup Research: Data as a Service Landscape, August 2016Tracxn
The top three funded sub-sectors till date are market intelligence (149 investments, $1.3B), financial data providers (158 investments, $1.2B), and geospatial data providers.
White Star Capital Canadian Venture Capital Landscape 2019White Star Capital
In this third edition of our report, we aim to reiterate our enthusiasm for the Canadian Tech and Venture Capital ecosystem as well as touch upon a few new topics.
In addition to sharing our excitement about Canada and expressing our belief that the ecosystem is stronger than ever, we examine larger round dynamics, the continuation of the VCCI program, the rise of narwhals, and funding activity by state and region. We have also explored one of Canada's key strengths: its diversity and increased immigration influx. Finally, we end with an updated deep dive on VCs and other investors.
The document discusses opportunities in digital banking and FinTech. It summarizes Marc Lijour's presentation on learning from technologies used by startups and learning companies. Lijour discusses how banks can innovate by learning from core technologies, partnering with FinTech companies, and focusing on customer experience to compete against disruption in the financial industry. Speed of innovation, customer experience, security, and talent are key challenges discussed.
This document provides an overview of ComCap's coverage of the digital retail sector, including key themes, companies, and industry activity. Some of the main points summarized are:
- ComCap covers various themes in digital retail including AI/analytics, B2C brands, ecommerce SaaS, fintech, IoT, logistics, marketing suites, mobile, personalization, and retail in-store technology.
- B2C companies have seen the highest M&A and financing activity over the past year, with deal value totaling $37.9 billion. SaaS companies command the highest valuation multiples.
- The digital retail sector has outperformed the S&P 500 over the last
Mercer Capital's Value Focus: FinTech Industry | 4Q 2014 | Focus: 2014 FinTec...Mercer Capital
Mercer Capital’s quarterly newsletter, FinTech Watch, provides an overview of the FinTech industry, including public market performance, valuation multiples for public FinTech companies, and articles of interest from around the web. In addition, each issue of this quarterly newsletter will focus on one FinTech segment, including payment processors, technology, and solutions companies, examining general economic and industry trends as well as a summary of M&A and venture capital activity for the segment.
While Vietnam's advertising market grew 7.6% in 2012, the country faces significant political and economic risks. Television advertising accounts for over 75% of the total advertising market and is expected to continue dominating. Key risks to economic growth include problems in the banking sector like high loan write-offs and slowing GDP growth. The advertising market is projected to grow robustly at 8.3% annually through 2017 despite these macroeconomic challenges.
Tracxn Wind Energy Landscape Report July 2016Tracxn
The top business models are built around power generation (Greenko Group, ReNew Power Ventures), manufacturing (Clipper Wind, Suzlon), and service providers (SITAC Renewable energy, PNE Wind).
Thomson Reuters is a global provider of news, information and analytics to professionals. It provides trusted answers and intelligence to help professionals in industries like finance, law and media make important decisions. The document provides details on Thomson Reuters' global presence, history, products and customers. It operates in over 100 countries and serves over 5,000 asset managers, banks and other professionals with its transaction platforms.
Jungle Ventures: Discovering the Opportunity in a Fragmented MarketMenka Sajnani
Most investors see Southeast Asia as a fragmented market comprised of different countries with their own nuances with the potential of scaling up somewhat complicated. However, Tier 1 cities are on par with developed markets underpinned by an emerging middle class and strong consumer growth, demonstrating homogeneous consumer behavior. The next tier of cities or the mass middle could be seen as developing market so essentially the divide is developed VS developing markets rather than on geographical lines.
• What are the opportunities in SEA?
• How investors are viewing the region?
• How to capitalise on the burgeoning market?
• What is the Indonesia investment potential?
• Fragmented Vs homogeneous markets- is this the way to go?
This document provides an overview and analysis of the fintech industry and expectations for 2016. It discusses the growth of fintech in 2015, concerns about continued growth, and predictions for 2016. Key points include:
- Fintech investment nearly doubled from 2014 to 2015, with the five most active investors flexing their muscles.
- Concerns exist around overregulation stifling growth, talent shortages, conservatism of traditional banks in adopting new technologies, and macroeconomic factors.
- Predictions for 2016 include disruption from tech giants through new alliances, increased social media usage in trading, a wave of new startups, focus on financial inclusion and responsible finance, regrowth of cryptocurrency and
This report discusses trends in the internet sector and provides recommendations on internet stocks. It finds that the largest internet platforms like Alphabet and Facebook are gaining share of the digital advertising market. It also notes that companies providing value-added services to small and medium businesses are seeing growth. Finally, it discusses trends in ecommerce, with Amazon and Alibaba expected to maintain dominant positions, and in online video, where original content is driving platform differentiation.
The digital travel revolution poses a threat to the hotel industry as new digital competitors are poised to disrupt distribution and capture significant market value. Large digital players have demonstrated the ability to rapidly gain scale in targeted segments. Winners will be those that solve customer hassles along the entire guest journey and build interactional and collaborative relationships rather than purely transactional ones. To respond, hotel companies must rethink distribution's role, build a holistic operating model, define segment and channel strategies, develop a comprehensive revenue agenda, and measure performance using RevPARD.
The document summarizes the Tech Tour Growth 50 list, which highlights the 50 fastest growing high-impact private companies in Europe. Some key details:
- The companies have raised over $5 billion and created over 15,000 jobs since 1998.
- They represent a variety of sectors and countries, with the UK and Germany having the most companies.
- A selection committee reviewed over 300 candidates to determine those that met criteria for revenue, funding, valuation and growth rates.
Mercer Capital's Value Focus: FinTech Industry | First Quarter 2015Mercer Capital
The document provides an overview and analysis of the FinTech industry for the first quarter of 2015. Some key points:
- FinTech outperformed broader markets in Q1 as investor interest remained high. Valuation multiples continued to expand relative to historical levels.
