LINE Overview

  • Founded
  • 2000

Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 8,992

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A

  • Financing Rounds
  • 3

  • Investments
  • 32

LINE General Information

Description

Developer of an instant messaging application intended to develop and operate a wide range of mobile-first services. The company software includes communication, content, entertainment and advertising, as well as new businesses in fintech, AI and other domains, thereby enabling users in connecting people, information, services and everything else.

Contact Information

Website
www.linecorp.com
Formerly Known As
NHN Japan Corporation
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
(Operating Subsidiary)
Financing Status
Corporate Backed or Acquired
Primary Industry
Communication Software
Parent Company
Z Holdings
Primary Office
  • 23rd Floor Yotsuya Tower
  • 1-6-1 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku
  • Tokyo, 160-0004
  • Japan

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LINE Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA		 Post-Val Status Debt

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LINE Comparisons

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Industry
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Employees
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Post Valuation
Last
Financing
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LINE Competitors (26)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Silent Circle Venture Capital-Backed Columbia, MD 00 00000 000000 - 000 00000
0000000 Private Equity-Backed Pfaffikon, Switzerland 00 0000000 0000
000000 Corporation Shenzhen, China 0000
00000 Accelerator/Incubator Backed Wilmington, DE 00 0000 0000000000 0000
0000 Venture Capital-Backed New Delhi, India 000 00000 0000000000 0 00000
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LINE Patents

  • 1,542

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 373

    Granted

  • 132

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

LINE Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
JP-2023055868-A Program, information processing method and terminal Pending 26-Aug-2022
JP-7195470-B1 Program, information processing method, terminal, server Active 31-Mar-2022 0
JP-2023129378-A Overseas remittance processing method, computer equipment and computer program Pending 02-Mar-2022
JP-2023121470-A Program, information processing method, information processing apparatus Pending 21-Feb-2022
JP-2022176304-A Server, program, information processing method Pending 17-Feb-2022
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LINE Executive Team (20)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
In Joon Hwang Director & Chief Financial Officer
Euivin Park Global Chief Technology Officer & Director
Tomohiro Ikebe Chief Technology Officer & Senior Executive Officer
Mangi Leem Chief Information Security Officer & Executive Officer
Hideto Katano Chief Information Officer
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LINE Board Members (5)

Name Representing Role Since
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LINE Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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LINE Former Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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LINE Investments & Acquisitions (32)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
0000 000 26-Sep-2022 00000 0000 00000 Other Services (B2C Non-Financial) 000 000 0
0000000000000 22-Mar-2022 00000 0000 0000 Information Services (B2C)
0000 000 30-Jul-2020 00000 0000 00000 Other Services (B2C Non-Financial)
000000 (00000 14-Feb-2020 0000 00000 00.00 Database Software
Line Taxi 05-Dec-2019 Merger/Acquisition Automotive
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LINE Subsidiaries (7)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Line Taxi Automotive Taipei City, Taiwan 2017
0000 00000000 Corporate Venture Capital Tokyo, Japan 0000
00000000 Media and Information Services (B2B) Bangkok, Thailand 0000
0000 00000 Entertainment Software Seoul, South Korea 0000
0000 000000 Entertainment Software Tokyo, Japan 0000
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LINE Exits (7)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
0000000 00000 20-Mar-2019 00000 00000 00 000 Completed
  • 4 buyers
000000 20-Dec-2017 00000 00000 00 Completed
  • 2 buyers
0000 (0000000000 0 24-Feb-2017 000000000 000.00 Completed
  • 0000
0000 (0000000000 0 29-Sep-2016 000000000 0000 Completed
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WebPay 11-Feb-2015 Merger/Acquisition Completed
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