List of mergers and acquisitions by Yahoo

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Yahoo! Inc. is a computer software and web search engine company founded on March 1, 1995.[1] The company is a public corporation and its headquarters is located in Sunnyvale, California.[2] It was founded by Stanford University graduate students Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994.[3] According to web traffic analysis companies, Yahoo has been one of the most visited websites on the Internet, with more than 130 million unique users per month in the United States alone.[4][5][6]

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Yahoo's first acquisition was the purchase of Net Controls, a web search engine company, in September 1997 for US$1.4 million. As of April 2008, the company's largest acquisition is the purchase of Broadcast.com, an Internet radio company, for $5.7 billion, making Broadcast.com co-founder Mark Cuban a billionaire. Most of the companies acquired by Yahoo are based in the United States; 78 of the companies are from the United States, and 15 are based in a foreign country. As of July 2015, the first incarnation of Yahoo had acquired 114 companies, with Polyvore being the latest.

In 2017, the first incarnation Yahoo! Inc. was purchased by Verizon Communications and merged with AOL. In May 2021, Verizon sold a majority stake in the combined company, then called Verizon Media, to Apollo Global Management, who restored the Yahoo! name.

Acquisitions (1998 - 2017)

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Date Company Business Country Value (USD) Derived products References
September 1997 Net Controls Web search engine USA $1,400,000 Yahoo! Search [7][8]
October 8, 1997 Four11 Web-based email USA $92,000,000 Yahoo! Mail [9]
March 31, 1998 Classic Games Online game USA — Yahoo! Games [10]
April 29, 1998 Sportasy Fantasy sport USA — Yahoo! Fantasy Sports [11]
June 8, 1998 Viaweb Web application USA $48,600,000 Yahoo! Store [12][13]
July 17, 1998 Webcal Calendaring software USA $21,000,000 Yahoo Calendar [14]
October 12, 1998 Yoyodyne Direct marketing USA $29,600,000 Yahoo! Search Marketing [15]
December 1998 Hyperparallel Data analysis USA $8,100,000 Yahoo! Search [13][16]
April 1, 1999 Broadcast.com Internet radio USA $5.7×10^9 Yahoo! Music Radio (defunct) [17]
May 27, 1999 Encompass Internet service provider USA $130,000,000 Yahoo! [18]
May 28, 1999 GeoCities Web hosting service USA $3.6×10^9 Yahoo! GeoCities [19]
June 2, 1999 Online Anywhere Content delivery network USA $80,000,000 Yahoo! TV [20]
March 23, 2000 Arthas.com E-commerce payment systems USA — Yahoo! Store [21]
April 5, 2000 MyQuest Internet service provider USA — Yahoo! [22]
June 30, 2000 VivaSmart E-commerce USA $8,900,000 Yahoo! Shopping [23]
August 31, 2000 eGroups Electronic mailing list USA $432,000,000 Yahoo! Groups [24]
November 9, 2000 Kimo [zh] Web portal TWN $30,000,000 Yahoo! Kimo [25]
February 14, 2001 Sold.com.au Online auction tools AUS $30,000,000 Yahoo! Shopping [26]
June 28, 2001 LAUNCH Media Online music store USA $12,000,000 Yahoo! Music [27]
February 12, 2002 Hotjobs.com Job search engine USA $436,000,000 Yahoo! HotJobs [28]
December 23, 2002 Inktomi Corporation Internet service provider USA $235,000,000 Yahoo! Search [29]
June 14, 2003 Overture Services, Inc. Search engine marketing USA $1.63×10^9 Yahoo! Search Marketing [30]
January 2004 3721 Internet Assistant Browser helper object CHN $120,000,000 Yahoo! Assistant [31]
