Livesport, the Czech expertise firm behind Flashscore, has accomplished the acquisition of Spanish-facing soccer reside scores, stats and information supplier BeSoccer for an undisclosed quantity.
BeSoccer will now be part of the broader Livesport, operating alongside Flashscore, one other reside rating supplier. The strategic acquisition, Livesport stated, will add roughly 25 million month-to-month customers to its complete person base.
The deal encompasses three enterprise entities in BeSoccer, BeSoccer Professional and Resultados de Fútbol.
BeSoccer is the core model, delivering football-only reside scores model in English, with over 100 million downloads worldwide. Resultados de Fútbol presents reside scores in Spanish, whereas BeSoccer Professional is a further service specializing in soccer knowledge evaluation.
Livesport stated the triple addition will enable it to ship extra complete protection of soccer to followers world wide.
Historic acquisition for Livesport
Commenting on the deal, Livesport chairman Martin Hájek stated the acquisition is the most important within the historical past of the corporate. This, he provides, displays its longer-term progress aspirations.
“BeSoccer’s acquisition will considerably strengthen our place in Spanish and French-speaking nations, the place BeSoccer holds a powerful person base,” Hájek stated. “Their product and its territorial attain enhances Flashscore completely, particularly in soccer, our main sport among the many 30-plus we cowl.
“The BeSoccer platform will assist us enhance our attain to perform our mission: to unfold all of the necessary sports activities data because it occurs.”
BeSoccer present majority proprietor Manu Heredia additionally welcomed the deal. Heredia will function board advisor below the brand new possession.
“I’m pleased with what BeSoccer has grow to be and the superb staff that has helped make it the most well-liked reside soccer scores app on the planet,” Heredia stated. “It’s time for BeSoccer to take an exponential leap ahead with the assist of Livesport, a worldwide chief in sports activities data who shares our ardour.
“Collectively, we’ll discover new horizons for BeSoccer to continue to grow. Not solely as the most important soccer app however as the last word mission for followers and soccer professionals alike.”