- 18 FinTech IPOs occurred in 2014-Q1 2015, with a median stock price return of 12% since IPO. Eight IPOs had market caps over $1 billion.
- FinTech M&A activity was flat in Q1 2015 vs Q1 2014, but deal values increased significantly, led by several billion-dollar deals in payments and healthcare software.
- The document analyzes financial performance, margins, and valuation metrics for
BMO Capital Capital Markets at DES: The State of Advertising TechnologyDigiday
This document summarizes an analyst report on the media and internet marketing industry. It includes an overview of digital marketing trends, the growth of programmatic advertising, and the emergence of the digital marketing hub. It also provides financial details on public companies in the space and discusses topics like the difference between ad tech and marketing SaaS business models.
Global Technology Trends & Top Ten Startup Hubs 2019Bernard Moon
Update report by SparkLabs Group (www.sparklabsgroup.com) that provides an overview of general technology trends, global venture capital trends, and startup trends around the world. Snapshots of the top 10 startup hubs in the world: Silicon Valley, NYC, London, Stockholm, Shanghai, Tel Aviv, Beijing, Seoul, Boston, and Los Angeles.
Kakao is a leading mobile platform company in South Korea that provides messaging, entertainment, commerce, and financial services. It analyzed Kakao's current business lines and proposed new business models that could generate $80 million from a premium taxi service and $80 million from a designated driver service in 2016. It also discussed potential new revenue streams from a quick delivery service estimated at $930 million annually and an internet banking joint venture. The document concluded with an outlook for Kakao's earnings growth and peer company valuations.
A Frontline Ventures and Notion Capital collaboration
Self serve enterprise SaaS products have gone from being a niche category, to now accounting for the majority of enterprise SaaS IPOs.
What has changed in the world of enterprise SaaS leading to this change?
We teamed up with Notion Capital to study the rise self-serve SaaS. You may be surprised to learn:
Self serve companies are some of the fastest growing SaaS companies in the public markets, with Shopify growing +67% YoY, Wix +47%, and Atlassian +42%.
Self serve SaaS companies are some of the least and most capital efficient enterprise SaaS companies. Shopify has a 7 month payback time, while Box has a payback time of 40! Why is that?
Of companies that disclose dollar based net expansion, our average company retained 115% of its users.
Find this and much more, inside our 27 page slide deck.
A big thanks to Chrys Chrysanthou, the team at Notion Capital (Kate Hyslop and Jordan Taylor) and our very own Carolina Küng for making this happen.
Tracxn Startup Research: Data as a Service Landscape, August 2016Tracxn
The top three funded sub-sectors till date are market intelligence (149 investments, $1.3B), financial data providers (158 investments, $1.2B), and geospatial data providers.
White Star Capital Canadian Venture Capital Landscape 2019White Star Capital
In this third edition of our report, we aim to reiterate our enthusiasm for the Canadian Tech and Venture Capital ecosystem as well as touch upon a few new topics.
In addition to sharing our excitement about Canada and expressing our belief that the ecosystem is stronger than ever, we examine larger round dynamics, the continuation of the VCCI program, the rise of narwhals, and funding activity by state and region. We have also explored one of Canada's key strengths: its diversity and increased immigration influx. Finally, we end with an updated deep dive on VCs and other investors.
The document discusses opportunities in digital banking and FinTech. It summarizes Marc Lijour's presentation on learning from technologies used by startups and learning companies. Lijour discusses how banks can innovate by learning from core technologies, partnering with FinTech companies, and focusing on customer experience to compete against disruption in the financial industry. Speed of innovation, customer experience, security, and talent are key challenges discussed.
This document provides an overview of ComCap's coverage of the digital retail sector, including key themes, companies, and industry activity. Some of the main points summarized are:
- ComCap covers various themes in digital retail including AI/analytics, B2C brands, ecommerce SaaS, fintech, IoT, logistics, marketing suites, mobile, personalization, and retail in-store technology.
- B2C companies have seen the highest M&A and financing activity over the past year, with deal value totaling $37.9 billion. SaaS companies command the highest valuation multiples.
- The digital retail sector has outperformed the S&P 500 over the last
Mercer Capital's Value Focus: FinTech Industry | 4Q 2014 | Focus: 2014 FinTec...Mercer Capital
Mercer Capital’s quarterly newsletter, FinTech Watch, provides an overview of the FinTech industry, including public market performance, valuation multiples for public FinTech companies, and articles of interest from around the web. In addition, each issue of this quarterly newsletter will focus on one FinTech segment, including payment processors, technology, and solutions companies, examining general economic and industry trends as well as a summary of M&A and venture capital activity for the segment.
While Vietnam's advertising market grew 7.6% in 2012, the country faces significant political and economic risks. Television advertising accounts for over 75% of the total advertising market and is expected to continue dominating. Key risks to economic growth include problems in the banking sector like high loan write-offs and slowing GDP growth. The advertising market is projected to grow robustly at 8.3% annually through 2017 despite these macroeconomic challenges.
Tracxn Wind Energy Landscape Report July 2016Tracxn
The top business models are built around power generation (Greenko Group, ReNew Power Ventures), manufacturing (Clipper Wind, Suzlon), and service providers (SITAC Renewable energy, PNE Wind).
Thomson Reuters is a global provider of news, information and analytics to professionals. It provides trusted answers and intelligence to help professionals in industries like finance, law and media make important decisions. The document provides details on Thomson Reuters' global presence, history, products and customers. It operates in over 100 countries and serves over 5,000 asset managers, banks and other professionals with its transaction platforms.
Jungle Ventures: Discovering the Opportunity in a Fragmented MarketMenka Sajnani
Most investors see Southeast Asia as a fragmented market comprised of different countries with their own nuances with the potential of scaling up somewhat complicated. However, Tier 1 cities are on par with developed markets underpinned by an emerging middle class and strong consumer growth, demonstrating homogeneous consumer behavior. The next tier of cities or the mass middle could be seen as developing market so essentially the divide is developed VS developing markets rather than on geographical lines.
