Yahoo

Yahoo is a media technology company based in New York City that connects users with a wide range of interests, including finance, sports, shopping, gaming, and news. It operates as a comprehensive web portal, offering services such as Yahoo Search, Yahoo Mail, and Yahoo News. Additionally, Yahoo provides a platform for businesses to engage in advertising and marketing, leveraging its extensive media reach. The company also includes Yahoo! Store, which offers tools for building and managing e-commerce sites. By combining innovative technologies with diverse content, Yahoo aims to facilitate connections among its users and deliver relevant information and services.

Brian Beglin

Senior Director, Corporate Strategy

Jim Lanzone

CEO

Monica Vorn Mijaleski

CFO

Jerry Chih Yuan Yang

Co-Founder

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Artifact

Acquisition in 2024
Artifact is an AI-driven news aggregation platform.

CommonStock

Acquisition in 2023
CommonStock is a company that offers an online platform designed to facilitate collaborative investing among users, allowing them to trade stocks together with friends, family, and colleagues. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, the platform enables users to link their brokerage accounts, share their investment holdings by percentage, and receive real-time notifications when peers make trades. Users can also replicate each other's trades and invest collaboratively while tracking performance against one another. The service aims to create a community of engaged and informed investors, making investment decision-making more interactive and supportive. The platform is accessible for free on the web and through an iPhone app, with plans for an Android version in development.

Taboola

Post in 2022
Taboola is a content discovery platform that connects users with relevant content they may not have encountered otherwise. It delivers over 360 billion recommendations monthly to more than 1 billion unique visitors across various major publisher sites, including USA TODAY and Business Insider. The company employs an artificial intelligence-driven algorithm to provide tailored content and advertisements across the Open Web, working with digital properties such as websites, devices, and mobile applications. Headquartered in New York City, Taboola also has research and development operations in Israel, alongside offices in Pasadena, London, and Bangkok. It serves a global market, with a significant focus on the United States, and assists publishers, marketers, and agencies in enhancing user engagement, monetizing traffic, and distributing content to attract high-quality audiences.

The Factual

Acquisition in 2022
The Factual is a news aggregation service that focuses on delivering unbiased and credible news stories through its daily newsletter. The platform evaluates approximately 20,000 articles each day, scoring them for credibility based on various factors, including source diversity, author expertise, and the tone of writing. This scoring system enables The Factual to provide a broader range of news sources compared to traditional aggregators. Additionally, The Factual features an open discussion forum that encourages users to engage in honest conversations about current issues. By utilizing game mechanics to reward insightful contributions, the forum aims to foster collaboration among users, promote understanding of diverse viewpoints, and facilitate constructive discourse within the community.

Polyvore

Acquisition in 2015
Polyvore is a shopping site and app where you can give and get styling ideas from one of the world's largest style community. Polyvore's global community has created over 150 million collage-like “sets” that are shared across the web. Polyvore disrupts the traditional e-commerce model by giving everyone everywhere a voice in shaping today's trends and influencing purchases. Polyvore's savvy community is ahead of the curve, predicting trends before they hit the mainstream. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Polyvore is funded by Benchmark Capital, Matrix Partners, DAG Ventures, Goldman Sachs and NV Investments (Vivi Nevo).

Media Group One

Acquisition in 2015
MEDIA GROUP ONE is the media sales house for premium publishers and aggregated quality video short-form content. It is a highly professional sales house and content hub for exciting and fascinating mid- and long-tail content and aggregated premium video content. It is their mission to aggregate premium mid- and long-tail websites into exciting and compelling categories that appeal to online advertisers. It is convinced that these sites reach those online audiences that are most passionate & engaged with the subjects of their choosing.

Unify Square

Series B in 2015
Unify Square provides software, cloud managed services, and consulting for global Microsoft Skype for Business enterprise deployments. The company PowerSuite software creates a unified dashboard to surface actionable insights and help manage collaboration and communications platforms - optimizing and transforming performance health and user effectiveness. It also provides an expansive single-pane of glass view, spanning six different platforms from the top four industry-leading software vendors. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

Snap

Series D in 2014
Snap Inc. is a global camera company based in Santa Monica, California, founded in 2010. It is best known for its flagship product, Snapchat, a multimedia messaging application that allows users to send photos and videos that disappear after being viewed. The app has gained popularity, particularly among younger users, for its unique features, including filters, lenses, and Stories, as well as augmented reality experiences and gaming. In addition to Snapchat, Snap Inc. offers several other tools such as Snap Map for location sharing, Memories for saving and organizing Snaps, and the Discover platform for accessing content from publishers and creators. The company also produces Spectacles, sunglasses equipped with a built-in camera that enables users to capture content from a first-person perspective. Through its innovative approach to communication and technology, Snap Inc. continues to evolve and expand its offerings in the realms of social media and digital content creation.

Cooliris

Acquisition in 2014
Cooliris, Inc. specializes in creating mobile experiences that enhance content sharing and communication. Founded in 2006 and based in San Francisco, the company is known for its visually immersive media applications, including the Gallery app and BeamIt, a messaging application designed for both Android and iOS platforms. Cooliris enables users to capture and share photos and videos, fostering connectivity through visual messaging. As of November 2014, Cooliris operates as a subsidiary of Altaba Inc., further extending its reach in the mobile and web consumer markets.

BrightRoll

Acquisition in 2014
BrightRoll Inc. is a provider of a programmatic video advertising platform that facilitates the targeting of video viewers across desktop, mobile, and connected TV. Founded in 2006 and based in San Francisco, the company was initially known as PostRoller Inc. BrightRoll's platform automates video advertising on a global scale and serves as a unified solution for advertisers, supporting campaigns for many of the largest brands, including a significant portion of the top US advertisers and leading advertising technology companies. The platform enables brands to reach approximately 80% of online video viewers and is recognized for its high volume of ads served. By analyzing hundreds of billions of data points each month, BrightRoll equips advertisers with the insights necessary for real-time decision-making that enhances return on investment. The company offers various video ad formats, including pre-roll and mid-roll ads, as well as overlays and in-game advertisements, ensuring comprehensive coverage across online media properties.

