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Qype raises 6.5m

Tim Green

by Tim Green
Wednesday, November 24th 2010 at 11:55AM

Qype raises 6.5m

Reviews service takes investment total to $14.5m.

The money comes from previous backers Advent, Partech and Wellington, with €3.5m thrown in by Vodafone.

It will now launch co-branded Qype apps with Voda in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands and Ireland.

Qype debuted in 2006, and has achieved around 1m app downloads.

Tags: community , vodafone , qype , Social

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