• What are the opportunities in SEA?
• How investors are viewing the region?
• How to capitalise on the burgeoning market?
• What is the Indonesia investment potential?
• Fragmented Vs homogeneous markets- is this the way to go?
This document provides an overview and analysis of the fintech industry and expectations for 2016. It discusses the growth of fintech in 2015, concerns about continued growth, and predictions for 2016. Key points include:
- Fintech investment nearly doubled from 2014 to 2015, with the five most active investors flexing their muscles.
- Concerns exist around overregulation stifling growth, talent shortages, conservatism of traditional banks in adopting new technologies, and macroeconomic factors.
- Predictions for 2016 include disruption from tech giants through new alliances, increased social media usage in trading, a wave of new startups, focus on financial inclusion and responsible finance, regrowth of cryptocurrency and
This report discusses trends in the internet sector and provides recommendations on internet stocks. It finds that the largest internet platforms like Alphabet and Facebook are gaining share of the digital advertising market. It also notes that companies providing value-added services to small and medium businesses are seeing growth. Finally, it discusses trends in ecommerce, with Amazon and Alibaba expected to maintain dominant positions, and in online video, where original content is driving platform differentiation.
• Mega opportunities in P2G and Hydrogen Battery are finally becoming a reality
• New fuel cell companies get spun-off, formed, and funded regularly
• Customers are showing greater comfort with technology through repeat purchases (Verizon and BMW)
• Industry still requires considerable support from regulators in the form of grants, project funding, etc.
• Partnerships and alliances seem to be key for smaller companies to gain global commercial traction
• Starting to see more “marriages” of “project management” companies with “fuel cell” OEMs
• Business models shifting to a service oriented “per unit” sale of hydrogen / power on a turnkey basis
• Requires deeper pockets and cheapest cost of financing
The document provides an executive summary of the cloud/SaaS market update for 2014 year-to-date. It finds that SaaS companies have continued to outperform major indexes in capital markets. SaaS companies trade at a median LTM revenue multiple of 7.2x while cloud/IaaS/PaaS companies trade at 4.7x. M&A activity has remained steady in 2014 similar to 2013 levels, with notable transactions including GTCR's acquisition of Vocus and TIBCO's acquisition of Jaspersoft. Investment activity has also continued to rise in 2014, with increasing investment volume and value compared to late 2013.
Energy equipment & services monthly report – september finalCapstone Headwaters
Crude prices have moderated somewhat after reaching the upper $40
range
–– Prices weakened by rising exports from Iran, elevated inventories, and
weak refinery demand
• US Rig counts continue to improve moderately
–– Since August 12, the US onshore market has added 25 rigs, bringing the
total rig count to 506
–– International rig counts rose slightly by 66 in August
• Refining utilization decreased mildly since last month, and more
substantial declines are expected going forward
–– 300k bbl/d capacity expected to be down for routine maintenance at
times during fourth quarter, excluding economic run cuts or unplanned
downtime
• In Q2 2016, overall solar system pricing fell by up to 7.5%. Utility fixedtilt
and tracking projects in Q2 2016 saw an average pricing of $1.17/Wdc
and $1.30/Wdc, respectively.
• Continued elevated temperatures led to record power demand across
the country, including an
Financing and Investment: Value Propositions and Refinancing in the Industria...Capstone Headwaters
This document discusses financing and investment opportunities in the frac sand industry. It notes that proppant demand is expected to increase over the next decade due to factors like longer laterals and more frac stages per well. However, proppant demand is forecast to drop significantly in 2015 compared to 2014, with the Eagle Ford and Bakken basins being most affected. The top 10 sand suppliers control around 66% of total production capacity. Spot sand prices have fallen from $50-60 per ton last year to around $35 per ton currently. Average EBITDA per ton of proppant sold also declined from a high of $35 per ton in late 2014 to $15 per ton in Q2 2015.
Today, I’m happy to release a data-driven review of VC investment trends in Europe and Israel in 2016. I’ve tried to put some new and useful data points into the deck, so let me know what you think of the new stuff. And please let me know what else you think I should be tracking and showing in the deck next time.
Some key highlights:
Overall, investment volume was up in 4Q, but still below 2Q’s record high
Total VC investment volume into Europe and Israel in 2016 was $14.5B, up from $12.1B in 2015, and increase of 20%
There were six mega-deals (over $100M) in 4Q, and 15 in total in 2016
Excluding the megadeals, investment volume declined in 4Q, the second quarterly decline in a row
Israel saw more VC investment activity than any other country in Europe with $3.9B in 2016. The UK and Germany were next with $3.0B and $2.3B, respectively
US VCs invested in around 11% of European/Israeli venture rounds. Israel, the UK, and Germany led in terms of US VC participation
Fintech was the most frequently funded vertical, with 178 investments. Marketing was second with 109
The categories that showed the most growth in frequency from 2015 to 2016 were Imagining (+400%), Agtech (+475%), and Automotive (+1100%)
You’ll find all that and more in the 61-page report
M&A professionals with expertise in consumer goods shared insights on how & why strategic and private equity firms are investing in growing food & beverage companies.
Research project on investing in consumer brands and companies Saar Gur
This document challenges conventional wisdom about preferring technology investments over consumer product investments. It finds that consumer companies making branded products have more attractive business models than retail aggregators. Specifically:
- Apparel and accessories is highlighted as an attractive vertical due to high brand values and financial profiles.
- Consumer electronics is seen as challenging due to low barriers and difficulty reaching end users.
- Retail aggregators have lower margins and returns than branded consumer product companies across many categories.
- Several consumer product categories have market sizes that are multiples larger than popular technology verticals.
