Video Game Sector 2011 Annual Review by Avista Partners including online, mobile, console, technology, etc. with detailed information mergers & acquisitions, fundraising, key developments, public comparables and stock index comparisons.
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Table of Contents
2011 Year in Review
Highlights
Breakdown of value by sub sector for public game companies
Breakdown of All Deals by sub-sector for 2011
Breakdown of M&A Deals by sub-sector for 2011
Breakdown of All Fundraising Deals by sub-sector for 2011
Breakdown of All Venture Capital Fundraising Deals by sub-sector for 2011
Breakdown of All Venture Capital Fundraising Deals by region for 1997 to 2011
Summary of All Venture Capital Fundraising by Year for Online Games
Summary of All Venture Capital Fundraising by Year for Mobile Games
Breakdown of All Global Exits/IPOs by region for 1997 to 2011
Game Index Performance by sub-sector for 2011
Game Index Performance by region for 2011
Stock Comps (by sector & ranked by enterprise value):
PC/ Console Game Publishers/ Developers
Game Distributors/ Accessory Companies
Game Outsourcing Companies
Payment Companies
Mobile Game Companies
Online Game Companies
M&A Comps (LTM & ranked by date) listing all transactions in 2011:
Mobile Game M&A Comps
Game Distribution/ Accessory M&A Comps
Game Technology/ Middleware M&A Comps
Game Outsourcing M&A Comps
Payment M&A Comps
PC/ Console Game M&A Comps
Online Game M&A Comps
Fundraising Comps (LTM & ranked by date) listing all transactions in 2011:
PC/ Console Game Fundraising Comps
Payment/ Offer/ Analytics Fundraising Comps
Mobile Game Fundraising Comps
Game Hardware Fundraising Comps
Game Technology/ Middleware Fundraising Comps
Online Game Fundraising Comps
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2011 – Year in Review
Highlights:
• 492 Deals valued over $9.6 bn in global sector with online games representing 70.6% of that total; including value creation of IPO’s then deal value hit $19.1 bn; highest ever
• Over $18.1 bn of value was created for VC/PE Investors and/ or Founders through Exits and IPOs; highest ever
• Over $4.4 bn of M&A deals in global sector with online games representing 71.5% of that total
• Over $5.2 bn total capital raised in global sector with online games representing 69.8% of that total; highest ever
• Over $2.1 bn total venture capital raised in global sector with online games representing 63% of that total at $1.3 bn; highest ever for sector and online games
• The Mobile Game Index was the best performing game sector index at +45.9%;The North America Game Index was the best performing regional game index at +0.7%
• Nexon and Zynga completed the 2 largest IPO’s in the game sector ever; both raised $1 bn+
• Total value of all public game companies in the sector is: $111.2 bn
Breakdown of value by sub sector for public game companies (USD$ millions)
Outsourcing, $288
Distribution/Accessories,
Payment, $725
$511
PC/Console w/o
Online, $37,619 Nintendo, $39,745
Retail, $3,215 Nintendo, $17,335
Mobile, $11,793
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Breakdown of All Deals by sub-sector for 2011
Outsourcing
Payment/Offer/Analytics 0.1%
9.2%
Game Technology
3.1%
PC/Console
Game Hardware 10.0%
0.9%
Mobile
6.1%
Online
70.6%
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Breakdown of M&A Deals by sub-sector for 2011
PC/Console
4.5%
Game Technology
Payment Mobile 0.9%
Hardware 15.5% 7.3%
0.2%
Online
71.5%
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Breakdown of All Fundraising Deals by sub-sector for 2011
Outsourcing
0.2%
PC/Console
14.7% Game Hardware
1.4%
Mobile
5.1%
Game Technology
4.8%
Payment/Offer/
Analytics
3.9%
Online
69.8%
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Breakdown of All Venture Capital Fundraising Deals by sub-sector for 2011
PC/Console Game Hardware
Outsourcing
0.0% 3.5%
0.5%
Mobile
11.6%
Game Technology
11.9%
Payment/ Offer/
Online Analytics
63.0% 9.2%
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Breakdown of All Venture Capital Fundraising Deals by region for 1997 to 2011
2,500.0
2,000.0
1,500.0
1,000.0
500.0
0.0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
North America Europe Asia/ Pacific
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Summary of All Venture Capital Fundraising by Year for Online Games
1600.0 160
148
1400.0 1342.7 140
1226.2
117
1200.0 120
116 109
1000.0 998.7 100
800.0 769.4 80
66
600.0 529.0 60
400.0 40 375.7 40
312.9 300.5
258.1
209.8
200.0 161.3 22 20
17
49.8 11
6 4 26.2
4 3
0.0 0
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Year
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Summary of All Venture Capital Fundraising by Year for Mobile Games
300.0 80
247.7
74
70
250.0
60
198.4
200.0 187.5
50
151.5
150.0 40
124.2 120.3 35
121.8
31
30
100.0 79.6
23
18 22 23 20
62.6 20
50.0 49.1
8 6 10
28.6
20.7
2
6 4
0.7
0.0 0
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Year
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Breakdown of All Global Exits/IPOs by region for 1997 to 2011
20,000.0
$38.9bn value created for VC/PE investors
18,000.0
and/or founders since 1997; 47% of that
16,000.0
was generated in 2011
14,000.0
12,000.0
10,000.0
8,000.0
6,000.0
4,000.0
2,000.0
0.0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
North America Europe Asia/ Pacific
Note: Only deals where PE/VC investors or founders were selling or benefiting
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Game Index Performance by sub-sector for 2011
The Mobile Game Index is the best performing game sector index at +45.9%
200.00%
180.00%
160.00%
140.00%
120.00%
100.00%
80.00%
60.00%
40.00%
20.00%
0.00%
Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11
S&P 500 Index Games Distributor/ Accessory Index Game Retailer Index Mobile Game Index
Game Outsourcing Index PC/ Console Game Index Payment Index Online Game Index
Note: the companies making up each index are those listed in the corresponding comps in the following pages. The indexes are based on a weighted market cap and are rebased to 100 at the start.
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Game Index Performance by region for 2011
The North America Game Index is the best performing regional game index at +0.7%
130.00%
120.00%
110.00%
100.00%
90.00%
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11
S&P 500 Index Europe Game Index North America Game Index Asia Game Index
Note: the companies making up each index are those listed in the corresponding comps in the following pages. The indexes are based on a weighted market cap and are rebased to 100 at the start.
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