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SOFTWARE & SERVICES 3 MARCH 2009

DAVID SHORE, CFA, MBA 416.860.6784


WEB 2.O WEEKLY david.shore@researchcapital.com
Arun Thomas (Associate) 416.860.7666

REVENUE GROWTH AT ONLINE G AMING COMPANIES


ONL IN E G AMI NG C OM P A NI E S R E PO RT Q4/ 08 R E S UL T S
Several of the largest MMOG companies reported their Q4/08 results over the past week; including Shanda, Netease,
and The9. As the following chart demonstrates, the MMOG market continued to grow on a sequential basis in Q4;
demonstrating the resiliency of this market despite the current economic conditions. As our research shows, these
types of companies continue to enjoy some of the largest market caps in our W eb 2.0 universe.

MMOG Market

450.0
425.5

396.5 400.1
400.0
366.3
343.5
350.0

302.9
300.0 278.4

250.0 237.7
(USD m)

200.7
200.0

150.0

100.0

50.0

0.0
Q4/06 Q1/07 Q2/07 Q3/07 Q4/07 Q1/08 Q2/08 Q3/08 Q4/08

GA NCTY NTES PWRD SNDA SEHK:777


*GA & SEHK:777 Estimates

This report has been created b y Anal ysts that are emplo yed b y Research Capital Corporation, a Canadian Investment Dealer.
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THE WEB 2.0 UNIVERSE


85 public Web 2.0 companies identified: W e have identified 85 public companies for our W eb 2.0 universe, with a
combined market cap of $27 billion. These include a wide variety of companies, including MMOG (Massive Multi-Player
Online Gaming) companies, social networking software companies, media sharing companies, and social lending
companies. See below for a summary of the full universe (Figure 1). The average market cap for the group is ~$320
million (but a median of only $26.6 million), with average trailing revenue of $133 million (median $39 million). The
companies are also highly profitable, with an average EBITDA margin of 17.9%. On a valuation basis, the overall average
is 3.8x trailing revenue (median 1.0x) and 8.1x trailing EBITDA (median 5.6x). Eleven of the companies have more than
500 employees.
Comparable C ompany Analys is > Web 2.0
T rading C urrent US D Mark et US D L T M T otal US D L TM T otal E B IT DA TE V /L T M T E V /L T M
C ompany Na me L T M as of Ti c ker E xc hange C urr enc y HQ Pric e C ap ($m) R ev ($m ) E B IT DA ($m ) % R evenue E B ITDA E mployees
Acce lerize N ew Media, Inc. 9 /30/20 08 AC LZ OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 31 8. 3 3. 2 ( 4. 7) NM 4. 0 x - 20
Actoz S oft C o. , Ltd. 9 /30/20 08 A05 2790 K OS E KR W S outh Korea 10 ,4 50 5 8. 7 4 6. 5 8. 5 18 .3 % 0. 8 x 4.3 x NA
AQ Inte ractive, Inc. 1 2/31 /2008 3838 TS E JP Y J a pan 32 ,9 00 1 8. 4 6 1. 9 5. 0 8. 0% - - NA
As s ociated Media Holdings Inc. 6 /30/20 07 AS MH OTCP K US D United S tates 0. 00 0. 1 0. 1 ( 2. 3) NM 8. 0 x - 3
B igs tring C orp. 9 /30/20 08 BSGC OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 02 0. 9 0. 1 ( 2. 1) NM 3 1. 7x - 8
B eyond C omme rce, Inc. 9 /30/20 08 B YO C OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 64 2 6. 2 1. 1 ( 7. 7) NM 2 6. 8x - 25
B r ight T hings plc 9 /30/20 08 AIM: B GT AIM G BP United K ingdom 0. 02 2. 9 0. 2 ( 1. 6) NM 1 2. 3x - 9
B r oadW ebA s ia Inc. 9 /30/20 08 B W BA OTCP K US D United S tates 0. 75 6 3. 7 0. 0 ( 4. 6) NM - - 46
C DC C orp. 9 /30/20 08 C HIN. A Na s daqG S US D Hong K ong 0. 76 8 2. 0 428. 1 18 .8 4. 4% 0. 3 x 7.4 x 3 ,125
C hina G ateway C orpora tion 9 /30/20 08 CG W Y OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 00 0. 0 6. 7 ( 6. 6) -9 8. 9% 0. 0 x - 37
C hines e G amer International 9 /30/20 08 G T S M: 3083 GTS M TW D T a iwan 13 3. 00 322 . 2 3 6. 7 17 .3 47 .1 % 7. 3 x 15. 5x NA
C ornerW orld C orporation 1 0/31 /2008 CW R L OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 15 7. 0 0. 6 3. 1 506. 8 % 1 3. 8x 2.7 x NA
DAD A S pA 9 /30/20 08 C M: DA CM E UR Italy 5. 00 102 . 0 213. 3 34 .1 16 .0 % 0. 7 x 4.2 x 5 74
DXN Holdings B hd 1 1/30 /2008 DX N K LS E MY R Ma lays ia 0. 33 2 0. 6 7 4. 5 9. 9 13 .3 % 0. 5 x 4.0 x NA
Digita lP os t Inter active, Inc. 9 /30/20 08 DG LP OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 01 0. 4 0. 4 ( 3. 3) NM 3. 2 x - 11
Digita lT own, Inc. 1 1/30 /2008 DG T W OTCB B US D United S tates 2. 75 7 4. 7 NM ( 2. 5) NM - - 3
Dolphin Digita l Me dia , Inc. NA DP DM OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 45 2 1. 9 NA NM NM - - 6
E olith C o. Ltd. 1 2/31 /2007 A04 1060 K OS E KR W S outh Korea 5 20 1 5. 4 1 5. 9 ( 0. 0) -0 .3 % 1. 0 x - NA
E xtensions, Inc. 9 /30/20 08 E XT I OTCP K US D United S tates 0. 20 1 8. 9 NM NM NM - - 2
F ina ncia l Me dia Group, Inc. 1 1/30 /2008 F NG P OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 03 2. 0 6. 8 1. 2 18 .3 % 0. 2 x 0.9 x 22
F luid Mus ic C anada , Inc. 9 /30/20 08 T S X: F MN TS X CAD United S tates 0. 50 2 0. 4 4. 2 ( 8. 6) NM 1. 9 x - 29
F rogs te r Inte ractive P ictures A G 6 /30/20 08 FR G XT R A E UR G er many 4. 05 1 2. 0 5. 1 ( 3. 1) -6 0. 6% 2. 3 x - NA
Ga mania Digital E nterta inme nt C o. , L td. 9 /30/20 08 6180 GTS M TW D T a iwan 2 2. 40 9 7. 0 106. 0 17 .9 16 .9 % 0. 7 x 4.0 x NA
Ga meO n C o L td. 1 2/31 /2008 3812 TS E JP Y J a pan 93 ,0 00 9 2. 3 7 6. 6 20 .3 26 .4 % 0. 5 x 1.7 x NA
GeoS entric O yj 9 /30/20 08 G E O 1V HL S E E UR F inland 0. 03 2 3. 5 5. 2 (11 .9) NM 3. 6 x - 92
Giant Interactive G roup, Inc. 9 /30/20 08 GA NY S E US D C hina 6. 29 1, 495. 2 244. 8 1 55. 4 63 .5 % - - 1 ,016
GigaMe dia L td. 9 /30/20 08 G IG M Na s daqG S US D T a iwan 5. 09 275 . 0 200. 5 48 .0 23 .9 % 1. 0 x 4.4 x 9 75
Gravity C o., Ltd 9 /30/20 08 GRVY Na s daqG M US D S outh Korea 0. 69 1 9. 2 3 1. 2 6. 0 19 .2 % - - 6 36
Gree, Inc. 6 /30/20 08 T S E : 3 632 TS E JP Y J a pan 4 ,4 00 1, 007. 8 3 0. 2 10 .9 36 .0 % 3 1. 3x - NA
GungHo Online E ntertainme nt, Inc. 9 /30/20 08 3765 OSE JP Y J a pan 117 ,0 00 137 . 4 104. 9 15 .4 14 .7 % 1. 1 x 7.3 x NA
HanbitS oft, Inc. 9 /30/20 08 A04 7080 K OS E KR W S outh Korea 3 ,0 40 4 2. 4 4 4. 2 (11 .3) -2 5. 6% 0. 6 x - NA
IA C /Inte rA ctiveC orp. 1 2/31 /2008 IAC I Na s daqG S US D United S tates 1 4. 80 2, 085. 3 1 , 445 . 1 64 .6 4. 5% 0. 2 x 5.2 x NA
IA S E ne rgy, Inc. 1 0/31 /2008 IAS C . A OTCB B US D C a na da 0. 08 5. 6 0. 0 ( 0. 9) NM - - NA
IdeaE dge, Inc. 1 2/31 /2008 O T C B B: ID AE OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 43 1 8. 2 0. 0 ( 4. 6) NM - - NA
is ee media Inc. 9 /30/20 08 IE E T S XV CAD C a na da 0. 10 3. 8 1. 1 ( 4. 3) NM 1. 1 x - NA
J umbuck E ntertainme nt P ty Ltd. 6 /30/20 08 AS X :J MB AS X A UD Aus tra lia 0. 41 1 2. 8 9. 9 4. 6 46 .0 % 0. 9 x 1.9 x 72
J umpT V Inc. 6 /30/20 08 T S X: J T V TS X CAD C a na da 0. 36 3 1. 8 1 1. 5 ( 1. 8) -1 5. 3% 3. 5 x - NA
K a boos e Inc. 9 /30/20 08 T S X: K AB TS X CAD C a na da 0. 41 4 4. 0 5 7. 6 4. 4 7. 6% 0. 9 x 11. 6x NA
K ings oft C o. Ltd. 9 /30/20 08 3888 S EHK HK D C hina 2. 51 347 . 4 106. 6 36 .0 33 .8 % 2. 4 x 7.1 x 1 ,660
Lingo Media C orpora tion 9 /30/20 08 T S XV :L M T S XV CAD C a na da 0. 95 9. 5 3. 2 ( 1. 3) -4 2. 5% 3. 2 x - NA
Live World Inc. 9 /30/20 08 L VW D OTCP K US D United S tates 0. 06 1. 9 1 1. 7 ( 1. 2) -1 0. 1% 0. 1 x - 73
LookS mar t, Ltd. 9 /30/20 08 L OO K Na s daqG M US D United S tates 1. 18 2 0. 1 6 9. 5 ( 2. 6) -3 .7 % - - 93
Magnitude Informa tion S ys tems Inc. 9 /30/20 08 MA GY OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 02 7. 9 0. 1 ( 3. 2) NM - - 13
Mixi, Inc. 1 2/31 /2008 2121 TS E JP Y J a pan 359 ,0 00 564 . 2 120. 5 45 .8 38 .0 % 3. 8 x 10. 0x NA
Mode rn T imes Gr oup Mtg AB 1 2/31 /2008 MT G B OM SE K S weden 11 7. 50 843 . 5 1 , 434 . 5 2 29. 3 16 .0 % 0. 9 x 5.6 x NA
Moggle , Inc 1 2/31 /2008 MMO G OTCB B US D United S tates 2. 00 7 2. 6 NM ( 1. 1) NM - - 3
MOK O. mobi L imited 6 /30/20 08 MK B AS X A UD Aus tra lia 0. 05 2. 3 1. 3 ( 2. 0) NM 0. 9 x - NA
NE O W IZ G ame s C orpora tion 1 2/31 /2007 A09 5660 K OS E KR W S outh Korea 30 ,3 50 185 . 7 114. 8 30 .8 26 .9 % 1. 6 x 5.8 x NA
NetDra gon WebS oft, Inc. 9 /30/20 08 777 S EHK HK D C hina 2. 93 199 . 7 9 5. 1 46 .2 48 .6 % 0. 2 x 0.5 x 1 ,482
Netea s e. com Inc. 1 2/31 /2008 NT E S Na s daqG S US D C hina 2 0. 45 2, 516. 4 450. 5 2 92. 9 65 .0 % - - NA
NeXplore C or por ation 9 /30/20 07 NX P C OTCP K US D United S tates 0. 95 5 3. 0 NM ( 4. 9) NM - - 19
Ngi G roup Inc. 1 2/31 /2008 2497 TS E JP Y J a pan 20 ,9 80 2 6. 6 101. 0 31 .1 30 .8 % - - NA
Northgate T e chnologies L imited 1 2/31 /2008 5900 57 BSE INR India 3 4. 20 2 2. 8 128. 7 22 .6 17 .6 % 0. 2 x 1.0 x 2 86
Open T ext C orp. 1 2/31 /2008 OTE X Na s daqG S US D C a na da 3 0. 57 1, 586. 6 769. 3 1 95. 0 25 .3 % 2. 2 x 8.8 x 3 ,400
Openwa ve S ys tems Inc. 1 2/31 /2008 OPW V Na s daqG S US D United S tates 0. 79 6 5. 9 199. 6 (10 .2) -5 .1 % - - 6 27
P erfect W orld C o., Ltd. 9 /30/20 08 PWRD Na s daqG S US D C hina 8. 91 508 . 3 186. 6 99 .8 53 .5 % - - 1 ,401
P hotoC hannel Ne tworks Inc. 1 2/31 /2008 T S XV :P N T S XV CAD C a na da 1. 73 4 5. 0 1 5. 5 ( 0. 8) -5 .3 % 2. 8 x - NA
Quepas a C orp. 9 /30/20 08 QPS A Na s daqC M US D United S tates 1. 19 1 5. 1 0. 1 (11 .8) NM - - 63
OAO R B C Informa tion S ys tems 1 2/31 /2007 RB CI RTS US D R us s ia 0. 30 4 1. 6 131. 0 17 .1 13 .1 % 0. 0 x 0.1 x NA
S handa Intera ctive E nte rtainment L td. 1 2/31 /2008 S NDA Na s daqG S US D C hina 3 0. 76 2, 134. 2 521. 3 2 39. 5 46 .0 % - - NA
S hutterfly, Inc. 1 2/31 /2008 S F LY Na s daqG S US D United S tates 7. 84 197 . 2 213. 5 28 .4 13 .3 % 0. 5 x 3.8 x NA
S K C ommunications C o. , Ltd. 1 2/31 /2007 A06 6270 K OS E KR W S outh Korea 6 ,1 60 161 . 2 132. 0 12 .4 9. 4% 1. 2 x 13. 0x NA
S NA P Inter active, Inc. 9 /30/20 08 S T VI OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 95 1 0. 1 2. 3 0. 2 10 .1 % 3. 9 x 38. 9x 5
S NM G lobal Holdings 9 /30/20 08 S NMN OTCP K US D United S tates 0. 00 0. 0 2. 0 ( 0. 7) -3 4. 8% 1. 1 x - 33
S ocial Me dia V enures , Inc. 1 2/31 /2008 S MVI OTCP K US D United S tates 0. 60 0. 0 0. 1 ( 0. 1) -6 0. 5% 0. 0 x - NA
S park Networks , Inc. 9 /30/20 08 L OV AME X US D United S tates 2. 44 5 2. 3 6 0. 1 11 .7 19 .5 % 0. 8 x 4.1 x 1 76
S pectrumDNA, Inc. 9 /30/20 08 S PX A OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 10 4. 6 0. 1 ( 2. 7) NM - - 7
T encent Holdings Ltd. 9 /30/20 08 700 S EHK HK D C hina 4 4. 15 10 ,2 29.9 902. 5 4 47. 1 49 .5 % 1 2. 2x 24. 7x 6 ,039
T he P ar ent C ompany 8/2/2 008 K IDS . Q OTCP K US D United S tates 0. 02 0. 4 112. 0 (13 .5) -1 2. 0% 0. 2 x - 3 47
T he 9 Limited 1 2/31 /2008 NC T Y Na s daqG S US D C hina 1 0. 79 289 . 4 249. 5 84 .0 33 .7 % - - NA
T he S tre et.com, Inc. 1 2/31 /2008 TS CM Na s daqG M US D United S tates 1. 78 5 4. 1 7 1. 9 7. 7 10 .8 % - - NA
T ree . C om, Inc. 1 2/31 /2008 TR E E Na s daqG M US D United S tates 3. 93 3 6. 8 228. 6 (27 .0) -1 1. 8% 0. 2 x - NA
Unis e rve C ommunications C or p. 1 1/30 /2008 T S XV :U S S T S XV CAD C a na da 0. 05 1. 0 2 3. 2 0. 1 0. 4% 0. 1 x 31. 3x NA
Unite d Online Inc. 1 2/31 /2008 UNT D Na s daqG S US D United S tates 4. 40 361 . 3 669. 4 1 53. 9 23 .0 % 1. 0 x 4.4 x NA
UOMO Media, Inc 1 0/31 /2008 UO MO OTCB B US D C a na da 0. 07 6. 0 0. 5 ( 0. 4) -9 1. 6% 1 3. 3x - NA
VO IS , Inc. 1 2/31 /2008 V OIS OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 75 5. 4 0. 0 ( 1. 3) NM - - 4
W ebz en Inc. 1 2/31 /2008 W ZE N Na s daqG M US D S outh Korea 0. 89 1 0. 6 1 8. 1 ( 1. 8) -1 0. 1% - - 3 30
W izz a rd S oftwa re C orporation 9 /30/20 08 W ZE AME X US D United S tates 0. 54 2 4. 4 6. 2 ( 6. 5) NM 3. 9 x - 1 10
W ooz yF ly, Inc. 9 /30/20 08 W ZY F OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 15 2. 6 0. 0 NM NM - - 14
W orlds .com Inc. 9 /30/20 08 W DDD OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 18 9. 4 0. 1 NM NM - - 1
W ynds torm C orporation NA W YN D OTCB B US D United S tates 0. 12 2. 2 NA NM NM - - NA
XING A G 9 /30/20 08 O 1B C XT R A E UR G er many 2 8. 77 188 . 3 3 9. 4 15 .3 38 .8 % 3. 4 x 8.8 x 1 61
Y edangO nline C orp. 1 2/31 /2007 A05 2770 K OS E KR W S outh Korea 6 ,6 50 6 6. 2 4 3. 6 9. 8 22 .4 % 1. 5 x 6.7 x NA
Y nk K or ea Inc. 1 2/31 /2007 A02 3770 K OS E KR W S outh Korea 3 ,5 45 5. 5 1 2. 4 ( 0. 9) -7 .6 % 0. 4 x - NA
ZipL ocal Inc. 9 /30/20 08 T S XV :ZIP T S XV CAD C a na da 0. 02 0. 9 2. 7 ( 3. 7) NM 0. 6 x - NA
High 10 ,2 29.9 1 ,4 45 .1 44 7. 1 506. 8 % 3 1. 7x 38. 9x 6, 039
Low 0. 0 0. 0 -2 7. 0 -9 8. 9% 0. 0 x 0.1 x 1
Average 320.7 133.2 29.0 17.9% 3.8x 8.1x 524
Median 2 6. 6 39.4 0 .2 15 .3 % 1. 0 x 5.6 x 73

