Webedia

A multi brand news company with worldwide presence.

Launch date

1998

Employees

1001-5000 people

Market cap

Enterprise valuation

$77m (Public information from Mar 2017)

Company register number 501106520

Levallois-Perret Île-de-France (HQ)

http://www.webedia.fr/

https://twitter.com/webediafr https://www.facebook.com/webedia https://www.linkedin.com/company/webedia

Revenues, earnings & profits over time

USD	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Revenues	63.2m	75.9m	98.4m	101m	106m	119m	146m
% growth	-	20 %	30 %	3 %	5 %	12 %	23 %
EBITDA	(3.3m)	(20.4m)	(10.4m)	(20.5m)	(24.4m)	(43.1m)	(1.3m)
% EBITDA margin	(5 %)	(27 %)	(11 %)	(20 %)	(23 %)	(36 %)	(1 %)
Profit	(4.7m)	(20.1m)	(19.0m)	(81.2m)	33.2m	(138m)	(46.8m)
% profit margin	(7 %)	(27 %)	(19 %)	(80 %)	31 %	(115 %)	(32 %)

Source: Dealroom estimates

Date	Investors	Amount	Round
-	Eurazeo XAnge	N/A	-
Sep 2013	Fimalac Group	€70.0m Valuation: €70.0m	Buyout
Feb 2021	Jellyfish	N/A	Acquisition
Total Funding		-

By Country

France 15 Germany 3 United States 3 Lebanon 1 Spain 1 United Kingdom 1 Brazil 1

By Industry

Media 13 Marketing 6 Travel 3 Gaming 3 Sports 2 Enterprise Software 2 Telecom 2 Music 1

By Round

ACQUISITION 20 SEED 2 SERIES B 2 LATE VC 1 EARLY VC 1

ACQUISITION by Webedia Jun 2015

ACQUISITION by Webedia Apr 2018

ACQUISITION by Webedia Oct 2018

Quill (now Jellyfish)

ACQUISITION by Jellyfish Feb 2021

ACQUISITION by Webedia Jun 2014

IDG Communications Media

ACQUISITION by Blackstone Nov 2021

ACQUISITION by Webedia Jun 2014

West World Media

ACQUISITION by Webedia Dec 2015

ACQUISITION by Webedia Oct 2016