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Yext

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About

Yext is a leading vendor for digital experience software solutions.

Highlights

Stock Symbol
nyse:YEXT
Total Funding Amount
$233.32M
Funding Rounds
9
Investors
12
Acquisition
2
Employee Profiles
51

Details

Last Funding Type
Seed
Last Funding Money Raised
$250K
Industries
Advertising,Enterprise Software,Knowledge Management,Natural Language Processing,Product Search,SaaS,Search Engine,Software,Vertical Search
Founded date
Sep 16, 2006
Number Of Employee
1001 - 5000
Operating Status
Active
Stock Symbol
nyse:YEXT
Legal Name
Yext, Inc.

Yext (NYSE: YEXT) helps organizations answer every question about their business. Yext's Answers Platform collects and organizes content into a Knowledge Graph, then leverages a complementary set of products — including Listings, Pages, Reviews, and Search — to deliver relevant, actionable answers wherever customers, employees, and partners look for information. For over 15 years, thousands of companies worldwide have trusted Yext to create seamless content-driven experiences at scale across search engines, websites, mobile apps, and hundreds of other digital touchpoints. Learn more at yext.com.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
9
$233.32M
Yext has raised a total of $233.32M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Apr 13, 2017 from a IPO round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Apr 13, 2017 IPO $115.50M — — — Detail
Aug 11, 2015 Secondary Market — 1 — — Detail
Jun 4, 2014 Series F $50.25M 4 Insight Partners — Detail
Jun 12, 2012 Series E $27M 5 Marker — Detail
Jul 28, 2011 Series D $10M 4 Michael Walrath — Detail
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Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
6
12
Yext is funded by 12 investors. Insight Partners and Michael Walrath are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Insight Partners Yes Series F
Michael Walrath Yes Series D
Grape Arbor VC Yes Series B
Employee Stock Option Fund — Secondary Market
IVP — Series F
Marker — Series F
Sutter Hill Ventures — Series F
Tuesday Capital — Series E
WGI Group — Series E
SVA — Series D
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Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
51
Yext has 51 current employee profiles, including Employee Franck Negro
Franck Negro
Employee
Jimmy Barens
Executive
Dave Bengal
Executive
Carrie Liken
Executive
Tammy Rechtin
Executive
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Acquisition

Yext has acquired 2 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Citrrus on May 1, 2014. They acquired Citrrus for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
May 1, 2014 Citrrus
Apps — — Detail
Dec 18, 2014 InnerBalloons
Enterprise Software acquisition $ 8M Detail
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