Figure 1. Web 2.0 Universe Summary


Source. Capital IQ
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C A P I T A L M A R K E T S A C T I V I T Y (M & A A N D F I N A N C I N G )
Twitter raises $35 million: The largest W eb 2.0 financing of the last three months remains the $35 million raised by
Twitter (Figure 2). Overall, there have been 25 financings announced in February, totalling $184.6 million, or $7.4 million
on average. The average value for February was above the $7.0 million average for January, with four financings over $15
million in February (Twitter, Synthasite, Tremor Media, and Offerpal Media) vs. no deals over $15 million in January. For
additional details, see Figure 29 (at end of note).

Financing - Last Three Months

40.0

35.0

30.0

25.0
Feb-09
(US$m)

20.0 Jan-09
Dec-08
15.0

10.0

5.0

0.0
Emergent Game Technologies

FamilyLink.com
ChakPak

Cake Financial

Pulse Entertainment
Tremor Media

Go Internet Media

One True Media


Imagini

DECA
GoFish

FooMojo

JibJab

Jackbe

FetchDog

mEgo

MMO Life
RatePoint
IMVU

Tumblr
TextDigger
Play Hard Sports

E-Global Sports Network

Clickpass
Geni

Tvinci
Overlay.TV
Outbrain

Nurien

Taptu
Tvtrip

Social Median

SocialMedia
Oodle

Wamba

Tagged

Playdo

Mixpo

7 Billion People

DotBlu

Hubdub

CoveritLive

Identi.ca
OneSpot

Outright
NetShelter
Aster Data Systems

SundaySky

Fliqz

Motionbox

Gbox

Mendeley

Filtrbox

Meez
Blue Kai

Xobni
Synthasite

Offerpal Media

AdMob

Scribd

Snapmylife

Virtual Fairground

Snooth
NewsGator
VirtuOz

Sportsblogs

AboutUs

WhistleBox

StockTwits
Angie's List

fav.or.it
Yodle

Superfish
Twitter

Kewego

Tripwolf
InsideView

Figure 2. Financings, Last Three Months


Source. Company reports

Six SNS companies account for $28.7 million (combined) of capital market activity: Activity in February was busiest
among social networking companies (Figure 3), with six companies combining for a total of $28.7 million. There have also
been four financings of video companies raising a total of $25.9 million.
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Capital Market Activity by Sector - February 2009

40.0

35.0

30.0

25.0
(US$m)

20.0

35.0

15.0
28.7
25.9
22.5
10.0 20.0

15.0
13.8
5.0 9.0
4.3 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.4
0.0

Comment/Reputation
Gaming
Wiki

Travel
Microblog

Financial Services
Search
Social Networks

Virtual Goods

Virtual World
Video

Aggregation

Analytics
# companies 1 6 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

Figure 3. Capital Market Activity, by Sector, February 2009


Source. Company reports

Average round size increases slightly: On a trailing 12-month basis, total financing dollars inched up as of February
2009, with average round sizes increasing slightly as well (Figure 4).
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LTM Financing

4,000.0 20.0

18.0
3,500.0

16.0

3,000.0

14.0

2,500.0
12.0
(US$m)

(US$m)
2,000.0 10.0

8.0
1,500.0

6.0

1,000.0

4.0

500.0
2.0

0.0 0.0
May-06

May-07

May-08
Nov-05

Mar-06

Nov-06

Mar-07

Nov-07

Mar-08

Nov-08
Jul-05

Sep-05

Jan-06

Jul-06

Sep-06

Jan-07

Jul-07

Sep-07

Jan-08

Jul-08

Sep-08

Jan-09
Total Average

Figure 4. Financings, Last 12 Months


Source. Company reports

Cumulative total $5.6 billion: Overall, on a cumulative basis, W eb 2.0 financings have totalled $5.6 billion, with the
majority of the financing coming in late 2007 and the first three quarters of 2008 (Figure 5). Financing for the first quarter
of 2009 has now passed that raised in the fourth quarter of 2008 – reversing the downtrend since the second quarter last
year.
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Web 2.0 Financing (cumulative)

1,400.0 6,000.0
1,313.3

1,200.0
5,000.0

1,000.0 947.2
4,000.0

800.0
712.7
(US$m)

(US$m)
3,000.0

600.0
524.9

2,000.0
399.4
400.0 338.5
319.4

1,000.0
200.0 145.7151.5
135.6
87.2 106.6
77.4 82.8
35.5 38.8 20.1 37.5 33.5 18.2 41.9 57.8
0.0 0.0
Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Figure 5. Financing, Cumulative


Source. Company reports

U.S. remains dominant: U.S. companies continue to dominate capital market activity – with almost 73% of
financings/M&A involving U.S. companies (based on dollars) (Figure 6). Canadian companies generated under 1% of
capital market activity based on dollar volume (Figure 6). Based on number of transactions, the U.S. leads with 72.2% of
deals, while Canada is third in number of financings at 5.4% (Figure 7).

Financing/M&A by Country - LTM ($) Financing/M&A by Country - LTM (#)


UK
Canada
UK Israel
13.1% 5.4%
5.8% 3.9%
France
China 2.7%
7.9%

Russia ROW
1.7% Israel 10.0%
1.0%

Canada
0.8%

France
0.7%

ROW
2.3%

USA
72.6%
USA
72.2%

Figures 6 & 7. Financing/M&A, by Country (LTM, $, #)


Source. Company reports
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Larger volume of early-stage funding (by count): Almost half of financings in the last 12 months are for early-stage
companies (Angel/Seed or Series A) (Figure 8). Series B rounds are 28.9% of the total, with later-stage (Series D, E and
PIPE) deals accounting for just 7.1%.

