BuzzFeed SPAC Presentation Deck
BuzzFeed
Expansion and Diversification of Business Model
November 2006
Jonah Peretti
launches
BuzzFeed
Lab Experimentation
to Grow Audience
(1)
(2)
January 2012
Launches
BuzzFeed
News
June 2014
Releases
DEAR
KITTEN
as the first
branded video
content
August 2015 &
November 2016
Surpasses
OOM in
revenue
Invests $400M in
BuzzFeed
NBC UNIVERSAL
Topline Growth
November July 2015
2014
Launches
TASTY
August 2017
Launches
programmatic
advertising
November 2016
BuzzFeed
Launches
PRODUCT
LABS
laying the groundwork
for revenue
diversification
August 2018
Launches
BuzzFee
REVIEWS
driving affiliate,
programmatic
and content
licensing
March 2018
December
2018
Revenue Model
Diversification
Tasty
kitchenware
line debuts at
Walmart
>$100M in
revenue from
new revenue
streams
October 2018
Creates BuzzFeed
Exchange, a unified
programmatic
offering
BFX
Note: Adj. EBITDA excludes stock-based compensation and other net income/expense. Revenue CAGR and Adj. EBITDA include Complex, excludes go90.
Deal signed in March 2021 and expected to close in connection with the proposed transaction.
Deal signed in November 2020 and closed in February 2021.
July 2020
Partnership w/
LIONSGATE
to produce
feature films
March 2021
Signs Definitive
Agreement to
acquire
verizon
media
COMPLEX™
NETWORKS.
November 2020
Profitable Revenue Growth
Acquires (2)
IHUFFPOSTI
(1)
becomes a minority
shareholder
$20-'24 Revenue
CAGR ~26%
'24 Adj. EBITDA
Margin ~25%
STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
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