June financing ahead of average: Financing in the Web 2.0 universe in June continued to be strong with total transaction value (excluding M&A) month-to-date of $291.8 million from 29 transactions, averaging $10.1 million each - led by the Zynga financing. In comparison, total capital raised in June 2009 was $225.2 million, averaging $4.6 million over 49 deals. Excluding Dec 09 and Apr 10, the average monthly total is $260 million.
Deals (M&A, Finance)
888 Holdings acquired online gaming company Mytopia for $18 mm.
In the second largest financing overall this year, Zynga (online gaming) raised another $147 mm from Softbank, bringing its total financing to $381 mm.
Financial Results/Guidance
Cyberplex Inc. (TSX:CX) completed the acquisition of Tsavo Media, Inc. from Fountainhead Estate Holding Corp., American Capital Equity I of American Capital Equity Management LLC, and others on June 8, 2010.
NetDragon WebSoft, Inc. (SEHK:777), announced first quarter revenues of RMB 139,476,000 compared to RMB 173,898,000 for the same period a year ago. Profit before taxation was RMB 21,379,000 compared to RMB 53,502,000 for the same period a year ago. Profit for the period attributable to owners of the company was RMB 21,215,000 compared to RMB 48,943,000 for the same period a year ago. Diluted EPS was 4.03 cents compared to 9.31 cents for the same period a year ago.
Gravity Co., Ltd (NasdaqGM:GRVY) reported net income attributable to parent company was $337 million or $0.05 per share on total net revenues of $9,840 million compared to net income attributable to parent company of $4,649 million or $0.67 per share on total net revenues of $14,696 million for the same period a year ago.
Positive price performance
The Web 2.0 public company universe rose this week, with 56% of companies seeing their market cap rise vs. 36% falling and 8% flat.
2. Key Developments (past week)
Deals (M&A, Finance) – Online Gaming Continues to Attract Significant Money
888 Holdings acquired online gaming company Mytopia for $18 mm.
In the second largest financing overall this year, Zynga (online gaming) raised another
$147 mm from Softbank, bringing its total financing to $381 mm.
Financial Results/Guidance
Cyberplex Inc. (TSX:CX) completed the acquisition of Tsavo Media, Inc. from
Fountainhead Estate Holding Corp., American Capital Equity I of American Capital
Equity Management LLC, and others on June 8, 2010.
NetDragon WebSoft, Inc. (SEHK:777), announced first quarter revenues of RMB
139,476,000 compared to RMB 173,898,000 for the same period a year ago. Profit
before taxation was RMB 21,379,000 compared to RMB 53,502,000 for the same period
a year ago. Profit for the period attributable to owners of the company was RMB
21,215,000 compared to RMB 48,943,000 for the same period a year ago. Diluted EPS
was 4.03 cents compared to 9.31 cents for the same period a year ago.
Gravity Co., Ltd (NasdaqGM:GRVY) reported net income attributable to parent
company was $337 million or $0.05 per share on total net revenues of $9,840 million
compared to net income attributable to parent company of $4,649 million or $0.67 per
share on total net revenues of $14,696 million for the same period a year ago.
