May tracking to average monthly levels: After a slow start to the month, financing in the Web 2.0 universe has rebounded and is now on track with prior months. Total transaction value (excluding M&A) in the Web 2.0 universe for May (month-to-date) is $189.9 million from 30 transactions, averaging $6.3 million each. In comparison, total capital raised in May 2009 was $375.0 million, averaging $12.5 million over 30 deals. Excluding May 09, Dec 09 and Apr 10, the average monthly total is $212 million.
Deals (M&A, Finance)
Cyberplex (TSX:CX) announced plans to acquire Tsavo Media for US$75.6 mm, partially funded through a C$30 mm bought deal financing at $0.55.
Online gaming company Gaikai, raised $10.0 mm in Series B financing.
Blip.TV, online TV provider, raised $10.1 mm in Series C financing.
Financial Results/Guidance
Netease.com (NasdaqGS:NTES, online gaming) reported Q1/F10 revenue of RMB 1.2 bn (vs. RMB 781.7 mm in the same period last year).
Snap Interactive (OTCBB:STVI, online dating) reported Q1/F10 revenue growth of 20% to $0.927 mm from $0.768 mm.
Bearish week again: Price performance was largely negative in our Web 2.0 universe. This impacted valuation multiples, which fell for ~80% of the companies in our universe.
2. Key Developments (past week)
Deals (M&A, Finance)
Cyberplex (TSX:CX) announced plans to acquire Tsavo Media for US$75.6 mm,
partially funded through a C$30 mm bought deal financing at $0.55.
Online gaming company Gaikai, raised $10.0 mm in Series B financing.
Blip.TV, online TV provider, raised $10.1 mm in Series C financing.
Financial Results/Guidance
Netease.com (NasdaqGS:NTES, online gaming) reported Q1/F10 revenue of RMB 1.2
bn (vs. RMB 781.7 mm in the same period last year).
Snap Interactive (OTCBB:STVI, online dating) reported Q1/F10 revenue growth of 20%
to $0.927 mm from $0.768 mm.
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4. Aggregate Public Data
Web 2.0 Public Companies Total Median Max Min
# Companies 102 - - -
Market Cap (US$ mm) 76,398.3 58.8 33,384.2 1.7
Revenue (US$ mm) 23,069.7 58.3 3,057.7 0.0
1 Year revenue growth 5.5% 857.0% -91.4%
EBITDA as % of revenue - 13.3% 63.1% -75.0%
Net cash (US$ mm) 9,067.7 2.0 1,826.7 -670.8
TEV/Revenue - 1.9x 37.3x 0.0x
TEV/EBITDA - 9.2x 45.0x 0.0x
P/E - 15.0x 82.6x 0.0x
Relative to 52 week high -41.9% -4.7% -96.3%
Source: CapitalIQ
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5. 5
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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10. 10
-
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
L ook S mart, L td.
As k net AG
C y berplex Inc.
Actoz S oft C o. , Ltd.
Source: CapitalIQ
J umbuc k E ntertainment L imited
0.10.10.20.20.20.3
R ealNetwork s Inc.
T ree. C om, Inc.
O penwav e S y s tems Inc .
S NAP Interac tive, Inc .
G lu Mobile, Inc .
Northgate T echnologies Limited
P oints International L td.
G igaMedia L td.
AO L, Inc .
DADA S pA
C DC C orp.
Unis erv e C ommunications C orp.
AQ Interactive, Inc.
Internet G roup S A
IAC /InterActiv eC orp.
United O nline, Inc .
T heS treet.c om, Inc .
T he New Y ork T imes C ompany
NetDragon WebS oft, Inc.
O AO R B C Information S ys tems
C ornerWorld C orporation
EV/Revenue Ranking
0.40.4 0.5 0.50.60.6 0.6 0.70.70.70.70.7 0.70.80.80.80.80.9 0.9 1.0 1.0
H anbitS oft, Inc .
H utc his on T elecommunic ations H ong
infoG R O U P , Inc .
S park Network s , Inc.
G amania Digital E ntertainment C o., Ltd.
O riented Media G roup B erhad
NeuLion Inc orporated
1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5
G ungHo O nline E ntertainment, Inc.
V alueC lick , Inc.
S hutterfly , Inc .
S c ore Media Inc.
P latforma Mediowa P oint G roup S . A.
Webz en Inc .
Modern T imes G roup Mtg AB
XING AG
S ohu.c om Inc.
P NI Digital Media Inc.
1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.02.02.0 2.12.2 2.3
U O MO Media, Inc
Wiz z ard S oftware C orporation
O pen T ex t C orp.
S K C ommunic ations C o. , Ltd.
is eemedia Inc.
F rogs ter Interac tiv e P ic tures AG
eP ro Ltd.
My riad G roup AG
2.6 2.72.92.93.0 3.13.1
NE O WIZ G ames C orporation
T aleo C orp.
Mix i, Inc.
3.4 3.53.63.9
K ings oft C orporation Limited
C hangyou. com Limited
revenue multiple at 37.3x
SpectrumDNA has highest
U nilav a C orporation
WebMediaB rands Inc
4.14.24.3 4.4
F luid Mus ic C anada, Inc.
L ingo Media C orporation
HU G H E S T elematic s , Inc .
5.4 5.5 5.8
Ac celeriz e New Media, Inc .
V elti P lc
6.26.3
DigitalP os t Interactiv e, Inc.
G ree, Inc.
7.9 8.4
Dena C o. L td.
8.8
T rans G aming, Inc.
C hines e G amer International
G eoS entric O y j
11.211.8
MO K O . mobi Limited
12.8
B ey ond C ommerc e, Inc.
14.5
P aid Inc.
T enc ent H oldings L td.
17.417.5
B right T hings plc
25.7
S pectrumDNA, Inc .
37.3
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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
C y berplex Inc.
AO L , Inc .
1. 5 2.1
Source: CapitalIQ
United O nline, Inc .
NetDragon WebS oft, Inc.
H utc his on T elec ommunications H ong K ong H oldings
3. 9 4.6 5. 0
L td.
S ohu.c om Inc.
T he New Y ork T imes C ompany
V alueC lic k , Inc.
G ungH o O nline E ntertainment, Inc .
C DC C orp.
5.0 5. 1 6. 1 6. 2 6. 2
C hangy ou.c om L imited
S park Network s , Inc.
infoG R O U P , Inc .
6.5 6. 5 6.7
EV/EBITDA Ranking
U nis erve C ommunic ations C orp.
XING AG
G amania Digital E ntertainment C o., L td.
7. 5 8.1 8. 1
P NI Digital Media Inc.
DADA S pA
K ings oft C orporation L imited
IAC /InterAc tiveC orp.
O pen T ex t C orp.
8. 9 8. 9 9. 2 9.6 9. 7
P latforma Mediowa P oint G roup S . A.
H anbitS oft, Inc .
S c ore Media Inc.
10. 9 11.2 11. 5
NE O WIZ G ames C orporation
S hutterfly , Inc.
45.0x
G ree, Inc.
12.6 13.1 13. 8
T heS treet.c om, Inc .
13.9
Modern T imes G roup Mtg AB
O penwave S y s tems Inc .
Points leads the group at
G igaMedia L td.
Mix i, Inc.
14. 2 14.4 14. 9 15.2
F rogs ter Interactive P ic tures AG
Dena C o. L td.
18. 5 19. 3
C hines e G amer International
22. 0
T aleo C orp.
26. 1
V elti P lc
30.4
T enc ent H oldings L td.
33. 7
S K C ommunic ations C o. , L td.
P oints International L td.
44.2 45. 0
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Excluding EV/EBITDA > 100x