So while technology companies may receive higher valuations, consumer product companies can build large, profitable businesses and achieve high market shares in their industries
NOAH Newsletter - Edition: November 2015 NOAH Advisors
The NOAH Newsletter is a bi-monthly publication with a dedicated focus on European Internet companies. Here is an overview of this month’s issue:
- Current state of the web: traffic benchmarking of the largest B2C sectors
- Latest sector valuations and operational KPIs
- The most significant transactions in recent years
- A year in review for the NOAH Conference, featuring highlights from our 2015 events in Berlin & London
Save the dates for NOAH 2016 – make sure to mark these dates in your calendar today:
8-9 June 2016: NOAH Berlin at Tempodrom
10-11 November 2016: NOAH London at Old Billingsgate
NOAH Newsletter - Edition: September 2015 NOAH Advisors
The document is a newsletter from July 2015 that provides an overview of various topics related to internet companies in Europe. It includes sections summarizing upcoming NOAH conferences, traffic benchmarking data for different sectors in Europe vs the US, valuations and growth rates of public internet companies by sector, and trading comparables for companies in advertising, classifieds, e-commerce and other sectors.
Headwaters Q4 2015 Mobile Market UpdateJenna Luvin
The latest issue of our Q4 2015 Mobile Market Update, highlighting trends in M&A, financing, IPOs and capital markets for private and public companies in Internet Advertising, is now available.
Highlights include:
- M&A activity reached a 3-year high in Q3 2015
- Investment volume and aggregate values slowed from
earlier year highs
- Wireless and diversified infrastructure companies are trading
at a median LTM revenue multiple of 2.1x
- IoT / M2M companies continue to outperform the NASDAQ
and S&P indexes while their counterparts in mobile software
& solutions also remain market leaders
Corum Group Tech M&A Monthly - April 2018 - Top Acquirer ProfileCorum Group
April's edition of Tech M&A Monthly, featuring an in-depth look at M&A in Q1 2018 and an interview with 2017 Top Acquirer Constellation Software's COO and Volaris CEO, Mark Miller
This document provides an overview and analysis of software and IT services sectors for the quarter ended June 30, 2012. It includes highlights on market performance, valuations and recent M&A activity for different segments within these sectors such as Software as a Service, Internet Software & Services, and Enterprise Software. Valuation metrics like EV/Revenue and EV/EBITDA multiples are presented for representative public companies in each segment. Recent M&A transactions with deal size and acquirers/targets are also summarized for each segment.
The document provides an analysis of BrickDiscovery, an eDiscovery company, for a potential sale. It summarizes the company's financials, industry drivers, strengths/weaknesses, and valuation. BrickDiscovery is well-positioned in a rapidly growing industry, with 2018E revenue of $153M and EBITDA of $33.45M. A valuation analysis using comparable companies, precedent transactions, and discounted cash flow yields an enterprise value range of $480-550M. Potential strategic and financial buyers are identified that could realize synergies from acquiring BrickDiscovery.
This document analyzes Microsoft stock. It provides background on the company and its five divisions. It analyzes Microsoft's return on equity between 2007-2011, which has consistently been over 35% indicating potential for strong future growth. The document also examines Microsoft's earnings growth rate of 44.8% annually and provides a forecast of future earnings growth. It calculates Microsoft's required rate of return using the CAPM model. Key risks and strengths for the company are also discussed.
This document provides an overview and discussion of the IAB Global Summit held on October 1, 2014. It summarizes the market performance of various indices, including strong growth in internet bellwethers. Digital media IPO performance is mixed, with internet titans and ecommerce faring better than digital marketing and adtech. Global IPO volume is up across regions. M&A and VC deal volume remains high in the US and globally. Key themes in digital media M&A include adtech consolidation, enterprise software giants expanding marketing stacks, and traditional companies pursuing digital opportunities.
This document provides an overview and discussion of the IAB Global Summit on October 1, 2014. It summarizes market performance data for various public markets and indices in 2014. It also reviews trends in the digital media equity market, including strong growth profiles and reasonable valuations of companies going public. Additionally, it analyzes M&A and VC investment trends, noting increased deal volume and exits in the US venture market in 2014. Major themes discussed include ongoing adtech consolidation, traditional companies expanding into digital, and large private equity investments in marketing services.
Microsoft is a large, mature technology company that generates revenue primarily from three business segments: productivity and business processes, intelligent cloud, and personal computing. It has experienced steady revenue growth in recent years, especially in its intelligent cloud segment. Microsoft invests heavily in research and development, capital expenditures, and business acquisitions to further develop its cloud, artificial intelligence, and productivity offerings.
The document provides a quarterly summary of the SaaS market. It analyzes performance in Q3 2015 and year-to-date for large cap, mid cap, and small cap SaaS companies based on share price indices. While the indices dropped in Q3 due to global economic factors, the large cap and cybersecurity indices for the year remain up, outperforming the broader Nasdaq Composite Index. The private markets saw high M&A activity and fundraising remained healthy across all sectors.
The NOAH Newsletter is a bi-monthly publication with a dedicated focus on European Internet companies. Here are a few highlights on what to expect.
- State of the web: traffic benchmarking of the largest B2C sectors
- Latest sector valuations and operational KPIs
- The most significant transactions in the last few years
- Recent developments and program for the NOAH Conference (London & Berlin)
Vaquero Capital: The State of M&A, Techstars FounderCon September 2013David Grove
The document discusses the current state of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, particularly in the technology sector. It notes that M&A deal value and IPO activity have significantly increased in the past year, driven by growing business confidence, strong corporate balance sheets, and lower market volatility. Recent high-profile acquisitions in the internet and software-as-a-service (SaaS) spaces are achieving high revenue multiples, reflecting premium valuations for companies demonstrating sustainable growth, large addressable markets, visionary leadership, and other factors. The document provides analysis of recent M&A transactions and valuation metrics for comparable public internet and software companies.
Deep analysis of the Martech's leading 1461 companies. This reports offers insights on:
- How big is the market
- Where are the investments made
- Who are the top performing companies
- What happened to the Unicorns
And much more.