Financing by Type - LTM

Series B
28.9% Series C
13.8%

Series D
4.2%

Angel/Seed
10.9%

Debt financing
Series A 2.5%
37.7%
PIPE
2.1%

Figure 8. Financing, by Type (LTM, #)


Source. Company reports

Equity financings smaller over last 12 months: In the last 12 months, the average size of Series A, B, C, and D rounds
have all been lower than the overall average (Figure 9). Note though that Angel/Seed rounds have been larger.
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Average financing round size

45.0

41.9

40.0
38.1

34.9
35.0

30.0 29.3

25.0 23.8
(US$m)

20.0
18.4

15.0
12.0
11.4 11.3 11.3

10.0 8.8
7.4
6.8
5.8
5.0
3.3
2.5

0.0
Angel/Seed Debt financing PIPE Series A Series B Series C Series D Series E

LTM Average Size Overall Average

Figure 9. Average Size per Round


Source. Company reports

C A P I T A L M A R K E T S A C T I V I T Y (P R I C E P E R F O R M A N C E )
Price Performance: Our W eb 2.0 index (market-cap weighted) has closely tracked the performance of the NASDAQ
composite index, although it has outperformed the index from mid 2008 until recently (Figure 10).
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Web 2.0 Index Price Performance


140

120

100

80

60

40

20

0
3/3/2008

3/17/2008

3/31/2008

4/14/2008

4/28/2008

5/12/2008

5/26/2008

6/9/2008

6/23/2008

7/7/2008

7/21/2008

8/4/2008

8/18/2008

9/1/2008

9/15/2008

9/29/2008

10/13/2008

10/27/2008

11/10/2008

11/24/2008

12/8/2008

12/22/2008

1/5/2009

1/19/2009

2/2/2009

2/16/2009

3/2/2009
NASDAQ COMP Web 2.0 (Market Cap Weighted)

Figure 10. Web 2.0 Price Performance


Source. Capital IQ

NGI rebounds; Perfect World drops: NGI Group (2497-TSE) rebounded from its fall last week to have the best
performance in the group (for stocks with prices greater than $1) (Figure 11), increasing 22.1% on the week. Perfect
W orld (PW RD-NasdaqGS) fell the most, -27.0%.
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1 Week P rice P erformance


Ngi G roup Inc. 22.1%
Chines e Gamer International 19.8%
Neteas e.com Inc. 9.8%
Modern Times G roup Mtg A B 4.9%
S hutterfly , Inc. 4.8%
NetDragon WebS of t, Inc. 4.6%
Giant Interac tive G roup, Inc. 4.0%
Gamania Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. 3.9%
A Q Interactive, Inc. 3.5%
G ameOn Co Ltd. 2.2%
Frogs ter Interactive Pictures A G 0.5%
Y edangOnline Corp. 0.3%
IA C/InterA ctiveCorp. -0.8%
Tree.Com, Inc. -1.3%
S park Netw orks , Inc . -2.4%
Mix i, Inc. -2.4%
S handa Interactive Entertainment Ltd. -3.8%
Open Tex t Corp. -4.3%
Tencent Holdings Ltd. -5.4%
A ctoz S of t Co., Ltd. -5.4%
LookS mart, Ltd. -7.1%
G ree, Inc. -7.2%
XING A G -7.2%
United Online Inc. -7.6%
S K Communications Co., Ltd. -8.5%
K ings of t Co. Ltd. -9.4%
HanbitS of t, Inc. -9.8%
NEOWIZ Games Corporation -10.1%
Northgate Technologies Limited -11.1%
Eolith Co. Ltd. -11.1%
PhotoChannel Netw orks Inc. -11.7%
DA DA S pA -11.8%
Y nk K orea Inc. -13.5%
Quepas a Corp. -15.1%
G igaMedia Ltd. -15.6%
The9 Limited -18.4%
TheS treet.com, Inc. -20.2%
Perfect World Co., Ltd. -27.0%
-30.0% -20.0% -10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0%

Figure 11. 1-Week Price Performance


Source. Capital IQ
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INDUSTRY NEWS (PARTNERSHIPS, FINANCIAL RESULTS, NEW PRODUCTS)


K ey Developments
C ompany Headline Notes
NetDr agon W ebS oft, Inc. Ne tDragon W ebso ft In c. La unches N e w E x pa ns ion P a ck NetDragon W ebS oft Inc. launch ed a new C hin es e language expans ion pa ck ' E x pa nding Horizon s'-for Zero O nline. F ollowing the la unch of
(S E HK : 777) for Z ero O nline - 'E xpa nding Ho riz ons ' the previous e xpa ns ion pac k 'C ore S torm' in O ctober 2 008, 'E xpa nding H oriz ons ' provides a new 'robot c ombine' function which pla ye rs c an
utilize to crea te their own pe rfec t trans formers and ex perie nce unprecedented and ama zing enjoyment. Z e ro O nline is the first 2.5D
MMO R P G dev elope d in C hina that is s et in a s cie nce-fiction univers e with robot a va tars . It was well receive d by players both in C hina and
overse as ma rk ets sinc e its launc h in April 2007 .
T he9 L i mited (Nas da qGS : NC T Y) T he 9 Lim ite d R eports Unau dited C ons olida ted E a rning s T he9 Lim ited re ported una udited cons olidated e arnings res ults for the fou rth quarter and full ye a r ended De ce mber 31, 2008 . F or the qua rter,
R e su lts f or the F ourth Quarter a nd F ull Y ea r E nded the company reporte d ne t revenue s were C NY 40 5.1 m illion ($59 .4 m illion), re pres enting a 1% decreas e from C N Y 408. 4 m illion ($ 59.9
De ce mbe r 31, 2008 ; A nno unces Im pa irme nt C ha rges millio n) in the third qua rter of 2008 a nd 4% decrea s e from C N Y 4 23. 7 million ($6 2.1 million) in the fourth qua rter of 2007 . N et in come wa s
C NY 44. 4 million ($6 .5 million), repres enting a dec re as e of 55% from C N Y 98.4 m illion ($1 4.4 million) in the third quarter 20 08 a nd 4 8% from
C NY 86. 0 million ($1 2. 6 million) in the fou rth quarter 200 7. F ully dilute d ea rnings per s hare a nd per A DS for the fourth qua rter of 2008 wa s
C NY 1.6 2 ($0.2 4), com pared to C NY 3 .56 ($ 0.52 ) for the third quarter of 200 8 and C NY 2. 93 ($0 .43) for the fourth qua rte r of 2 007, or the
fourth qua rter of 2 008, non-G A AP a djusted net inc ome was C N Y 1 23.1 million ($1 8.0 millio n) compa red to th at of C NY 17 7.3 m illion ($26 .0
millio n) for the pre vious qua rter and C NY 17 6.9 million ($25 .9 m illion ) for the s ame pe riod of las t yea r. T h e compa ny reported fully diluted
non-G A AP ad jus te d ne t inc ome per s ha re wa s C N Y 4. 49 ($0 .66), compa re d to C N Y 6. 4 1 ($0.9 4) for the third qua rter o f 20 08 a nd C N Y 6 .02
P erfec t W orld C o., L td. P erfect W orld to L aunc h La rge-S ca le C lo se d B eta P e rfect W orld C o. Ltd. announce d th at it will launc h large -s cale close d be ta tes tin g for its first mys terious adventure M MO R P G , 'B a ttle of the
(Nas da qGS : PW R D) T es ting for 'B attle of th e Im mortals Immorta ls '. 'B a ttle of the Im morta ls ' g ives play ers an g aming experience of visiting mysterious his toric s ite s su ch a s A tla ntis , the B ermud a
T riangle, the E gyptia n P yra mids, E a ster Is la nd a nd the M aus oleum of E m pe ror Q in as a n online adv entu re r. T he g ame blends ele me nts of
E a stern a nd W es te rn c ultures . T he game run s on the 'C ube' engine developed by P erfect W orld, which has m any unique fe atures to brin g
gam e pla yers new in-ga me experien ce . T he game's s pe cia l fea tures s uc h a s his to rical sites e xplora tion, turf wa rs a nd the S aint A rmor
S ys tem c ater to ga me rs with diff erent interes ts.
MOK O. mobi L imi te d (A S X: MK B ) M OK O .m obi Limited S igns a n A greement with R elia nc e MO K O .m obi L imited a nnou nced that it ha s s igned a n a gre ement with R eliance C omm unica tions . MO K O .mobi will be localis ed for the Ind ian
C ommunications , I ndia ma rk et and will wo rk with ke y crick eting ide ntitie s including Dam ien Marty n, MO K O .mobi's o fficial C rick et R e porter, to e nha nce its a ppe a l,
prov ide unique conte nt, a nd participa te in com petitions to help d rive us er growth.
T he P are nt C ompany T he P a re nt C o. W ins A pproval for A s se ts S a le J udge B renda n Lin eha n S h annon of the U .S . B ank ruptcy C ourt approve d the dom ain n ame s ale of T he P arent C ompa ny on F ebrua ry 2 4,
(O TC P K : K ID S .Q ) 2009 . A c cording to the order, Domain E quity L L C would purchas e do ma in nam es hobbies .com and itoys .com for $ 0.1 millio n.
T he P are nt C ompany T he P a re nt C o. F iles for C a s e C onv ersion T he P arent C ompa ny filed a motion for c onversion of its C ha pter 1 1 ba nk ruptcy ca se to a C ha pter 7 on Fe bruary 20, 2009 . T he debtor s tate d
(O TC P K : K ID S .Q ) that it no longer ha s a s ourc e of financing to fu nd the C hapte r 11 a dm inis trative expens es . C onve rting the cas e to a C h apte r 7 would be in
the bes t inte re st of the creditors as there is no bene fit to creditors from continued a ccrual of fee s and expe ns es .
Netea s e.c om Inc. Ne tE a se .com Inc. R eports Una udited E a rnings R es ults NetE as e. com Inc. reporte d unaudited earnings res ults for the fourth quarte r a nd full year e nded Dec ember 3 1, 20 08. T otal revenue s for the
(Nas da qGS : NT E S ) for the Fo urth Q ua rter and F ull Y ear E nd ed De ce mber fourth qua rter of 2 008 were R M B 8 01.7 million ($1 17.5 million), com pared to R MB 622 .1 m illion ($91. 2 m illion) for the fourth qua rte r of 2 007.
31 , 20 08 Net profit for the fourth quarter o f 20 08 to taled R MB 575 .9 m illion ($ 84.4 million) or R M B 0. 18 per diluted s hare, co mpa re d to R MB 38 9.8
millio n ($57 .1 million) R MB 0.1 2 pe r dilute d s hare for the fourth quarter of 2007 . During the fourth quarte r of 20 08, the C om pany reported a
net foreign e xchan ge los s of R MB 22.0 m illion ($3 .2 m illion ) unde r Other, net, com pa re d to R MB 30 . 2 million ($ 4.4 million) for the fourth
quarte r of 2 007. N etE a s e reported bas ic a nd d iluted ea rnings per A merica n de pos itary s ha re of R MB 4.4 9 an d R M B 4 .46, re spectively, for
the fourth qua rter of 2 008. T he C om pany repo rted bas ic an d dilu ted earnings pe r ADS of R MB 3. 21 a nd R M B 3.01 , res pec tive ly , for the
fourth qua rter of 2 007. P rofit afte r tax was R MB 57 5.8 millio n an d total net R evenue wa s R M B 7 91.2 million a gains t profit a fter tax of R M B
389. 8 million a nd tota l net revenues of R MB 596 .3 million for the s am e period in the la st ye ar. T ota l reven ues for the y ear 2 008 were R MB 3
P hotoC ha nne l Network s Inc . P hotocha nnel Network s Inc . R eports F inancia l R es ults for P hotoC ha nne l N etwork s Inc . reports its financ ia l res ults for the f irs t quarter of fis ca l 200 9 fo r the period ended Dec ember 31 , 200 8. N et profit
(T S X V: P N) the F irs t Qua rter E nded Decem ber 3 1, 2 008 of C AD 9 40,6 44 vers us a los s of C AD 1,08 2,60 0 for the compa ra ble period of fis ca l 2 008. R ecord revenues of C AD 7. 2 million, up 67 % y ear-
over-year. E arnings per s ha re (E P S ) of C AD 0.03 ve rs us a loss per share of C A D 0.0 3 for the compa ra ble period of fis ca l 2 008. Non -G A AP
adjus ted E a rn ings per s hare (E P S ) of C AD 0. 08 v ersus C AD 0.00 for the com para ble perio d of fisca l 20 08.
A cces s C hina Holding L td.; S han da P artne rs with S ha ngha i S to rm to C o-ope ra te S handa Intera ctive E nte rtainme nt L td. a nnounced that it ha s es ta blis hed a s trate gic cooperation with S ha ngh ai S torm Information
S handa Interac tive E ntertainment Y uya n O nline T echnology C o. Ltd. (A cces s C hina Holding L td.). P urs uant to the s trategic co operation , S hand a G a mes Limite d will ope ra te Y uyan O nline,
L td. (Nas da qGS : S N DA) whic h S h angh ai S torm will a ls o continue to ope ra te. I n addition, S ha nda O nlin e Holdings L imite d will open its unified pla tform to support the
Netea s e.c om Inc. Ne teas e. com to O pen B e ta T e st of Tianx ia II operation
Nete of the
as e. com Inc.gawill
me.launch an open beta te st of T ianx ia II, its f irs t free -to-pla y 3 D online ga me , in the third quarter of 200 9. T ia nx ia II is
(Nas da qGS : NT E S ) NetE as e's firs t ga me that c harges use rs for virtual equ ipment. I t was prom oted in 2 007. T ia nxia II 's a lpha tes t be gan la s t ye ar. T he
re des igned ve rs ion wa s expe cted to fa vor more players . B es ides promoting proprie tary gam es , NetE a se is a ls o trying to win the operating
right of S ta rC ra ft II , a trilogy of m ilita ry sc ience fiction rea l-time s trategy v ideo gam es develope d by B lizz a rd E nte rtainme nt, whic h is als o the
developer of the popula r MMO R P G W orld of W arc ra ft (W oW ). T he c ompa ny currently operates s om e ga mes lik e F antas y W es tward
J ourney, W e stward J ourne y O nline II , W es twa rd J ourney 3, and F ly for Fun.
G uidepos ts , Inc.; W i zzard W izz ard Media S igns C ontent Dis tribution Ag re eme nt W iz z ard S oftwa re C orporation (W iz za rd Media ) a nnounced that it ha s s ig ned an a greement with G uidepos ts I nc. T he firs t a udio and video
S oftware C orporation with G uidepos ts , Inc podc as ts to be ma de a va ila ble under this agre ement will be 'My s terious W ays .' T h e s erie s is av aila ble in iT unes , Z une Ma rk etpla ce and in a
(AME X: W ZE ) W iz z ard Me dia pla yer on the G uidepos ts webs ite a t http://www.guidepos ts .com/mwvid eos /m wvideos. Hos ted and narrate d by G uideposts
editor in c hief E dwa rd G rinna n, 'M ys te rious W a ys ' a re true pers onal ta les of wond erme nt a nd ins pira tion about re a l people experiencing
mome nts when G od's pre se nce unexpec tedly re vea ls its elf in the ir lives .
S handa Interac tive E ntertainment S han da I ntera ctive E n tertainment Ltd. R eports S handa Intera ctive E nte rtainme nt L td. reported co nden se d cons olida ted una udited earnings res ults for the fourth quarter a nd full year en ded
L td. (Nas da qGS : S N DA) C ondense d C onso lidated U naudited E arnings R es ults for December 31 , 20 08. F or the qua rte r, the company reporte d ne t revenue s of C N Y 1 ,015 .2 m illion , repres entin g an increa se of 4 2.1% from
the F ourth Q uarte r a nd F ull Y ea r E nded December 3 1, C NY 714 .2 m illion in the third qua rter of 2007 . Income from operations for the fourth qu arter of 200 8 was C NY 41 3.1 million com pared to
20 08 C NY 278 .9 m illion in the sa me period of 20 07. Non-G AA P net incom e in the fourth qua rte r of 2 008 wa s C NY 356 . 9 million, an in crea se of
15.3 % from C NY 30 9.6 million in the fourth quarter of 200 7, a nd a n incre as e of 2.4% from C NY 348 .4 million in the third qu arter of 2008 .
Non-G AA P ea rnings per diluted A DS in the fourth quarter of 2008 were C N Y 5 .14, compared with C NY 4.20 in the fou rth qu arter of 2007 and
C NY 4.7 8 in the third quarter of 200 8. Ne t inc ome in the fou rth quarter of 2008 wa s C N Y 34 2.7 millio n compa red to C N Y 2 92.6 million in the
fourth qua rter of 2 007. E arnings per diluted AD S in the third qua rter of 20 08 we re C NY 5.1 4, compared with C NY 4. 20 in the third quarter of
2007 . F or the full y ear ended Decem ber 31 , 20 08, the compa ny re ported net re ve nues of C NY 3, 569. 1 m illion, re pres enting an increas e of 4
S handa Interac tive E ntertainment Update to S ha nda Inte ra ctive E nterta inm ent L td.’s E qu ity As o f Dec embe r 3 1, 2 008 S handa Inte ra ctive E nte rtain me nt Ltd. has repurcha s ed 4,6 10,3 66 A DS s.
L td. (Nas da qGS : S N DA) B uyback on December 31 , 20 08

