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Outdoor advertising play Big Screen Video lights up for investors

Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

Apr 15, 2024 – 1.09pm

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Adelaide-based Big Screen Video, a provider of end-to-end LED display solutions, is flaunting its deep relationships with out-of-home advertising bigwigs such as France’s JCDecaux and home-grown oOh!media as it hunts for a backer to buy a controlling stake.

Street Talk understands the company has hired boutique corporate adviser Australian Equity Partners to shop a raise at a $50 million enterprise valuation of which $18 million would be tied to aggressive earnouts through to the 2026 financial year.

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.

Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.