Yahoo Overview

  • Founded
  • 1995
Founded
  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged
  • Employees
  • 8,600
Employees
  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A
  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $4.48B
Latest Deal Amount

Yahoo General Information

Description

Operator of an online web portal intended to provide varied media services to customers. The company focuses on offering news related to wide range of sectors including cricket, finance, lifestyle, movies, celebrities and travel and tourism, along with offering users with access to various products and services for email, instant messaging, and mobile blogging, enabling it to offer comprehensive media capabilities to users.

Contact Information

Website
www.yahoo.com
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
(Operating Subsidiary)
Financing Status
Formerly VC-backed
Primary Industry
Publishing
Other Industries
Information Services (B2C)
Social/Platform Software
Application Software
Parent Company
Verizon Communications
Primary Office
  • 701 First Avenue
  • Sunnyvale, CA 94089
  • United States
+1 (408) 000-0000
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Yahoo Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
9. Merger/Acquisition 13-Jun-2017 $4.48B 00.000 Completed Profitable
8. Secondary Transaction - Open Market 03-Jun-2014 Completed Profitable
7. Secondary Transaction - Open Market 16-May-2014 Completed Profitable
6. Secondary Transaction - Private 15-Nov-2013 Completed Profitable
5. Share Repurchase 22-Jul-2013 00.000 Completed Profitable
4. Buyout/LBO 03-Oct-2011 000.00 000.00 Cancelled Profitable
3. IPO 12-Apr-1996 000.00 000.00 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
2. Early Stage VC (Series B) 01-Nov-1995 $4.8M $6.8M Completed Generating Revenue
1. Early Stage VC (Series A) 01-Apr-1995 $2M $2M Completed Product Development
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Yahoo Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %ile
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Yahoo Former Investors (8)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info
Farallon Capital Management Hedge Fund Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Fidelity Investments Mutual Fund Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Reuters Group Corporation Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Sequoia Capital Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
SoftBank Capital Corporate Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
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Yahoo Investments & Acquisitions (148)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
00000 13-Dec-2018 0000 00000 0000 Other Services (B2C Non-Financial)
0000 29-Apr-2016 00000 00000 00 00.000 Social/Platform Software
00000000 02-Sep-2015 000000000000000000 00000 Internet Retail 0000000 00000
0000 31-Dec-2014 00000 00000 00 00000 Social/Platform Software 0000000 00000
BrightRoll 15-Dec-2014 Merger/Acquisition 00000 Media and Information Services (B2B) 0000000 00000
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Yahoo Subsidiaries (9)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Bookpad Application Software Mountain View, CA 2013
0000000000 Application Software Ann Arbor, MI 0000
00 0000 00 Information Services (B2C) Palo Alto, CA 0000
0000000000 0000000 Application Software San Jose, CA 0000
000000 0000 00000 Acquirer New York, NY 0000
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Yahoo Exits (37)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
0000 29-Apr-2016 00000 00000 00 00.000 Completed
  • 43 buyers
00000000 02-Sep-2015 000000000000000000 00000 Completed
  • 00000
0000 31-Dec-2014 00000 00000 00 00000 Completed
  • 6 buyers
0000000 00000 01-Sep-2014 00 000000000000000 Completed
  • 15 buyers
Hortonworks 25-Mar-2014 Later Stage VC 00000 Completed
  • 9 buyers
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