# Yahoo! Japan: portfolio, investments and team > Yahoo! Japan is a corporate vc based in Japan. 5 investments on record, latest May 2017. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/yahoo-japan (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Yahoo! Japan Last cheque observed May 2017. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet Corporate VC Series B Debt Series E Housekeeping Service Information Technology Auctions Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record Since the last cheque **3451** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$23M** Rounds led **0 of 5** Mostly in **United States, 60%** Pitch Yahoo! Japan ## Yahoo! Japan highlights - 01 5 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series B and Debt: 75% of its rounds ## What they do - **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Sectors:** Housekeeping Service Information Technology Auctions - **Based in:** Chiyoda, Japan - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances** - **2017** 1 round - **May** **Twiggle** Series B · IL · FinSMEs **$15M** With 3 others - **2016** 1 round - **Sept** **[AppNexus](https://millionrounds.com/company/appnexus)** US · Businessinsider **$31M** With 1 other - **2015** 1 round - **Feb** **[Taboola](https://millionrounds.com/company/taboola)** Series E · US **$117M** With 6 others - **2013** 1 round - **Nov** **[Signal](https://millionrounds.com/company/signal)** Debt · US · sec.gov **$27M** With 6 others - **2003** 1 round - **Oct** **[iStyle Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/istyle-inc)** Series B · JP **Undisclosed** With 8 others 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 **2** 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. ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **0** of 9 we have independently watched raise Ikyu Restaurant ZOZOTOWN カード フリマ プライバシーセンター 会社概要 出前館 広告掲載について Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. ## Companies it bought Acquisitions by the firm itself **eAccess** **$3.2B** Mar 2014 **Cirius Technologies USA** **Undisclosed** Aug 2010 ## The cheque Series B Debt Series E Median round joined **$23M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 5 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** May 2017 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series B *2* - Debt *1* - Series E *1* Cheques by year Led Joined 2003 2017 **Pitching Yahoo! Japan?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Quick answers about Yahoo! Japan ### What does Yahoo! Japan invest in? Yahoo! Japan invests most often at Series B and Debt (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Housekeeping Service, Information Technology and Auctions. ### How active is Yahoo! Japan? 5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in May 2017. ### What has Yahoo! Japan invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Twiggle (Series B, May 2017) and AppNexus (Undisclosed round, Sept 2016). ### How big are Yahoo! Japan's cheques? The median round it joins is $23M. ### Does Yahoo! Japan lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Yahoo! Japan invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (60%), Israel (20%) and Japan (20%). ### Is Yahoo! Japan investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in May 2017. ### What kind of investor is Yahoo! Japan? Yahoo! Japan is a corporate VC based in Chiyoda, Japan. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=yahoo-japan) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=yahoo-japan)