# Yahoo Japan (slim)

> Yahoo Japan's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Skyscanner Limited, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/yahoo-japan/index.md (~500 tokens) · this version ~380 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/yahoo-japan/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/yahoo-japan/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-29
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Corporate investor.

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Skyscanner Limited**, Funding round, January 2016, valued at £1.4 billion, the purchase price, Acquisition by Ctrip, November 2016
  - [Skyscanner Travel APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyscanner.md), graded E, 45.6/100
  - Source: https://tech.eu/2016/01/12/skyscanner-funding-unicorn/

## Where they invest

- Travel & booking, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Gareth Williams](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gareth-williams/), Skyscanner Limited
- [Bonamy Grimes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bonamy-grimes/), Skyscanner Limited
- [Barry Smith](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/barry-smith/), Skyscanner Limited

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Yahoo Japan invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Skyscanner Limited backed by Yahoo Japan.

### How are Yahoo Japan's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Skyscanner Travel APIs (E, 45.6).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source.