1Q13 Mobile Software M&A Overview with Mobile Landscape
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In the first quarter of 2013, mobile software M&A activity reached its highest level on record with 87 transactions. Marketing & advertising and infrastructure deals made up the largest categories. Notable deals included Dropbox acquiring Orchestra for $100 million and Yahoo acquiring Summly for $30 million. Mobile software exit multiples remain wide ranging but leaders in the space can achieve median multiples over 5x revenue.
1Q13 Mobile Software M&A Overview with Mobile Landscape
- 1. 1Q13 Mobile Software M&A Market Update Brad Weekes Vi P id tVice President Software Equity Group, LLC © Software Equity Group, LLC 2013 858 509-2800 www.softwareequity.com
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- 3. Mobile Landscape Marketing & AdvertisingMarketing & Advertising Commerce & PaymentsCommerce & Payments Content & EntertainmentContent & Entertainment Carriers Social & MessagingSocial & Messaging EnterpriseEnterprise HealthHealth Devices InfrastructureInfrastructure Development Platforms Security Optimization LBS Analytics © Software Equity Group, LLC 2013 * Some of the companies in the landscape above have been acquired but the seller logos were retained since the brand is better recognized as mobile first
- 4. Software M&A Overview Traditional on premise and Internet M&A represent the ast majorit ( 70%) of o erall soft are• Traditional on-premise and Internet M&A represent the vast majority (~70%) of overall software M&A transactions • However, on-premise and Internet M&A transactions have been in decline over the past year while Mobile and SaaS M&A is growing rapidly • As a % of total software M&A transactions, SaaS and Mobile M&A account for approximately 15% each • In 1Q13, mobile software M&A had its biggest quarter on record (87 transactions), while SaaS M&A volume ticked down slightly. 2013’s projected mobile software M&A transactions will likely exceedg y p j y the number of SaaS transactions for the year On‐premise SaaS Internet Mobile Software Industry M&A by SectorSoftware Industry M&A by Sector Mobile & SaaS as a % of Total Software M&AMobile & SaaS as a % of Total Software M&A 300 350 400 450 sactions 12 0% 14.0% 16.0% 18.0% e Deals Mobile SaaS 50 100 150 200 250 # of M&A Trans 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 12.0% % of Total Software © Software Equity Group, LLC 2013 0 50 0.0% 2.0% %
- 5. Mobile Software M&A Volume “Mobile first” dri ing man b ers to shift foc s from SaaS to mobile• “Mobile first” driving many buyers to shift focus from SaaS to mobile • Many buyers are still seeking basic mobile competency to help navigate the challenging mobile development and distribution ecosystem • The diversity of mobile buyers is astounding, coming from a number of different focus areas within traditional technology providers as well as those without a technology portfolio entering into the mobile arena • FY 2013 M&A volume is on pace to reach 348 transactions, a marked increase over 2012’s 235 transactions M&A Volume by YearM&A Volume by Year M&A Volume by QuarterM&A Volume by Quarter • Mobile software M&A now accounts for 15.9% of all software M&A transactions, up from only 3.7% in 1Q10 M&A Volume by YearM&A Volume by Year M&A Volume by QuarterM&A Volume by Quarter 300 350 400 s 90 100 2010 2011 2012 2013 150 200 250 300 M&A Transactions 40 50 60 70 80 &A Transactions 0 50 100 2010 2011 2012 2013 (F) # of 0 10 20 30 40 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 # of M& © Software Equity Group, LLC 2013 2010 2011 2012 2013 (F) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