MessageMe

Acquisition in 2014
Messageme.com is to provide an emotionally engaging communication experience that's fun, lightweight and ubiquitous. Messaging revolves around a simple loop: users send messages and respond to messages. Social gaming showed that there are ways to tweak the experience around this loop to increase its performance drastically by influencing the emotions surrounding reciprocal interactions. They believe there is a large opportunity to provide a new level of engagement and excitement in messaging apps by applying these techniques and philosophies. MessageMe had also been courted by Snapchat as well as an app maker out of Europe, Truecaller. And, after earnouts, the price that Yahoo paid to acqui-hire MessageMe is between $30 million and $40 million.

Bookpad

Acquisition in 2014
Bookpad is a technology company established in 2013 that focuses on developing solutions for digital content management. The team is composed of skilled professionals from prestigious engineering institutions in India, including IIT, IIIT, and BITS. Bookpad's primary product, Docspad, is a cloud-based application that allows users to embed, annotate, and edit documents within enterprise applications. This innovative platform enhances the ability to preview, edit, and manage documents seamlessly in a cloud environment, addressing the growing need for efficient digital content handling in businesses. The company has received support from NASSCOM and Microsoft Ventures Accelerator, underscoring its commitment to advancing digital document solutions.

Luminate

Acquisition in 2014
Luminate, Inc. is a leading technology company specializing in making images interactive on the web. Founded in 2008, the company serves over 150 million users monthly and achieves approximately 30 billion image views each year. Luminate has developed a pioneering platform that utilizes Internet and crowdsourcing technologies to enhance online images by providing relevant, layered informational content. This innovative approach allows consumers to transform static images into engaging, interactive experiences. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Luminate was founded by a team of technologists with backgrounds at notable companies such as Netscape and LiveOps.

ClarityRay

Acquisition in 2014
ClarityRay is a company that assists publishers and advertising networks in identifying and preventing ad fraud. By focusing on making the online advertising ecosystem safe, compliant, and sustainable, ClarityRay addresses the challenges that hinder effective advertising. The company provides a software platform that enables content publishers to recover inventory lost to ad-blockers, allowing them to monetize their content more effectively. Through its innovative solutions, ClarityRay has established itself as a leader in the industry, helping clients navigate the complexities of online advertising and setting benchmarks that have become standards in the field.

Zofari

Acquisition in 2014
Zofari is a company focused on enhancing local exploration through its innovative recommendation engine, designed to provide users with swift and insightful local suggestions. By leveraging advanced machine learning technologies and a proprietary natural language processing system, Zofari analyzes data related to businesses, neighborhoods, and cities, translating this information into relatable concepts like ambiance and experience. This approach aims to minimize the time users spend searching for places and maximize their engagement with their surroundings. Additionally, Zofari offers a location-based social networking platform that allows users to share their whereabouts and connect with friends, enriching the social aspect of exploring local venues.

Flurry

Acquisition in 2014
Flurry, Inc. is a mobile application analytics and advertising platform that helps businesses build, measure, advertise, and monetize their mobile applications. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, Flurry offers a suite of products, including Flurry Analytics, which enables businesses to analyze consumer interactions across over 400,000 applications. The platform tracks more than 1 billion end-user sessions monthly and provides insights into audience reach, engagement, retention, and revenue. Flurry also offers solutions such as AppSpot, which serves targeted ads to enhance click-through rates and revenue, and Flurry Personas, which identifies consumer segments with shared interests. Additionally, Flurry Marketplace connects publishers with advertisers through a single SDK integration. With a user-friendly setup that takes just five minutes, Flurry's services are utilized by over 125,000 companies and are compatible with various mobile platforms, including iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.

RayV

Acquisition in 2014
RayV is a stealth company specializing in delivering live television and video-on-demand content to personal computers and connected devices through cloud-based technology. The company focuses on enabling communication service providers, television channels, and content owners to offer high-quality video experiences while minimizing infrastructure investments. Users are expected to create video playlists and broadcast them online at high video quality, similar to existing platforms that require downloads. RayV has garnered significant funding from notable investors, indicating strong interest in its innovative approach to video broadcasting.

Blink Messenger

Acquisition in 2014
Blink Messenger is a group messaging app that lets users send self-destructing photos and text messages. The app is made by Kismet, which is founded by Ex-Googler Kevin Stephens and Michelle Norgan.

Hortonworks

Series D in 2014
Hortonworks, Inc. is a provider of data management platforms and solutions that cater to a diverse range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, and telecommunications. The company specializes in the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP), which is based on Apache Hadoop, allowing enterprises to store, manage, and analyze large datasets efficiently. In addition to HDP, Hortonworks offers Hortonworks DataFlow for real-time streaming analytics, Hortonworks DataPlane Service for data management across hybrid environments, and the Hortonworks Cybersecurity Platform for security analytics. The company also provides educational resources such as training, support services, and the Hortonworks Sandbox for testing and development. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Hortonworks operates globally and focuses on enabling organizations to harness the power of big data through its open-source solutions. As of early 2019, Hortonworks operates as a subsidiary of Cloudera, Inc.

Vizify

Acquisition in 2014
SteamFunk Labs Inc., doing business as Vizify, operates an online portal that provides users to create their interactive profile. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Portland, Oregon.

Carnegie Mellon University

Grant in 2014
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research institution renowned for its innovative programs in technology and the arts. It offers a wide array of undergraduate and graduate degrees across diverse disciplines, with a strong emphasis on computer science, information systems, and public policy. The university's Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy features highly regarded graduate degree and executive education programs, combining expertise in information systems with public policy management. Additionally, the School of Computer Science is recognized globally as a leading center for research and education in computer science. Through its interdisciplinary approach, Carnegie Mellon University serves various sectors, including education, technology, and the arts, fostering a collaborative environment that prepares students for future challenges.

