Google/Zynga deal drives July financing results: After starting very slowly (just one deal announced in the prior week) July financing increased substantially as a result of the Google/Zynga financing ($100-200 million). Total raised month-to-date is $158.8 million over 12 deals - averaging $13.2 million each. In comparison, total capital raised in July 2009 was $206.5 million, averaging $5.3 million over 39 deals. Excluding Dec 09 and Apr 10, the average monthly total is ~$280 million.
Deals (M&A, Finance)
Google invested a rumoured $100-$200 mm in social game developer, Zynga, bringing that company’s total funding to almost $500 mm (assuming the lower end of the range).
The Gaming sector remains hot – along with Google’s investment in Zynga, The9 Ltd. (Chinese online game developer and operator) invested $5 mm in Delaware-based Aurora Feint (focused on gaming for the mobile space).
A triad of financings in the Social Commerce space this week, including Beyond the Rack ($12 mm), ThredUP ($1.7 mm), and BuyWithMe ($16 mm in a Series B financing).
Sysomos, Canadian social media monitoring firm, was acquired by MarketWire for between $25 mm and $35 mm.
Price performance turns positive
The Web 2.0 public company universe rose this week, with 58% of companies seeing their market cap rise vs. 32% rising and 10% flat.
2. Key Developments (past week)
Deals (M&A, Finance) – Google On A Roll
Google invested a rumoured $100-$200 mm in social game developer, Zynga, bringing
that company’s total funding to almost $500 mm (assuming the lower end of the range).
The Gaming sector remains hot – along with Google’s investment in Zynga, The9 Ltd.
(Chinese online game developer and operator) invested $5 mm in Delaware-based
Aurora Feint (focused on gaming for the mobile space).
A triad of financings in the Social Commerce space this week, including Beyond the
Rack ($12 mm), ThredUP ($1.7 mm), and BuyWithMe ($16 mm in a Series B
financing).
Sysomos, Canadian social media monitoring firm, was acquired by MarketWire for
between $25 mm and $35 mm.
Financial Results/Guidance/Partnerships/Product
LookSmart, Ltd (NasdaqGM:LOOK) provided preliminary Q2/F10 guidance for sales of
$12.8-$13.0 mm (compared with $13.2 mm Y/Y and $13.3 mm Q/Q). However, the
company is expected to report positive EPS of $0.02-$0.04 compared with losses of
$0.08 and $0.03 Y/Y and Q/Q, respectively. LookSmart is an advertising firm with focus
on pay-per-click and search campaigns.
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3. Chart of the Week: Zynga Dominates Gaming Financing
600.0
Zynga has raised ~$500 mm
– more than any other
500.0
Gaming sector company
400.0
US$ mm
300.0
481.0
200.0
300.0
100.0
99.6 92.0
76.0
40.6 36.5 29.0 27.0 24.0 24.0
0.0
LiveGamer
Smith & Tinker
Zynga
ZeniMax Media
Turbine
Raptr
Ngmoco
Emergent Game
Limbo
Playdom
Big Fish Games
Technologies
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5. Aggregate Public Data
Web 2.0 Public Companies Total Median Max Min
# Companies 103 - - -
Market Cap (US$ mm) 76,857.8 69.3 32,658.2 1.0
Revenue (US$ mm) 23,196.6 56.0 3,057.7 0.0
1 Year revenue growth 2.5% 8961.6% -100.0%
EBITDA as % of revenue - 11.3% 63.1% -99.5%
Net cash (US$ mm) 9,249.6 3.3 1,843.0 -670.8
TEV/Revenue - 1.9x 43.5x 0.1x
TEV/EBITDA - 8.8x 42.9x 0.5x
P/E - 15.8x 94.5x 0.0x
Relative to 52 week high -44.0% 0.0% -95.6%
Source: CapitalIQ
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0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Gaming
28
Social Networking
18
Media
10
9
Diversified
5
Mobile
5
Marketing
Source: CapitalIQ
3
Infrastructure
3
SMS/Voice
3
Enterprise
3
Advertising
2
Internet Retail
2
Virtual World
By Sector
2
Dating
2
Music
1
Vertical Communities
1
Search
1
Podcasting
1
Learning
1
Video
1
Collaboration
1
Payment
1
Financial Services
Public Company Distribution
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
United States
Canada
China
South Korea
Japan
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Germany
Poland
Australia
United Kingdom
By Country
Italy
Finland
Sweden
India
Russia
