KaKao Overview

  • Founded
  • 2006
Founded
  • Status
  • Public
  • Employees
  • 2,981
Employees
  • Stock Symbol
  • 035720
Stock Symbol
  • Investments
  • 33
  • Share Price
  • $75.09
  • (As of Monday Closing)

KaKao General Information

Description

Kakao operates the largest mobile messaging app in South Korea, Kakao Talk. The company aims to help its users connect with everything and has been expanding its content and services through self-development and mergers and acquisitions. Kakao merged with the second- largest Internet search portal, Daum, in 2014, and it acquired leading music streaming service provider Loen Entertainment in 2016.

Contact Information

Website
www.kakaocorp.com
Formerly Known As
Daum Kakao
Ownership Status
Publicly Held
Financing Status
Formerly VC-backed
Primary Industry
Communication Software
Other Industries
Social/Platform Software
Stock Exchange
KRX
Primary Office
  • 242, Cheomdan-ro, Jeju-si
  • Jeju-do
  • Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do 63309
  • South Korea
+82 0000-0000
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KaKao Stock Performance

(As of Monday Closing)

Stock Price Previous Close 52 wk Range Market Cap Shares Average Volume EPS
$75.09 $80.27 $68.29 - $152.48 $32.6B 434M 2.62M $2.88

KaKao Financials Summary

In Thousands,
USD 		TTM 30-Sep-2021 FY 2020 31-Dec-2020 FY 2019 31-Dec-2019 FY 2018 31-Dec-2018
EV 41,954,780 29,215,940 10,078,860 6,165,424
Revenue 4,946,671 3,520,649 2,632,863 2,199,043
EBITDA 1,740,766 572,731 (29,454) 212,236
Net Income 997,284 131,807 (258,134) 43,568
Total Assets 15,327,709 10,957,702 7,542,847 7,117,502
Total Debt 2,015,108 795,334 629,382 581,804
Public Fundamental Data provided by Morningstar, Inc. disclaimer

KaKao Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA		 Post-Val Status Debt

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KaKao Comparisons

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Post Valuation
Last Financing Details
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KaKao Competitors (27)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Threema Private Equity-Backed Pfäffikon, Switzerland 00 0000000 0000
0000000 Private Equity-Backed London, United Kingdom 0000 00000 000000000 00000
0000 00000 0000000 Formerly VC-backed San Jose, CA 0000 00000 000000000 00000
00000000000 Formerly VC-backed Belmont, CA 0000 00000 000000000 00000
00000000 Formerly PE-Backed Wroclaw, Poland 000 00000000
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KaKao Patents

  • 122

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 28

    Granted

  • 8

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

KaKao Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20210297371-A1 Method, user device and contents provision server for recommending contents related to contents Pending 19-Mar-2020 000000000
US-20210250318-A1 Method and apparatus for providing email service Pending 10-Feb-2020 0000000000
JP-2021111381-A Messaging server operation method and equipment Pending 03-Jan-2020 0000000000
US-20210211399-A1 Method and apparatus for operating instant messaging server Pending 03-Jan-2020 0000000000
JP-2021096856-A Method and apparatus for providing calendar service Pending 16-Dec-2019 G06Q10/109
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KaKao Executive Team (15)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Nam Koong-whon Chief Executive Officer
Mason Yeo Co-Chief Executive Officer
Sean Joh Co-Chief Executive Officer
Sean Park Chief Strategy Officer
Bae Jae-hyun Chief Investment Officer
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KaKao Board Members (2)

Name Representing Role Since
Saerom Park KaKao Board Member 000 0000
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KaKao Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %ile
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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KaKao Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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KaKao Investments & Acquisitions (33)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
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000000 (00000 15-Apr-2021 0000000000 00000 Information Services (B2C) 000 000-0
00000 (000000 02-Nov-2020 00000 0000 Publishing
0000 27-May-2020 00000 0000 000.00 Internet Retail
Remote Monster 01-May-2020 Merger/Acquisition 00.000 Communication Software
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KaKao Subsidiaries (15)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Ground X Financial Software Gangnam-gu, South Korea 2018
0000 Media and Information Services (B2B) Seoul, South Korea 0000
000000 0000000 Communication Software Seongnam-si, South Korea 0000
0000 0000 Electronics (B2C) Seoul, South Korea 0000
0000000 000000 Application Software Seoul, South Korea 0000
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KaKao Exits (5)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
00000 (0000000000) 02-Nov-2020 00000 00000 00 Completed
  • 2 buyers
000 0000 0000000 19-Jul-2016 000000000 Completed
  • 00000
0000 000000 28-May-2015 000000000000000000 Completed
  • 2 buyers
000 0000000 16-Jul-2013 00000 00000 00 000 Completed
  • 8 buyers
TNDN Accelerator/Incubator Completed
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