Distill

Acquisition in 2014
Distill is a company focused on improving the hiring and recruiting process through innovative technology. It has developed a browser-based recruiting platform that offers a suite of tools designed to enhance collaboration during the interview process. This includes features for conducting video interviews, scheduling interviews, taking and sharing notes, and administering ability assessments. By leveraging data-driven products, Distill aims to streamline the recruitment process for recruiters, hiring managers, interviewers, and candidates, ultimately reducing the challenges associated with hiring.

Wander

Acquisition in 2014
Wander is a beautiful way to share and experience the world. Founded by Jeremy Fisher, previously founder of Dinevore, and Keenan Cummings. Wander is a TechStars NYC Summer 2012 company.

Incredible Labs

Acquisition in 2014
Incredible Labs, Inc., founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, California, develops artificial intelligence software, notably a mobile anticipatory assistant called Donna. This innovative personal assistant is designed to predict and fulfill individual user needs, enhancing personal productivity and convenience.

Tomfoolery

Acquisition in 2014
Tomfoolery is a mobile app lab founded by ex-Yahoo and AOL execs committed to making enterprise solutions more consumer-friendly. Its debut app is the conversation platform Anchor. Anchor allows users to share files from Box.com and Dropbox, syncs with Evernote, and lets companies create company directories on the platform — a listing of all employees who are on Anchor — which can be used to find email and phone details, as well as link for chatting.

Cloud Party

Acquisition in 2014
Cloud Party is an early-stage startup that offers 3D browsers where users can upload models, create worlds, customize their avatars, and share them on the web. Cloud Party was founded by Jered Windsheimer, Jimb Esser, Conor Dickinson, and Sam Thompson in June 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California. The company currently operates as a subsidiary of [Yahoo](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/yahoo).

SPARQ

Acquisition in 2014
Founded in 2010, SPARQ turns mobile users into customers by making it easier to buy, share, and consume products, services and content wherever the user is.. any device, any app, anywhere. Through its [mobile marketing platform](www.sparq.it) SPARQ's patented linking technology optimizes the user's experience across mobile devices & mobile apps resulting in reduced friction, lower abandonment, and delighted customers.

Aviate

Acquisition in 2014
Aviate is an intelligent homescreen for the Android operating system that organizes the information in your phone and surfaces it at the perfect moment. Aviate works with your favorite apps to raise the smartphone experience above the clutter.

PeerCDN

Acquisition in 2013
PeerCDN is a provider of peer-to-peer content delivery network (CDN) service for web browsers. It automatically serves the site's static resources (images and file downloads) over a peer-to-peer network made up of the visitors on the site. It claims to reduce bandwidth costs by up to 90 percent by creating a peer-to-peer network. In December 2013 it was acquired by Yahoo, Inc. Before they were acquired, they received funding from Mozilla Ignite, Lightspeed Ventures summer program, and StartX.

Quik.io

Acquisition in 2013
Quikio. Free iOS app that lets you instantly stream or send videos, music, pictures and documents from your PC/Mac to any iPad/iPhone without the hassle of syncing or converting your files.

EvntLive

Acquisition in 2013
EvntLive, a digital concert venue, streams live and on-demand concerts of artists to users’ computer, tablet, and mobile devices. It lets its users to watch a sold out concert, discover new artists, and share its users’ live music experiences with their friends. EvntLive provides its users an All Access pass to the shows, allowing them to learn the story behind its users’ favorite artists while enjoying the same songs live. EvntLive is based in Redwood City, C.A.

Ptch

Acquisition in 2013
Easily transform photos & videos into beautiful, shareable movies.

SkyPhrase

Acquisition in 2013
Data is full of important insights that are never discovered because they are too difficult and expensive to find. Except for the most routine cases, hunting for these insights requires grappling with complex, difficult-to-learn interfaces or tedious programming. Questions about data that take moments to formulate can take hours or much longer to answer. SkyPhrase aims to change this. With SkyPhrase, you can pose a question in simple natural language, and our artificial intelligence technology will figure out what you mean, and how to answer. Our goal is to make it easy to use all data this simply. Our web analytics and football statistics services are early steps towards achieving this goal. At SkyPhrase, our approach to natural language understanding is different because of our goals and because of our technology. We focus on giving people significantly more power over their data in specific areas, and allowing developers to easily add support to other areas. Within these areas, our technology can understand significantly more complex language with greater precision than any other technology. While we currently only cover web analytics and football statistics, our technology makes it extremely simple and easy for developers with little knowledge of linguistics or artificial intelligence to create natural language interfaces to their own data and applications. Our technology has been developed by scientists with decades of experience in artificial intelligence and computational linguistics research at institutions such as MIT, Stanford and Rensselaer. If you have a data set or API you would like to access with natural language, let us know. Stay tuned as we expand SkyPhrase to more areas, make it more powerful and enable third parties to use our technology for their own data and applications.

LookFlow

Acquisition in 2013
LookFlow is an entirely new way to explore images you love — combining delightful user experiences with the latest advances in machine learning.

Bread

Acquisition in 2013
Bread Labs, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in social media marketing. Established in 2010, Bread offers a unique online platform that allows brands and causes to create customized advertisements on content shared across various social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter. The company’s proprietary technology facilitates the monetization of content by delivering rich media ads through custom short URLs. Bread collaborates with influential figures, bloggers, and major brands, effectively enabling multichannel advertising campaigns that span both desktop and mobile environments. In addition to its San Francisco office, Bread also maintains a presence in New York City.

Hitpost

Acquisition in 2013
Hitpost operates a mobile sports betting game called Sports Bet™, which is recognized as the fastest in the market. Available on both iOS and Android platforms, the app allows users to place wagers and compete against friends in an easy and accessible manner. Sports Bet™ encompasses all major sports and is offered free of charge. In addition to its betting application, Hitpost also develops a sports network that facilitates user-generated content, photo sharing, and community captioning, while providing real-time scores and highlights. This network is designed for both web and mobile platforms, enhancing the overall sports experience for users.

