【出版时间及名称】：2010年web.2.0行业前景展望
        【作者】：Research Capital
        【文件格式】：pdf
        【页数】：31
        【目录或简介】：
TOP FIVE DEALS OF 2 00 9
The Top Five: Despi te over 400 transactions in 2009, it wasn’ t hard choosing our Top Five transactions for 2009 (wi th a
l i ttle bi t of massaging). Our Top Five transactions are: Facebook’s $200 mi ll ion D round, Twi tter’s $100 mil lion E round, the
$2.25 bi ll ion acquisi tion of Skype, the almost $1 bil lion in financing/M&A for Social Gaming companies (including Zynga,
Playdom and Playfish), and the incredible per unique visi tor value ascribed in the financing for location-based social
networking company Gowal la.
• Facebook raises $200 million D round: In May 2009, Facebook announced a new financing round – raising $200
mil lion from Digi tal Sky Technologies. The transaction gave Digi tal Sky a 1.96% stake, valuing Facebook at $10
bi ll ion. This financing brought the company’s total to $678.2 mil lion. This was also the largest financing we
recorded in 2009.
• Twitter raises $100 million E round: The thi rd largest financing round in 2009 belonged to Twi tter – a $100
mil lion Series E in September 2009. The financing reportedly valued Twi tter at $1 bil lion – a remarkable valuation
for a company that has not yet formal ized a revenue model! More recently, i t has been reported that Twi tter was
actual ly profitable in 2009 due to the $25 mi ll ion in search deals i t signed in October wi th Google and Microsoft.
• Skype is acquired for $2.025 billion: By far the largest overall transaction in our database in 2009 was the
acquisi tion of a majori ty posi tion (65%) in Skype from eBay for $2.025 bi ll ion – announced in September 2009. The
transaction was completed in November 2009. eBay had purchased Skype for $4.0 bil lion in 2005.
• Social Gaming financing activity reaches ~$1 billion (Zynga, Playfish, Playdom, etc.): Perhaps the hottest
sector overall in 2009 was Social Gaming. This segment of the Web 2.0 market had the thi rd highest number of
deals (39) and generated almost $1 bi ll ion in financing/M&A activity – the second highest total overal l (Figure 1).
Three transactions in particular stand out in the social gaming space – the $400 mi ll ion acquisi tion of Playfish (by
Electronic Arts, November 2009), the $180 mil lion financing of Zynga (Series C, December 2009, by Digital Sky),
and the $43 mil lion fi rst round of financing for Playdom (New Enterprise lead, November 2009, Series A). There
has been much speculation as to how the larger social gaming companies wi l l proceed, wi th potential IPO or further
strategic M&A most l ikely.