Qype
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| Private | |
| Industry | Business ratings and reviews |
| Fate | Bought by Yelp, Inc. |
| Founded | March 2006 |
| Headquarters | Hamburg, Germany |
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Key people
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Stephan Uhrenbacher, Founder, CEO from 2006-2010 and Board Member from 2010-13 Founder; Ian Brotherston CEO 2011-2013, |
| Products | Qype.com |
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Number of employees
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approx. 160 |
| Website | www.qype.com |
Qype /ˈkwaɪp/ was a Hamburg-based web 2.0 company centred on social networking and local reviews. They operated websites in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Austria, Ireland, Poland, Spain, Italy and Brazil, and had approximately 22 million monthly unique European visitors.
Competitor Yelp announced their acquisition of Qype in October 2012 for a reported 50 M US$[1]. Qype reviews were merged into the Yelp site by October 2013.
Qype was founded in March 2006 by Stephan Uhrenbacher for the German market. The initial funding came from Partech Ventures (Paris) and Advent Ventures (London)[2].
In July 2007 Qype UK was launched, adding English to the interface and content. In January 2008 the website was translated into French, in anticipation of the launch of Qype France. Subsequent versions localised for the Spanish market (October 2008), Ireland and Austria (Summer 2008) in local language have followed. In 2008 Brazil was added, and Qype's first iPhone application was launched.
In 2008, Uhrenbacher secured 8M US$ in funding from Wellington Partners (Munich)[3]
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