IQ Engines

Acquisition in 2013
IQ Engines specializes in image recognition software, offering a platform called Glow that automatically tags and organizes photos. The technology can identify scenes, objects, landmarks, text, and people within images, making it suitable for integration into both mobile and web applications. Additionally, IQ Engines monetizes images by transforming them into data that can be paired with relevant retailers, advertisers, and web photo publishers, facilitating targeted marketing opportunities.

Rockmelt

Acquisition in 2013
Rockmelt is a social web browser developed on the Chromium platform, offering seamless integration with major social media networks, particularly Facebook and Twitter. The browser features a unique interface known as "Edges," which displays online friends and followed feeds with real-time update notifications. Rockmelt distinguishes itself with a dedicated search field that presents comprehensive search results in a dropdown format, enhancing user experience by allowing quick navigation between results from a single query. Additionally, the browser includes its own URL shortener, me.lt. It is compatible with both Windows and OS X operating systems. Rockmelt is supported by prominent figures in the tech industry, including Marc Andreessen and principal engineer Robert John Churchill, known for his previous work on Netscape Navigator.

Lexity

Acquisition in 2013
Lexity is the one-stop-shop of Ecommerce services for SMBs. Lexity Commerce Central is the PaaS cloud platform for Ecommerce, and comes with its own App Store that makes it easy for online retailers to add apps that range from Analytics to Pinterest management, with a single click. Commerce Central supports millions of merchants hosted on all commerce platforms including Magento, Etsy, Ebay, Yahoo!, BigCommerce and Shopify. Launched in January 2013 with apps for Desk.com (Salesforce.com), Optimizely, Olark and many others, the platform now provide merchants access to Pinterest, Google Ads, Amazon Ads, Facebook, Twitter, theFind, Constant Contact, MailChimp and hundreds more. Lexity has offices in Mountain View and Bangalore, with executives from Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Amazon and Intuit.

Ztelic

Acquisition in 2013
Ztelic is a Beijing-based startup focused on social-network data. Ztelic developed a social platform dedicated to big data analytics. The platform was based on natural language processing, data mining, machine learning, large-scale information retrieval, and analysis through the integration of the massive user data of the major social platforms. The goal was to provide real-time, customized, and comprehensive social information.

AdMovate

Acquisition in 2013
Admovate, founded in 2012, built a product enabling advertisers to create and deliver personalized, hyper-local targeted offers through the mobile channel. The company was acquired by [Yahoo!](/organization/yahoo) in 2013.

AltaVista

Acquisition in 2013
AltaVista was one of the first Internet search engines. In February 2003, AltaVista was bought by Overture Services, and in October of that year, Overture itself was taken over by [Yahoo](/organization/yahoo). In August 2004, shortly after Yahoo's acquisition, the AltaVista site started using the Yahoo Search technology. Today the AltaVista site no longer exists. The URL www.altavista.com now diverts to the Yahoo website.

Xobni

Acquisition in 2013
Xobni, founded in 2008, specializes in enhancing email and address book functionality through its Smartr product suite. The company's software creates comprehensive profiles for contacts by automatically aggregating correspondence history and information from various social networks, including LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Skype. This enables users to easily access and search for details about individuals they have interacted with via email, calls, or texts. Xobni's offerings include products tailored for popular platforms such as Outlook, Gmail, Android, and iPhone, providing users with a more organized and efficient way to manage their communications and professional relationships.

Qwiki

Acquisition in 2013
Qwiki is a leading company in automated video production, specializing in transforming users' photos and videos into concise, visually appealing movies. The company offers an online platform that allows individuals to easily convert their camera roll content into shareable video memories. Recently, Qwiki introduced an iPhone app designed to streamline this process, making it accessible for users to create and share personalized videos with friends and family. Through its innovative technology, Qwiki enhances the way users capture and relive their experiences.

Bignoggins Productions

Acquisition in 2013
Bignoggins Productions was founded by Jerry Shen, leader of the entrepreneurship group @southbaychurch. Bignoggins developed two fantasy sports mobile apps: Fantasy Monster and Draft Monster, both of which were meant to help users manage their fantasy sports teams across fantasy sports sites. It was acquired by Yahoo! in July 2013.

Rondee

Acquisition in 2013
Rondee is a provider of free conference calling services designed to assist small businesses in their online communications. The platform offers a range of features, including free conference call recording, email reminders, call archiving, and the ability to set up recurring conference call appointments. Users can also personalize their PIN codes for added convenience. Rondee's services are intended to enhance collaboration and streamline communication for small business owners.

GhostBird Software

Acquisition in 2013
GhostBird Software is the creator of advanced iOS photography apps, KitCam and PhotoForge2. GhostBird was acquired by Yahoo! in June 2013.

Hortonworks

Series C in 2013
Hortonworks, Inc. is a provider of data management platforms and solutions that cater to a diverse range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, and telecommunications. The company specializes in the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP), which is based on Apache Hadoop, allowing enterprises to store, manage, and analyze large datasets efficiently. In addition to HDP, Hortonworks offers Hortonworks DataFlow for real-time streaming analytics, Hortonworks DataPlane Service for data management across hybrid environments, and the Hortonworks Cybersecurity Platform for security analytics. The company also provides educational resources such as training, support services, and the Hortonworks Sandbox for testing and development. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Hortonworks operates globally and focuses on enabling organizations to harness the power of big data through its open-source solutions. As of early 2019, Hortonworks operates as a subsidiary of Cloudera, Inc.

PlayerScale

Acquisition in 2013
PlayerScale develops software infrastructure specifically for cross-platform gaming, enabling publishers and aggregators to efficiently scale their titles across various platforms including casual, social, and mobile environments. The company's backend software features a data analytics tool that assists developers in understanding user behavior and tracking users and revenue across both mobile and web properties. This capability allows developers to enhance monetization strategies and accelerate the introduction of new games to the market. PlayerScale's technology supports multiple programming languages and frameworks, including Flash, Unity 3D, C++, .Net, Android (JAVA), iOS (Objective-C), and HTML5, making it versatile for a wide range of gaming applications.