March 26, 2004 Kelkoo Price comparison service EU $579,000,000 Kelkoo [32]
July 12, 2004 Oddpost Web-based email USA $30,000,000 Yahoo! Mail [33]
September 14, 2004 Musicmatch Jukebox Audio player USA $160,000,000 Yahoo! Music [34]
October 2, 2004 The All-Seeing Eye Game server browser EU — Yahoo! Games [35]
October 22, 2004 Stata Labs Web-based email USA — Yahoo! Mail [36]
December 7, 2004 WUF Networks Mobile media USA — Yahoo! Mobile [37]
February 11, 2005 Verdisoft Wireless data sharing USA $58,000,000 Yahoo! Mobile [38]
March 4, 2005 Stadeon Online game USA — Yahoo! Games [39]
March 20, 2005 Ludicorp Image hosting service CAN $40,000,000[citation needed] Flickr [40]
April 12, 2005 TeRespondo Advertising network BRA — Yahoo! Search Marketing [41]
June 14, 2005 Dialpad Voice over Internet Protocol USA — Yahoo! Voice [42]
June 14, 2005 blo.gs Weblog software USA — Yahoo! 360° [43]
July 25, 2005 Konfabulator Widget engine USA — Yahoo! Widgets [44]
October 4, 2005 Upcoming.org Calendaring software USA — Yahoo! Local [45]
October 18, 2005 Whereonearth Web mapping UK — Yahoo! Search Marketing [46]
December 12, 2005 del.icio.us Social bookmarking USA $20,000,000 del.icio.us [47]
January 9, 2006 Webjay Online music store USA — Yahoo! Music [48]
January 17, 2006 SearchFox Web search engine USA — Yahoo! Search [49]
April 18, 2006 Meedio Digital video recorder USA — Yahoo! Go [50]
September 27, 2006 Jumpcut.com Online video editing USA — Yahoo! Video [51]
October 17, 2006 AdInterax Online advertising USA — Yahoo! Search Marketing [52]
November 16, 2006 Bix.com Social media USA — Bix [53]
November 17, 2006 Kenet Works Mobile software EU $25,000,000 Yahoo! Mobile [54]
December 2006 Wretch Virtual community TWN $22,000,000 Wretch [55]
January 8, 2007 MyBlogLog Social network service USA — MyBlogLog [56]
April 29, 2007 Right Media Online advertising USA $850,000,000 Yahoo! Search Marketing [57]
June 20, 2007 Rivals.com College sports USA — Yahoo! Sports [58]
September 4, 2007 BlueLithium Advertising network USA $300,000,000 Yahoo! Search Marketing [59]
September 14, 2007 BuzzTracker News site USA — Yahoo! News [60]
September 17, 2007 Zimbra Collaborative software, Office Suite USA $350,000,000 Zimbra [61]
February 5, 2008 FoxyTunes Browser extension USA — FoxyTunes [62]
February 12, 2008 Maven Networks Video on demand USA $160,000,000 Yahoo! Video [63]
May 9, 2008 Inquisitor Browser extension USA — Inquisitor [64]
July 22, 2009 Xoopit Webmail applications USA $20,000,000 Yahoo! Mail [65]
August 25, 2009 Maktoob.com Social media JOR $167,000,000 Maktoob.com [66]
March 17, 2010 citizensports.com Sports social media USA — citizensports.com [67]
May 18, 2010 Associated Content Content farm USA $100,000,000 Associated Content [68][69]
May 25, 2010 Koprol Geosocial network IDN — Koprol [70]
October 4, 2010 Dapper SmartAds ISR $55,000,000 Dapper [71]
January 20, 2011 Spreets Daily deals AUS $40,000,000 Spreets [72]
April 25, 2011 IntoNow Recognize TV content USA $20,000,000 IntoNow [73]
November 1, 2011 Interclick Data driven advertising USA $270,000,000 Yahoo! Ad Network [74]
October 25, 2012 Stamped Social recommendation USA — Yahoo! Mobile [75]
December 4, 2012 OnTheAir OnTheAir USA — IntoNow [76]
January 22, 2013 Snip.it Social network USA $10,000,000 Snip.it [77]
February 12, 2013 Alike Social recommendation USA — Yahoo! Mobile [78]
March 20, 2013 Jybe Social recommendation USA — Jybe [79]
