# Yandex: portfolio, investments and team

> Yandex is a corporate vc based in Russia. 3 investments on record, latest Jul 2013. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/yandex (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Yandex

Last cheque observed Jul 2013. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Corporate VC

Grant Series A Venture Commercial Real Estate Shopping Big Data

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **4849** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$1.0M** Rounds led **0 of 3** Sole investor **2 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio**

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## Yandex highlights

- 01 3 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Grant and Series A: 67% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $600K
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Commercial Real Estate Shopping Big Data
- **Based in:** Moscow, Russia
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2013** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Wikidata](https://millionrounds.com/company/wikidata)** Grant **$200K** Sole investor
- **2012** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Seismotech](https://millionrounds.com/company/seismotech)** Series A · RU **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **2011** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Blekko](https://millionrounds.com/company/blekko)** Venture · US · techcrunch.com **$30M** With 3 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 **1** person 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 listed **1 in all**

**[Blekko](https://millionrounds.com/company/blekko)** Bought by [IBM (International Business Machines)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ibm-international-business-machines) **Undisclosed** Mar 2015

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

**[Metabar](https://millionrounds.com/company/metabar)** **Undisclosed** Dec 2014

**Auto.ru** **$175M** Jun 2014

**KinoPoisk** **$80M** Oct 2013

**SPB Software** **$38M** Nov 2011

**The Tweeted Times** **Undisclosed** Aug 2011

**[Loginza](https://millionrounds.com/company/loginza)** **Undisclosed** Jan 2011

**WebVisor** **Undisclosed** Dec 2010

**Mediaselling** **$1.4M** Oct 2008

**Moikrug** **Undisclosed** Mar 2007

## The cheque

Grant Series A Venture

Median round joined **$1.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$600K**

Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2013
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Grant *1*
- Series A *1*
- Venture *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2011 2013

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## Quick answers about Yandex

### What does Yandex invest in?

Yandex invests most often at Grant and Series A (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Commercial Real Estate, Shopping and Big Data.

### How active is Yandex?

3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2013.

### How big are Yandex's cheques?

The median round it joins is $1.0M.

### Is Yandex investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jul 2013.

### What kind of investor is Yandex?

Yandex is a corporate VC based in Moscow, Russia.

### When was Yandex founded?

Yandex was founded in 1997.

### Where does this information on Yandex come from?

From 1 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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