Tumblr

Acquisition in 2013
Tumblr is an online publishing platform designed to enable users to connect, express themselves, and discover content. It allows individuals to share a variety of media, including text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, from various devices such as browsers, phones, desktops, or via email. This functionality facilitates the creation of short-form blogs, making it easy for users to post and engage with multimedia content.

Loki Studios

Acquisition in 2013
Loki Studios was founded with the vision of innovating upon and furthering the use of digital devices in our everyday lives. In the competitive and rapidly evolving space of mobile games, we sought to stand out from the pack and stand up for gamers—we'd make the games we want to play. We are proud to have accomplished precisely that through our flagship location-aware game.

MileWise

Acquisition in 2013
Milewise is a travel planning company that provides a search engine service for frequent travelers which shows various ways to pay for flights using cash, airline miles, and hotel and credit card points. The search engine also tracks reward program balances and combines them with user’s travel and redemption preferences to recommend the best way to pay. Milewise was incorporated in 2010 and is based in New York, United States. As of May 9, 2013, it was acquired by [Yahoo! Inc](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/yahoo).

GoPollGo

Acquisition in 2013
GoPollGo is a real-time polling tool which helps consumers, brands and businesses get feedback from their followers. Coined as the "Quickest way to track public opinion on the web" by TheNextWeb, GoPollGo has users like ESPN, Netflix, Hotels.com, Robert Scoble, AppleInsider and The Weather Channel. As individuals respond to polls, their votes are segmented by age, gender, location, browser and a variety of other metrics to show what different groups of people think.

Astrid

Acquisition in 2013
Astrid is a social to-do list. With Astrid people organize their goals, share ideas, provide encouragement and have a great time getting more done. Astrid has helped over 3 million people completed over 35 million tasks. Astrid was part of **[AngelPad](http://angelpad.org) #2** in 2011.

Summly

Acquisition in 2013
Simple, intuitive and elegant. Summly redefines news for the mobile world with algorithmically generated summaries from thousands of sources. Innovative gestures, animations and great summaries make reading the news fun: easy to use, easy to scan, easy to read, clear and concise. Nick D'Aloisio launched Summly in December 2011 as a tech summarization prototype that garnered significant interest worldwide. With backing from Horizons Ventures, and help from many NLP and AI experts around the world, Nick and the Summly team have been able to further develop summarization technology, the first result being the new Summly mobile news app.

Jybe

Acquisition in 2013
Jybe, Inc., founded in 2011 and based in Menlo Park, California, specializes in developing personalized recommendation applications. The company aims to connect individuals with their social and physical environments by enabling users to discover, recommend, and remember their preferences. Jybe's application synthesizes users' interests from their social circles and the web, facilitating the exploration of dining, entertainment, and reading options without the burden of sifting through numerous reviews. Initially established by three veterans from the search engine industry, Jybe focuses on enhancing the user experience by providing tailored suggestions for activities and content. In 2013, Jybe was acquired by Yahoo! Inc.

Propeld

Acquisition in 2013
Propeld specializes in location-discovery and local-recommendation applications, offering personalized, location-based product and content suggestions for mobile apps and websites. By integrating dynamic behavioral data, social networks, and location services, Propeld enhances consumer engagement with brands while providing marketers with valuable insights into mobile consumer behavior.

Snip.it

Acquisition in 2013
Snip.it is a social bookmarking service that enables users to collect and share various types of content from the web, including videos, images, and articles. Founded in 2011 by Ramy Adeeb, the platform allows individuals to "snip" content that resonates with them, organize it into collections, and express their opinions. Snip.it serves as a venue for users to discover and engage with content across a broad range of topics, from politics and health to sports and global events. The platform has attracted a dedicated user base that has created hundreds of thousands of snips on diverse subjects. Its unique approach to content curation has garnered attention from major news outlets, enhancing its visibility in the digital landscape. Acquired by Yahoo! Inc. in 2013, Snip.it continues to be a valuable tool for readers and communicators seeking to explore and share their interests with others.

Raksul

Series A in 2013
Raksul Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in providing a wide range of printing services in Japan. Established in 2009, Raksul offers products such as flyers, business cards, pamphlets, posters, New Year’s cards, and various promotional materials. The company operates as a B2B platform, connecting small and medium-sized enterprises directly with existing service providers to optimize costs and streamline processes in the printing industry. By leveraging a sharing economy model, Raksul simplifies the value chain in printing, logistics, and advertising, enabling customers to access excess capacities of suppliers efficiently.

OnTheAir

Acquisition in 2012
OnTheAir is an online video streaming platform that enables hosts to engage with their audience through live video chats during broadcasts. Designed for content producers and radio call-in shows, it allows hosts to set up shows by selecting a start time and receiving a unique URL for promotion. As the show begins, hosts stream live video while viewers can participate in text chats or request to join the host "on stage." The platform facilitates an easy equipment check for viewers wishing to appear on screen, ensuring they are prepared before going live. Hosts can manage multiple requests and select participants for split-screen interactions, creating an engaging experience for large audiences.

Stamped

Acquisition in 2012
Stamped is a fun and useful way to record and share all of your favorite things -- restaurants, books, movies, music and more. Everyone gets a limited number of stamps to start, so you’ll discover only the best.

Hortonworks

Series B in 2011
Hortonworks, Inc. is a provider of data management platforms and solutions that cater to a diverse range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, and telecommunications. The company specializes in the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP), which is based on Apache Hadoop, allowing enterprises to store, manage, and analyze large datasets efficiently. In addition to HDP, Hortonworks offers Hortonworks DataFlow for real-time streaming analytics, Hortonworks DataPlane Service for data management across hybrid environments, and the Hortonworks Cybersecurity Platform for security analytics. The company also provides educational resources such as training, support services, and the Hortonworks Sandbox for testing and development. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Hortonworks operates globally and focuses on enabling organizations to harness the power of big data through its open-source solutions. As of early 2019, Hortonworks operates as a subsidiary of Cloudera, Inc.

interclick

Acquisition in 2011
interclick, inc. (Nasdaq:ICLK), known also as Genome from Yahoo!, is a technology company providing solutions for data-driven advertising. Combining scalable media execution capabilities with analytical expertise, interclick delivers exceptional results for marketers. The Company's proprietary Open Segment Manager (OSM) platform organizes and valuates billions of data points daily to construct the most responsive digital audiences for major digital marketers. For more information, visit http://www.interclick.com.

