Sources: WSJ, Reuter, Forbes, China Internet Watch Copyright © 2014 CIW August 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 2012 Alibaba invested in DDMap, a lifestyle e-commerce service provider 2013 Apr Feb 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 Feb A leading online education platform 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