Founded in November 1999, and followed in 2000 by mergers with eCommerce related sites Zoomit, Dondecomprar and Shopgenie, Kelkoo is a price comparison site operating in 10 European countries. Kelkoo was bought by Yahoo! in 2004 for $670 million. In 2007, Yahoo! began to hint at a possible sale, and in 2008 Jamplant, a UK-based private equity firm, purchased Kelkoo for an undisclosed sum.

The company provides comparisons on over 2 million products including those by technology brands such as Apple and Sony as well as non-tech brands such as Black & Decker and Aston Martin. Kelkoo launched a beta version of its service in the US in June 2010.

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Kelkoo added Christophe Odin as Co-Founder and Head of SEO. (11/1/99)

Posted 3/1/10 at 11:41am
Kelkoo added RÃ©my Amouroux as Co-Founder and Chief Architect. (11/1/99)

Posted 2/18/10 at 11:50pm
Kelkoo added Gard Jenssen as VP Product.

Posted 12/2/08 at 6:14am
Kelkoo added JÃ¶rg Malang as Managing Director Germany.

Posted 6/10/08 at 12:46am
Kelkoo added Mauricio Lopez as Co-founder.

Posted 10/3/07 at 4:12am
Kelkoo added Pierre Chappaz as Co-Founder.

Posted 10/3/07 at 4:12am
Kelkoo received $3M in Series A funding. (1/1/99)

Posted 10/3/07 at 4:16am via freebase.com
Kelkoo was acquired by Jamplant. (11/21/08)

Posted 8/10/11 at 4:39pm via privateequityonline.com