Hortonworks

Series A in 2011
Hortonworks, Inc. is a provider of data management platforms and solutions that cater to a diverse range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, and telecommunications. The company specializes in the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP), which is based on Apache Hadoop, allowing enterprises to store, manage, and analyze large datasets efficiently. In addition to HDP, Hortonworks offers Hortonworks DataFlow for real-time streaming analytics, Hortonworks DataPlane Service for data management across hybrid environments, and the Hortonworks Cybersecurity Platform for security analytics. The company also provides educational resources such as training, support services, and the Hortonworks Sandbox for testing and development. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Hortonworks operates globally and focuses on enabling organizations to harness the power of big data through its open-source solutions. As of early 2019, Hortonworks operates as a subsidiary of Cloudera, Inc.

5to1

Acquisition in 2011
5to1 is the only self-serve ad publishing platform that empowers advertisers and content owners to work as partners toward the common goal of ensuring relevant ad placement in the appropriate context, at the appropriate time, to the appropriate audience. By tapping the intelligence of publishers, 5to1 converts unsold inventory into programmable, sponsor-able, premium inventory. The 5to1 platform restores balance to the marketplace by returning placement and price decision-making to their rightful owners without increasing operating expenses. 5to1 is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Los Angeles, New York and Seattle.

IntoNow

Acquisition in 2011
IntoNow is a consumer tech company that aims to enhance the way people engage with each other around the shows they love. In April 2011, they were acquired by Yahoo. Based on the SoundPrint platform, IntoNow gives users the ability to almost instantly recognize TV content and then helps them share and discuss those shows with friends, both within the product and through other social streams such as Facebook and Twitter.

Dapper

Acquisition in 2010
Dapper is a technology company that enables users to extract and structure data from various online sources, facilitating the creation of services based on this organized information. Users can generate RSS feeds for any website, even those they do not own, and develop Flash widgets that showcase specific data queries. This capability allows users to create APIs for any web service, enabling the easy construction of data mashups. Additionally, Dapper addresses intellectual property concerns by providing a system that allows content owners to manage how their content is utilized on the platform. The company has also applied its technology to the advertising sector, offering a platform that creates dynamic display advertisements. These ads leverage machine learning and real-time optimization to deliver relevant, intent-driven content that enhances user engagement, such as displaying live hotel availability in response to user queries in the travel domain.

Koprol

Acquisition in 2010
Koprol is a location-based social network based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was acquired by Yahoo! in 2010, and shut down in 2012. The ownership of the trademark has returned to the 3 founders under the company Barito Labs.

Associated Content

Acquisition in 2010
Associated Content was an open content platform that allowed individuals to publish user-created content across various formats, including text, video, audio, and images. The platform facilitated participation in the content economy by connecting content producers with consumers, partners, and advertisers. Users could easily discover content organized into broad categories such as education, automotive, and technology, or visit individual content producers' pages. With millions of monthly views, Associated Content became a significant player in the online publishing landscape before being acquired by Yahoo in 2010.

Citizen Sports

Acquisition in 2010
Citizen Sports offers a number of web applications that allow for interaction between fans. They also are the creators of Protrade.com, where users can buy, sell, and trade their favorite sports figures as they try to win money.

Maktoob

Acquisition in 2010
Maktoob is an Arabic social network and web 2.0 group. Maktoob was founded in the year 2000 as the world's first free Arabic/English Web-based Email service, offering users a platform to send and receive E-mails in either language, regardless of their operating system. In the few years since, Maktoob has strategically grown to become an integrated group of companies and websites. The network of sites includes Maktoob.com, the world's leading Arab portal with a market share of around 13 million unique users, as well as a range of companies and sites specialized in business and ecommerce in the MENA region. Although the initial focus was on Arabic/English Web-based email services, Maktoob.com quickly evolved to attract users toward a host of additional services. Maktoob.com's community services consist of email, discussion forums, news, blogs, chat , matrimonial services, games, mobile services, women content, sports content and a variety of other community and web 2.0 services.

GeekStatus

Angel Round in 2010
GeekStatus provides users with the latest technology, news, reviews, and curated services.

Xoopit

Acquisition in 2009
Xoopit is an email organizational tool designed to enhance the way users manage their email content. It employs an innovative indexing architecture similar to that of a web search engine, enabling users to efficiently retrieve meaningful information from their archived emails. Xoopit offers several features, including comprehensive email content search, the ability to incorporate links and maps from the web into emails, and a visual display of relevant information about senders in a conversation thread, such as profile pictures, recent exchanges, and shared attachments. By integrating personal indexing and search capabilities into everyday applications like webmail, Xoopit facilitates the browsing and sharing of files, photos, and videos, ultimately improving users' email management experience.

Inquisitor

Acquisition in 2008
Inquisitor is similar to Spotlight (found in the Mac operating system), but for the Safari web browser. As soon as you start to type, Inquisitor will begin to autocomplete the search term you're entering.

Rajendra Kumar Patel

Acquisition in 2008
IndexTools tracks consumer clicks when a visitor loads a Web page that contains IndexTools' tracking script. The script gathers data about the Web page and visitor and forwards the information to a data center, which processes and archives the data.

