Nu Skin Enterprises has announced the strategic sale of its social influencer platform Mavely to Later for $250 million. The acquisition, backed by Summit Partners, was confirmed by Later's CEO Scott Sutton, who indicated that the company is actively seeking more mergers and acquisitions in the influencer marketing space. Following the announcement, Nu Skin's stock rose by 14% in pre-market trading. Mavely is known for its commission-based model that compensates social media creators for sales they generate.
Influencer marketing company Later acquires Mavely, which pays commissions to social-media creators for the sales they generate, for $250M in cash and stock (@dollydeighton / Wall Street Journal) https://t.co/0cj0dlA435 https://t.co/W6OQjPOnhU
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Later acquires social influencer app Mavely for $250M https://t.co/XgteMm0Ggb