B etawa ve C orporation G oF ish C orpo ra tio n will C hange its T ick er to B W AV from E ffec tive F ebruary 27, 200 9, G oF ish C orpora tion will c hang e its O T C B B s tock ticke r s y mbol to B W A V from G O F H .
(O TCtaBlPos
Digi B:B W AV )rac tiv e, Inc.
t Inte G O F H o st Inte ra ctive Inc. S ign s C us tom S oftware Deal Digita lP os t Interac tive Inc. a nnounced tha t it has s igned a de al with a cus tom er. T he c ontra ct ca lls for DigitalP ost Inte ra ctiv e to build a
DigitalP
(O TC B B : DGL P ) custom im plem enta tion of W eb 2.0 tools ets utiliz ed within a busines s to bus ines s (B 2B ) s oftwa re applica tion. I f all performa nce metrics a re
me t, the a gre ement is worth $165 ,000 with th e po ss ibility o f addition al contrac ts a vaila ble a fter a s uc ces sful firs t phas e imple me ntation. T he
product is s cheduled to be c omplete d be fore the end of the s econd quarte r of 20 09.
G iant Inter active G roup, Inc . G iant L aunch es O nline Ga me H ardware Acces sing G ian t Interactive G roup Inc. announc ed that it has laun ched a frontier web ga me hardware a ss es s ing pla tform with Inte l C orporation. T he
(NYS E :G A ); Intel C orporation P la tform with Intel platform, open s ource for other web gam e operato rs , will be cra fted by G ia nt into a n indus try mode l for online ga me ha rdwa re a s se ss ment.
(Nas da qGS
United O nli :ne
INTInc.
C) Unite d O nline Inc. has file d a S he lf R egis tration in the United On line I nc. ha s filed a S helf R e gis tration in the amount of $15. 60 million.
(Nas da qGS : UNT D) amount o f $1 5.60 million.
ZipL oca l Inc. (TS XV : ZIP ) ZipL ocal Inc. R eports E a rn ings R es ults for th e S econd ZipL ocal Inc. reported earnings res ults for the s ec ond qua rter and s ix mo nths e nded Decem ber 3 1, 2 008. F or the qua rte r, the c ompany
Q ua rte r a nd S ix M onth s E n ded December 31 , 200 8 re ported adjus ted E B IT DA los s by $1, 305, 989 a s compared to the s ame pe riod in the prior year. Net revenues for the thre e months ended
December 31 , 20 08 we re $73 4,16 5, repres en ting a dec reas e of $2 73,8 92 (or 2 7% ) from $1, 008, 057 as recorded in the sa me period in th e
prior yea r. Net los s for the three months ended D ecember 31, 200 8 was $ 703,2 72 or $0.0 1 pe r share, compa red to a los s of $ 1,98 5,41 3 or
$0.0 3 pe r sha re, for the sa me period in the prior y ear. F or the s ix months , the com pany reported a djusted E B IT DA loss was $ 414, 546
re pres enting a n im prove me nt of $34 3,82 9 from $ 758,3 75 for the three months e nded S e ptembe r 30, 2008 . N et reve nues we re $1, 494,1 01,
re pres enting a de crea se of $724 ,887 or 33 % from $2, 218, 988 a s rec orded in the sa me period in the prior ye a r. Net loss wa s $1,6 52,0 94 or
$0.0 2 pe r sha re, c ompared to a los s of $ 3,22 4,56 8 or $0 .06 per s hare, for the s am e period in the prior yea r.

Figure 12. Key Developments


Source. Capital IQ
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VALUATION
MMOG companies lead market cap charts: Seven companies in our W eb 2.0 universe top US$1 billion in market
capitalization (Figure 13). Sixty-three of the 85 (same as last week) companies have market caps under US$100 million,
with 26 (vs. 27 last week) under $10 million. Online gaming companies dominate the top of the list with four of the top six
by market cap.

Market C ap (US D m)
Tencent Holdings L td.
Neteas e. c om Inc . 2516.4
S handa Interac tive Entertainment L td. 2134. 2
IA C/InterA c tiveCorp. 2085. 3
Open Tex t Corp. 1586. 6
G iant Interactive G roup, Inc . 1495.2
G ree, Inc . 1007. 8
Modern Times G roup Mtg A B 843. 5
Mix i, Inc . 564.2
Perfec t World Co., L td. 508.3
United Online Inc . 361.3
K ings oft Co. L td. 347. 4
Chines e G amer International 322.2
The9 L imited 289. 4
G igaMedia L td. 275.0
NetDragon W ebS of t, Inc . 199. 7
S hutterfly , Inc . 197. 2
XING A G 188. 3
NEOWIZ G ames Corporation 185. 7
S K Communic ations Co., L td. 161.2
G ungHo Online Entertainment, Inc . 137. 4
DA DA S pA 102. 0
G amania Digital Entertainment Co., L td. 97. 0
G ameOn Co L td. 92. 3
CDC Corp. 82. 0
DigitalTow n, Inc . 74. 7
Moggle, Inc 72. 6
Y edangOnline Corp. 66.2
Openw ave S y s tems Inc . 65.9
B roadWebA s ia Inc . 63.7
A c toz S oft Co., L td. 58.7
TheS treet. com, Inc . 54.1
NeXplore Corporation 53.0
S park Netw orks , Inc . 52.3
PhotoChannel Netw orks Inc . 45.0
K aboos e Inc . 44.0
HanbitS of t, Inc . 42. 4
OA O R B C Inf ormation S ys tems 41. 6
Tree.Com, Inc . 36. 8
J umpTV Inc . 31. 8
Ngi G roup Inc . 26. 6
B eyond Commerce, Inc . 26. 2
W iz z ard S oftw are Corporation 24. 4
G eoS entric Oy j 23.5
Northgate Tec hnologies L imited 22.8
Dolphin Digital Media, Inc . 21.9
DXN Holdings B hd 20.6
Fluid Mus ic Canada, Inc . 20.4
L ookS mart, L td. 20.1
G ravity Co., L td 19.2
Ex tens ions , Inc . 18.9
A Q Interac tive, Inc . 18.4
IdeaEdge, Inc . 18.2
Eolith Co. L td. 15.4
Quepas a Corp. 15.1
J umbuc k Entertainment Pty L td. 12.8
Frogs ter Interac tive Pictures A G 12.0
W ebz en Inc . 10.6
S NA P Interac tive, Inc . 10.1
Lingo Media Corporation 9.5
Worlds . c om Inc . 9.4
A c c eleriz e New Media, Inc . 8.3
Magnitude Inf ormation S y s tems Inc . 7.9
CornerWorld Corporation 7.0
UOMO Media, Inc 6.0
IA S Energy , Inc . 5.6
Y nk K orea Inc . 5.5
V OIS , Inc . 5.4
S pectrumDNA , Inc . 4.6
is eemedia Inc . 3.8
B right Things plc 2.9
Wooz y Fly , Inc . 2.6
MOK O.mobi L imited 2.3
Wy nds torm Corporation 2.2
Financ ial Media G roup, Inc . 2.0
L iveWorld Inc . 1.9
Unis erve Communications Corp. 1.0
ZipL oc al Inc . 0.9
B igs tring Corp. 0.9
DigitalPos t Interac tive, Inc . 0.4
The Parent Company 0.4
A s s oc iated Media Holdings Inc . 0.1
China G atew ay Corporation 0.0
S oc ial Media V enures , Inc . 0.0
S NM G lobal Holdings 0.0
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000

Figure 13. Market Cap Ranking


Source. Capital IQ

TEV/Revenue (LTM) averages 3.8x: The overall average TEV/Revenue (LTM) multiple for our group is 3.8x – up from
3.6x last week (Figure 14). However, this is skewed by Gree (3633-TSE) at 31.3x and Bigstring (BSGC-OTCBB) at 31.7x.
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The median is only 1.0x. Note that we exclude multiples greater than 50x. Thirty-three of the companies have multiples
under 1.5x.

T E V/L T M R evenue (x)

35. 0
31.33 1.7

30. 0
26. 8

25. 0

20. 0

15. 0 13.313.8
12. 21 2.3

10. 0 8. 0
7.3

A verage, 3.8 3.6 3.8 3. 9 3.9 4.0


5. 0 2.8 3.23.2 3.4 3.5
1.9 2.2 2. 3 2.4
1.2 1. 51.6
0.0 0.1 0.1 0.20.2 0. 2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0. 8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0. 9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1
0. 0

NE O WIZ G ames C orporation


MO K O .mobi L imited

UO MO Media, Inc
G a mania Digital E ntertainment C o.,

J umbuck E nterta inment P ty Ltd.

G ungHo O nline E ntertainment, Inc.

C hines e G amer Interna tional


U nis erve C ommunications C orp.

N orthgate T echnologies L imited

DXN Holdings B hd
F inancial Media G roup, Inc.
T ree.C om, Inc.

C DC C orp.

G a meO n C o Ltd.

S K C ommunica tions C o., Ltd.

F luid Mus ic C a nada , Inc.

DigitalP os t Intera ctive, Inc.

B ey ond C ommerc e, Inc.


T he P a rent C ompany

Modern T imes G roup Mtg AB

G eoS entric O y j
S N M G loba l Holdings

Lingo Media C orporation

C ornerWorld C orporation
United O nline Inc .

O pen T ex t C orp.

P hotoC hannel Network s Inc .

J umpT V Inc .

S NAP Intera ctive, Inc .


IAC /InterAc tiveC orp.
NetDra gon WebS oft, Inc .

S pa rk N etwork s , Inc .

E olith C o. Ltd.

G igaMedia Ltd.

is eemedia Inc .

F rogs ter Intera ctiv e P ic tures AG

Mix i, Inc .

As s ociated Media Holdings Inc .


T encent Holdings Ltd.

G ree, Inc .
XIN G AG

B right T hings plc


S ocial Media V enures , Inc .
L iveWorld Inc .

