Andrzej Sowula | February 17, 2017 | Financials / Deals
The Internet division* of Polish media group Agora SA grew revenue 11.6 percent in FY2016 from FY2015, but the revenue of its classified businesses contracted for...
Angela Hawksford | February 17, 2017 | Financials / Deals
Australian recruitment advertising company Seek (ASX: SEK), majority owner of jobs site Zhaopin (NYSE: ZPIN) in China, wants to take Zhaopin private with a...
Radhika Sachdev | February 16, 2017 | Financials / Deals
Truebil, a start-up in India which describes itself as “a curated, authentic and verified virtual marketplace for pre-owned cars”, raised $3 million in a series-A...
Lars Herlin | February 16, 2017 | Financials / Deals
The valuation of classifieds is a multimillion-dollar game, which landed in the spotlight in Norway recently, where the media company Polaris Media, publishers of...
Lars Herlin | February 16, 2017 | Financials / Deals
Apart from the crown jewel Avito, Vostok New Ventures also has investments in other classifieds in its portfolio, such as Propertyfinder, Merro, Wallapop, Naseeb...
Andrzej Sowula | February 15, 2017 | Financials / Deals
Jobsquare, a Tinder-style job app for temporary jobs in Poland, raised more money. (Here it is in Google Play.) This time from venture capital fund bValue. It was...
Lars Herlin | February 15, 2017 | Financials / Deals
The most exciting thing about the financial reports of Vostok New Ventures (for us, anyway), is the information on Avito’s performance. Vostok New Ventures...
Angela Hawksford | February 14, 2017 | Financials / Deals
REA Group (ASX: REA), the global, online real estate advertising company, and owner of Realestate.com.au, reported its financial results for H1 of FY2016/17 last...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | February 14, 2017 | Financials / Deals
In the first nine months of FY2016 (to end-December), net sales of Recruit Holdings in Japan amounted to ¥1.3 trillion ($11 billion U.S.), which was 14.2 percent...
Anastasia Gnezditskaia | February 13, 2017 | Financials / Deals
The financial performance of Solocal Group (Euronext Paris: NEXT) weakened in FY2016 from FY2015 over a wide range of measures. But, in FY2017 everything will be...
Christo Volschenk | February 13, 2017 | Financials / Deals
Scout24 AG, operator of classified marketplaces with a special focus on the real estate (Immobilienscout24) and auto verticals (Autoscout24) in Germany and other...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | February 13, 2017 | Financials / Deals
Yahoo! Japan (Yahoo.co.jp), which runs a stuff auction site, real estate site, and used-car marketplace, reported overall revenue growth of 42 percent to 631...
Andrzej Sowula | February 10, 2017 | Financials / Deals
Alma Media’s division Alma Markets (previously Digital Consumer Services), which houses the classified businesses of the company, increased both revenue and profit...
Anastasia Gnezditskaia | February 10, 2017 | Financials / Deals
Late last year, media group Het Mediahuis in Belgium announced its interest in taking over Telegraaf Media Group (TMG), the struggling Dutch media company, to...
Marian Jacob | February 09, 2017 | Financials / Deals
In December, REA Group sold its business in Europe, including AtHome Group and REA Italia, to Oakley Capital Private Equity. At the time, we covered the story...
Angela Hawksford | February 09, 2017 | Financials / Deals
Carsales.com Limited (ASX: CAR), operator of several automobile sites in Australia and elsewhere (full list below), reported revenue growth from online advertising...
Christo Volschenk | February 09, 2017 | Financials / Deals
The FY2016 results report of Schibsted Media Group (here) lifted the lid over the performance of the joint ventures (JVs) operated with Naspers for the first time....
Christo Volschenk | February 08, 2017 | Financials / Deals
Multi-media company Schibsted grew the share of total revenue contributed by online classifieds to 43 percent in FY2016 from 38 percent in FY2015. The group...
Patrick Peterson | February 08, 2017 | Financials / Deals
Chinese auto site Chelun.com recently announced the completion of a RMB 100-million ($14.5 million U.S.) Series C+ funding round with investor Hanfor Capital...
Andrzej Sowula | February 07, 2017 | Financials / Deals
The online and mobile revenue of Sanoma’s segment Consumer Business, which includes the classified businesses in Finland, the Netherlands and Belgium, with the...
Andrzej Sowula | February 06, 2017 | Financials / Deals
In the Czech Republic, Seznam.cz, owner of general classifieds site Sbazar and auto site Sauto, purchased a 17-percent stake in Zavezu.cz, a community app for...
Anastasia Gnezditskaia | February 06, 2017 | Financials / Deals
Vestiaire Collective, the Paris-headquartered site for used, luxury clothes and accessories, raised €58 million ($62 million U.S.) from Vitruvian Partners, a...
Andrzej Sowula | February 06, 2017 | Financials / Deals
In Lithuania, the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court (SPPS) said the competition watchdog must reconsider its decision to retract the green light given for a...
Emre Dalkilic | February 05, 2017 | Financials / Deals
The Technology Transfer Accelerator (TTA) in Turkey released a report recently, which said, among others, in the six years between 2010 and 2016 classifieds was...
Ben Donovan | February 05, 2017 | Financials / Deals
Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) acquired residential property data company Hometrack for an undisclosed amount, and said the acquisition was another step on the road...
Don Gasper | February 05, 2017 | Financials / Deals
Beijing-based Shouqi Car Rental Co. Ltd., operator of auto rental site China Car Experts, completed Series A+ and Series B financing rounds with a combined value...
Cila Warncke | February 03, 2017 | Financials / Deals
Madrid-based, multi-vertical aggregator Mitula Group (Code: MUA) is rumored to have doubled its revenue in FY2016 from FY2015. The earnings report for Q4 and the...
Anastasia Gnezditskaia | February 03, 2017 | Financials / Deals
Talentoday, provider of talent-assessment and people-analytics software, raised €3.5 million ($3.8 million U.S.), mainly from Zurich-based Adecco Group, one of the...
Radhika Sachdev | February 02, 2017 | Financials / Deals
MagicBricks, a leading real estate site in India, is operated by Times Internet, a subsidiary of privately-owned Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., also referred to...
Radhika Sachdev | February 02, 2017 | Financials / Deals
Just Dial Ltd., a business-listings search engine in India, reported a 8.2-percent rise in revenue to 5.3 million rupees ($78,635 U.S.) in the first nine months of...
