United States · Investor

Yahoo

Last cheque observed Dec 2018. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietCompany

Series BSeries ASeries DEmailFinanceHardware

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 19 on record
Since the last cheque2874days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$26MRounds led0 of 19Sole investor4 roundsExits6 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 68%
Pitch Yahoo

Yahoo highlights

  1. 01

    19 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series B and Series A: 56% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $28M

  4. 04

    6 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & VideosFrom their own website
Type
Company
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
EmailFinanceHardware
Based in
Bethesda, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first19 appearances

  1. 2018

    1 round

  2. Dec
    WisdoSeed · IL · FinSMEs$11MWith 4 others
  3. 2017

    1 round

  4. Aug
    M17Series A · SG · TechCrunch$40MWith 4 others
  5. 2015

    1 round

  6. Jul
    UnifysquareSeries B · US$12MWith 2 others
  7. 2014

    3 rounds

  8. Dec
    SnapchatSeries D · US$485MWith 3 others
  9. Mar
    HortonworksSeries D · US$100MWith 6 others
  10. Feb
    Carnegie Mellon UniversityGrant · US$10MSole investor
  11. 2013

    2 rounds

  12. Sept
    HookLogicSeries B · US · finsmes.com$14MWith 3 others
  13. Jun
    HortonworksSeries C · US · gigaom.com$50MWith 4 others
  14. 2011

    2 rounds

  15. Nov
    HortonworksSeries B · US · gigaom.com$25MWith 4 others
  16. Jun
    HortonworksSeries A · US · gigaom.com$23MWith 1 other
  17. 2010

    1 round

  18. Jan
    GeekStatusSeed · US · yhoo.client.shareholder.com$240KSole investor
  19. 2008

    3 rounds

  20. Apr
    VlingoSeries B · US · techcrunch.com$20MWith 2 others
  21. Feb
    Matrimony.comSeries B · IN · mayfield.com$12MWith 2 others
  22. Feb
    Bharat MatrimonySeries B · IN · paidcontent.org$12MWith 2 others
  23. 2006

    2 rounds

  24. Oct
    Right MediaSeries B · US · conversionrater.com$45MSole investor
  25. Aug
    Matrimony.comSeries A · IN · consim.com$8.7MWith 1 other
  26. 2005

    1 round

  27. Aug
    AlibabaGrowth · CN$1.0BSole investor
  28. 2004

    1 round

  29. Apr
    PlaxoSeries C · US · sanjose.bizjournals.com$7.0MWith 3 others
  30. 1998

    1 round

  31. Jan
    GeoCitiesSeries D · US · avc.com$25MWith 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

We hold 3 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed6 in all

VlingoBought by Nuance CommunicationsUndisclosedDec 2011
PlaxoBought by Comcast$150MMay 2008
AlibabaListedUndisclosedNov 2007
Right MediaBought by Yahoo!$850MApr 2007
AlibabaBought by Yahoo!$1.0BAug 2005
GeoCitiesBought by Yahoo!$2.9BJan 1999

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

Polyvore$200MJul 2015
MEDIA GROUP ONE$23MJul 2015
CoolirisUndisclosedNov 2014
BrightRoll$640MNov 2014
MessageMe$30MOct 2014
BookpadUndisclosedSept 2014
LuminateUndisclosedSept 2014
ZofariUndisclosedAug 2014
Flurry$200MJul 2014
RayVUndisclosedJul 2014
BlinkUndisclosedMay 2014
VizifyUndisclosedMar 2014

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Yahoo. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

BenchmarkVC firm4rounds togetherCanaanVC firm3rounds togetherDragoneer InvestmentPrivate equity3rounds togetherIndex VenturesVC firm3rounds togetherTenaya CapitalVC firm3rounds togetherMayfield FundVC firm2rounds together

Quick answers about Yahoo

What does Yahoo invest in?

Yahoo invests most often at Series B and Series A (56% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Email, Finance and Hardware.

How active is Yahoo?

19 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Dec 2018.

What has Yahoo invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Wisdo (Seed, Dec 2018) and M17 (Series A, Aug 2017).

How big are Yahoo's cheques?

The median round it joins is $26M.

Does Yahoo lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 19 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Yahoo invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (68%), India (16%) and Israel (5%).

Is Yahoo investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Dec 2018.

Who does Yahoo invest alongside?

Most often Benchmark (4 rounds together), Canaan (3 rounds together) and Dragoneer Investment (3 rounds together).

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