Tech Company Financing Transactions

Yext Funding Round

Yext closed a $50 million investment round on 6/4/2014. Investors included Insight Venture Partners and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
6/4/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$50,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Insight Venture Partners (Lead Investor)

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds purposes were not disclosed.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
1 Madison Ave. 5th Floor
New York, NY 10010
USA
Email Address
Overview
Yext (NYSE: YEXT) is the Next Yellow Pages, offering superior local services for advertisers, publishers and users. We help local businesses get found, maximize yield for our publishing partners, and answer local searches for internet users.
Profile
Yext LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Yext Company Twitter Account
Company News
Yext News
Facebook
Yext on Facebook
YouTube
Yext on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Howard Lerman
  Howard Lerman LinkedIn Profile  Howard Lerman Twitter Account  Howard Lerman News  Howard Lerman on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Steve Cakebread
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Chief Operating Officer
Thomas Dixon
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President
Brian Distelburger
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VP - Client Services
Wendi Sturgis
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VP - General Counsel
Ho Shin
  Ho Shin LinkedIn Profile  Ho Shin Twitter Account  Ho Shin News  Ho Shin on Facebook


 

 

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