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4. Aggregate Public Data
Web 2.0 Public Companies Total Median Max Min
# Companies 101 - - -
Market Cap (US$ mm) 75,829.5 69.8 29,926.5 1.7
Revenue (US$ mm) 23,428.4 56.6 3,057.7 0.0
1 Year revenue growth 6.7% 8961.6% -100.0%
EBITDA as % of revenue - 12.8% 63.1% -63.7%
Net cash (US$ mm) 8,998.7 2.3 1,825.8 -670.8
TEV/Revenue - 1.9x 45.2x 0.0x
TEV/EBITDA - 8.5x 43.7x 0.0x
P/E - 16.4x 89.2x 0.0x
Relative to 52 week high -39.2% -2.0% -95.6%
Source: CapitalIQ
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0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Gaming
27
Social Networking
16
Media
10
7
Diversified
6
Marketing
5
Mobile
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
Collaboration
1
Podcasting
1
Learning
1
Video
1
Search
1
Payment
1
Financial Services
Public Company Distribution
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
United States
Canada
China
South Korea
Japan
Taiwan
Germany
Australia
United Kingdom
Hong Kong
Poland
Russia
By Country
Finland
Sweden
Malaysia
India
Italy
Switzerland
Israel
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5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
# Companies 2
Infrastructure
2
Music
7
Social Networking
1
Learning
5
Diversified
1
Vertical Communities
4
Mobile
3
SMS/Voice
6
Marketing
Gaming
21
1
Search
1
Collaboration
EV/Revenue
9
Media
3
Advertising
1
Podcasting
1
Video
2
Internet Retail
3
Enterprise
2
Dating
1
Financial Services
1
Virtual World
-
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0
12.0
14.0
16.0
18.0
20.0
Average Valuation – by Sector
# Companies
1
Mobile
2
Enterprise
5
Diversified
2
Internet Retail
6
Media
1
Collaboration
5
Social Networking
EV/EBITDA
Gaming
14
3
Marketing
1
Dating
1
Advertising
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0. 0
5. 0
10. 0
15. 0
20. 0
25. 0
30. 0
35. 0
40. 0
45. 0
50. 0
NeXplore C orporation
45.2
Worlds .c om Inc.
33.0
B right T hings plc
29.2
S pectrumDNA, Inc .
23.7
Source: CapitalIQ
MO K O . mobi Limited
17.9
T enc ent H oldings L td.
15.6
G eoS entric O y j
15.2
P aid Inc.
12.7
B ey ond C ommerc e, Inc.
11.4
G ree, Inc.
10.1
C hines e G amer International
L ingo Media C orporation
9.69.5
Dena C o. L td.
T rans G aming, Inc.
7.9 7.6 7.4
DigitalP os t Interactiv e, Inc.
HU G H E S T elematic s , Inc .
Ac celeriz e New Media, Inc .
5.5 5.3
WebMediaB rands Inc
F luid Mus ic C anada, Inc.
C hangyou. com Limited
S K C ommunic ations C o. , Ltd.
4.84.74.4 4.1
3.8
T aleo C orp.
Mix i, Inc.
is eemedia Inc.
K ings oft C orporation Limited
Wiz z ard S oftware C orporation
F rogs ter Interac tiv e P ic tures AG
3.53.23.2 3.13.0
eP ro Ltd.
EV/Revenue Ranking
U O MO Media, Inc
O pen T ex t C orp.
NE O WIZ G ames C orporation
Modern T imes G roup Mtg AB
P NI Digital Media Inc.
S ohu.c om Inc.
XING AG
V elti P lc
Webz en Inc .
S c ore Media Inc.
2.82.62.62.42.32.22.22.12.12.12.0
S hutterfly , Inc .
V alueC lick , Inc.
G ungHo O nline E ntertainment, Inc.
U nilav a C orporation
My riad G roup AG
P latforma Mediowa P oint G roup S . A.
Y D O nline C orp.
NeXplore has highest
S park Network s , Inc.
NeuLion Inc orporated
revenue multiple at 45.2x
H anbitS oft, Inc .
G amania Digital E ntertainment C o., Ltd.
H utc his on T elecommunic ations H ong
S NAP Interac tive, Inc .
O riented Media G roup B erhad
1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.51.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3
infoG R O U P , Inc .
O AO R B C Information S ys tems
C ornerWorld C orporation
Internet G roup S A
T he New Y ork T imes C ompany
AQ Interactive, Inc.
T heS treet.c om, Inc .
IAC /InterActiv eC orp.
NetDragon WebS oft, Inc.
United O nline, Inc .
Y nk K orea Inc .
C DC C orp.
Unis erv e C ommunications C orp.
AO L, Inc .
P oints International L td.
DADA S pA
G igaMedia L td.
G lu Mobile, Inc .
1.0 1.0 1.0 0.90.80.80.80.80.80.80.8 0.70.70.70.60.60.60.6
Northgate T echnologies Limited
O penwav e S y s tems Inc .
T ree. C om, Inc.
Actoz S oft C o. , Ltd.
C y berplex Inc.
J umbuc k E ntertainment L imited
R ealNetwork s Inc.
G ameO n C o Ltd.
As k net AG
L ook S mart, L td.
0.40.40.30.30.30.20.20.10.0
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