Vlingo

Series B in 2008
Vlingo is a provider of speech recognition software that offers a virtual assistant capable of converting spoken words into actionable tasks. By integrating voice-to-text technology, natural language processing, and an Intent Engine, Vlingo understands user intent and performs relevant actions. Users can interact with their devices through voice commands, facilitating connections with people, businesses, and activities that matter to them. The company’s co-founders, Mike Phillips and John Nguyen, have significant experience in the speech recognition industry, having previously worked at SpeechWorks, which was acquired by Nuance Communications. Vlingo's software supports a variety of applications, including email, text messaging, web search, dialing, and launching mobile applications, enhancing the user experience by providing a seamless voice interface for mobile interactions.

Matrimony.com

Series B in 2008
Matrimony.com Pvt. Ltd is a signature internet conglomerate, managing Marquee brands such as BharatMatrimony.com and CommunityMatrimony.com. It is today, one of the fastest growing and profitable organisations in both the digital and offline space, with a reputation for innovation, technical excellence and entrepreneurship. From reaching out to South Asians across the map, in countries such as the UK, US, Dubai, Sri Lanka & Malaysia, to establishing a considerable retail presence with over 150 self-owned outlets across India, Matrimony.com spells customer satisfaction & delight. The company has pioneered several new business models (many of them global firsts) such as AssistedMatrimony.com, EliteMatrimony.com, CommunityMatrimony.com, MatrimonyGifts.com and Tambulya.com. CommunityMatrimony.com is the world's single largest conglomerate of over 350+ community oriented portals. This track record for constant innovation and cutting edge products has won it primarily millions of customers, several prestigious global awards, and cream of investors such as Bessemer, Canaan and Mayfield. What fuels Matrimony.com is the culture of intrapreneurship, passion and ethics that permeates across 3500+ strong team and top notch professionals at the helm of affairs. Matrimony.com is also a conscientious corporate citizen with a span of CSR activities that include BharatBloodBank.com, BharatEyeBank.com, BharatGreenHands.com and AbilityMatrimony.com.

Bharat Matrimony

Series B in 2008
BharatMatrimony.com is celebrated as the Most Trusted Matrimony Brand combining tradition and technology. A network of 15 regional portals and over 1.2 Crore members, BharatMatrimony has found a place in the Limca Book of Records for facilitating a record number of marriages. BharatMatrimony has been recognised as the Best Matrimony Website 2007 by PC WORLD for technology and performance and is also listed in the NASSCOM's Top 100 IT Innovators. All the awards we have won have encouraged us and we stand as the most preferred site for matrimonial search according to a study by JuxtConsult.

FoxyTunes

Acquisition in 2008
FoxyTunes is a browser extension allowing users to control all major media players on all major platforms from their browser. The browser extension is integrated with FoxyTunes Planet, company's music portal and “personalized music aggregator” that integrates numerous major music services, adding instant access to music videos, lyrics, biographies, photos and much more. FoxyTunes was acquired by Yahoo in January 2008. http://bit.ly/yahoo-buys-foxytunes-for-40m http://bit.ly/techcrunch-yahoo-acquires-foxytunes

Maven Networks

Acquisition in 2008
Maven Networks is an online video platform provider with end-to-end video syndication, content management and advertising solution. Maven helps media companies create, distribute and profit from direct-to-consumer Internet TV channels and networks. The Maven Internet TV Platform(TM) is used by organizations such as CanWest, CBS Sports, CBC, CNET, Gannett, The Financial Times, Fox Business Network, Fox News, Hearst, MediaNews Group, Ogilvy, Scripps Networks, Sony BMG, Sony Pictures Television, and TV Guide.

Zimbra

Acquisition in 2007
Zimbra offers open-source e-mail, address book, calendar, tasks, and collaboration software. The company offers Zimbra Collaboration Server, which provides post-PC email, calendar, and collaboration solutions that solve the challenges faced by organizations mired in legacy communications infrastructure; and Zimbra Desktop, which aggregates information across accounts such as Zimbra, Yahoo Mail, Gmail, and Hotmail. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Frisco, Texas with additional offices in San Mateo, California; London; Tokyo; Singapore; and Pune, India.

BuzzTracker

Acquisition in 2007
BuzzTracker is a website that aggregates news and tracks blogs and other content sources. It was acquired by Yahoo! on September 14, 2007 and merged into Yahoo! News.

Bluelithium

Acquisition in 2007
BlueLithium is an advertising network that specializes in behavioral targeting to deliver ads tailored to user preferences. As of September 2007, it ranks as the fifth largest ad network in the United States and the second largest in the United Kingdom, attracting 145 million unique visitors each month. The company employs advanced audience segmentation techniques through its AdPath Audience service, which identifies user behaviors to meet the specific needs of marketers. This includes creating segments based on publisher site analytics, registration data, and search query data, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. In September 2007, BlueLithium was acquired by Yahoo for approximately $300 million in cash.

Actionality

Acquisition in 2007
Actionality, Inc. specializes in mobile marketing technologies and solutions, offering its AdFlexTM Platform to facilitate the development of mobile commercials in a standardized format. This platform supports various functionalities such as campaign logic, updates, rotation, modification, interaction, and reporting. The company caters to advertisers, mobile operators, and content providers primarily in Asia and Europe. Established in 2005 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, Actionality also has sales offices in Berlin and Hong Kong. As of 2007, Actionality is a subsidiary of Yahoo!, Inc.

Rivals.com

Acquisition in 2007
Rivals.com provides online sports media services for college sports fans. It provides team coverage, team experience, and community interaction through a network of college, high school, and recruiting sites.

Right Media

Acquisition in 2007
Right Media, founded in 2003 and headquartered in New York, is a provider of a digital advertising exchange that facilitates online advertising. The company's primary offering is the Right Media Exchange (RMX), launched in 2005, which serves as an auction-based platform connecting advertisers, publishers, ad networks, and technology providers. This platform enables participants to manage their digital advertising efforts effectively, allowing them to reach their target audiences on their own terms. In addition to its core exchange services, Right Media offers customer support, instructor-led training, and e-learning resources to enhance user experience and efficiency in navigating the digital advertising landscape. The company also has offices in London, Moscow, Eugene, San Francisco, and Tallahassee, reflecting its global reach in the advertising industry.