Y nk K orea Inc .

ZipLoca l Inc .
H anbitS oft, Inc .

K aboos e Inc .

Y edangO nline C orp.

B igs tring C orp.


S hutterfly , Inc .

K ings oft C o. Ltd.

Acceleriz e New Media , Inc .


DADA S pA

Ac toz S oft C o. , Ltd.

Wiz z ard S oftware C orporation


Figure 14. TEV/Revenue Ranking
Source. Capital IQ

TEV/Revenue (LTM) by country/exchange: W e have also calculated multiples based on where the companies are listed
or domiciled. Figure 15 shows the average TEV/Revenue multiples by stock exchange. The OTCBB has the largest
number of companies (20), trading at an average multiple of 10.8x (up from 8.0x from last week). On a geographic basis,
the United States has the most companies (37), trading at an average of 5.1x revenue (up from 3.9x from last week)
(Figure 16). Ten of the companies are Canadian (average 3.1x revenue).

Average TEV/LTM Revenue - By Exchange Average TEV/LTM Revenue - By Country


14.0 14.0
12.3 12.3
12.0 11.9 12.0
10.0 10.8
10.0
8.0 9.2
(x)

8.0
6.0 5.0
(x)

4.0 3.6 6.0 5.1


4.0 2.8 2.4 2.1 1.9 5.0
1.6 1.1 1.0 3.6
2.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.5 4.0 3.1 3.0 2.8
0.2 0.2
0.0 1.0
2.0 0.9 0.9 0.7
OTCPK

0.5
OTCBB

GTSM

NasdaqGM
TSE

SEHK

HLSE

OSE
KOSE

NasdaqGS
OM

CM
XTRA
AMEX
TSX

KLSE
BSE
AIM

TSXV

ASX

0.3 0.2
0.0
Germany
Kingdom
Japan
United

China

Finland

Canada

Malaysia
Hong

India
Italy
South
Korea

Kong
States

Taiwan

Australia
Sweden
United

# Companies 1 5 20 3 2 1 2 2 3 8 5 1 7 1 11 2 1 1 1 5

# Companies 1 6 37 8 1 10 3 2 9 1 2 1 1 1 1

Figures 15 & 16. TEV/Revenue Ranking (Exchange, Country)


Source. Capital IQ

TEV/EBITDA (LTM) averages 8.1x: The average multiple for the 31 companies with positive EBITDA (and multiples under
100x) is 8.1x LTM EBITDA (8.2x last week), led by SNAP Interactive’s (STVI-OTCBB) 38.9x multiple (Figure 17). Nineteen
of the companies have EBITDA multiples under 7x. The median multiple is 5.2x.
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T E V/L T M E B IT DA (x)

45. 0

38. 9
40. 0

35. 0
31. 3
30. 0
24. 7
25. 0

20. 0
15.5
15. 0 13. 0
11. 6
10. 0
A verage, 8. 1 8. 8 8. 8
10. 0 7. 1 7. 3 7.4
6. 7
5.2 5. 6 5. 8
3. 8 4.0 4. 0 4. 1 4. 2 4. 3 4. 4 4. 4
5. 0 1. 9 2. 7
0.9 1. 0 1. 7
0. 5
0. 0

NE O WIZ G ames C orporation


J umbuck E ntertainment P ty Ltd.

G amania Digital E ntertainment C o. , Ltd.

G ungH o O nline E ntertainment, Inc .

C hines e G amer International

U nis erve C ommunic ations C orp.


Northgate T ec hnologies L imited

DXN Holdings B hd
F inanc ial Media G roup, Inc .

G ameO n C o L td.

C DC C orp.

S K C ommunic ations C o. , L td.


Modern T imes G roup Mtg AB
U nited O nline Inc .

O pen T ex t C orp.

S NAP Interac tive, Inc .


C ornerWorld C orporation
NetDragon WebS oft, Inc .

S park Network s , Inc .

G igaMedia L td.

IAC /InterAc tiveC orp.

Mix i, Inc .

T enc ent Holdings L td.


XING AG
Y edangO nline C orp.

K aboos e Inc.
S hutterfly , Inc.

K ings oft C o. L td.


DADA S pA

Actoz S oft C o. , L td.

Figure 17. TEV/EBITDA Ranking


Source. Capital IQ

TEV/EBITDA (LTM) by country/exchange: Figure 18 shows the average TEV/EBITDA multiples by stock exchange. The
OTCBB has the largest number of companies (20), trading at an average multiple of 14.2x, while companies on the TSXV
have the highest multiples (31.3x). On a geographic basis, the United States has the most companies (37), trading at an
average of 8.6x EBITDA (Figure 19). Ten of the companies are Canadian (average 17.2x EBITDA).

Average TEV/LTM EBITDA - By Exchange Average TEV/LTM EBITDA - By Country


35.0 31.3 20.0
30.0 18.0 17.2
25.0 16.0
14.0
20.0
(x)

14.2 12.0 10.8


15.0 11.6
(x)

10.8 9.8 10.0 8.8


8.8 7.4 7.3 8.6 8.0
10.0 5.9 5.6 8.0 7.4 7.4
5.6 6.3 5.6
5.0 4.2 4.1 4.0 1.9 6.0
1.0 0.1
4.0 4.2 4.0
0.0
OTCBB

GTSM
SEHK

KOSE

OSE

TSE

NasdaqGS

RTS
OM

CM
TSX

XTRA

AMEX

KLSE

BSE

2.0
TSXV

ASX

1.0
1.9
0.0
Germany
Canada

China

United

Hong

Japan

Malaysia

India
Italy
South
Korea

Kong
States

Taiwan

Australia
Sweden

# Companies 5 20 3 3 2 2 7 1 5 11 1 1 2 1 2 1 #N/A
# Companies 10 8 2 37 3 9 1 6 1 1 1 2 1

Figures 18 & 19. TEV/EBITDA Ranking (Exchange, Country)


Source. Capital IQ

P/E (LTM) averages 13.9x: The average multiple for the 31 companies with positive earnings (and multiples under 100x)
is 13.9x LTM EPS (down from 14.6x last week), led again by TheStreet.com (TSCM-NASDAQ) 57.3x multiple (Figure 20).
Eighteen of the companies have P/E multiples under 10x. The median is just 8.1x.
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P /E L T M (x)

70.0

60.0 56.1 57.3

50.0
44.3

40.0
32.4 33.5
30.0 26.9

19.0 20.2
20.0 15.6
A verage, 13.9
11.5 12.0 13.0
8.1 8.9 9.3 10.2
10.0 6.4 7.3 7.7
5.3 5.7
2.7 2.9 3.4 4.1
0.9 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.8
0.0

NE O W IZ G ames C orporation
J umbuck E ntertainment P ty Ltd.

G amania Digital E ntertainment C o., Ltd.

C hines e G amer International


Northgate T echnologies Limited

DXN H oldings B hd
G iant Interactive G roup, Inc.

G ameO n C o Ltd.
Modern T imes G roup Mtg AB
T he9 Limited

Neteas e.com Inc.

S handa Interactive E ntertainment Ltd.

Ngi G roup Inc.

O pen T ex t C orp.

S NAP Interactive, Inc.

T heS treet.com, Inc.


Look S mart, Ltd.

Worlds .com Inc.

S park Network s , Inc.

NetDragon W ebS oft, Inc.

G igaMedia Ltd.

IAC /InterActiveC orp.

Mix i, Inc.

T encent H oldings Ltd.


XING AG
Y edangO nline C orp.

K ings oft C o. Ltd.

S hutterfly , Inc.
DADA S pA

Actoz S oft C o., Ltd.

Figure 20. P/E Ranking


Source. Capital IQ

P/E (LTM) by country/exchange: Figure 21 shows the average P/E multiples by stock exchange. The OTCBB has the
largest number of companies (20), trading at an average multiple of 29.8x. On a geographic basis, the United States has
the most companies (37), trading at an average of 26.4x earnings (Figure 22). Ten of the companies are Canadian
(average 32.4x EPS).

Average P/E - By Exchange Average P/E - By Country


35.0 35.0 32.4
30.1
30.0 30.0
25.0 29.8
25.0
20.0 19.0 26.4
16.5
(x)

15.8 20.0 19.0


15.0 14.7
(x)

13.2 14.7
10.0 11.3 15.0 13.2
7.3 6.4 11.3
5.3 4.1
5.0 2.7 10.0 7.3 7.0
1.6 6.4
0.0 4.1
5.0 2.7
OTCBB
NasdaqGM

GTSM
SEHK

TSE

NasdaqGS

KOSE

CM

OM
XTRA

AMEX

KLSE

BSE
ASX

0.0
Germany
Canada

United

Japan

China

Malaysia
Italy
South
Korea
States

Taiwan

Australia

Sweden

# Companies 5 20 2 3 2 5 11 7 2 1 2 1 1 1
# Companies 10 37 2 6 3 9 2 8 1 1 1

Figures 21 & 22. P/E Ranking (Exchange, Country)


Source. Capital IQ
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Upc oming E vents
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Figure 23. Upcoming Events


Source. Company reports

E arnings C alendar
C ompany Date & Time Quarter C onf C all Deta ils
G ia nt I nteractive G ro up, Inc . ( NY S E : G A) T hurs day, Ma rch 05, 2009 8: 0 0 A M (E S T ) Q4 200 8 8 6-10-800 -1 30-039 9
S park Network s , I nc. (AM E X: L O V ) T hurs day, Ma rch 05, 2009 1: 3 0 P M (P S T ) Q4 200 8 1 -8 77-857 -6 173

Figure 24. Earnings Calendar


Source. Company reports
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C omparable C ompany Analys is > W eb 2.0


P ric e P erforma nce

C ompany Name C urrenc y Tic ker E xchange US D Market C ap ($m) C urrent Price 1 Wk 1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth 1 Yr 52 W eek

Acce leri ze N ew Medi a, I nc. US D AC L Z O T C BB 8. 3 0 .3 1 -11 . 4% -1 1. 4% - 22. 5 % -4 8. 3% -55. 7% -60 . 3%


