Yahoo! Japan

Yahoo! Japan

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Overview

Yahoo is the world's largest start-up, which means that they move fast and always let their users lead the way. Founded in 1994 by two Stanford PhD candidates, they've grown into a company that helps you find what you're looking for on any Internet-connected device. Their employees are rewarded for curiosity and they celebrate explorers, relying on their passionate and transformative talent to do what's right for their users.

As a leader in global daily habits like email, entertainment, news and sports, they strive to inspire, delight and entertain. By infusing their products with beauty and personality driven by their users, every Yahoo experience feels made to order.

Highlights

Founded

1996

Industry

Internet

Employees

10001+

Investment

17

Lead Investment

3

Exits

10

Stages

Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

Asia

Contact Information

Social

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Yahoo! Japan, established in 1996 and headquartered in Asia., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed investments across Internet, E-Commerce, Advertising, Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Video Advertising, Ad Retargeting, Native Advertising, Financial Services. The organization boasts a portfolio of 17 investments, with an average round size of $34.5M and 10 successful exits. Their recent investments include Criteo, Employee Stock Option Fund, Sapphire Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Adams Street Partners. The highest investment round they participated in was $46.7B. Among their most notable exits are Criteo and Employee Stock Option Fund. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Gen Miyazawa

Gen Miyazawa

Managing Executive Officer & President of Media Company

imagePlace Takao Ozawa

Takao Ozawa

COO, Director, Executive Vice President

imagePlace Kazuhiko Fujihara

Kazuhiko Fujihara

Director of Audit & Supervisory Committee

imagePlace Kentaro Kawabe

Kentaro Kawabe

President, CEO, and Representative Director

imagePlace Tomoaki Tanida

Tomoaki Tanida

EVP, Corporate Officer

imagePlace Kazuto Ataka

Kazuto Ataka

Chief Strategy Officer

Investment portfolio

Yahoo! Japan has made 17 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 13, 2022, when Turing raised $7.3M.

investments

17

Diversity investments

1

Lead investments

3

Number of exits

10

Investments

17

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Mar 24, 2017
SB Drive SB Drive
Automotive4.6M
Aug 02, 2017
17 Media 17 Media
Social Media40.0M
Aug 22, 2017
IndoorAtlas IndoorAtlas
Mobile4.2M
Jul 13, 2022
Turing Turing
Manufacturing7.3M

Exits

10

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

17

Investors

0

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

17

Yahoo! Japan has raised 17 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 13, 2022 from a Seed Round - Turing round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Mar 24, 2017
Series A - SB Drive Series A - SB Drive
-4.6M-
Aug 02, 2017
Venture Round - 17 Media Venture Round - 17 Media
-40.0M-
Aug 22, 2017
Series B - IndoorAtlas Series B - IndoorAtlas
-4.2M-
Jul 13, 2022
Seed Round - Turing Seed Round - Turing
-7.3M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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