Catena buy i15 Media

On tick: Catena Media has moved once more to bolster its US presence via the acquisition of the online betting and casino sites of i15 Media for $45m, with $12.5m paid on closing and the rest – including $12.5m of new Catena shares – paid in instalments. Among the portfolio of more than 100 sites is bonus.com and gamblingonline.com. i15 was founded by Kendall Saville, previously co-founder of the PlayUSA assets which established Catena Media in the U.S. in 2017. He will now consult for Catena “for the next few years,” according to Catena Media CEO Michael Daly. The purchased assets made $8m in revenue in the year to the end of July. Catena noted its North American operations grew 121% in H1 and now account for 49% of total revenues of €71.1m.

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