Gamesmaker Nexters to Go Public Via Former MegaFon CEO SPAC
Transaction between Nexters, Kismet valued at $1.9 billion Tavrin: opportunity for European companies to get U.S. listing Nexters Global Ltd., the game developer behind Hero Wars and Throne Rush, is going public through a deal with a blank-check company started by former MegaFon PJSC head Ivan Tavrin. The transaction between Limassol, Cyprus-based Nexters and Tavrin’s Kismet Acquisition One Corp. is valued at $1.9 billion, according to a statement Monday. Kismet Capital Group will invest an additional $50 million in the deal. Tavrin, the founder of Russian media company UTH Russia Ltd. — now known as Media-1 —