This report recommends buying Insight Enterprises (NSIT) stock with a price target of $36.52. It summarizes Insight's business as a leading global provider of IT solutions and products for commercial and government clients. Financially, Insight has strong free cash flow, revenue growth, and acquires companies to expand its offerings. A discounted cash flow valuation implies the stock is undervalued with a fair value estimate of $47.41 per share.
Cyber Security, HealthTech and SaaS have all seen healthy public markets with our Results indices all up on the previous quarter. The AdTech & MarTech sectors have been mixed in Q1 however the underlying sector trends remain strong as the shift to programmatic and the rise of video, mobile, social and native continues.
The private markets in Cyber Security have seen a correspondingly strong quarter with M&A activity up to record levels. The HealthTech and AdTech & MarTech M&A markets have seen a slight decline from the previous quarter, however both remain at historically high levels as private investors invest in innovation and product differentiation.
One thing is prevalent within each of the sectors; those displaying strong top-line growth with quality clients and an innovative product continue to outperform their peers on the public markets.
Attached is our 2016 Vaquero Market Update, which includes an overview of market activity in 2015. The public markets have been rocky over the past 6 months. The private capital markets and M&A markets have been strong as investors look to deploy more capital out in front of the 2016 election. The Update highlights recent deals in SaaS, Mobile, Internet and Data. 2016 has been our strongest start to a year since founding. In the past 2 months, Vaquero launched four new deals, we have term sheets on 6 deals and have 2 under LOI. Contact us to discuss our views on the market.
A look back at 2015, including a deep dive on Q4 2015 market trends and activity in SaaS, Internet/ Mobile, and software Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Private Equity transactions and IPOS.
Similar to Headwaters' Internet Advertising Market Update 3Q 2015 (20)
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Explosive Growth in Frac Sand and Lithium- Lessons To Be Learned?Capstone Headwaters
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A Primer re Gold Valuations & Development Costs and Private Equity's Role in ...Capstone Headwaters
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The New Industry Paradigm: Industry Specialist Private Equity Investors as Dr...Capstone Headwaters
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2) While proppant demand has declined since 2014, the Permian Basin remains very active due to its favorable economics. Regional "brown" and "hickory" sands are becoming more accepted due to their lower cost and proximity to production areas.
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Customer Contact Market Report
HIGHLIGHTS
Outsourcing still provides meaningful cost savings, representing roughly 20% of the total market with approximately 2.0 million outsourced agents located primarily in India and the Philippines.
Technology developments, vendor pruning, and consumer demand push providers to expand their product, service, and channel offerings.20
M&A activity expected to increase steadily in 2017 as corporate profits and consumer spending increases.
FCC onshoring initiatives continue to create jobs within big industry players via organic growth and acquisitions.19
Steady growth opportunities on a go-forward basis as the global customer contact management market is expected to grow to $81 billion by 2018 representing a CAGR of 6.1%.
U.S. based healthcare legislative changes and requirements will increase costs and complexity of compliance.
2015 YEAR IN REVIEW
Advancing technology and differentiation boost growth rates
2015 was an exciting year for the Customer Contact Management (CCM) industry, with huge strides in technology, automation, differentiation, and omni-channel diversification. Customers want to use the channel that most quickly solves their problems, including voice, chat, text, and social media. Corporate services expanded their technology offerings making large technological advances, as witnessed with Amazon's new Alexa -- a virtual assistant that can answer a wide variety of questions from weather to traffic. These technological advances around automation create a surge of efficiency and growth opportunities for CCM businesses. According to International Customer Management Institute (ICMI), nearly 55% of customers want an automated self-service experience, increasing efficiency and decreasing costs for businesses. In addition, 80% of companies plan to use customer service as a way to differentiate themselves from their competition.4
Energy Equipment & Services: Industry Insights & HappeningsCapstone Headwaters
The latest issue of our monthly Energy Equipment & Services Report, highlighting trends in M&A, financing and capital markets for private and public companies in the energy market, is now available.
For much of the last decade through 2014, the U.S. energy sector expe¬rienced a bull market sustained by debt-financed drilling programs in emerging unconventional plays and supported by elevated commodity prices. U.S. E&P players, particularly the emerging universe of indepen¬dent unconventional operators, required an array of capital-intensive services that led to a boom in the services industry as well: rigs to handle development drilling; engineering services to handle geological surveys; logistics/infrastructure services to gather, transport, and store various hydrocarbons; and refitting of refineries to process increasing volumes of light oil. This wave of capital spending led to innovation in drilling and fracking technology, taking US production from about 6 million b/d to over 9 million b/d and marking the reversal of a decades-long decline in U.S. domestic oil production.
What’s Inside:
- U.S. Crude Production Oil Outlook
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- Capital Spending Trends
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Mastering Local SEO for Service Businesses in the AI Era"" is tailored specifically for local service providers like plumbers, dentists, and others seeking to dominate their local search landscape. This session delves into leveraging AI advancements to enhance your online visibility and search rankings through the Content Factory model, designed for creating high-impact, SEO-driven content. Discover the Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy, a cost-effective approach to boost your local SEO efforts and attract more customers with minimal investment. Gain practical insights on optimizing your online presence to meet the specific needs of local service seekers, ensuring your business not only appears but stands out in local searches. This concise, action-oriented workshop is your roadmap to navigating the complexities of digital marketing in the AI age, driving more leads, conversions, and ultimately, success for your local service business.
Key Takeaways:
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Dive deep into the cutting-edge strategies we're employing to revolutionize our web presence in the age of AI-driven search. As Gen Z reshapes the digital realm, discover how we can bridge the generational divide. Unlock the synergistic power of PPC, social media, and SEO, driving unparalleled revenues for our projects.
The session includes a brief history of the evolution of search before diving into the roles technology, content, and links play in developing a powerful SEO strategy in a world of Generative AI and social search. Discover how to optimize for TikTok searches, Google's Gemini, and Search Generative Experience while developing a powerful arsenal of tools and templates to help maximize the effectiveness of your SEO initiatives.
