🎵 2022-09-07 17:41:18 - Paris/France.
IQela loMculo le-Kobalt lisandul 'ukuba "unicorn" - kodwa kufuneka ukwazi imbali yamva nje yoshishino lwakho lomculo ukuze uqonde ukuba kutheni.
Okokuqala, namhlanje (ngoSeptemba 7), u-Kobalt uqinisekisile, njengoko i-MBW iqikelele kwinyanga edlulileyo, ukuba i-private equity firm Francisco Partners (FP) ifumana isininzi kwishishini lakhe.
U-MBW uyaqonda ukuba, ukuba isivumelwano sicacisa imimiselo yokulawula / yokuvala, ininzi ye-FP ye-FP e-Kobalt iya kulingana malunga ne-90% yenkampani yomculo.
Kwangaxeshanye, abanye ababini abatsha-mali-mali abatsha baya kufumana ngamnye izabelo ezincinci e-Kobalt ngexesha elinye: UMCULO nguMat Pincus, kunye neDundee Partners. (UPincus uya kujoyina ibhodi yabalawuli bakaKobalt emva kokuba isivumelwano sivaliwe.)
Kuphinde kuqondwe ukuba umsunguli we-Kobalt uWillard Ahdritz uya kuqhubeka nokubamba iqela elincinci kwinkampani.
Ukuthathwa kweKobalt bekuxabisa malunga ne-750 yezigidi zeedola zaseMelika, ngokutsho kwabantu abaqhelene nesivumelwano bethetha ne-MBW.
Kodwa le ntengiso igubungela kuphela i-Kobalt njengoko imi namhlanje (Ushicilelo loMculo lweKobalt kunye I-AMRA).
Buyela emva kancinci kunyaka kwaye uya kukhumbula ukuba i-Sony Music ifumene amashishini amabini kwi-Kobalt Music Group - iqonga lomculo elirekhodiweyo AWAL, kunye namaLungelo ommelwane kaKobalt - ngexabiso eliqinisekisiweyo le-430 yezigidi zeedola.
IQela loMculo leKobalt ke ngoko lathengiswa ngenani elipheleleyo malunga $ 1,2 yezigidigidi ($750 million + $430 million).
Ngaloo ndlela, kwi-jargon yomtyali-mali, i-Kobalt ifezekise "i-unicorn", oku kuthetha ukuqala "ukukhulula" ngaphezu kwe-XNUMX yeebhiliyoni zeedola.
Akunjalo ukuba iqela lolawulo langoku likaKobalt "liphuma."
Ukulandela isivumelwano kunye noFrancisco Partners, uWillard Ahdritz uya kuhlala uSihlalo weKobalt, ngelixa inkampani iya kuqhubeka iholwa nguLaurent Hubert (CEO), uJeannette Perez (uSihlalo kunye ne-COO), uCatrin Drabble (CFO) kunye noNuno Guerreiro (CTO). ).
Kwi-press release, u-Kobalt uthe utyalo-mali lwe-FP "luya kuxhasa ukuqhubeka kwe-AMRA, ukutyebisa iteknoloji entsha ye-Kobalt, kunye nokwandisa unyawo lukaKobalt njengomshicileli oyintloko womculo ozimeleyo wehlabathi".
UFrancisco Partners yifemu yotyalo-mali esekwe e-US emalunga nama-45 eebhiliyoni zeerandi kwimali eqokelelweyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, ifumene enye inkampani yomculo eyaziwayo - iqonga lokudala umculo iNative Instruments - ngexabiso elingachazwanga.
Exoxa ngokuthengiswa okuninzi kweshishini lakhe kwi-FP, uWillard Ahdritz, uMseki kunye noSihlalo weKobalt, uthe, "Ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-20, uKobalt ube yinkokeli kumculo onobuchwephesha entliziyweni yengqwalasela yethu, kwaye andinakucinga ngomculo. umtyali-zimali ongcono kunoFrancisco Partners ukuxhasa umbono wethu kwaye atyale imali ngokunzulu kuphuhliso lwethu lobuchwephesha olunamabhongo kunye neenkonzo zoyilo.
“Ekwazini iqela likaFrancisco Partners iminyaka emibini, ndonwabile ukubamema kusapho lakwaKobalt. Ndijonge phambili ekusebenzeni nabo njengomongameli waseKobalt. Le nkxaso ibubungqina bento esiye sakha e-Kobalt, kwaye siya kuqhubeka sisebenzela ukuphucula imboni kubathengi bethu.
