List of mergers and acquisitions by Yahoo!
This is a listing of corporate acquisitions made by Yahoo!, since it was founded on March 1 1995.
1997
- September 1997 – Net Controls ($1.4 Million)
- October 1997 – Four11 (RocketMail) ($92 Million)
1998
- March 1998 – Classic Games
- June 1998 – ViaWeb ($49 Million)
- July 1998 – WebCal
- December 1998 – Yoyodyne for ($29.6 Million)
- December 1998 – Sportasy
1999
- January 1999 – Hyperparellel ($8 Million)
- February 1999 – Log-Me-On ($10 Million)
- May 1999 – GeoCities ($3.6 Billion)
- May 1999 – Encompass ($130m)
- June 1999 – Online Anywhere ($80m)
- July 1999 – Broadcast.com ($5.7 Billion)
- November 1999 – MyQuest
2000
- March 2000 – Arthas.com
- August 2000 – eGroups ($432 Million)
- November 2000 – Kimo ($145 Million)
2001
- April 2001 – Sold.com ($30 Million)
- June 2001 – Launch Media ($12 Million)
2002
2003
- October 2003 – Overture ($1.63 Billion)
2004
- January 2004 – 3721 Internet Assistant
- April 2004 – Kelkoo ($579 Million)
- July 2004 – Oddpost
- September 2004 – The All-Seeing Eye (videogame server browsing application & service)
- October 2004 – MusicMatch ($160 Million)
- October 2004 – Stata Labs, Inc.
- November 2004 – WUF Networks
2005
- February 2005 – Verdisoft (a software development company for $93 million)
- March 2005 – Ludicorp Research, owner of Flickr ($40 Million)
- March 2005 – Stadeon (cross-platform gaming technology)
- April 2005 – TeRespondo (Brazilian performance-based advertising network)
- June 2005 – Dialpad
- June 2005 – Blo.gs
- July 2005 – Konfabulator
- October 2005 – Alibaba (purchased approximately 46 percent of Alibaba, an e-commerce company based in China for $1 billion in cash and the contribution of Yahoo! China)
- October 2005 – Upcoming.org
- October 2005 – Whereonearth
- December 2005 – del.icio.us
2006
- January 2006 – SearchFox, WebJay
- April 2006 – Meedio
- June 2006 – Gmarket (10 % stake)
- September 2006 – Jumpcut.com[1]
- October 2006 – AdInterax
- October 2006 – Right Media (20 % stake)
- November 2006 – Kenet Works ($20 Million)
- November 2006 – Bix.com [2]
- December 2006 – Wretch
2007
- January 2007 – MyBlogLog [3]
- April 30, 2007 – Right Media [4] (80% = $680 Million)
- June 20, 2007 – Yahoo! agrees to acquire Rivals.com. [5]
- September 4, 2007 – Yahoo! to acquire BlueLithium for $300 million in cash. [6]
- September 14, 2007 – Yahoo! purchases BuzzTracker. [7]
- September 17, 2007 – Yahoo! Acquires Zimbra for $350 million in cash. [8]
2008
- February 4, 2008 - Yahoo! Acquires FoxyTunes [9]
- February 12, 2008 - Yahoo! Acquires Maven Networks, Inc. for approximately $160 million. [10]
References
- ^ Yahoo! Search Blog: Jumpcut Joins the Yahoo! Video Family
- ^ Yodel Anecdotal » Blog Archive » Bix joins Yahoo!’s social media mix
- ^ Yodel Anecdotal » Blog Archive » Bloggers unite! Yahoo! joins forces with MyBlogLog
- ^ Yodel Anecdotal » Blog Archive » Democracy and the online ad
- ^ Yodel Anecdotal » Blog Archive » Listen up, (college) sports fans …
- ^ Yodel Anecdotal » Blog Archive » Yahoo! to acquire BlueLithium
- ^ Yodel Anecdotal » Blog Archive » Yahoo! News tracks the buzz
- ^ Yodel Anecdotal » Blog Archive » Zimbra is so damn cool
- ^ Yahoo! Acquires FoxyTunes [SearchEngineWatch]
- ^ Yahoo! Acquires Maven Networks, Inc. [Press Release