Key Takeaways:
Understand how search engines work
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Lily Ray, Vice President of SEO Strategy & Research at Amsive, explores optimizing strategies for sustainable growth and explores the impact of AI on the SEO landscape.
In this humorous and data-heavy session, join us in a joyous celebration of life honoring the long list of SEO tactics and concepts we lost this year. Remember fondly the beautiful time you shared with defunct ideas like link building, keyword cannibalization, search volume as a value indicator, and even our most cherished of friends: the funnel. Make peace with their loss as you embrace a new paradigm for organic content: Pillar-Based Marketing. Along the way, discover that the results that old SEO and all its trappings brought you weren’t really very good at all, actually.
In this respectful and life-affirming service—erm, session—join Ryan Brock (Chief Solution Officer at DemandJump and author of Pillar-Based Marketing: A Data-Driven Methodology for SEO and Content that Actually Works) and leave with:
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Mastering Local SEO for Service Businesses in the AI Era is tailored specifically for local service providers like plumbers, dentists, and others seeking to dominate their local search landscape. This session delves into leveraging AI advancements to enhance your online visibility and search rankings through the Content Factory model, designed for creating high-impact, SEO-driven content. Discover the Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy, a cost-effective approach to boost your local SEO efforts and attract more customers with minimal investment. Gain practical insights on optimizing your online presence to meet the specific needs of local service seekers, ensuring your business not only appears but stands out in local searches. This concise, action-oriented workshop is your roadmap to navigating the complexities of digital marketing in the AI age, driving more leads, conversions, and ultimately, success for your local service business.
Key Takeaways:
Embrace AI for Local SEO: Learn to harness the power of AI technologies to optimize your website and content for local search. Understand the pivotal role AI plays in analyzing search trends and consumer behavior, enabling you to tailor your SEO strategies to meet the specific demands of your target local audience. Leverage the Content Factory Model: Discover the step-by-step process of creating SEO-optimized content at scale. This approach ensures a steady stream of high-quality content that engages local customers and boosts your search rankings. Get an action guide on implementing this model, complete with templates and scheduling strategies to maintain a consistent online presence. Maximize ROI with Dollar-a-Day Advertising: Dive into the cost-effective Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy that amplifies your visibility in local searches without breaking the bank. Learn how to strategically allocate your budget across platforms to target potential local customers effectively. The session includes an action guide on setting up, monitoring, and optimizing your ad campaigns to ensure maximum impact with minimal investment.
First Things First: Building and Effective Marketing Strategy
Too many companies (and marketers) jump straight into activation planning without formalizing a marketing strategy. It may seem tedious, but analyzing the mindset of your targeted audiences and identifying the messaging points most likely to resonate with them is time well spent. That process is also a great opportunity for marketers to collaborate with sales leaders and account managers on a galvanized go-to-market approach. I’ll walk you through the methods and tools we use with our clients to ensure campaign success.
Key Takeaways:
-Recognize the critical role of strategy in marketing
-Learn our approach for building an actionable, effective marketing strategy
-Receive templates and guides for developing a marketing strategy
We will explore the transformative journey of American Bath Group as they transitioned from a traditional monolithic CMS to a dynamic, composable martech framework using Kontent.ai. Discover the strategic decisions, challenges, and key benefits realized through adopting a headless CMS approach. Learn how composable business models empower marketers with flexibility, speed, and integration capabilities, ultimately enhancing digital experiences and operational efficiency. This session is essential for marketers looking to understand the practical impacts and advantages of composable technology in today's digital landscape. Join us to gain valuable insights and actionable takeaways from a real-world implementation that redefines the boundaries of marketing technology.
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Delve into essential ABM ‘plays' that propel success while identifying and leaving behind tactics that no longer yield results. Led by ABM Experts, Jon Barcellos, Head of Solutions at Postal and Tom Keefe, Principal GTM Expert at Demandbase.
This session will aim to comprehensively review the current state of artificial intelligence techniques for emotional recognition and their potential applications in optimizing digital advertising strategies. Key studies developing AI models for multimodal emotion recognition from videos, images, and neurophysiological signals were analyzed to build content for this session. The session delves deeper into the current challenges, opportunities to help realize the full benefits of emotion AI for personalized digital marketing.
The digital marketing industry is changing faster than ever and those who don’t adapt with the times are losing market share. Where should marketers be focusing their efforts? What strategies are the experts seeing get the best results? Get up-to-speed with the latest industry insights, trends and predictions for the future in this panel discussion with some leading digital marketing experts.
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Unlock the secrets to enhancing your digital presence with our masterclass on mastering online visibility. Learn actionable strategies to boost your brand, optimize your social media, and leverage SEO. Transform your online footprint into a powerful tool for growth and engagement.
Key Takeaways:
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3. Insights into leveraging SEO best practices to improve search engine rankings and drive organic traffic.
As 2023 proved, the next few years may be shaped by market volatility and artificial intelligence services such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Perplexity.ai. Your brand will increasingly compete for attention with Google, Apple, OpenAI, and Amazon, and customers will expect a hyper-relevant and individualized experience from every business at any moment. New state-legislated data privacy laws and several FTC rules may challenge marketers to deliver contextually relevant customer experiences, much less reach unknown prospective buyers. Are you ready?Let's discuss the critical need for data governance and applied AI for your business rather than relying on public AI models. As AI permeates society and all industries, learn how to be future-ready, compliant, and confidentlyscaling growth.
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Key Takeaways:
>> Strategic Selection and Integration: Understand how to select AI tools that align with your business goals and how to conceptually integrate them into your workflows to enhance efficiency and innovation.
