Local Reviews Site Yelp Raises $10 Million
Yelp, the San Francisco-based site offering user-gen reviews of bars, restaurants and other places, has raised $10 million in funding from Benchmark Capital. The company, which has 30 employees, has raised $16 million to date: previous round was $5 million from Bessemer Venture Partners nearly a year ago, and $1 million from PayPal founder Max Levchin, who incubated the company before going full-time at sister startup Slide.
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Oct 5, 2006 2:12 PM ET
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