{"id":43371,"date":"2017-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techma.bakertilly.es\/social-point-empresa-videojuegos-espanola-comprada-americana-take-two\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T11:39:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T10:39:57","slug":"social-point-empresa-videojuegos-espanola-comprada-americana-take-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techma.bakertilly.es\/en\/social-point-empresa-videojuegos-espanola-comprada-americana-take-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Point, Spanish videogame company bought by American Take-Two"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/span>Nasqad-listed US video game publisher Take-Two announced on Wednesday the purchase of Catalan video game developer Social Point for \u20ac231.5 million.<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n
<\/span>Corporate finance analysis Social point<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Social Point <\/span>which was founded in 2008, is dedicated to video game development, is headquartered in Barcelona and has a staff of more than 270 employees, and currently has a presence in North America, Latin America and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), with approximately 50% of its revenues coming from the US.<\/span><\/p>\n

The company, which started with a \u20ac60,000 capital loaned by a family member, received its first round in 2011 from Nauta Capital. In 2012 other investors came in, such as the French company Idinvest, with a lot of experience in the world of video games and a portfolio of \u20ac1 billion invested.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2013 they changed their strategy and started to focus on mobile games. This new direction caused their revenues to grow considerably, (183%) surpassing \u20ac45M in revenues. In addition, they returned to profit with a \u20ac6.7M profit compared to a loss of \u20ac2.4M in 2012. In 2014 they received another round, this time to enter the Asian market. In total the company has received $44.7M. The company has managed to continue growing to date and its profitability has been improving.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the 2016 financial year, Social Point's turnover reached 1TP2Q90, M (\u20ac84 million) with a gross operating profit in this period of $19.9 million (\u20ac18.5 million).<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span>About Take-two<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Take-Two,<\/a> <\/span>based in New York develops and distributes video games such as Civilization or Mafia, is valued at $4.6 billion and has annual revenues of $1.4 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Take-Two CEO Straus Zelnick's goal is to enter new markets and diversify the company's business, and the purchase of Social Point is a step towards entering the mobile market.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Purchase details<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

The transaction provides for the payment of $$175M (\u20ac163M) in cash plus a stake in Take-Two. In addition, the founders of the Spanish company could receive an additional payment of $25.9 million (\u20ac24 million) if Social Point meets certain operational targets during the two years following the closing of the transaction.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"With the acquisition of Social Point, Take-Two has further diversified its business, expanded its intellectual property portfolio and significantly enhanced its position in the free-to-play mobile games market,\" said Take-Two Chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick.<\/span><\/p>\n

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