MyBlogLog

Acquisition in 2007
MyBlogLog was a social networking platform designed for bloggers to connect and engage within their community. It featured a web widget that many users integrated into their blogs, allowing them to create and manage blog communities. Bloggers could sign up for free accounts to initiate discussions and interact with their audience more effectively. Despite its initial popularity, MyBlogLog was acquired by Yahoo and ultimately ceased operations on May 24, 2011.

WRETCH

Acquisition in 2006
WRETCH is a blogging website based in Taiwan. It was founded by Chihyu "Wretch" Chien in 1999 and was acquired by Yahoo! in 2006.

Kenet Works

Acquisition in 2006
Kenet Works AB offers a communication platform for mobile phones. Its platform enables mobile users to access the content on the Internet communities. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Bromma, Sweden. As of November 17, 2006, Kenet Works AB operates as a subsidiary of Yahoo, Inc.

Bix

Acquisition in 2006
Bix.com, Inc. is an online platform that enables users and advertisers to create, participate in, and judge talent-based contests. Founded in 2006 and located in Sunnyvale, California, Bix emphasizes various categories, including photography, karaoke, comedy, dance, and writing. The website serves as a venue for individuals to showcase their skills while engaging in competitive activities.

Right Media

Series B in 2006
Right Media, founded in 2003 and headquartered in New York, is a provider of a digital advertising exchange that facilitates online advertising. The company's primary offering is the Right Media Exchange (RMX), launched in 2005, which serves as an auction-based platform connecting advertisers, publishers, ad networks, and technology providers. This platform enables participants to manage their digital advertising efforts effectively, allowing them to reach their target audiences on their own terms. In addition to its core exchange services, Right Media offers customer support, instructor-led training, and e-learning resources to enhance user experience and efficiency in navigating the digital advertising landscape. The company also has offices in London, Moscow, Eugene, San Francisco, and Tallahassee, reflecting its global reach in the advertising industry.

AdInterax

Acquisition in 2006
Use adInterax, a Yahoo! advertising technology, to reach your audiences by engaging them with targeted rich media ad campaigns that result in effective conversions and increased brand engagement.

Jumpcut, Inc

Acquisition in 2006
Jumpcut, Inc. developed online video editing, sharing, and social networking services. It offered online video editor, a Web-based creativity tool that enables individuals to tell a story with video, photos, and audio. The company provided an online creative community, remixing, online video editing, and instant publishing facilities to the users of Jumpcut.com. It brought the process of video creation from collecting media to creating movies and sharing them with friends to a community environment on the Web.

Bharat Matrimony

Series A in 2006
BharatMatrimony.com is celebrated as the Most Trusted Matrimony Brand combining tradition and technology. A network of 15 regional portals and over 1.2 Crore members, BharatMatrimony has found a place in the Limca Book of Records for facilitating a record number of marriages. BharatMatrimony has been recognised as the Best Matrimony Website 2007 by PC WORLD for technology and performance and is also listed in the NASSCOM's Top 100 IT Innovators. All the awards we have won have encouraged us and we stand as the most preferred site for matrimonial search according to a study by JuxtConsult.

Matrimony.com

Series A in 2006
Matrimony.com Pvt. Ltd is a signature internet conglomerate, managing Marquee brands such as BharatMatrimony.com and CommunityMatrimony.com. It is today, one of the fastest growing and profitable organisations in both the digital and offline space, with a reputation for innovation, technical excellence and entrepreneurship. From reaching out to South Asians across the map, in countries such as the UK, US, Dubai, Sri Lanka & Malaysia, to establishing a considerable retail presence with over 150 self-owned outlets across India, Matrimony.com spells customer satisfaction & delight. The company has pioneered several new business models (many of them global firsts) such as AssistedMatrimony.com, EliteMatrimony.com, CommunityMatrimony.com, MatrimonyGifts.com and Tambulya.com. CommunityMatrimony.com is the world's single largest conglomerate of over 350+ community oriented portals. This track record for constant innovation and cutting edge products has won it primarily millions of customers, several prestigious global awards, and cream of investors such as Bessemer, Canaan and Mayfield. What fuels Matrimony.com is the culture of intrapreneurship, passion and ethics that permeates across 3500+ strong team and top notch professionals at the helm of affairs. Matrimony.com is also a conscientious corporate citizen with a span of CSR activities that include BharatBloodBank.com, BharatEyeBank.com, BharatGreenHands.com and AbilityMatrimony.com.

PsyKoh

Acquisition in 2006
PsyKoh technology and core players, but is not taking over the PsyKoh product line, which includes the Meedio TV DVR software, Meedio Essentials media center software, and the Meedio HouseBot home automation system for Windows.

SearchFox

Acquisition in 2006
SearchFox is a company that was acquired by Yahoo in 2006.

WebJay

Acquisition in 2006
WebJay is a company that was acquired by Yahoo in 2006.

Delicious

Acquisition in 2005
Delicious is a social bookmarking website that allows users to store and manage their favorite links online. This platform enables individuals to access their bookmarks from any computer and facilitates the addition of new bookmarks from various locations. Users can organize their bookmarks using tags, providing a more flexible system compared to traditional folder structures. Delicious also fosters community engagement by allowing users to view and share bookmarks with friends, as well as explore popular links saved by others. Originally acquired by Yahoo in 2005, Delicious underwent several changes, including a significant redesign after its acquisition by AVOS Systems in 2011. The service continues to evolve, enhancing its features to improve user experience and community interaction.

Whereonearth

Acquisition in 2005
Whereonearth Limited a technology company, provides algorithms and locations data. It offers data for local online search and advertising, and enterprise applications, such as risk assessment in the insurance industry and wireless location based services. The company also provides tools for decision making in various vertical industries, such as travel, recruitment, and insurance. Whereonearth Limited was founded in 1995 as InferNet Limited and changed its name to Whereonearth Limited in 1999. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. As of October 18, 2005, Whereonearth Limited operates as a subsidiary of Yahoo!, Inc.
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