Flexion Acquires Audiencly for EUR 9.34 Million

Flexion Mobile Plc, the Android games distribution company, has announced the acquisition of Audiencly GmbH, a leading influencer marketing agency for the gaming industry.

Based in Germany, Audiencly is a fast-growing and profitable company with blue-chip gaming clients such as IGG, NetEase and Socialpoint. Flexion will purchase the entire issued share capital of Audiencly for a purchase price of EUR 9.34 million to be satisfied partly in cash and partly in shares. CEO and founder Adrian Kotowski will join Flexion’s management team and will be responsible for the overall management of Audiencly and the expansion of Flexion’s influencer marketing and user acquisition offering. Michael Schmidt, Co-Founder and CMO of Audiencly with 20 years of PR and marketing experience in gaming, will contribute to the group’s marketing and PR strategy. Audiencly’s strong team of 28 highly skilled gaming experts will join the Flexion group.

“This is a game-changing acquisition for Flexion and our first step into a wider market with a broader service for game developers. The influencer marketing space is estimated to be worth USD 13.8 billion, and it is growing fast making it popular with mobile game advertisers. Adding influencer marketing will provide a huge opportunity as it creates a truly unique offering for game developers. We expect that Audiencly’s expertise and business model will augment Flexion’s growth as we can now help game developers reach new audiences of high paying users. It’s never been more difficult for mobile game developers to find paying users, especially as Google and Apple make more changes to their platforms. We believe that Flexion’s expanded offering will be very well received by both game developers and store partners,” Jens Lauritzson, CEO of Flexion, said.

“User acquisition in gaming is becoming more sophisticated and requires a broader approach across multiple channels. Influencer marketing is the most authentic way to acquire loyal customers. Audiencly’s campaign and creator-centric approach for gaming brands has a strong impact on user acquisition processes and complements other customer acquisition channels. We have built Audiencly with focus on our gaming customers and their individual needs. The merger with Flexion allows us to integrate even deeper into the customer journey and optimise return on investment (ROI) for our joint gaming clients,” Adrian Kotowski, CEO of Audiencly, said.

“Together we will be able to take advantage of clear market synergies while providing a broader and richer service to top grossing games developers around the world. This will strengthen Flexion’s business model with higher growth and improved margin,” Jens Lauritzson said.