March 25, 2013 Summly News aggregation, summarization UK $30,000,000 Yahoo App [80]
May 1, 2013 Astrid Productivity USA — Astrid [81][82]
May 9, 2013 GoPollGo Real-time surveys USA — Yahoo Mobile Properties and Apps [83]
May 9, 2013 MileWise Flight rewards management USA — Yahoo Mobile Properties and Apps [83]
May 10, 2013 Loki Studios Mobile gaming USA — Yahoo Mobile Properties and Apps [84]
May 17, 2013 Tumblr Blogging USA $1.1×10^9 [85]
May 23, 2013 PlayerScale Online gaming USA — Yahoo Mobile Properties and Apps [86]
June 12, 2013 GhostBird Software Mobile photography apps USA — Yahoo Mobile Properties and Apps [87]
June 13, 2013 Rondee Video conferencing USA — — [88]
July 2, 2013 Bignoggins Productions Fantasy sports USA — — [89]
July 2, 2013 Qwiki Automated video production USA $50,000,000[90] — [91]
July 3, 2013 Xobni CRM USA $68,000,000[92] — [93]
July 18, 2013 Ztelic Social analytics CHN — — [94]
July 31, 2013 Lexity E-commerce analytics USA $35,000,000[95] — [96]
August 2, 2013 Rockmelt News aggregator USA — — [97]
August 23, 2013 IQ Engines Image recognition USA — Flickr [98]
September 30, 2013 Hitpost Sports USA — — [99]
October 11, 2013 Bread Advertising USA — — [100]
October 23, 2013 LookFlow Image recognition USA — Flickr [101]
December 2, 2013 SkyPhrase Natural language processing — — — [102]
December 3, 2013 Ptch Video sharing USA $6,500,000 — [103]
December 6, 2013 EvntLive Live and on-demand music playing USA — — [104]
December 9, 2013 Quik.io Cross-platform video streaming USA — — [105]
December 17, 2013 PeerCDN Content delivery network USA — — [106]
January 7, 2014 Aviate Intelligent homescreen for the Android OS USA — — [107]
January 21, 2014 SPARQ Mobile marketing USA — — [108]
January 24, 2014 Cloud Party Virtual world gaming — — — [109]
January 28, 2014 Tomfoolery Conversation platform USA — — [110]
January 30, 2014 Incredible Labs Time management app USA — — [111]
February 11, 2014 Wander Social diary USA — — [112]
February 13, 2014 Distill Technical recruiting USA — — [113]
March 5, 2014 Vizify Social media information transformation USA — — [114]
May 13, 2014 Blink Mobile messaging USA — — [115]
June 10, 2014 PhotoDrive Photo management USA — — [116]
July 12, 2014 RayV Video streaming platform ISR — — [117]
July 21, 2014 Flurry Mobile analytics USA $200,000,000 — [118]
August 15, 2014 ClarityRay Ad security ISR — — [119]
September 5, 2014 Luminate Advertising USA — — [120]
September 22, 2014 Bookpad Document handling IND $15,000,000 — [121][122]
October 4, 2014 MessageMe Messaging app USA — Yahoo! Livetext [123]
November 11, 2014 BrightRoll Online video advertising USA $640,000,000 — [124]
November 21, 2014 Cooliris Photo viewing USA — — [125]
December 11, 2014 Media Group One Advertising and online video GER — — [126]
July 31, 2015 Polyvore Clothing e-commerce website USA $160,000,000 — [127][128][129]
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Acquisitions (2021 - present)

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Date Company Business Country Value (USD) Derived products References
September 6, 2022 The Factual News rating service USA — Yahoo! News [130]
April 25, 2023 Wagr Sports betting app USA — Yahoo! Sports [131]
August 23, 2023 Commonstock Financial social platform USA — Yahoo! Finance [132]
August 28, 2023 StrictlyVC Tech publication USA — TechCrunch [133]
April 3, 2024 Artifact AI news app USA — Yahoo! News [134][135]
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