Alibaba Investment & Acquisitions 2005-2014. More on Alibaba here: http://www.chinainternetwatch.com/tag/alibaba/

1. CIW
August
2012
Feb
Sources: WSJ, Reuter, Forbes, China Internet Watch
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Yahoo paid US$1 billion in cash
for 40% stake in Alibaba; it also
merged its China-based
subsidiaries into Alibaba
2005
Feb
2006
Yipai.com, similar to Taobao, was
merged into Alibaba Taobao.
Yipai had 7.29% market share in
Q3 2005. (Source: Analysis International)
Sep
Alibaba acquired Koubei.com,
one of China's largest online
classified listing companies,
which was founded by an ex-
Alibaba employee.
2009
Alibaba paid RMB 540 million to
acquire Net.cn, a leading basic
Internet services provider (web
hosting, domain names, etc.)
Oct
2010
Jan
Alibaba invested in Shanghai
Baozun, an e-commerce
outsourcing service provider
Mar Alibaba purchased shares of private
courier company – Xing Chen Ji Bian
Jun
Alibaba invested $35 million to
Emapgo (EMG; develops digital
navigation maps) to become its
biggest shareholder.
Aug
Alibaba acquired U.S. E-Commerce
software firm Vendio
Alibaba acquired Auctiva, a
company that develops eBay
auction management software. 2011
Jul
Alibaba joined in Meituan’s (a
group-buying website) US$50M
Series B financing
Nov
Alibaba invested in DDMap, a
lifestyle e-commerce service
provider
2013
Apr
Alibaba, Tencent and Ping An Insurance
co-founded Zhong An Online Property
Insurance Co. which was expected to be
China's first property insurance company
selling all products online.
Alibaba acquired a leading music
service company Xiami, founded
by a former Alibaba employee
Alibaba bought a
stake of about 18% in
Sina Weibo for $586
million
Alibaba acquired
mobile analytics
provider Umeng
for $80 million
Alibaba invested in
Taxi booking service
provider Kuaidi
Alibaba invested in
travel experience
sharing app Zailushang
(117go.com)
May
Alibaba invested $294 million and took a
28% stake in digital mapping company
AutoNavi Holdings Ltd; it bought AutoNavi
in Feb 2014 in a deal that values the Chinese
company at $1.5 billion
With registered capital of 5 billion yuan,
Alibaba set up Cainiao Network in Shenzhen
with its partners to build their own logistics
network to cover entire China.
July
Alibaba invested in travel website Qyer.com
Aug
Alibaba invested RMB 3.1 billion in UCWeb
in March 2013 and fully bought out UCWeb
in Jun 2014, who is the maker of one of
China’s most popular web browsers.
Bought a minority stake in online
shopping company ShopRunner
Sep
Alibaba acquired Kanbox, the
personal cloud storage service
Oct
Alibaba invested $50 million in app search
engine Quixey
Alibaba's Alipay took control of
Tianhong Asset Management Co with
1.18 billion yuan investment for 51%
stake. Dec
Alibaba invested HK$2.82 billion in Haier,
including HK$1.86 billion to form a new joint
venture with Haier’s wholly owned logistics unit
Goodaymart
2014
Jan
Alibaba and Yunfeng Capital, a private equity
firm founded by Jack Ma, bought pharmaceutical
data provider CITIC 21 CN for $170 million
Alibaba bought a controlling stake in
ChinaVision Media Group Ltd for $804
million to gain access to TV and movie
content. Purchase was completed in Jun
2014, company renamed Alibaba Pictures
Group Ltd.
Mar
Alibaba invested $15 million in
1stdibs, the fast-growing luxury
e-commerce site
A leading online education platform Feb
Alibaba announced it
would invest about $692
million in Intime Retail
Group Co., owner of
department stores and
supermarkets
Invested in
Baicheng.com, a
travel website
focusing on
outbound trips
Invested $215
million for a
minority stake in
the messaging
and free-calling
app Tango
Apr
May
Jun
Alibaba announced to invest SGD 313
million in Singapore Post for 10.35% stake
Hundsun, a well
known supplier of
financial software and
network services, was
acquired by Zhejiang
Rongxin owned by
Alibaba’s founder Jack
Ma with 3.299 billion
yuan (USD 534.38M)
Jack Ma and other
partners agreed to pay
6.54 bln yuan ($1.05
bln) for a 20% stake in
China's Wasu Media
Holding. Alibaba and
Wasu would cooperate
for online content and
Internet TV
Alibaba
(16.5%
stake),
Yunfeng
(2%) agree to
buy $1.22
billion stake
in Youku
Tudou
Alibaba agreed to take a 50% stake in
Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club