M&A Deal Summary

Yelp Acquires Restaurant-Kritik

On October 24, 2014, Yelp acquired internet software and services company Restaurant-Kritik

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Yelp’s 3rd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Yelp’s 2nd transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-10-24
Target Restaurant-Kritik
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Yelp
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Restaurant-Kritik

Hamburg, Germany
website
Restaurant-Kritik is a restaurant review company based in Hamburg, with a presence throughout Germany.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Yelp

San Francisco, California, United States

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Category Company
Founded 2004
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees3,900
Revenue 1.2B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Yelp's corporate headquarters in downtown San Francisco, California.
Entrance to Yelp's corporate headquarters in downtown San Francisco, California.

Yelp is a web-based software platform that connects people with local businesses. Yelp allows users to review businesses and locate a variety of local services. Yelp was founded in 2004 and is based in San Francisco, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 7
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 3 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 6
Country (Germany) 2 of 2
Year (2014) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-07-18 SeatMe

San Francisco, California, United States

SeatMe provides a technology solution that makes managing reservations easy and affordable to a broad array of restaurants and nightlife establishments.

Buy $13M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-10-28 Cityvox SAS

Paris, France

Cityvox is a French online review site specializing in restaurants and nightlife.

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