Malaysia
Switzerland
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5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
35.0
# Companies 1
Virtual World
33.0
2
Infrastructure
13.4
9
Social Networking
9.2
7
Diversified
9.0
1
Learning
7.6
4
Mobile
4.9
2
Music
4.3
1
Search
4.0
Gaming
21
3.7
5
Marketing
3.4
3
SMS/Voice
3.3
1
Vertical Communities
3.3
Average EV/Revenue – by Sector
1
Podcasting
2.8
1
Collaboration
2.5
9
Media
2.3
3
Advertising
2.3
2
Internet Retail
1.9
3
Enterprise
1.8
1
Video
1.5
2
Dating
1.3
1
Financial Services
0.4
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12. Average EV/EBITDA – by Sector
50.0
45.0 42.9
40.0
35.0
30.0
25.0
20.0
16.7 16.5
15.0
12.1
11.1
10.2 9.9 9.2 9.1
10.0
6.9 6.5
4.7
5.0
-
Diversified
Advertising
Internet Retail
Search
Enterprise
Mobile
Social Networking
Gaming
Media
Collaboration
Marketing
Dating
# Companies 1 2 3 5 2 6 13 6 1 2 1 1
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13. Average P/E – by Sector
100.0
90.4
90.0
80.0
70.0
60.0 57.5
50.0
39.6
40.0 35.9
30.0
23.7
19.2
20.0 16.0
13.5 13.2
10.0 7.4
-
Internet Enterprise Collaboration Diversified Social Marketing Advertising Gaming Media Virtual World
Retail Networking
2 3 1 9 18 5 3 28 10 2
# Companies
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5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
35.0
40.0
45.0
50.0
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Ac credited Members H olding C orporation
Source: CapitalIQ
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NeXplore C orporation
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Worlds .c om Inc .
26
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B ey ond C ommerce, Inc .
C hines e G amer International
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G ree, Inc .
L ingo Media C orporation
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DigitalP os t Interactive, Inc .
F luid Mus ic C anada, Inc .
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T rans G aming, Inc .
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HU G H E S T elematic s , Inc .
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Ac celeriz e New Media, Inc.
F rogs ter Interac tiv e P ic tures AG
Mix i, Inc.
S K C ommunications C o., L td.
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C hangyou. com Limited
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WebMediaB rands Inc
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EV/Revenue Ranking
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3 3 3 3 2
Motric ity , Inc .
H anbitS oft, Inc.
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Modern T imes G roup Mtg AB
NE O WIZ G ames C orporation
XING AG
S core Media Inc.
S ohu.c om Inc .
S hutterfly, Inc.
V elti P lc 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
P NI Digital Media Inc .
G ungH o O nline E ntertainment, Inc .
V alueC lick , Inc .
Myriad G roup AG
P latforma Mediowa P oint G roup S . A.
U nilav a C orporation
Webz en Inc.
U O MO Media, Inc
Accredited Members
NeuL ion Inc orporated
revenue multiple at 43x
G amania Digital E ntertainment C o., L td.
Holding Co. has highest
Hutc his on T elec ommunic ations Hong
Y D O nline C orp.
S park Network s , Inc .
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
S NAP Interactive, Inc .
Y nk K orea Inc.
O riented Media G roup B erhad
NetDragon WebS oft, Inc.
AQ Interactive, Inc .
P oints International L td.
Internet G roup S A
O AO R B C Information S ys tems
T he New Y ork T imes C ompany
T heS treet. com, Inc .
Northgate T echnologies Limited
IAC /InterAc tiv eC orp.
DADA S pA
Unis erve C ommunic ations C orp.
U nited O nline, Inc .
C DC C orp.
AO L, Inc.
G igaMedia L td.
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
G lu Mobile, Inc .
T ree. C om, Inc .
C y berplex Inc.
Actoz S oft C o., Ltd.
O penwav e S y s tems Inc.
J umbuc k E ntertainment L imited
R ealNetwork s Inc .
G ameO n C o L td.
As k net AG
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Look S mart, L td.
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