- 6. Mobile Software M&A Exit Multiples E it m ltiples and deal str ct res (more on the latter in s bseq ent slides) for mobile soft are• Exit multiples and deal structures (more on the latter in subsequent slides) for mobile software companies are wide ranging, as evidenced by the difference between the average and median EV/Revenue exit multiples (4.0x vs. 2.7x in 2012) • The lower median can be attributed to the large number of small, private mobile software companies lured to the opportunity in the mobile space but struggling to gain adoption and ultimately forced to exit the business at sub optimal exit multiples • Mobile software leaders are getting significant premiums in the market as demonstrated by the 5.0x median EV/Revenue exit multiple achieved in transactions over $100Mp $ • Given the allure and need for mobile competency, even if unproven in the market, a select few, less established mobile software providers can garner attractive multiples as well, as demonstrated by the average EV/Revenue exit multiple of 5.7x for deals under $10M in size (median is 1.4x) EV/Revenue Exit Multiples by SizeEV/Revenue Exit Multiples by SizeEV/Revenue Exit MultiplesEV/Revenue Exit Multiples 5 0x Median Average Median Average 3.0x 3.5x 4.0x 4.5x 5.0x e Multiple 4.0X 5.0X 6.0X 7.0X ue Multiple 0.5x 1.0x 1.5x 2.0x 2.5x EV/Revenue 0.0X 1.0X 2.0X 3.0X EV <= $10 EV > $10 EV > $20 EV > $50 EV > $100 EV/Reven © Software Equity Group, LLC 2013 0.0x 2011 2012 & EV <= $20 & EV <= $50 & EV <= $100 Enterprise Value Range ($ millions)
- 7. Mobile Software M&A by Product Category • Over the past two years, the three most active mobile software M&A categories have been Marketing & Advertising,Over the past two years, the three most active mobile software M&A categories have been Marketing & Advertising, Infrastructure, and Content & Entertainment • Marketing & Advertising M&A is currently driven by the unique targeting approaches afforded by mobile which is distinct from other channels. The market segment is heavily fragmented with a large number of companies offering new and innovative approaches and formats effectively reach and convert consumers • Infrastructure M&A is currently driven by buyers seeking innovative solutions to help mobile operators deal with the exponential increase in data through compression, offload and QoS solutions • Content & Entertainment M&A is largely driven by Gaming content. Gaming is hit or miss, but if it’s a hit, gaming offers the best monetization opportunities for mobile consumer applications M bil t i M&A h l d d i 2012 F TEM MDM/MAM MDAP b iti i th l• Mobile enterprise M&A has exploded in 2012. From TEM, MDM/MAM, MDAP, buyers are positioning themselves as enterprises struggle with the BYOD phenomenon and potential for mobile apps/web to accelerate their business. • Although it accounted for only 9% of total mobile M&A deals in 2012, we expect Social & Messaging deals to ramp considerably in 2013 as OTT messaging is positioned for huge growth 2012 Mobile Software M&A By Product Category2012 Mobile Software M&A By Product Category2011 Mobile Software M&A By Product Category2011 Mobile Software M&A By Product Category 31% 7% 5% 10%Marketing & Advertising Content & Entertainment Infrastructure 22% 8% 2% 9% Marketing & Advertising Infrastructure Content & Entertainment 15% 8% Infrastructure Commerce & Payments Enterprise Social & Messaging Oth 22% 14% 9% Enterprise Social & Messaging Commerce & Payments Health © Software Equity Group, LLC 2013 24%Other 16% Other
- 8. Select Active Mobile Software Buyers Buyer Targets © Software Equity Group, LLC 2013
- 9. Select Active Mobile Software Buyers Buyer Targets TEM Business © Software Equity Group, LLC 2013
- 10. Select Active Mobile Software Buyers Buyer Targets © Software Equity Group, LLC 2013
