BuzzFeed SPAC Presentation Deck
BuzzFeed
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Highly Attractive Acquisition of Complex
Transaction Rationale
Expands further into new audiences and verticals
Deepens engagement with existing demographic
Cements opportunity as defining youth media platform
Immediate synergies and monetization opportunities
Synergistic Opportunities
Current pro forma financial model does not account
for synergies
Immediate opportunities to promote brands and
create cross-platform growth
Proven track record of creating second windowing
opportunities for digital first IP
COM
PLEX
# 1 reach amongst
males ages 18-24
Other Key
Initiatives
HOT
ONES
Premiere food
culture brand
2.5x
Brands and IP(¹)
COM COLLECTIVE
Research offering
proprietary data
LUSS
for
sole collector
170K Content Pieces(3)
#1 sneaker
community
150M Monthly Video Views (2)
Key Statistics (1)
COMPLEXCON
#1 brand youth
convention
COMPLEX
CLIMATE
Youth consultancy
offering
PIGEONS
& PLANES
Leading music &
artist discovery
platform
ON SHOP
Ecommerce
destination
3.2B Total Impressions (4)
322M Monthly Minutes (4)
Highly diverse reader demographic compared to total
digital population (5)
Source: Complex Management and publicly available information.
(1) Complex materials and reports. (2) Represents 2020 monthly average, excluding views attributable to advertising consulting services. (3) Represents 2020 O&O original output and STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
published content, both posts and videos. (4) Comscore, October 2020; total impressions represents 2020 O&O site and YouTube display and video impressions, includes both direct
and indirect. (5) Refers to Black/African-American males age 18-34. Comscore, October 2020.
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