Drake Star Acts as Exclusive Financial Advisor to Ready Player Me on its Sale to Netflix

LOS ANGELES | December 19, 2025 

Netflix has acquired Ready Player Me, a leading avatar creation platform based in Estonia. Netflix will leverage Ready Player Me’s development tools and infrastructure to power cross-game avatars, making it fun and engaging for players to carry their personalities and fandom across multiple games.

Drake Star acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Ready Player Me on this transaction.

“We are very excited about this deal with Netflix and look forward to helping advance Netflix’s gaming vision through our cross-game avatar technology,” said Timmu Toke, CEO and Co-Founder of Ready Player Me. “Michael Metzger and the Drake Star team were exceptional partners throughout this process. Their understanding of our sector, extensive buyer relationships, and disciplined M&A execution were instrumental in achieving a highly successful transaction.”

Michael Metzger, Managing Partner at Drake Star, commented: “It was a privilege to advise Ready Player Me on this strategic transaction, and we look forward to Ready Player Me’s avatars entertaining Netflix’s global audience.”

Drake Star Team: Michael Metzger, Mohit Pareek, Pei Chao Zhuo

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