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2. 2
Capital Markets – U.S. Internet Advertising companies continue to outpace their international
counterparts and outperform the NASDAQ, S&P 500 and MSCI Europe indexes
Trading Multiples – U.S. Internet Advertising companies are trading at a median LTM revenue
multiple of 1.3x, while International Internet Advertising companies are trading at a median LTM
revenue multiple of 3.3x
M&A Activity – M&A activity reached a 3-year high in Q3 2015, with 55 deals, after it had
dropped in Q1 2015 and Q2 2015, with 42 deals and 40 deals respectively, although aggregate
transaction value continues to decline. Notable recent transactions include Rubicon’s acquisition
of Chango ($100M), Oracle’s acquisition of Datalogix ($1.1B), Twitter’s acquisition of TellApart
($532M), BlueFocus’ acquisition of Domob Network Technology ($289M), and AOL’s acquisition
of Millennial Media ($248M)
Investment Activity – Investment volume and aggregate values declined in Q3 2015 to 60
investments and $456M in value, from Q2 2015’s 65 investments and $458M in value. Notable
recent investments include Kahuna ($45M), Demandbase ($30M), Panshi ($200M), Lattice
Engines ($28M), and Magnetic Media ($25M)
Executive Summary
3. 3
-40.00%
-20.00%
0.00%
20.00%
40.00%
60.00%
80.00%
100.00%
120.00%
Capital Markets Performance
Since 2012, U.S. Internet Advertising companies (+87.4%) have outperformed the NASDAQ (+74.4%),
S&P 500 (+50.3%), and MSCI Europe (+15.0%) indexes, along with their international counterparts
(+8.9%)
NASDAQ:
+74.4%
MSCI Europe:
+15.0%
S&P 500:
+50.3%
Int'l. Internet
Advertising
Companies:
+8.9%
Source: Capital IQ; refer to public comps for constituents
U.S. Internet
Advertising
Companies:
+87.4%
4. 4
4.6x
5.0x
3.3x 3.4x
2.0x
0.7x
0.0x
1.0x
2.0x
3.0x
4.0x
5.0x
6.0x
LTM Revenue Multiple
Internet Advertising Comparable Public Companies
International Internet Advertising Companies
U.S. Internet Advertising Companies
5.5x
4.7x
1.7x
4.8x
6.8x
1.7x
3.6x
1.3x
0.7x
0.4x 0.7x 0.6x 0.7x 0.4x 0.1x
0.0x
2.0x
4.0x
6.0x
8.0x
LTM Revenue Multiple
Median:
1.3x
Median:
3.3x
Source: Capital IQ; companies arranged by descending enterprise value
8. 8
Top Acquirers in Internet Advertising Market
Buyer # Acquisitions Total Value ($M) Targets
Google 8 1,025.0 Admeld, Adometry, Channel Intelligence, Incentive Targeting, mDialog, Red Hot Labs, Wildfire, Zave Networks
Yahoo! 8 975.5 5to1.com, AdMovate, Brightroll, Flurry, Interclick, Luminate, Palaran, Ztelic
Oracle 6 4,408.7 BlueKai, Datalogix, Eloqua, Involver, Responsys, Vitrue
Adobe 6 1,178.0 Auditude, Demdex, Efficient Frontier, Neolane, Search Discovery, Tumri
Facebook 5 382.0 LiveRail, Microsoft Corporation (Atlas Advertiser Suite Assets), Onavo, Pryte, Threadsy
Top Acquirers by Volume – Five or More Acquisitions, 2011 – Present
Buyer Total Value ($M) Targets
Oracle 4,408.7 BlueKai, Datalogix, Eloqua, Involver, Responsys, Vitrue
Salesforce 3,515.0 Buddy Media, ExactTarget, Radian6
Alliance Data Systems 2,300.0 Conversant
Harland Clarke 1,947.0 Valassis
SAP AG 1,381.0 Hybris, KXEN, SeeWhy
Adobe 1,178.0 Auditude, Demdex, Efficient Frontier, Neolane, Search Discovery, Tumri
DealerTrack Holdings 1,048.5 ClickMotive, Dealer Dot Com
Google 1,025.0 Admeld, Adometry, Channel Intelligence, Incentive Targeting, mDialog, Red Hot Labs, Wildfire, Zave Networks
Yahoo! 975.5 5to1.com, AdMovate, Brightroll, Flurry, Interclick, Luminate, Palaran, Ztelic
DG 597.6 EyeWonder, MediaMind Technologies, Peer39, Republic Project
Twitter 532.6 AdGrok, RestEngine, TellApart
IBM 500.1 Now Factory, The Silverpop Systems, Tealeaf Technology, Inc.
Extreme Reach 485.0 DG
Top Acquirers by Total Transaction Value – $450M or More, 2011 – Present
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Source: 451 Group
9. 9
Internet Advertising Market: M&A Case Study
On September 3rd, 2015
ACQUIRED
Transaction Overview:
$247.9M acquisition of Millennial Media by AOL
- All cash offer for an enterprise value of $218.2M
- $1.75 per share, representing a 31% premium
Millennial Media had $285.3M LTM revenue at the time of acquisition,
representing a 0.8x revenue multiple
Millennial Media was not profitable at the time of the transaction
Target Description:
Provides supply-side mobile advertising campaign management and
application monetization software for businesses.
Transaction Commentary:
“As we continue to invest in our platforms and technology, the
acquisition of Millennial Media accelerates our competitive mobile
offering in ONE by AOL and enhances our current publisher offering
with an ‘all in’ monetization platform for app developers,” said Bob
Lord, President of AOL
"By joining AOL, we will be adding additional mobile expertise to
AOL's growing technology assets,” said Michael Barrett, President &
CEO of Millennial Media. “I am excited by what this acquisition means
for our shareholders, our employees and our partners.”
