Kelkoo was founded in 1999 by Pierre Chappaz and Mauricio
Lopez. Initial funding of $3 million was provided by Banexis Ventures and
Innovacom. Kelkoo.com was founded in 2000, following mergers with Zoomit,
Dondecomprar and Shopgenie. Within 2 years of launching, Kelkoo became Europe's
largest e-commerce website after Amazon and Ebay and the largest e-commerce
advertising platform both in the UK
and Europe. According to Hitwise, the le...
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Kelkoo was founded in 1999 by Pierre Chappaz and Mauricio
Lopez. Initial funding of $3 million was provided by Banexis Ventures and
Innovacom. Kelkoo.com was founded in 2000, following mergers with Zoomit,
Dondecomprar and Shopgenie. Within 2 years of launching, Kelkoo became Europe's
largest e-commerce website after Amazon and Ebay and the largest e-commerce
advertising platform both in the UK
and Europe. According to Hitwise, the leading online
competitive intelligence service, Kelkoo is the UK's
favourite shopping comparison site and has been for more than 4 years. In
April 2004 Kelkoo was acquired by Yahoo! Inc and is now a wholly owned
subsidiary. Kelkoo now operates in 10 European countries and Kelkoo is a
one-stop shopping service, which helps shoppers to find, research and buy
products online with confidence.
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