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Yext

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Yext is the Next Yellow Pages, offering local services to advertisers, publishers and consumers.

Nearly 20,000 local customers are connected to the company’s flagship local advertising service, Yext Calls. Yext Calls sends local businesses pay-per-action phone calls and was unveiled at TechCrunch50 in 2009.

Yext Numbers, the company’s local search monetization engine, automatically turns businesses listings into paid ads. Local publishers, mobile application developers, and more receive high yield on local inventory by simply downloading Yext business listings and inserting Yext Numbers into their applications and media.

The company offers a local business directory at www.yext.com, visited by over a million users per month.

Milestones

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  Yext received $25M in Series B funding. (10/1/09)
  Posted 10/1/09 at 2:01pm
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  Yext received $3.5M in Series A funding. (6/08)
  Posted 10/1/09 at 11:17am
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  Yext received $250k in Seed funding. (11/06)
  Posted 10/1/09 at 11:17am
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  Yext added Alok Bhushan as CFO.
  Posted 9/14/09 at 1:59pm
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  Yext added Bryan Rutcofsky as VP, Sales.
  Posted 9/14/09 at 1:59pm
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  Yext added Dan Sutera as VP, Products.
  Posted 9/14/09 at 1:59pm
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  Yext added Ed Cheely as Division President.
  Posted 9/14/09 at 1:59pm
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  Yext added Sean MacIsaac as CTO.
  Posted 9/14/09 at 1:59pm
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  Yext added Brent Metz as Co-Founder & President of Yext Calls™.
  Posted 9/14/09 at 12:30pm
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  Yext added Brian Distelburger as Co-Founder & President.
  Posted 9/14/09 at 12:30pm
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  Yext added Howard Lerman as Co-Founder & CEO.
  Posted 9/14/09 at 12:30pm
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  Yext added Todd Albright as SVP, Accounts.
  Posted 9/14/09 at 1:59pm
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  Yext added Ross Weinstein as SVP, Media.
  Posted 9/14/09 at 2:25pm
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  Yext added Jonathan Betz as VP of Engineering.
  Posted 1/8/10 at 5:32pm

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Sources

1. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. The $25 Million Demo. Yext Scores A Big Round From IVP After TechCrunch50 Debut. (techcrunch.com) [edit]