Ndikwafuna ukunika umbulelo okhethekileyo kuye wonke umntu owayekholelwa ku-Kobalt kwasekuqaleni: abatyali-mali, abathengi kunye nabasebenzi, bonke abaye bancedisa ekwakheni le nkampani inkulu, iguqula umdlalo yabadali. »
U-Laurent Hubert, i-CEO ye-Kobalt, wongeze wathi: "U-Kobalt ube ngummeli wotshintsho kunye ne-innovator iminyaka engama-20, kwaye ngenxa yoko, sakhe uphawu olungaqhelekanga kunye nendawo yokuyila yabadali ababalaseleyo emhlabeni.
“Sijonge phambili ekusebenzeni noFrancisco Partners ukuba siqalise isahluko esilandelayo seKobalt entsha.
"Ukuhlanganiswa kobuchwephesha be-FP yobuchwephesha kunye nokuqonda kwethu okunzulu kumashishini omculo kuya kuqinisekisa ukuba i-Kobalt yandisa ukufikelela kwayo kunye nefuthe njengomshicileli womculo wehlabathi." Umnqophiso wethu wokuba ngamandla enguqu elungileyo ukuze kuxhamle bonke abadali uyaqhubeka.
UMat Spetzler, uFrancisco Partners, wathi: "Utyalo-mali lwethu kufuneka luncede ukuzisa izixhobo ezingaphezulu, amava kunye nokulungelelaniswa ukuze siqhubeke nokwenza i-Kobalt ibe yindawo yokuzikhethela abadali, iphuhlise ngakumbi i-AMRA njengendlela yodwa yelayisenisi yedijithali, kunye nokuxhasa kunye notyalo-mali kwi-teknoloji. . ukusungula into entsha kuyo yonke i-ecosystem ye-Kobalt ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zabadali kunye nabapapashi. »
Kwaye uMario Razzini, uFrancisco Partners, wongeze wathi, "Sikholelwa ukuba i-Kobalt kwaye kufanele ukuba liqonga eliphambili labadali abazimeleyo, kwaye sijonge phambili ekubancedeni bafezekise oku ngokubonakalayo nangokungalungelelanisiyo. »
(Oko "ngokungalungelelaniyo" kufanelekile: U-Ahdritz kunye no-Hubert de Kobalt baxelela i-MBW ukuba ngenkxaso yeFP, uKobalt ngoku ufuna ngokusemthethweni ikhathalogu kunye nokuthengwa kweshishini ukunceda ukukhawulezisa ishishini lakhe kwiminyaka ezayo.)
Ukulandela ukuthengiswa kwe-AWAL kunye ne-Kobalt yamaLungelo abamelwane, iQela loMculo le-Kobalt ligxininise kwiiyunithi ezimbini eziphambili zoshishino: I-Kobalt Music Publishing kunye nenkampani yayo yokuqokelela idijithali yehlabathi, i-AMRA.
Ngeli xesha, icandelo lolawulo lotyalo-mali likaKobalt, iKobalt Capital, liququzelele ukuthengiswa kweemali ezimbini zomculo kwisithuba seminyaka emibini edlulileyo. $ 1,4 yezigidigidi:
Ngokwamaxwebhu afakwe kwiCompanies House e-UK, iyonke ingeniso yeKobalt Music Group (ngaphandle kwemirhumo yolawulo lwe-asethi) kunyaka-mali ka-2021 (iinyanga ezili-12 ukuya ekupheleni kukaJuni ka-2021) 519,4 iidola ezigidi.
(Eli nani aliquki ingeniso evela kwi-AWAL okanye amalungelo asebumelwaneni ka-Kobalt athengiswayo ngoku.)
Kwaphakama 11% kwimiba engaguqukiyo xa kuthelekiswa ne 465,9 iidola ezigidi U-Kobalt ubonise unyaka odlulileyo.
U-Kobalt uxelele i-MBW ukuba ngoku ilindele ingeniso yemali yenkampani ngokubanzi iUSD 625 iidola ezigidi dans, unyana eziqhelekileyo unyaka-mali (kude kube sekupheleni kukaJuni ka-2022).
I-Kobalt ikwalindele ukuphelisa unyaka-mali wangoku malunga 65 iidola ezigidi kwi EBITDA inzuzo.
UGoldman Sachs usebenze njengomcebisi wezezimali ku-Kobalt ekuthengisweni kweFP, ngelixa i-Raine Group yasebenza njengomcebisi wezezimali kuFrancisco Partners.
IQela loMculo leKobalt lineengoma ezingaphezulu kwama-700, ababhali bengoma abangama-000 kunye nabavakalisi abangama-30, kuquka uRoddy Ricch, uMax Martin, FINNEAS, uKarol G, uAndrew Watt, uStevie Nicks, uPhoebe Bridgers, iLumineers, uGunna, uJustin Quiles, iFoo Fighters noPaul McCartney. Ishishini loMculo kwihlabathi liphela
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