Actoz S oft C o. , Ltd. KRW A0 527 90 K OS E 5 8. 7 1 0, 45 0 -5. 4% -7. 1% -8 .7 % 16 .1 % 2 1. 5% -25 . 9%
AQ Inte ractive, Inc. J PY 383 8 TS E 1 8. 4 3 2, 90 0 3 .5 % -6. 0% -0 .9 % -7 4. 7% -84. 1% -88 . 8%
As s ociated Me dia Holdings I nc. US D AS MH O T C PK 0. 1 0 .0 0 -72 . 0% -7 2. 0% - 53. 3 % -9 3. 6% 2 7. 3% -97 . 2%
Bi gs tring C orp. US D BS GC O T C BB 0. 9 0 .0 2 2 1. 4% 0 .0 % - 22. 7 % -7 5. 4% -92. 3% -92 . 4%
Be yond C omme rce, Inc. US D BY OC O T C BB 2 6. 2 0 .6 4 -1. 5% -2 8. 9% - 44. 3 % -7 7. 9% -59. 0% -80 . 6%
Br ight T hings plc G BP AIM:B G T A IM 2. 9 0 .0 2 -7. 8% 20. 5% 80 . 0% -1 7. 3% -46. 1% -64 . 0%
Br oadW ebA s ia Inc. US D BW B A O T C PK 6 3. 7 0 .7 5 -25 . 7% -2 5. 7% - 25. 7 % -4 2. 3% NM -75 . 0%
C DC C orp. US D C HIN. A Na sdaqGS 8 2. 0 0 .7 6 -3. 8% -3. 8% -6 .2 % -7 0. 9% -79. 1% -81 . 9%
C hina G ateway C orpora tion US D C GW Y O T C BB 0. 0 0 .0 0 -33 . 3% -3 3. 3% - 80. 0 % -9 4. 4% -99. 7% -99 . 7%
C hines e G amer International TW D GT S M: 308 3 GTSM 322 . 2 1 33 .0 0 1 9. 8% 47. 3% 63 . 0% 71 .6 % 2 4. 3% -1. 5%
C ornerW orld C orporation US D CW R L O T C BB 7. 0 0 .1 5 -63 . 4% -4 0. 0% - 25. 0 % -7 6. 9% -89. 3% -89 . 7%
DAD A S pA E UR C M:DA CM 102 . 0 5 .0 0 -11 . 8% -1 6. 7% - 22. 7 % -5 6. 5% -59. 8% -69 . 1%
DXN Holdings Bhd MYR DXN K LS E 2 0. 6 0 .3 3 4 .8 % -7. 0% - 17. 5 % -1 5. 4% -34. 0% -41 . 1%
Digita lP os t I nteractive, Inc. US D DGL P O T C BB 0. 4 0 .0 1 -25 . 0% -7 0. 0% - 85. 0 % -9 0. 0% -97. 8% -98 . 2%
Digita lT own, I nc. US D DGT W O T C BB 7 4. 7 2 .7 5 3 7. 5% -8. 3% 37 . 5% -3 5. 3% 1 9. 6% -54 . 9%
Dolphin Digita l Me dia , Inc. US D DPDM O T C BB 2 1. 9 0 .4 5 -9. 6% -3 5. 7% - 43. 8 % -4 2. 3% NM -60 . 2%
E olith C o. Ltd. KRW A0 410 60 K OS E 1 5. 4 52 0 -11 . 1% 1 .0 % -8 .8 % -1 3. 3% -58. 6% -70 . 6%
E xtensions, Inc. US D E XT I O T C PK 1 8. 9 0 .2 0 0 .0 % 33. 3% 2 81 .0 % 1 00. 0 % 3 3. 3% -80 . 2%
F ina ncia l Me dia Group, I nc. US D F NGP O T C BB 2. 0 0 .0 3 -6. 3% 0 .0 % - 75. 0 % -9 5. 4% -87. 5% -96 . 9%
F luid Mus ic C anada , Inc. CAD T S X :F MN TS X 2 0. 4 0 .5 0 0 .0 % 61. 3% 31 . 6% -7 2. 2% NM -75 . 5%
F rogs te r Inte ractive P icture s A G E UR FR G XT R A 1 2. 0 4 .0 5 0 .5 % -1 8. 0% 5. 7% -4 2. 0% -27. 2% -47 . 1%
Ga mania Digital E nterta inme nt C o. , L td. TW D 618 0 GTSM 9 7. 0 22 .4 0 3 .9 % 3 .9 % 72 . 3% 3. 5% -25. 1% -39 . 4%
Ga meO n C o L td. J PY 381 2 TS E 9 2. 3 9 3, 00 0 2 .2 % -2 3. 5% - 38. 8 % -2 6. 4% -22. 5% -43 . 1%
GeoS entric O yj E UR GE O1 V HL S E 2 3. 5 0 .0 3 -25 . 0% 0 .0 % - 25. 0 % -5 0. 0% -57. 1% -66 . 7%
Giant Inte ractive G roup, Inc. US D GA NY S E 1, 49 5. 2 6 .2 9 4 .0 % 4 .8 % 2. 9% -2 8. 1% -38. 6% -63 . 4%
GigaMe dia L td. US D GIGM Na sdaqGS 275 . 0 5 .0 9 -15 . 6% -2 2. 5% 15 . 2% -5 4. 8% -73. 4% -74 . 4%
Gravity C o., Ltd US D GR V Y Na sdaqGM 1 9. 2 0 .6 9 -1. 4% -1 0. 4% 6. 2% -5 3. 1% -60. 3% -65 . 5%
Gree, Inc. J PY T S E : 363 2 TS E 1, 00 7. 8 4, 40 0 -7. 2% -2 7. 4% NM NM NM -30 . 2%
GungHo Online E ntertainme nt, Inc. J PY 376 5 OSE 137 . 4 11 7, 00 0 -3. 9% 2 .6 % 11 . 4% -4 0. 9% -31. 2% -73 . 1%
HanbitS oft, Inc. KRW A0 470 80 K OS E 4 2. 4 3, 04 0 -9. 8% -3. 0% 8. 2% -6 .2 % -51. 0% -57 . 5%
IA C /Inte rA ctive C orp. US D IA C I Na sdaqGS 2, 08 5. 3 14 .8 0 -0. 8% 0 .7 % 2. 8% -1 2. 6% -62. 1% -70 . 7%
IA S E ne rgy, Inc. US D IA S C . A O T C BB 5. 6 0 .0 8 28 1. 0% 16 6. 7% 1 00 .0 % -6 3. 6% -70. 4% -77 . 1%
IdeaE dge, Inc. US D OT C B B :I DA E O T C BB 1 8. 2 0 .4 3 7 .5 % -4. 4% - 75. 4 % -8 0. 8% -61. 5% -84 . 8%
is ee media Inc. CAD IE E T S XV 3. 8 0 .1 0 5 .6 % 5 .6 % 46 . 2% -4 0. 6% -78. 2% -78 . 4%
J umbuck E ntertainme nt P ty Ltd. A UD AS X: J MB ASX 1 2. 8 0 .4 1 0 .0 % -1 4. 6% -4 .7 % -2 5. 5% -41. 4% -47 . 4%
J umpT V Inc. CAD T S X :J T V TS X 3 1. 8 0 .3 6 -10 . 0% -5. 3% 1. 4% -5 7. 1% -53. 2% -71 . 9%
K a boos e Inc. CAD T S X :K AB TS X 4 4. 0 0 .4 1 6 .6 % -1 1. 0% 47 . 3% -4 3. 0% -70. 0% -82 . 7%
K i ngs oft C o. Ltd. HK D 388 8 S E HK 347 . 4 2 .5 1 -9. 4% -8. 1% 17 . 8% -1 5. 2% 5 .9 % -41 . 8%
Lingo Me dia C orpora tion CAD T S X V: LM T S XV 9. 5 0 .9 5 5 .6 % -9. 5% -8 .7 % -4 8. 9% -31. 7% -56 . 8%
Live World Inc. US D LV WD O T C PK 1. 9 0 .0 6 5 0. 0% 20. 0% 20 . 0% -7 6. 0% -72. 7% -92 . 0%
LookS mart, Ltd. US D LO OK Na sdaqGM 2 0. 1 1 .1 8 -7. 1% -1 3. 9% - 22. 4 % -6 0. 9% -66. 9% -75 . 4%
Magnitude Informa ti on S ys tems I nc. US D MAG Y O T C BB 7. 9 0 .0 2 -14 . 3% -1 0. 4% 5. 9% 5. 9% 6 3. 6% -48 . 6%
Mixi, Inc. J PY 212 1 TS E 564 . 2 35 9, 00 0 -2. 4% -2 9. 6% - 44. 2 % -5 4. 2% -57. 7% -69 . 8%
Mode rn T imes Group Mtg A B S EK MT G B OM 843 . 5 1 17 .5 0 4 .9 % -1 7. 8% - 13. 9 % -6 6. 2% -69. 6% -74 . 1%
Moggle, Inc US D MMOG O T C BB 7 2. 6 2 .0 0 0 .0 % 0 .0 % 33 . 3% NM NM 0 .0 %
MOK O. mobi L imited A UD MK B ASX 2. 3 0 .0 5 1 2. 5% -1 0. 0% 12 . 5% 18 .4 % -8. 2% -36 . 6%
NE O W IZ G ame s C orpora tion KRW A0 956 60 K OS E 185 . 7 3 0, 35 0 -10 . 1% 30. 8% 82 . 3% 52 .5 % -20. 1% -24 . 1%
NetDra gon We bS oft, Inc. HK D 777 S E HK 199 . 7 2 .9 3 4 .6 % 7 .7 % 3. 5% -4 1. 3% -73. 3% -78 . 5%
Netea s e. com Inc. US D NT E S Na sdaqGS 2, 51 6. 4 20 .4 5 9 .8 % 7 .6 % 15 . 1% -2 0. 4% -1. 1% -24 . 7%
NeXplore C or por ation US D NXP C O T C PK 5 3. 0 0 .9 5 9 0. 0% 5 .6 % - 25. 2 % 75 .9 % NM -34 . 5%
Ngi G roup Inc. J PY 249 7 TS E 2 6. 6 2 0, 98 0 2 2. 1% -4 5. 2% - 60. 0 % -7 7. 3% -86. 2% -88 . 3%
Northgate T e chnologies L imited INR 590 05 7 B SE 2 2. 8 34 .2 0 -11 . 1% -1 2. 3% - 33. 9 % -8 8. 2% -91. 3% -93 . 7%
Open T e xt C orp. US D OT E X Na sdaqGS 1, 58 6. 6 30 .5 7 -4. 3% -1 2. 7% 13 . 8% -1 2. 6% 2 .2 % -21 . 8%
Openwa ve S ys tems I nc. US D OP W V Na sdaqGS 6 5. 9 0 .7 9 -3. 5% 8 .4 % 49 . 2% -4 6. 9% -60. 5% -72 . 3%
Pe rfect W orld C o., Ltd. US D PW R D Na sdaqGS 508 . 3 8 .9 1 -27 . 0% -3 9. 8% - 49. 8 % -6 4. 4% -67. 1% -73 . 4%
PhotoC hannel Ne tworks Inc. CAD T S X V: PN T S XV 4 5. 0 1 .7 3 -11 . 7% 3 .6 % 54 . 5% -4 8. 8% -50. 1% -58 . 3%
Quepas a C orp. US D QP S A Na sdaqC M 1 5. 1 1 .1 9 -15 . 1% -3 5. 4% - 44. 4 % -6 3. 4% -58. 3% -65 . 6%
OA O R B C Informa ti on S ys tems US D R BC I R TS 4 1. 6 0 .3 0 3 .4 % -5 0. 0% - 80. 0 % -9 6. 2% -97. 1% -97 . 2%
S handa I ntera ctive E nte rtainment L td. US D S NDA Na sdaqGS 2, 13 4. 2 30 .7 6 -3. 8% 5 .7 % 25 . 8% 6. 4% -4. 6% -19 . 6%
S hutterfly, Inc. US D SFLY Na sdaqGS 197 . 2 7 .8 4 4 .8 % 18. 6% 15 . 6% -2 2. 8% -47. 5% -56 . 4%
S K C ommunications C o. , Ltd. KRW A0 662 70 K OS E 161 . 2 6, 16 0 -8. 5% -1 6. 8% 45 . 3% -3 9. 0% -63. 1% -69 . 5%
S NA P Inter active, Inc. US D STV I O T C BB 1 0. 1 0 .9 5 -5. 0% -5. 0% 28 . 6% 6. 7% 1 8. 8% -13 . 6%
S NM G lobal Holdings US D S NMN O T C PK 0. 0 0 .0 0 -66 . 7% 15 0. 0% - 99. 3 % -9 9. 8% -1 00 .0 % -1 00 .0 %
S ocial Me dia V enures , Inc. US D S MV I O T C PK 0. 0 0 .6 0 -52 . 0% -5 5. 6% - 50. 0 % 1 40. 0 % NM -88 . 0%
S park Ne tworks , Inc. US D LO V A ME X 5 2. 3 2 .4 4 -2. 4% -0. 4% - 14. 4 % -4 3. 1% -47. 9% -50 . 0%
S pectrumDNA, Inc. US D S P XA O T C BB 4. 6 0 .1 0 -5. 0% -5. 0% - 54. 8 % -8 3. 9% NM -84 . 2%
T encent Holdings Ltd. HK D 700 S E HK 10 ,2 29 .9 44 .1 5 -5. 4% -8. 8% 2. 7% -3 4. 3% -6. 0% -38 . 7%
T he P ar ent C ompany US D K IDS . Q O T C PK 0. 4 0 .0 2 -36 . 0% -4 6. 7% - 98. 0 % -9 9. 1% -99. 7% -99 . 7%
T he 9 Limited US D NC T Y Na sdaqGS 289 . 4 10 .7 9 -18 . 4% -2 8. 6% -7 .8 % -4 2. 0% -46. 5% -62 . 1%
T he S tre et.com, I nc. US D TSCM Na sdaqGM 5 4. 1 1 .7 8 -20 . 2% -3 4. 8% - 42. 4 % -7 5. 0% -79. 3% -81 . 2%
T ree . C om, Inc. US D TR EE Na sdaqGM 3 6. 8 3 .9 3 -1. 3% -1. 0% 99 . 5% -5 2. 2% NM -64 . 6%
Unis e rve C ommunications C or p. CAD T S X V: US S T S XV 1. 0 0 .0 5 -37 . 5% -3 7. 5% - 72. 2 % -7 6. 2% -86. 5% -88 . 9%
Unite d Online Inc. US D UNT D Na sdaqGS 361 . 3 4 .4 0 -7. 6% -2 8. 1% - 21. 7 % -5 9. 3% -57. 7% -64 . 8%
UOMO Medi a, I nc US D UOMO O T C BB 6. 0 0 .0 7 -12 . 5% -1 2. 5% - 41. 7 % -8 1. 6% -89. 6% -91 . 3%
VO IS , Inc. US D VO IS O T C BB 5. 4 0 .7 5 8 7. 5% 15 0. 0% 0. 0% -8 1. 3% NM -86 . 6%
W ebzen Inc. US D WZE N Na sdaqGM 1 0. 6 0 .8 9 -21 . 1% -4 2. 9% 11 . 3% -6 1. 0% -73. 4% -80 . 0%
W izz a rd S oftwa re C orporation US D WZE A ME X 2 4. 4 0 .5 4 -16 . 9% -2 3. 9% - 57. 8 % -5 6. 8% -77. 5% -80 . 4%
W oozyF ly, Inc. US D WZY F O T C BB 2. 6 0 .1 5 0 .0 % 0 .0 % NM NM NM -96 . 3%
W orlds .com Inc. US D WD DD O T C BB 9. 4 0 .1 8 0 .0 % -1 8. 2% 20 . 0% -4 0. 0% -45. 5% -60 . 0%
W ynds torm C orporation US D WY ND O T C BB 2. 2 0 .1 2 -4. 0% 0 .0 % - 40. 0 % -8 0. 0% NM -85 . 9%
XI NG A G E UR O1 BC XT R A 188 . 3 28 .7 7 -7. 2% -5. 7% 19 . 9% -1 5. 4% -28. 1% -38 . 3%
Ye dangO nline C orp. KRW A0 527 70 K OS E 6 6. 2 6, 65 0 0 .3 % -8. 7% 12 . 7% -2 .2 % -28. 8% -47 . 0%
Ynk K or ea Inc. KRW A0 237 70 K OS E 5. 5 3, 54 5 -13 . 5% -8. 2% - 28. 3 % -6 0. 9% -81. 3% -82 . 2%
ZipL ocal Inc. CAD T S X V: ZIP T S XV 0. 9 0 .0 2 20 0. 0% -2 5. 0% 50 . 0% -8 1. 3% -92. 3% -93 . 2%
High 28 1. 0% 16 6. 7% 2 81 .0 % 1 40. 0 % 6 3. 6% 0 .0 %
Low -72 . 0% -7 2. 0% - 99. 3 % -9 9. 8% -1 00 .0 % -1 00 .0 %
Average 320.7 0.8% -5.4% -3.0% -41.3% -49.5% -66.2%
Medi an -4. 0% -8. 3% -4 .7 % -4 8. 9% -58. 3% -70 . 7%

