M&A Deal Summary

Yahoo! Acquires 3721 Internet Assistant

On January 1, 2014, Yahoo! acquired internet software and services company 3721 Internet Assistant

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Yahoo!’s 55th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Yahoo!’s 2nd transaction in China.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-01-01
Target 3721 Internet Assistant
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Yahoo!
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

3721 Internet Assistant

China
3721 Internet Assistant is a software provider for a browser help object for IE.

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Buyer

Yahoo!

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees9,400
Revenue 5.0B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Yahoo's corporate campus in Sunnyvale, California.
Entrance to Yahoo's corporate campus in Sunnyvale, California.

Yahoo! is a provider of internet search tools, content, and communication services. The Company was formed in 1994 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 94 of 116
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 55 of 64
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 89 of 111
Country (China) 2 of 2
Year (2014) 1 of 18
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-12-17 Instant IO

Stanford, California,

Instant IO, Inc. (PeerCDN) delivers site resources like images, videos and downloads via a peer-to-peer network of people currently visiting a website using WebRTC, which reduces some of the bandwidth costs of the website provider by letting visitors share the burden.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-10 ThumbsUp Labs

Palo Alto, California, United States

Aviate, the Android app that shows music apps when you're driving, news and weather apps in the morning, productivity apps while you're at work, and maybe even a Reddit app right before bed.

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