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Qype.com (pronounced kwaip) is a rapidly growing social network aimed at improving customer service and value for money throughout Europe. Its members ('Qypers') evaluate, among other things restaurants, services, doctors, dentists, hairdressers, government agencies, entertaiment venues, nurseries or sports clubs. All entries are personal opinions and recommendations - by users for users. The portal is accessible via Internet (www.qype.com) and mobile phone (m.qype.com). iPhone, Android and Blackberry versions are available in the respective Apps stores and marketplaces.
Launched in summer 2006, Qype is now Europe's largest local Reviews & Recommendation community with over 20 million visits per month. Many tens of thousands of new Qypers and reviews are added each week. There are now more than 1 million "Qypers" and every 32 seconds a new review or recommendation is added.
Qype is a name composed of the terms "Quality" and "Hype" and as such it invests significant time, effort & resource in ensuring the highest quality, integrity and independence of its listings, reviews and recommendation
Launched in summer 2006, Qype is now Europe's largest local Reviews & Recommendation community with over 20 million visits per month. Many tens of thousands of new Qypers and reviews are added each week. There are now more than 1 million "Qypers" and every 32 seconds a new review or recommendation is added.
Qype is a name composed of the terms "Quality" and "Hype" and as such it invests significant time, effort & resource in ensuring the highest quality, integrity and independence of its listings, reviews and recommendation
Overview
Location
Germany
Employees
11-50
Total raised
$6.7M
Founded date
2006
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 36
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| Oct 24, 2012 | Yelp Pays $50M To Acquire Its Big European Rival, Qype, To Beef Up Its Recommendations And Listings Business | This just in: online recommendations and listings site Yelp is stepping up its international push and buying its biggest rival in Europe, Qype. It will pay €18.6 million for all of Qype’s shares and is adding another 970,000 shares of Yelp’... |
| Mar 1, 2011 | Qype acquires Germany's Cooledeals to go after Groupon, Dailydeal and Facebook Deals | Qype, the location-based reviews and recommendation service, is to get in on the local coupon market. This is via an acquisition of Munich-based Cooledeals.de, which the company announced today. Terms of the deal remain undisclosed. The acq... |
| Nov 25, 2010 | Qype just closed a round of financing (6.5 million Euro) | The popular review-site Qype just won Vodafone Ventures as a new shareholder. Vodafone Ventures is investing 3.5 million € in the Hamburg-based company. Another 3 million € are comming from the existing investors Partech International, Well... |
| Nov 23, 2010 | Qype raises another 6.5 million euros to super-charge mobile, signs Vodafone deal | Local reviews site Qype, which lets you review any venue from restaurants and bars to gyms and childcare, has raised a new funding round amounting to a combined 6.5 million euros to throw fuel onto its mobile business. Investors include Vod... |
| Nov 23, 2010 | Qype Raises Another 6.5 million Euros, Signs Vodafone Distribution Deal | Local reviews site Qype, which lets you review any venue from restaurants and bars to gyms and childcare, has raised a new funding round amounting to a combined 6.5 million euros to throw fuel onto its mobile business. Investors include Vod... |
| Nov 23, 2010 | What you need to know - Tuesday 11/23/2010 | MyThings raised $6M; Better Advertising Product $9.5M; Stoke $16M; Welocalize $34M Rumors abound about a potential buy out of Nuance Communications, a voice technology company, by Apple. The rumors began after comments were made by Apple co... |
| Oct 28, 2010 | Yelp continues Euro expansion via Austria | It’s not long since local reviews site Yelp made its first step into German speaking territory with the launch of a localised version for Germany. But now we’re hearing that the US company is about to embark on the next logical step by laun... |
| Sep 6, 2010 | Facebook denies testing Places in the UK – but it's clearly on its way | Is Facebook testing its location based service Places for imminent rollout in the UK? Notes on Twitter started to surface over the weekend indicating that might be the case. And as you can see from this screengrab from @kierondonoghue on Sa... |
| Sep 6, 2010 | Facebook Denies Testing Places In The UK – But It Looks Close | Is Facebook testing its location based service Places for imminent rollout in the UK? Notes on Twitter started to surface over the weekend indicating that might be the case. And as you can see from this screengrab from @kierondonoghue on Sa... |
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FAQ about Qype
When was Qype founded?
Qype was founded in 2006.
How much funding has Qype raised?
Qype has raised $6.7M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Qype?
Parsers VC has collected 36 articles mentioning Qype, among them “Yelp Pays $50M To Acquire Its Big European Rival, Qype, To Beef Up Its Recommendations And Listings Business” (Oct 24, 2012) and “Qype acquires Germany's Cooledeals to go after Groupon, Dailydeal and Facebook Deals” (Mar 1, 2011).
Is Qype still active?
Yes, Qype is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 25, 2012.