Figure 25. Price Performance


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V aluation Multiples
P ri mary U S D Market T E V/L T M T E V / NTM T E V /L T M TE V /NT M
C ompany Na me E xcha nge Tic ker C ap ($m) R ev enue R e venue E B ITDA E B IT DA P /L TM E P S P /NT M E P S P /T angB V
Acce lerize N ew Media, Inc. O T C BB AC L Z 8.3 4 .0 x - - - - - -
Actoz S oft C o. , Ltd. K OS E A052790 58 . 7 0 .8 x - 4 .3 x - 1 3. 0x - 1. 3x
AQ Inte ractive, Inc. TS E 3 83 8 18 . 4 - - - - - - 0. 3x
As s ociated Me dia Holdings Inc. OT CPK A S MH 0.1 8 .0 x - - - - - -
Bigs tring C orp. O T C BB B SGC 0.9 31. 7 x - - - - - -
Beyond C omme rce, Inc. O T C BB B YOC 26 . 2 26. 8 x - - - - - -
Bright T hings plc A IM A IM: B GT 2.9 12. 3 x - - - - - -
BroadW ebA s ia Inc. OT CPK B W BA 63 . 7 - - - - - - -
C DC C orp. Na sdaqGS C HIN .A 82 . 0 0 .3 x 0. 3x 7 .4 x 5.9x - 10.7x -
C hina G ateway C orpora tion O T C BB C GW Y 0.0 0 .0 x - - - - - -
C hines e G amer International G TSM G T S M: 30 83 322 . 2 7 .3 x - 15. 5 x - 2 0. 2x - 6. 6x
C ornerW orld C orporation O T C BB C WR L 7.0 13. 8 x - 2 .7 x - - - -
DAD A S pA CM C M:DA 102 . 0 0 .7 x - 4 .2 x - 6. 4x - -
DXN Holdings Bhd K LS E DXN 20 . 6 0 .5 x - 4 .0 x - 4. 1x - 0. 5x
Digita lP os t Interactive, Inc. O T C BB DG LP 0.4 3 .2 x - - - - - -
Digita lT own, Inc. O T C BB DG T W 74 . 7 - - - - - - -
Dolphin Digita l Media , Inc. O T C BB DP DM 21 . 9 - - - - - - -
E olith C o. Ltd. K OS E A041060 15 . 4 1 .0 x - - - - - -
E xtensions, Inc. OT CPK E XT I 18 . 9 - - - - - - -
F ina ncia l Media Group, Inc. O T C BB F NGP 2.0 0 .2 x - 0 .9 x - - - -
F luid Mus ic C anada , Inc. TS X T S X: F MN 20 . 4 1 .9 x 1. 3x - - - - 1. 7x
F rogs te r Interactive P icture s A G XT R A FR G 12 . 0 2 .3 x - - - - - 1. 2x
Ga mania Digital E nterta inme nt C o. , L td. G TSM 6 18 0 97 . 0 0 .7 x - 4 .0 x - 1 1. 5x - 1. 5x
Ga meO n C o L td. TS E 3 81 2 92 . 3 0 .5 x - 1 .7 x - 9. 3x - 1. 2x
Ge oS entric O yj HL S E G E O1 V 23 . 5 3 .6 x - - - - - 5. 3x
Giant Inte ractive G roup, Inc. NY S E GA 1 , 495 . 2 - - - - 1. 4x 13.1x 0. 3x
GigaMe dia L td. Na sdaqGS G IGM 275 . 0 1 .0 x 1. 0x 4 .4 x 4.0x 8. 1x 7. 5x 2. 6x
Gr avity C o., Ltd Na sdaqGM GRVY 19 . 2 - - - - - - -
Gr ee, Inc. TS E T S E :3 632 1 , 007 . 8 31. 3 x - - - - - 15 . 4x
GungHo Online E ntertainme nt, Inc. OSE 3 76 5 137 . 4 1 .1 x - 7 .3 x - - - 41 . 9x
HanbitS oft, Inc. K OS E A047080 42 . 4 0 .6 x - - - - - 1. 6x
IA C /Inte rA ctive C orp. Na sdaqGS IA C I 2 , 085 . 3 0 .2 x 0. 2x 5 .2 x 2.0x 1 5. 6x 23.5x 1. 0x
IA S E nergy, Inc. O T C BB IAS C . A 5.6 - - - - - - -
IdeaE dge, Inc. O T C BB OT C B B :IDAE 18 . 2 - - - - - - 13 . 4x
is ee media Inc. T S XV IE E 3.8 1 .1 x - - - - - 1. 4x
J umbuck E ntertainment P ty Ltd. AS X A S X: J MB 12 . 8 0 .9 x - 1 .9 x - 7. 3x - 1. 6x
J umpT V Inc. TS X T S X :J T V 31 . 8 3 .5 x - - - - - 2. 3x
K a boos e Inc. TS X T S X: K AB 44 . 0 0 .9 x 0. 8x 11. 6 x 5.8x - - -
K ings oft C o. Ltd. S E HK 3 88 8 347 . 4 2 .4 x - 7 .1 x - 1 0. 2x - 2. 3x
Lingo Me dia C orpora tion T S XV T S XV : LM 9.5 3 .2 x - - - - - -
Live World Inc. OT CPK LV W D 1.9 0 .1 x - - - - - 0. 9x
LookS mart, Ltd. Na sdaqGM LO OK 20 . 1 - - - - 2. 9x - 0. 7x
Magnitude Informa tion S ys tems Inc. O T C BB MAG Y 7.9 - - - - - - -
Mixi, Inc. TS E 2 12 1 564 . 2 3 .8 x - 10. 0 x - 2 6. 9x - 4. 4x
Mode rn T imes Group Mtg A B OM MT G B 843 . 5 0 .9 x 0. 9x 5 .6 x 6.2x 2. 7x 5. 8x -
Moggle , Inc O T C BB MMOG 72 . 6 - - - - - - -
MOK O. mobi L imited AS X MKB 2.3 0 .9 x - - - - - 1. 6x
NE O W IZ G ame s C orpora tion K OS E A095660 185 . 7 1 .6 x - 5 .8 x - 1 2. 0x - 7. 1x
NetDra gon We bS oft, Inc. S E HK 7 77 199 . 7 0 .2 x - 0 .5 x - 5. 7x - 1. 1x
Netea s e. com Inc. Na sdaqGS NT E S 2 , 516 . 4 - - - - 1. 7x 10.6x 0. 5x
NeXplore C or por ation OT CPK NXP C 53 . 0 - - - - - - -
Ngi G roup Inc. TS E 2 49 7 26 . 6 - - - - 7. 7x - 0. 4x
Northgate T e chnologies L imited B SE 59 00 57 22 . 8 0 .2 x - 1 .0 x - 1. 6x - -
Open T e xt C or p. Na sdaqGS OTEX 1 , 586 . 6 2 .2 x 2. 0x 8 .8 x 7.6x 3 2. 4x 11.9x -
Openwa ve S ys tems Inc. Na sdaqGS OPW V 65 . 9 - - - - - 26.4x 0. 9x
P erfect W orld C o., Ltd. Na sdaqGS PW R D 508 . 3 - - - - 0. 8x 4. 4x 0. 3x
P hotoC hannel Ne tworks Inc. T S XV T S XV : P N 45 . 0 2 .8 x 1. 9x - 6.0x - 22.4x 9. 9x
Quepas a C orp. Na sdaqC M QP S A 15 . 1 - - - - - - 6. 2x
OA O R B C Informa tion S ys tems R TS R BC I 41 . 6 0 .0 x - 0 .1 x - - - -
S handa Intera ctive E nte rtainment L td. Na sdaqGS S NDA 2 , 134 . 2 - - - - 1. 8x 10.5x 0. 8x
S hutterfly, Inc. Na sdaqGS S F LY 197 . 2 0 .5 x 0. 5x 3 .8 x 3.4x 4 4. 3x - 1. 1x
S K C ommunications C o. , Ltd. K OS E A066270 161 . 2 1 .2 x - 13. 0 x - - - -
S NA P Inter active, Inc. O T C BB S TV I 10 . 1 3 .9 x - 38. 9 x - 5 6. 1x - 7. 4x
S NM G lobal Holdings OT CPK S NMN 0.0 1 .1 x - - - - - -
S ocial Me dia V enures , Inc. OT CPK S MV I 0.0 0 .0 x - - - - - -
S park Ne tworks , Inc. A ME X LOV 52 . 3 0 .8 x - 4 .1 x - 5. 3x - -
S pectrumDNA, Inc. O T C BB S PX A 4.6 - - - - - - 5. 0x
T encent Holdings Ltd. S E HK 7 00 10 , 229 . 9 12. 2 x - 24. 7 x - 3 3. 5x - 13 . 3x
T he P ar ent C ompany OT CPK K IDS .Q 0.4 0 .2 x - - - - - -
T he 9 Limited Na sdaqGS NC T Y 289 . 4 - - - - 0. 9x 7. 1x 0. 1x
T he S tre et.com, Inc. Na sdaqGM T SCM 54 . 1 - - - - 5 7. 3x - 0. 5x
T ree. C om, Inc. Na sdaqGM TR E E 36 . 8 0 .2 x 0. 2x - - - - 0. 6x
Unis e rve C ommunications C orp. T S XV T S XV: US S 1.0 0 .1 x - 31. 3 x - - - -
United Online Inc. Na sdaqGS UNT D 361 . 3 1 .0 x 0. 7x 4 .4 x 2.9x - 6. 7x -
UOMO Media, Inc O T C BB UO MO 6.0 13. 3 x - - - - - -
VO IS , Inc. O T C BB VO IS 5.4 - - - - - - 14 . 1x
W ebz en Inc. Na sdaqGM WZE N 10 . 6 - - - - - - 0. 0x
W izza rd S oftwa re C orporation A ME X W ZE 24 . 4 3 .9 x - - - - - -
W ooz yF ly, Inc. O T C BB W ZY F 2.6 - - - - - - -
W orlds .com Inc. O T C BB W DDD 9.4 - - - - 3. 4x - -
W ynds torm C orporation O T C BB W YND 2.2 - - - - - - -
XING A G XT R A O 1B C 188 . 3 3 .4 x - 8 .8 x - 1 9. 0x - 5. 2x
Y edangO nline C orp. K OS E A052770 66 . 2 1 .5 x - 6 .7 x - 8. 9x - 4. 1x
Y nk K or ea Inc. K OS E A023770 5.5 0 .4 x - - - - - -
ZipL ocal Inc. T S XV T S X V: ZIP 0.9 0 .6 x - - - - - -
High 10 , 229 . 9 31. 7 x 2. 0x 38. 9 x 7.6x 5 7. 3x 26.4x 41 . 9x
Low 0.0 0 .0 x 0. 2x 0 .1 x 2.0x 0. 8x 4. 4x 0. 0x
Average 320.7 3.8x 0.9x 8.1x 4.9x 13.9x 12.4x 4.3x
Median 24 . 4 1 .0 x 0. 8x 5 .2 x 5.8x 8. 1x 10.6x 1. 6x

Figure 26. Valuation Comparison


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S ummary by C ountry
C ompany Na me US D Market C a p ($ m) Avg US D Mark et C ap ($m ) US D L T M Total R ev ($m ) US D L T M Total E B I TDA ($m) E B IT DA %

