Funding Daily: Personalized web, ‘big data,’ Yahoo Japan, and marketing automation

April 24, 2013 9:02 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Wednesday was a fairly busy day for deals, with old-industry blue chipper GE investing big into a new platform as a service company, Yahoo Japan investing in U.S. startups, and API management company 3scale announcing new funding to grow faster.

Gree and Yahoo Japan invest $2.2M in GxYz social-gaming business

February 18, 2013 2:57 PM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

The joint venture will bring about social games on smartphones.

Alibaba may be taking Yahoo’s ball and going home — to the tune of $17B

February 14, 2012 11:15 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Due to deal talks breaking down, Yahoo may be losing $17 billion worth of Asian asset sales.

Yahoo, which owns significant stakes in Chinese powerhouse Alibaba and Japan’s SoftBank (as well as Yahoo Japan, natch) was attempting to sell those …

Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns from board of directors and all other roles

January 17, 2012 2:02 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Yahoo co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang has resigned from the Yahoo board of directors and all other positions, the company announced late today. Yang also resigned from the boards of Yahoo Japan and Alibaba Group.

In a letter to …

Out of Asia: Yahoo may let go of its Alibaba & SoftBank shares

December 23, 2011 1:57 PM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Oh, how the mighty have fallen: Yahoo is selling back most of its shares in Asian powerhouses Alibaba and SoftBank. It’s even losing Yahoo Japan.

According to reports various publications, including the Wall Street Journal, the Yahoo board has decided …

Twitter partners with Yahoo Japan for real-time results

June 14, 2011 12:43 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Twitter on Tuesday announced it has formed a partnership with Yahoo Japan that will allow Yahoo customers to see real-time Twitter results integrated with search results. Tweets will be integrated into various Yahoo services, beginning with real-time results pages.

The …