Yahoo! Japan
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Yahoo! Japan is a technology company that operates an online ecosystem spanning search, e-commerce, communications, media, and digital services. Its platform offers web search, email, news, finance, weather, maps, and entertainment content, serving as a gateway for users accessing information and online tools. The company also manages marketplaces,payment services, and advertising solutions that support both consumers and businesses.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 14%
Last updated:
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Industries Yahoo! Japan invests in
AdvertisingInternetSaaSVideoSoftware
Stages Yahoo! Japan invests in
Series ASeries BVenture - Series UnknownSeedSeries D
Countries Yahoo! Japan invests in
JapanUnited StatesFranceIsraelTaiwan
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Kazuhiro Ninomiya
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| See all 17 contacts → | |||
Investment Focus
Industry
- Advertising 6 (43%)
- Internet 4 (29%)
- SaaS 3 (21%)
- Video 3 (21%)
- Software 3 (21%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (21%)
- Series B 3 (21%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (21%)
- Seed 2 (14%)
- Series D 1 (7%)
Country
- Japan 5 (36%)
- United States 3 (21%)
- France 1 (7%)
- Israel 1 (7%)
- Taiwan 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Hide Makoto
Executive Officer
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Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Kazuhiro Ninomiya
Product Manager
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Product Manager | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
|
Koji Tsukamoto
EVP, Corporate Officer
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EVP, Corporate Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Ryosuke Sakagami
Chief Financial Officer
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Chief Financial Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Takao Ozawa
COO, Director, Executive Vice President
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COO, Director, Executive Vice President | Total investments: 25 | Find email | |
| See all 17 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turing develops and manufactures fully autonomous vehicles. | $7.3M / Seed / Jul 13, 2022 | ||
| IndoorAtlas offers solutions to developers in building location based apps and scale their plans worldwide. IndoorAtlas helps users answer the key question "Where am I?" indoors. With no additional hardware, no BLE or Wi-Fi needed, its technology offers a moving blue dot with 1-2 meter accuracy on your smartphone in real time.Ourpatented technology utilizes built-in magnet in smartphones to detect magnetic anomalies inside buildings to help you find your way. IndoorAtlas was founded in 2012 by Professor Janne Haverinen and four PhDs in computer science, as a spin-off from the University in Oulu, Finland.Find us on iOS and Android. | $4.2M / Series B / Aug 22, 2017 | ||
| Flip action technology, connect the world together; integrate instant audio and video into life, and create a new generation of action audio and video. No matter where you are, in any corner of the world, you can connect with the world anytime, anywhere through the 17LIVE platform, show your talent and enthusiasm, realize your dreams, and createyour own wonderful life. | $40M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 02, 2017 | ||
| SB Drive is an entity created last year to develop autonomous vehicle technology for public transport. SB Drive is a self-driving project with a focus on making public transportation options, particularly in more rural areas, smarter. The company is aiming to conduct tests on public roads next year with the eventual target of a commercial serviceby 2020.Already, it said, it has run “social trials” and testing using fixed-route public buses and freighter trucks that make use of autonomous driving tech. SB Drive has also struck partnerships with four municipalities in Japan. | $4.6M / Series A / Mar 24, 2017 | ||
| AppNexus operates a cloud-based software platform that enables and optimizes programmatic online advertising. Its enterprise technology platform maximizes yield and campaign performance for sellers and buyers of online inventory, provides trading solutions and marketplaces for Internet advertising, and allows advertisers to build a trading desk, anadvertising network, and a custom exchange. AppNexus also provides a digital advertising delivery platform that enables publisher clients to maximize revenue across various demand sources, AppNexus Publisher Suite that powers advertisement serving, planning and forecasting, diverse marketplace sales, and direct campaign management solutions, PriceCheck, a header bidding solution for banner, video, and interstitial advertising units, and AppNexus Apps program, an application platform for third-party technology vendors and existing customers to build features for their own clients and reach new audiences. Brian O'Kelley and Mike Nolet founded AppNexus in September 2007, with its headquarters in New York City and additional offices in several cities in the United States and other countries. | $31M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 28, 2016 | ||
