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2015. OverDrive, Inc. Ebook wholesale distributor. US $410 million. Wholesale distributor of e-books and other digital content that serves libraries and retailers. Later purchased from Rakuten by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in 2020. [18] [19] 2016.
rakuten.com. Rakuten Group, Inc. (楽天グループ株式会社) ( Japanese pronunciation: [ɾakɯ̥teɴ]) is a Japanese technology conglomerate based in Tokyo, founded by Hiroshi Mikitani in 1997. Centered around the online retail marketplace Rakuten Ichiba, its businesses include financial services utilizing Fintech, digital content and ...
From 2007 to 2009, the number of products for sale in Buy.com's marketplace grew from 2.3 million to 5 million, positioning it as the number two e-commerce site behind Amazon.com. Rakuten purchase and rebranding (2010–2020)
TOKYO (Reuters) -Rakuten Group plans to integrate its fintech businesses into one group, it said on Monday, aiming to strengthen collaboration and customer acquisition across areas from online ...
Roku, Inc. ( / ˈroʊkuː / ROH-koo) [2] is a U.S. listed company founded by Anthony Wood in 2002. It distributes various streaming services through Roku-branded streaming players and smart TVs, supporting both advertising and subscription models on its platform. Roku tops U.S. streaming TV distribution, reaching an estimated 120 million people.
Viber. Viber, or Rakuten Viber, is a cross-platform voice over IP (VoIP) and instant messaging (IM) software application owned by Japanese multinational company Rakuten, provided as freeware for the Google Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS and Linux platforms. [5] Users are registered and identified through a cellular telephone ...
Rakuten Viki is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. It streams videos similar to other services, but also allows users to subtitle content available in 200 languages as well as providing original programming. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, [1] it has offices in Singapore, Tokyo, Japan, and Seoul ...
2011–2019: Founding, acquisition and pre-IPO. Chewy was founded under the name "Mr. Chewy" in June 2011 by Ryan Cohen [3] and Michael Day. [4] In March 2012, the company estimated a total yearly revenue of $26 million, despite losing money in its first half year. [4] [5] By 2017, the company had revenue of approximately $2 billion and 51% of ...