Kakao is a mobile lifestyle platform offering services ranging from messaging, news, advertising, gaming, e-commerce, and music.
Kakao is a mobile lifestyle platform company with services spanning messaging, mail, search, news, advertising, gaming, e-commerce, music, maps and more. Its content platform offers a diverse array of content that can be enjoyed by users of all interest range. Daum News offers tens of thousands of news articles from top news outlets every day, and Story Funding, the country’s first crowdfunding service, is building a healthy platform for new information in hand with users. Kakao Music, Kakao Page, Daum Webtoon and more, enrich user's daily lives enabling users to easily share and enjoy music, cartoons, novels and more. Kakao Game is a mobile gaming platform that allows users to compete with friends on their social graph. Its popularity has resulted in explosive growths for the Korean mobile gaming industry while establishing mobile games as a mainstream phenomenon. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Jeju, South Korea.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Mar 19, 2020 | Post-IPO Equity | $170M | 1 | Anchor Equity Partners | — | Detail |
Jan 22, 2018 | Post-IPO Equity | $1B | — | — | — | Detail |
Jun 30, 2017 | Post-IPO Equity | ₩500B | 1 | TPG | — | Detail |
Mar 3, 2014 | Post-IPO Equity | $10M | 1 | Berjaya | — | Detail |
Aug 29, 2011 | Post-IPO Equity | $20M | 5 | — | — | Detail |
Date
Company Name
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Round | Money Raised | Industry | Lead Investor |
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Oct 20, 2021
Superplastic
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Series A | $20M | Animation | — |
Jul 16, 2021
Neubility
|
Seed | $2.50M | Courier Service | Yes |
Mar 21, 2019
Tidesquare
|
Corporate Round | ₩34.70B | Travel | Yes |
May 10, 2018
Kakao Japan
|
Corporate Round | ₩79.90B | Apps | Yes |
Dec 27, 2017
Dunamu
|
Series C | ₩13B | Blockchain | — |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
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Anchor Equity Partners | Yes | Post-IPO Equity |
TPG | Yes | Post-IPO Equity |
Berjaya | Yes | Post-IPO Equity |
CyberAgent | — | Post-IPO Equity |
DCM Ventures | — | Post-IPO Equity |
Korea Investment Partners | — | Post-IPO Equity |
Maverick Ventures | — | Post-IPO Equity |
Wemade | — | Post-IPO Equity |
Kakao Corp has had 1 exits. Kakao Corp most notable exits include Tapas Media
Date | Company Name | Exit Type | Industry | |
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May 10, 2021 | Tapas Media | M&A | Comics | Detail |
Kakao Corp has acquired 11 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Lotiple on Nov 19, 2011. They acquired Lotiple for 0.
Date
Company Name
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Industry | Acquisition Type | Price | |
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Nov 19, 2011
Lotiple
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E-Commerce | acquisition | — | Detail |
Jun 4, 2012
Thinkreals
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Computer | acquisition | — | Detail |
Jul 30, 2012
ISEEYOU Co., Ltd.
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Computer | acquisition | — | Detail |
May 26, 2014
Daum Communications
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acquisition | — | Detail | |
Sep 15, 2014
Seoul Bus Mobile
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Mobile Apps | — | — | Detail |