PARIS—French music streaming service Deezer is merging with a special-purpose acquisition firm and aiming to go public at a €1.05 billion, or about $1.13 billion, valuation, the businesses stated.
The Paris-based competitor to Spotify Technology SA and different music streamers has 9.6 million subscribers and generated income of €400 million in 2021, Deezer stated in a press release. The music streaming service provides listeners a catalog of greater than 90 million songs, in addition to podcasts, audio books and radio channels.