- 11. D t Top 10 Mobile Software M&A Transactions by Enterprise Value (EV) StockBuyer TargetDate EV EV/Rev Cash Earnout 5/17/2007 $5,746 11.6x $5,746 - - 5/12/2010 $5,423 4.5x $5,423 - - 10/13/2009 $2,420 7.9x $2,420 - - 2/04/2013 $1,645 6.0x $1,645 - - 7/12/2011 $1,301 7.5x $651 $100 $550 6/14/2011 $1,150 1.5x $1,150 - -$ , $ , 11/14/2011 $1,050 5.5x $1,050 - - 4/09/2012 $1,000 - $300 $700 - 6/24/2008 $790 - $790 - - © Software Equity Group, LLC 2013 12/08/2005 $705 10.7x $705 - --
- 12. D t Top 10 Mobile Software M&A Transactions by EV/Revenue Multiple StockBuyer TargetDate EV EV/Rev Cash Earnout 9/20/2010 $42 66.9x $0.5 $16.5 $25 2/15/2013 $147 35.0x $76 $71 - 10/13/2010 $70 25.0x $70 - - 1/31/2012 $70 20.0x $70 - - 11/09/2009 $674 15.0x - $674 - 5/17/2007 $5,746 11.7x $5,746 - - 1/31/2011 $150 11.2x $100 - $50 12/08/2005 $705 10.7x $705 - - 6/07/2012 $435 10.0x $435 - - © Software Equity Group, LLC 2013 3/26/2012 $144 10.0x - $144 -
- 13. Select Mobile Software M&A Transactions and Deal Structures D t StockBuyer TargetDate EV EV/Rev Cash Earnout 8/8/2012 $44.0 $29.2 $14.8 3/26/2012 $174.4 10.0x $174.4 2/16/2012 $50.0 $18.0 $32.02/16/2012 $50.0 $18.0 $32.0 2/16/2012 $14.5 $8.0 $6.5 1/3/2012 $45.1 2.7x $45.1 11/15/2011 $59.0 3.0x $20.0 $5.0 $34.0 10/10/2011 $90.0 4.5x $60.0 $30.0 8/4/2011 $60.0 6.7x $4.0 $38.5 $27.5 3/18/2011 $150.0 11.4x $100.0 $50.0 © Software Equity Group, LLC 2013
- 14. Mobile Software M&A Deals – 1Q13 Date Target Buyer EV EV/Revenue EV/EBITDAg y 03/28/2013 CheckMate Room 77, Inc. - - - 03/25/2013 Summly Limited Yahoo! Inc. (NasdaqGS:YHOO) $30 - - 03/25/2013 Maporama Solutions SAS TIBCO International Holdings, B.V. - - - 03/24/2013 Wifislam, Inc. Apple Inc. (NasdaqGS:AAPL) - - - 03/21/2013 PlaySay, Inc. Lesson Nine GmbH - - - 03/20/2013 Micro Librarian Systems Ltd. Capita plc (LSE:CPI) - - - 03/20/2013 Socialize, Inc. ShareThis, Inc. - - - 03/20/2013 Livestar Pinterest - - - 03/19/2013 Open Mile, Inc. Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ECHO) - - - 03/19/2013 Datria Systems, Inc. Knighted, Inc. - - - 03/18/2013 MetroFax, Inc. j2 Global, Inc. (NasdaqGS:JCOM) - - - 03/18/2013 mBlox, Inc., Premium SMS Business OpenMarket Inc. - - - 03/18/2013 Mobile Marketing NL Adformatie Groep03/18/2013 Mobile Marketing NL Adformatie Groep - - - 03/18/2013 Zynk Gestão de Conteúdo Ltda. A Zenvia - - - 03/15/2013 Orchestra, Inc. Dropbox, Inc. $100 - - 03/15/2013 Adexcite, LLC Q1Media - - - 03/14/2013 Clk2c.com ValueFirst Messaging Pvt. Ltd. - - - 03/14/2013 Hot Studio Inc. Facebook, Inc. (NasdaqGS:FB) - - - 03/13/2013 Duff Research, LLC PayPal, Inc. - - -, y , 03/12/2013 LIQUID Barcodes AS Telenor ASA (OB:TEL) - - - 03/12/2013 Telenav, Inc., Enterprise Business Unit Fleetcor Technologies Operating Company, Llc $10 - - 03/12/2013 Cellbroker Solutiontech - Consultoria e Projetos em Informática Ltda. $1 1.4x - 03/11/2013 conTgo limited Concur Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CNQR) - - - 03/11/2013 Nellymoser, Inc. Brow n Printing Company - - - 03/08/2013 Arieso Ltd. JDS Uniphase Corporation (NasdaqGS:JDSU) $85 - - 03/08/2013 Chaotic Moon, L.P. Silver Lake; William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC - - - 03/07/2013 Motopia Limited (ASX:MOT) Priority Processing Systems Pty Ltd - - - 03/07/2013 MeNetw ork, Inc. Spindle, Inc. (OTCPK:SPDL) $11 - - 03/06/2013 Bemoko Ltd. SDL plc (LSE:SDL) $3 - - 03/06/2013 Ubiquity Corporation Ubiquity Broadcasting Corporation (OTCBB:UBIQ) - - - 03/05/2013 Dephasium Corp. (OTCPK:DPHS) Dephasium Ltd. - - - 03/05/2013 Tw istage Inc Perceptive Softw are Inc03/05/2013 Tw istage, Inc. Perceptive Softw are, Inc. - - - 03/03/2013 Kids Games Club Ltd. TabTale Ltd. $4 - - 02/28/2013 Sw ipe & Tap Limited Apposing Limited - - - © Software Equity Group, LLC 2013
