Yext

company

About

Yext is a leading vendor for digital experience software solutions.

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

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

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
51
Yext has 51 current employee profiles, including Employee Franck Negro
Employee
Executive
Executive
Executive
Executive

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