Nazara-owned Sportskeeda acquires stake in Professional Soccer Community for $1.82 million

Absolute Sports activities, the guardian firm of sports activities information and evaluation web site Sportskeeda, has made its first acquisition within the sports activities media market within the US. Sportskeeda on Tuesday signed definitive agreements to amass a stake of 73.27% in US sports activities media firm Professional Soccer Community.

An trade submitting revealed that Sportskeeda, which can be the worldwide sports activities subsidiary of Nazara Applied sciences, is about to amass the bulk stake for a complete of $1.82 million (₹16 crores) in an all-cash deal. The deal is but to be set in stone and is topic to achievement of customary precedent and different phrases and circumstances as set forth within the definitive agreements. A press release by Professional Soccer Community revealed that the all-cash transaction contains a mix of main capital infusion and secondary inventory purchases.

“We’re delighted to welcome Professional Soccer Community as the latest member of the household. This marks the start of our journey to create a complete portfolio of sports activities media manufacturers. Our flagship model, Sportskeeda, has achieved success, with a rise from 15 million month-to-month lively customers in 2019 to 80 million in 2023,” mentioned Ajay Pratap Singh, CEO of Absolute Sports activities.

The corporate will use its money reserves to finish the transaction. Moreover, the corporate has the choice to amass as much as 10% of further inventory of the Professional Soccer Community within the calendar 12 months 2024, and as much as 8% of the inventory within the subsequent calendar 12 months.

“We’re assured that it will create huge worth for our audiences and stakeholders alike, and we stay up for pursuing a number of acquisitions within the close to future to additional strengthen our place within the sports activities media panorama,” he added.

“For the previous 3-4 years, Absolute Sports activities (Sportskeeda) has constantly achieved exceptional progress, whereas sustaining a wholesome revenue margin. The acquisition of Professional Soccer Community will additional reinforce this progress and deepen Absolute Sports activities’ presence within the US sports activities media market, making a major influence,” Nitish Mittersain, CEO and Joint MD of Nazara Applied sciences, commented on the matter.

With this improvement, Absolute Sports activities will add to its appreciable consumer base within the US, which is already a key marketplace for Sportskeeda. The US accounts for about 61.7% of the corporate’s revenues for the primary 9 months of the monetary 12 months 2023. For many who are unaware, Professional Soccer Community primarily focuses on the NFL (Nationwide Soccer League), in addition to fantasy soccer, NFL Draft, and faculty soccer. In the present day, its content material contains in-depth analyses that attraction to informal and hardcore soccer followers alike. It claims to have a mean of over 5 million month-to-month lively customers. Within the calendar 12 months 2022, the agency clocked revenues of $2.1 million (Rs 17.5 crores). The corporate added within the assertion that the acquisition will “assist each firms derive synergistic worth, enabling prolonged protection from the US.”