U nited S tates 37 C h ina 17 , 720 . 4 C hina 2, 215. 0 U nited S ta tes 3 , 115 . 3 C hina 1, 40 1.1 C hina 4 9.2%
C an ada 10 Un ite d S tate s 3 , 345 . 1 S weden 843. 5 C hina 2 , 757 . 0 S we den 22 9. 3 A us tra lia 4 6.0%
S outh K o re a 9 J apan 1 , 846 . 8 J apa n 307. 8 S we den 1 , 434 . 5 C a na da 18 6. 3 T a iwa n 2 9.3%
C hina 8 C a nada 1 , 734 . 1 T a iwa n 231. 4 C ana da 884 . 6 U nited S tates 13 7. 6 J a pa n 2 5.7%
J a pa n 6 S wede n 843 . 5 C a na da 173. 4 J apa n 495 . 0 J apan 12 8. 4 U nite d S tate s 2 3.1%
T a iwa n 3 T a iwa n 694 . 2 Ita ly 102. 0 S outh K orea 458 . 7 T aiwan 8 3.2 I ndia 1 7.6%
A us tra lia 2 S outh K orea 564 . 9 G erma ny 100. 2 Hong K ong 428 . 1 S outh K o re a 5 3.4 S wede n 1 6.0%
G erma ny 2 G erma ny 200 . 3 U nited S tates 90. 4 T aiwa n 343 . 2 Ita ly 3 4.1 I ta ly 1 6.0%
Ma lay s ia 1 I ta ly 102 . 0 Hong K ong 82. 0 Italy 213 . 3 India 2 2.6 M a la ys ia 1 3.3%
Hon g K ong 1 Ho ng K on g 82 . 0 S outh K o re a 62. 8 R us s ia 131 . 0 Hong K ong 1 8.8 R uss ia 1 3.1%
F inla nd 1 R u ss ia 41 . 6 R us s ia 41. 6 India 128 . 7 R us s ia 1 7.1 S outh K orea 5 . 8%
Ita ly 1 F inland 23 . 5 F inla nd 23. 5 Ma la ysia 74 . 5 G erma ny 1 2.3 Hong K on g 4 . 4%
U nited K ingdom 1 I ndia 22 . 8 In dia 22. 8 G erman y 44 . 5 Ma lays ia 9.9 G erm any -10 . 9%
In dia 1 M ala ys ia 20 . 6 Ma lay s ia 20. 6 Austra lia 11 . 2 A us tra lia 2.6 C a nada -17 . 3%
S weden 1 A us tralia 15 . 1 A us tralia 7. 6 F in la nd 5 .2 U nited K ingdom -1.6 U nite d K ingdom NA
R us s ia 1 Un ite d K in gdom 2.9 U nited K ingdom 2. 9 U nited K ingdom 0 .2 F in lan d -1 1.9 F inla nd NA

G rand Total 85 G rand T ota l 27 ,259.8 G ra nd Total 320. 7 G rand Total 10 ,525 .1 G rand T otal 2,32 3.1 G ra nd Tota l 17.9%

Figure 27. Comparison by Country


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S ummary by Exc hange
C ompany Na me US D Market C a p ($ m) Avg US D Mark et C ap ($m ) US D L T M Total R ev ($m ) US D L T M Total E B I TDA ($m) E B IT DA %

OTCB B 20 S E HK 10 , 776 . 9 S E HK 3, 592. 3 OM 1 , 434 . 5 Na s da qG S 1, 21 4.8 OTCB B 6 9.0%


Nas da qG S 11 Na sdaqG S 10 , 101 . 5 NY S E 1, 495. 2 Nas da qG S 484 . 9 S E HK 52 9. 4 NY S E 6 3.5%
OTCP K 8 TS E 1 , 709 . 4 Na s da qG S 918. 3 S E HK 368 . 1 OM 22 9. 3 AS X 4 6.0%
K OS E 7 NY S E 1 , 495 . 2 OM 843. 5 NY S E 244 . 8 NY S E 15 5. 4 S E HK 4 4.0%
TS E 5 OM 843 . 5 TS E 341. 9 CM 213 . 3 TSE 11 3. 0 GTS M 3 2.0%
Nas da qG M 5 K OSE 535 . 2 G TSM 209. 6 RTS 131 . 0 K OS E 4 9.3 TS E 2 7.8%
T S XV 5 GTS M 419 . 2 OSE 137. 4 BS E 128 . 7 GTSM 3 5.2 Na sda qG S 2 6.1%
S E HK 3 OTCB B 286 . 0 CM 102. 0 OSE 104 . 9 CM 3 4.1 A ME X 1 9.5%
TS X 3 XTR A 200 . 3 XT R A 100. 2 Nas da qG M 83 . 9 BSE 2 2.6 BSE 1 7.6%
A ME X 2 Na sdaqG M 140 . 7 K OS E 76. 5 TSE 78 . 0 RTS 1 7.1 OM 1 6.0%
XT R A 2 OTCP K 137 . 8 RTS 41. 6 KLSE 74 . 5 OSE 1 5.4 CM 1 6.0%
ASX 2 OS E 137 . 4 A ME X 38. 3 GTSM 71 . 3 XT R A 1 2.3 OS E 1 4.7%
GTSM 2 CM 102 . 0 TS X 32. 1 KOS E 58 . 5 K LS E 9.9 K LS E 1 3.3%
K LS E 1 TS X 96 . 2 Na s da qG M 28. 1 AM E X 33 . 1 A ME X 5.2 R TS 1 3.1%
HLS E 1 A ME X 76 . 7 HL S E 23. 5 TSX 24 . 4 ASX 2.6 K OSE 6 . 2%
OSE 1 T S XV 60 . 1 BSE 22. 8 XT R A 22 . 3 A IM -1.6 Na sda qG M 0 . 9%
CM 1 RTS 41 . 6 K LS E 20. 6 OT C PK 21 . 0 TSX -5.9 TS X -3 . 9%
B SE 1 HL S E 23 . 5 OTCP K 17. 2 TSXV 9 .1 TSXV -1 0.1 XTR A -10 . 9%
Nas da qC M 1 BS E 22 . 8 Na s da qC M 15. 1 AS X 5 .6 Na s da qC M -1 1.8 T S XV -15 . 8%
NY S E 1 K LS E 20 . 6 OTCB B 14. 3 HLS E 5 .2 HL S E -1 1.9 OTCP K -29 . 4%
A IM 1 AS X 15 . 1 T S XV 12. 0 OT C BB 1 .4 Na s da qG M -1 7.6 A IM NA
OM 1 Na sdaqC M 15 . 1 ASX 7. 6 AI M 0 .2 OTCPK -2 7.2 Na sda qC M NA
R TS 1 A IM 2.9 A IM 2. 9 Nas da qC M 0 .1 OTCBB -3 6.5 HL S E NA

G rand Total 85 G rand T ota l 27 ,259.8 G ra nd Total 320. 7 G rand Total 133 .2 G rand T otal 2,32 3.1 G ra nd Tota l 17.9%

Figure 28. Comparison by Exchange


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Financing - Last Three Months (US$ m)


Month Company Name Country Angel/Seed Debt financing PIPE Series A Series B Series C Series D Series E Grand Total
Dec-08 GoFish USA 22.5 22.5
NetShelter Canada 11.1 11.1
Blue Kai USA 10.5 10.5
Taptu UK 9.9 9.9
FooMojo USA 9.9 9.9
Scri bd USA 9.0 9.0
Superfish Israel 5.3 5.3
Tagged USA 5.0 5.0
Snapmylife USA 5.0 5.0
Jackbe USA 5.0 5.0
ChakPak India 5.0 5.0
Tumblr USA 4.5 4.5
Playdo Sweden 4.3 4.3
Overlay.TV Canada 3.8 3.8
DotBlu USA 2.0 2.0
Angie's List USA 1.0 1.0
StockTwits USA 0.8 0.8
Dec-08 Total 5.0 22.5 31.9 49.2 1.0 5.0 114.6

Jan-09 Aster Data Systems USA 17.0 17.0


Yodl e USA 13.0 13.0
AdMob USA 12.5 12.5
VirtuOz France 11.4 11.4
IMVU USA 10.0 10.0
NewsGator USA 10.0 10.0
Go Internet Media USA 10.0 10.0
DECA USA 10.0 10.0
Nurien Korea 10.0 10.0
RatePoint USA 10.0 10.0
One True Media USA 9.0 9.0
SundaySky Israel 8.0 8.0
Play Hard Sports USA 8.0 8.0
JibJab USA 7.5 7.5
Xobni USA 7.0 7.0
InsideVi ew USA 6.5 6.5
Kewego France 6.2 6.2
Fliqz USA 6.0 6.0
Motionbox USA 6.0 6.0
SocialMedi a USA 6.0 6.0
Sportsblogs USA 5.0 5.0
AboutUs USA 5.0 5.0
Geni USA 5.0 5.0
Gbox USA 5.0 5.0
E-Global Sports Network USA 3.5 3.5
mEgo USA 2.5 2.5
Tripwolf Aust ria 2.5 2.5
Hubdub UK 1.2 1.2
Snooth USA 1.0 1.0
CoveritLive Canada 1.0 1.0
Identi.ca Canada 0.2 0.2
Meez USA
Jan-09 Total 4.7 45.2 73.9 82.2 10.0 216.0

Feb-09 Twitter USA 35.0 35.0


Synthasite South Africa 20.0 20.0
Tremor Media USA 18.0 18.0
Offerpal Medi a USA 15.0 15.0
Imagini UK 13.5 13.5
Emergent Game Technol ogies USA 12.5 12.5
Outbrain Israel 12.0 12.0
Tvtrip France 9.0 9.0
Oodle USA 5.6 5.6
TextDigger USA 4.3 4.3
OneSpot USA 4.2 4.2
Mixpo Canada 4.0 4.0
FetchDog USA 4.0 4.0
Virtual Fairground Netherlands 4.0 4.0
7 Billion People USA 3.0 3.0
FamilyLink.com USA 2.9 2.9
WhistleBox USA 2.3 2.3
Mendeley UK 2.0 2.0
Outright USA 2.0 2.0
Tvinci Israel 1.6 1.6
Filtrbox USA 1.4 1.4
MMO Life Netherlands 1.3 1.3
Cake Financial USA 1.3 1.3
fav.or.it UK 0.7 0.7
Feb-09 Total 7.3 24.8 76.4 58.6 12.5 179.5

Grand Total 12.0 5.0 22.5 101.9 199.4 141.8 5.0 22.5 510.1

Figure 29. Financing, Last Three Months


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I n f o r ma t i o n a b o u t Re s e a r ch C a p i t a l C o r p o r a t i o n ’ s Ra t i n g S y s t e m, t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f o u r r e s e a r ch t o cl i e n t s a n d t h e p e r ce n t a g e o f r e c o m me n d a t i o n s wh i c h a r e i n e a c h
o f o u r r a t i n g c a t e g o r i e s i s a v a i l a b l e o n o u r we b si t e a t ww w. r e s e a r ch c a p i t a l . c o m.

T h e i n f o r ma t i o n c o n t a i n e d i n t h i s r e p o r t h a s b e e n d r a wn f r o m s o u r c e s b e l i e ve d t o b e r e l i a b l e b u t i t s a c cu r a c y o r co mp l e t e n e ss i s n o t g u a r a n t e e d , n o r i n p r o vi d i n g i t
d o e s R e s e a r c h Ca p i t a l C o r p o r a t i o n a s s u me a n y r e sp o n si b i l i t y o r l i a b i l i t y . R e s e a r ch C a p i t a l C o r p o r a t i o n , i t s d i r e ct o r s , o f f i c e r s a n d o t h e r e mp l o y e e s ma y , f r o m t i me t o
t i me , h a v e p o si t i o n s i n t h e s e cu r i t i e s me n t i o n e d h e r e i n . Co n t e n t s o f t h i s r e p o r t c a n n o t b e r e p r o d u c e d i n wh o l e o r i n p a r t wi t h o u t t h e e xp r e ss e d p e r mi s si o n o f R e se a r ch
C a p i t a l C o r p o r a t i o n . ( U . S . I n s t i t u t i o n a l Cl i e n t s — Re s e a r ch C a p i t a l U . S. A . I n c. ( a wh o l l y o wn e d s u b si d i a r y o f R e s e a r c h C a p i t a l Co r p o r a t i o n ) a cc e p t s r e s p o n si b i l i t y f o r
t h e c o n t e n t s o f t h i s r e p o r t s u b je c t t o t h e t e r ms & l i mi t a t i o n s s e t o u t a b o v e . F i r ms o r i n s t i t u t i o n s r e ce i vi n g t h i s r e p o r t s h o u l d e f f e ct t r a n s a ct i o n s i n s e c u r i t i e s d i sc u s se d
i n t h e r e p o r t t h r o u g h R e s e a r ch C a p i t a l U . S . A . I n c. , a B r o k e r - D e a l e r R e g i s t e r e d wi t h t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s S e cu r i t i e s a n d E xc h a n g e C o m mi s si o n ) .

Tor on to 4 16. 8 60. 76 00 M ontr eal 51 4. 39 9. 150 0 V anco u ver 60 4. 66 2. 180 0 C al gar y 40 3. 26 5. 740 0 R egi na 306. 566. 7550

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