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Source: 451 Group, Acquirer Press Release, WSJ
12. 12
Top Seed and Series A Investors in Internet Advertising Market
Investor Investments Targets
500 Startups 26
AdStage, BackType Boostable, Capseo, Central Mayoreo, Conekta, Crowdrally ,Iterable, LocBox, MarketVibe, PostRocket, Privy,
Regresa Pronto, Samba Ads, ShareRoot, Spinnakr, Unbounce Marketing, Vid Network, Virool, Vungle
SV Angel 14 Booshaka, Boostable, Custora, Heap, Moat, Nomi, NowSpots, Pipewise, SocialFlow, TT Labs, Tubular Labs, Vungle
RRE Ventures 11 Bloglovin, BlueTrain Mobile, Deepomatic, ividence, Klaviyo, Pontiflex, Say Media, SinglePlatform, SocialFlow, Yieldbot
Y Combinator 11 AdGrok, BackType, Boostable, Custora, Heap, LocalOn, Orankl, Reebee, TT Labs, Virool
First Round Capital 10 Altruik, Elicit, Handshakez, Jirafe, Moat, Nomi, Say Media, SinglePlatform, Solve Media
TechStars 10 AdYapper, Bizible, inRentive, MarketVibe, Mavrck, Mobintent, Simple Energy, SimpleRelevance, Splashscore
Lerer Hippeau Ventures 8 Bloglovin, Bottlenose, Brandtale, Fuisz Media, GraphEffect, Moat, Tubular Labs
Greycroft Partners 7 Custora, Elicit, Media Armor, Molio, Nomi, TagMan
Betaworks 6 Bloglovin, Namo Media, SocialFlow, Teleportd
Atlas Venture 5 Bluetrain Mobile, InsightSquared, Privy, Unbounce Marketing
CommonAngels 5 InsightSquared, Linkable Networks, Yieldbot
Draper Associates 5 Autopilot, MomentFeed, Vungle
ff Venture Capital 5 Bottlenose, Elicit, Movable Inc, Parse.ly
Founder Collective 5 BackType, Custora, GraphEffect, Moat, ThriveHive
Top Investors by Volume, 2011 – Present
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Source: PitchBook; number of investments may include follow-on investments in same target
13. 13
Top Series B and C Investors in Internet Advertising Market
Investor Investments Targets
Greycroft Partners 10 Netsertive, Performance Horizon Group, Resonate Networks, Skimbit, SteelHouse, TagMan
Sequoia Capital 10 AgilOne, Dianping.com, Flite, Innovid, Kahuna, Lattice Engines, Taykey
Battery Ventures 8 BrightEdge Technologies, Kontagent, Sprinklr, Tapad, Tealium
Lightspeed Venture Partners 8 BloomReach, Dianping.com, Evariant, Eyeviewdigital, MediaV, MyBuys, Origami Logic
First Round Capital 7 33Across, DoubleVerify, Moat, Solve Media, VigLink
Intel Capital 7 BrightEdge Technologies, HookLogic, Movable Inc, SmartZip Analytics, Sprinklr, Vizury
New Enterprise Associates 6 BloomReach, Compass Labs, Lattice Engines, TrackMaven, Videology, WibiData
Redpoint Ventures 6 55social, Adap.tv, nadco, Intent Media, The Miaozhen Systems
Baird Capital 5 BrightTag, ClickFuel, eDo Interactive, WordStream
Draper Fisher Jurvetson 5 ignitAd, InsightSquared, iSocket, Servio
Ignition Partners 5 Dianping.com, Moz, Visible Technologies
Top Investors by Volume, 2011 – Present
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Source: PitchBook; number of investments may include follow-on investments in same target
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Top Series D+ Investors in Internet Advertising Market
Investor Investments Targets
Norwest Venture Partners 8 Act-On Software, Komli Media, True[x] Media, Turn
Draper Fisher Jurvetson 7 4INFO, AdXpose, Flurry, Komli Media, PubMatic, SugarCRM, Tremor Video, Yodle
Accel Partners 5 AdRoll, Genius.com, OpenX Software, YuMe
Battery Ventures 5 BrightEdge Technologies, Lotame, Marketo, Sprinklr, Tealium
Focus Ventures 5 Delivery Agent, Marin Software, Turn
Institutional Venture
Partners
5 AdRoll, Buddy Media, Marketo, xAd, Yext
Menlo Ventures 5 DataXu, Flurry, YuMe
SAP Ventures 5 Criteo, Marin Software, OpenX Software, Tremor Video
Crosslink Capital 4 Flurry, Marin Software
First Round Capital 4 33Across, AppNexus, Flurry
Intel Capital 4 BrightEdge Technologies, Delivery Agent, Sprinklr, YuMe
Panorama Capital 4 33Across, JiWire, Zoove
Scale Venture Partners 4 BrightRoll, Demandbase, HubSpot
Trident Capital 4 BrightRoll, JiWire, Turn
Top Investors by Volume, 2011 – Present
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Source: PitchBook; number of investments may include follow-on investments in same target
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On August 19h, 2015
INVESTED IN
Transaction Overview:
$45 million of Series B venture funding from lead investor Tenaya Capital.
Sequoia Capital, Lumia Capital, and SoftTech VC also participated
Puts pre-money valuation at $141M
Target Description
Provider of an email and mobile marketing and analytics platform. The
company's platform utilizes data insights to deliver messages to consumers on
the right channel, at the right time
Transaction Commentary:
“The rules for marketing have changed, and so have the technology
requirements,” said Adam Marchick, co-founder and CEO of Kahuna. “With the
latest evolution of the Kahuna platform, businesses will be able to augment
their ability to connect meaningfully with people across all channels and
devices, today and in the future. The Series B investment will enable us to
further build on the platform’s capabilities to serve the evolving needs of our
customers.”
“The company is just getting started, yet is already serving many of the world’s
best marketers,” said Ben Boyer, managing director of Tenaya Capital. “It is a
once-in-a-generation opportunity to guide the entire marketing industry
through a major paradigm shift. It’s the age of ‘personal communication at
scale,’ and Kahuna is front and center.”
Internet Advertising Investment Case Study
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Source: PitchBook, Company Press Release
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