- 15. Mobile Software M&A Deals – 1Q13 (con’t) Date Target Buyer EV EV/Revenue EV/EBITDAg y 02/27/2013 Strike Media Proprietary Limited Ogilvy South Africa (Proprietary) Limited - - - 02/26/2013 lonelybrand, LLC HY Connect Inc. - - - 02/22/2013 Sazneo Limited Access UK Limited - - - 02/21/2013 N4 Systems Incorporated Master Lock Canada Inc. - - - 02/20/2013 Tigga Studios LLC Hanover Portfolio Acquisitions, Inc. (OTCBB:HVPA) - - - 02/20/2013 FlyCast Inc., HTML5 Development Tools Division Intel Corporation (NasdaqGS:INTC) - - - 02/19/2013 SNRLabs, Inc. SEVEN Netw orks, Inc. - - - 02/14/2013 Skyfire Labs, Inc. Opera Softw are ASA (OB:OPERA) $147 35.9x - 02/12/2013 Propeld, Inc. Yahoo! Inc. (NasdaqGS:YHOO) - - - 02/11/2013 M.dot, Inc. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. - - - 02/05/2013 Show Uhow , Inc. SellPoint, Inc. - - - 02/04/2013 Acme Packet, Inc. Oracle Corporation (NasdaqGS:ORCL) $1,646 6.0x 181.4x 02/03/2013 Riptide Games Inc Mercury Active Inc02/03/2013 Riptide Games, Inc. Mercury Active Inc. - - - 02/01/2013 GoMiso, Inc. Dijit Media Inc. - - - 01/31/2013 mFoundry, Inc. Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE:FIS) $154 - - 01/31/2013 Shift Global Inc. Engauge Communication, Inc. - - - 01/29/2013 Foodspotting Inc. OpenTable, Inc. (NasdaqGS:OPEN) $10 - - 01/28/2013 Crashlytics Inc. Tw itter, Inc. - - - 01/25/2013 Mobvalue Prisma Média - - - 01/25/2013 Mobspire Inc. Aarki, Inc. - - - 01/24/2013 IVONA Softw are Sp. z o.o. Amazon.com Inc. (NasdaqGS:AMZN) - - - 01/24/2013 NextBus Inc. Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. $21 - - 01/23/2013 Intucell Ltd. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CSCO) $475 - - 01/23/2013 IBEE Softw are Solutions Pvt. Ltd. XBT Holding LTD. - - - 01/23/2013 Eat it Now Group Limited hungryhouse.com limited - - - / / C01/22/2013 Lascaux Co., Inc. Etsy, Inc. - - - 01/19/2013 Pushpins, Inc. Performance Marketing Brands, Inc. - - - 01/17/2013 Energy Today Inc. (OTCPK:NRGT) QED Connect, Inc. (OTCPK:QEDN) $0 0.4x 11.1x 01/17/2013 Mynet Japan Inc., CRM Business for Mobile Devices Yahoo Japan Corporation (TSE:4689) $4 - - 01/16/2013 Mozes, Inc. ePrize, Inc. - - - 01/15/2013 Exploding Barrel Games Inc. Kabam, Inc. - - - 01/15/2013 RedMas LLC AdsMovil LLC - - -01/15/2013 RedMas LLC AdsMovil LLC 01/11/2013 Ansible Technologies, Inc. Groupon, Inc. (NasdaqGS:GRPN) - - - 01/10/2013 Retail Anyw here Inc. NetSuite Inc. (NYSE:N) - - - 01/10/2013 Anpulo Food Development, Inc. - $0 - - © Software Equity Group, LLC 2013
- 16. Mobile Software M&A Deals – 1Q13 (con’t) Date Target Buyer EV EV/Revenue EV/EBITDAate a get uye / e e ue / 01/10/2013 12snap AG plan.net Gruppe für digitale Kommunikation GmbH & Co. KG - - - 01/09/2013 Tresys Technology LLC Behrman Capital - - - 01/09/2013 Active Life App, LLC DAXKO, Inc. - - - 01/08/2013 Overlay Media Limited InMobi - - - 01/08/2013 Fanminder, Inc. Total Merchant Services, Inc. - - - 01/07/2013 Epocrates, Inc. athenahealth, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ATHN) $216 2.0x 38.2x 01/07/2013 Name.com LLC Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE:DMD) - - - 01/07/2013 4ORCEDigital Manifest Digital, Inc. - - - 01/07/2013 McMurry, Inc. McMurry/TMG, LLC - - - 01/07/2013 mobcast ec inc. mobcast inc. (TSE:3664) $7 - - 01/03/2013 ALK Technologies, Inc. Trimble Navigation Limited (NasdaqGS:TRMB) - - - 01/03/2013 PLAY Communication Pty Ltd Group M Worldw ide Inc01/03/2013 PLAY Communication Pty Ltd Group M Worldw ide, Inc. - - - 01/03/2013 Commodity Update, LLC Farm Journal, Inc. - - - 01/02/2013 Crossbridge Solutions Inc. Telit Communications PLC (AIM:TCM) - - - 01/02/2013 UAB Mokus Byggleverandorene AS - - - 01/02/2013 Globant, Inc. WPPplc (LSE:WPP) $350 - - 01/02/2013 TapIt! Media Group, Inc. Phunw are, Inc. $23 - - 01/02/2013 Sports Asylum, Inc. SearchCore, Inc. (OTCPK:SRER) $1 - -p y , , ( ) $ © Software Equity Group, LLC 2013
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