Rakuten

The largest ecommerce company in Japan.

Launch date

Feb 1997

Employees

5001-10000 people

Market cap

Enterprise valuation

€10.7b (Public information from Sep 2024)

Tokyo Japan (HQ)

http://www.rakuten.com/

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Corporate Venture Fund: Rakuten Capital

Revenues, earnings & profits over time

JPY	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Revenues	1.5t	1.7t	1.9t	2.1t	2.3t	2.5t	2.7t
% growth	15 %	16 %	15 %	7 %	9 %	10 %	8 %
EBITDA	80.1b	23.4b	15.1b	146.6b	254.7b	365.4b	431.8b
% EBITDA margin	6 %	1 %	1 %	7 %	11 %	15 %	16 %
Profit	(114b)	(134b)	(373b)	(339b)	(94.1b)	(15.0b)	45.4b
% profit margin	(8 %)	(8 %)	(19 %)	(16 %)	(4 %)	(1 %)	2 %
EV / revenue	0.6x	0.5x	0.5x	0.4x	0.2x	0.1x	0.0x
EV / EBITDA	10.2x	35.0x	66.5x	5.7x	1.6x	1.0x	0.2x

Source: Dealroom estimates

Date	Investors	Amount	Round
Apr 2000	N/A	N/A	IPO
Apr 2006	Intel Capital	$42.4m	Post IPO Equity
Apr 2024*	N/A	N/A	Post IPO Debt
Total Funding		-

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