| Crafter is now a member of Monex Group! Crafter provides Crew, a team collaboration tool powered by GPT-3 and CraftChat. CraftChat is a SaaS platform for marketers who work in enterprises to automate acquiring leads and providing best customer experience in your absence.We remove the trouble of spending lots of money on online marketing and makebetter conversions. If you are using CraftChat, users don’t have to visit the website, it comes to you on your social media advertisements. CraftChat delivers more solid targeting based on social media activity and profiles. | $67.6K / Seed / Sep 05, 2016 | ||
| Twiggle transforms the e-commerce search and discovery experience by connecting shoppers to the products they are looking to buy faster and more accurately. Using the most advanced technologies in machine learning, natural language processing, and knowledge engineering, Twiggle’s AI-powered solutions are designed to enhance, not replace, aretailer’s existing search engine or e-commerce platform. Built on both a human-like understanding of linguistic structure and a deep retail awareness, Twiggle enables retailers to bring the best of the in-store shopping experience online. Founded in 2014, Twiggle is backed by some of the most respected global entrepreneurs and investors, including Alibaba, Naspers, Yahoo! Japan, State of Mind Ventures and Mizmaa Ventures. Twiggle's Board of Directors includes Dr. Udi Manber, former Head of Search at Google, Amazon, and Yahoo! Japan. Twiggle was named a Gartner Cool Vendor and ranked one of the top 100 AI companies by CB Insights. | $12.5M / Series A / Apr 07, 2016 | ||
| Virool was acquired by Turgo. In its history, Virool has raised over $20 million from renowned investors including Y-Combinator, Draper Fisher Juvertson, Menlo Ventures, 500 Startups and Yahoo! More than 30,000 global advertisers used the Virool platform to promote their video messages, engage their audience, and elevate their brand. More than100,000 online and mobile publisher properties have run video content from Virool via programmatic partnerships, native placements, and direct integrations. Virool was trusted by some of the biggest brands in the world, including Coca-Cola, Red Bull, Disney, Sony, Anheuser-Busch, Turkish Airlines, Intel, and Levi's. Virool was founded in 2012 and raised $6.62M in seed funding from a collection of top VC firms and angel investors. It was the biggest seed investment that any Y-Combinator graduate has ever received. | $12M / Series A / Apr 05, 2016 | ||
| Skyscanner is a leading global travel search site, a place where people are inspired to plan and book direct from millions of travel options at the best prices.They are unbiased and free, which means that the 60 million people who use us every month can trust their comprehensive range of flight, hotel and car hire options.Their secret is intheir unique proprietary technology that connects people directly to everything the travel industry has to offer. They also power travel search for over 1200 partners through their Skyscanner for Business products.Their highly-rated free mobile app has been downloaded over 70 million times. They’re global but local and their products are available in over 30 languages and 70 currencies.Founded in 2003, they employ over 900 staff, with offices in Barcelona, Beijing, Budapest, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Miami, Shenzhen, Singapore and Sofia. Skyscanner is part of the Ctrip group.Skyscanner is always free for travellers and they never charge travellers commission. They work with their airline and online travel agent partners in a number of ways: some partners agree to give Skyscanner a commission for every booking made through us or for every time travellers visit a partner’s website. Other partners advertise on the Skyscanner website and app. They always make sure any adverts are labelled or separate from any search results so users know exactly what’s what. | $192M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 11, 2016 | ||
| Viibar has a mission of "Opening the horizon of videos and making the world positive." We delve into the area of Video Tech through "Video SaaS Business", "DX Business for Media Platformers", and "Liver Success Business", and support the utilization of video by companies and individuals with technology andnew mechanisms. | $5.8M / Series B / May 18, 2015 | ||
| See all 14 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Yahoo! Japan invest in?
Yahoo! Japan invests primarily in Advertising, Internet and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
How do I contact Yahoo! Japan?
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Who are the partners at Yahoo! Japan?
The team at Yahoo! Japan includes Hide Makoto (Executive Officer), Kazuhiro Ninomiya (Product Manager) and Koji Tsukamoto (EVP, Corporate Officer), among 17 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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