M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2003-10-08 |
| Target | Overture Services |
| Sector | Internet Software and Services |
| Buyer(s) | Yahoo! |
| Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
| Deal Value | 1.6B USD |
| Advisor(s) | Goldman Sachs (Financial) |
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| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| Sector | Internet Software and Services |
| Employees | 9,400 |
| Revenue | 5.0B USD (2015) |
Yahoo! is a provider of internet search tools, content, and communication services. Yahoo! was formed in 1994 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 20 of 117 |
| Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A | 13 of 65 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 20 of 111 |
| Country: United Kingdom M&A | 1 of 3 |
| Year: 2003 M&A | 2 of 2 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 3 of 34 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-03-19 |
Inktomi
Foster City, California, United States Inktomi Corporation was a California company that provided software for Internet service providers. It was founded in 1996 by UC Berkeley professor Eric Brewer and graduate student Paul Gauthier. The company was initially founded based on the real-world success of the search engine they developed at the university. After the bursting of the dot-com bubble, Inktomi was acquired by Yahoo! |
Buy | $235M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-02-11 |
VerdiSoft
Palo Alto, California, United States VerdiSoft Corp. has a Connected Life product designed to let mobile operators keep their customers in sync with data. |
Buy | $58M |
