WPP buys stake in Yield Software

LONDON - WPP Digital has paid $1.8m (拢920,000) to acquire a minority stake in US-based Yield Software, a web-based firm that produces technology for managing internet marketing.

Yield, which is based in San Mateo, California, has secured $6m in series B funding from WPP, lead investor Draper Fisher Jurvetson and existing investor WashingtonVC.

WPP's investment in Yield is a further manifestation of its strategy to invest in more targeted and measurable forms of marketing, particularly digital media.