Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News » Qype.com http://pulse2.com Sun, 27 May 2012 18:16:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Qype Raises $11.4 Million http://pulse2.com/2008/09/16/qype-raises-114-million/ http://pulse2.com/2008/09/16/qype-raises-114-million/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:21:31 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/2008/09/16/qype-raises-114-million/ Continue reading →]]>
Qype is a user generated review website.  The company has recently raised €8 million ($11.4 million) from Wellington Partners, Advent Venture Partners, and Partech International.  Qype plans on using this round of funding for expansion purposes.  Qype’s total funding thus far is €$13 million ($18.5 million).

Qype currently has reviews for bars, hotels, and events around Berlin, Ireland, France, and the U.K., etc.  Qype was started by Stephan Uhrenbacher.  The site launched in Hamburg in 2005 and then expanded to Germany Switzerland, and Austria by 2007.  The site receives over 5.1 million unique visitors per month and has over 250,000 public reviews according to TechCrunch U.K. 

Through the funding, Qype brought Pelle Tornberg and Eric Archambeau on as non-executive board members.  Tornberg was Metro International’s President and CEO.  Archambeau is a partner at Wellington.

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