Yext

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Updated: Jan 22, 2026 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Sep 1, 2025	Orchard Robotics	$22.0M Series A	—	Browder Capital, General Catalyst, Greylock, Ride Ventures
Aug 1, 2025	Peeko	$3.0M Seed	—	Amplify Partners, Spark Capital, V3 Ventures
Jun 1, 2025	Open Access Energy	$2.0M Seed	—	Jana Messerschmidt, Factor[e] Ventures, IVP, Khosla Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Dylan Field, Eric Wu, Gokul Rajaram, Tony Xu
Jun 1, 2025	Crosby	$6.0M Seed	—	Alt Capital, Jana Messerschmidt, Browder Capital, Curie.Bio, Factor[e] Ventures, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, IVP, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Meritech Capital Partners, Mischief Venture Capital, Operator Partners, Pareto Holdings, Redpoint Ventures, Saga, Sequoia Capital, Summit Partners, TCV, The Hit Forge, Balaji Srinivasan, Christina Cacioppo, Dharmesh Shah, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Eric Wu, Fidji Simo, Gokul Rajaram, Immad Akhund, Jason Lemkin, Jonathan Neman, Joshua Reeves, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Karim Atiyeh, Max Mullen, Parker Conrad, Patrick Collison, Scott Belsky, Sean Rad, Siqi Chen, Tony Xu
Apr 1, 2025	Revel	$7.0M Seed	—	Jana Messerschmidt, Factor[e] Ventures, IVP, Khosla Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Eric Wu, Gokul Rajaram, Tony Xu
Apr 1, 2025	Rogo	$50.0M Series B	—	Jana Messerschmidt, Factor[e] Ventures, IVP, Khosla Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Dylan Field, Eric Wu, Gokul Rajaram, Tony Xu
Feb 1, 2025	Hightouch	$80.0M Series C	—	Amplify Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Spark Capital, V3 Ventures, Volition Capital
Oct 1, 2024	Kick	$9.0M Seed	—	AirAngels, Alpine Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Amicus Capital, Baroda Ventures, B Capital Group, Bow Capital, Browder Capital, Davidovs VC, Fin Capital, Footprint Coalition, General Catalyst, Greylock, Idealab, Kickstart Fund, Lead Edge Capital, LGF, monashees, Mucker Capital, Hans Tung, Otherwise Fund, Picus Capital, Resolute Ventures, Seaside Ventures, Seguin Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SignalFire, Stellar Capital, TechSquare Labs, Tiger Global Management, Vera Equity, Vibe Capital, Wave Financial, Alexander Zhuravlev, Alex Zhuravlev, Bartek Pucek, Beau Laskey, Ding Zhou, Eddie Lou, Gokul Rajaram, Gregory Waldorf, Guilherme Bonifacio, Humberto Ayres Pereira, Jason Goldberg, Jason Lemkin, Karim Atiyeh, Kim Perell, Manik Gupta, Robert Moore, Ron Pragides, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky, Youcef Es-skouri
Sep 1, 2024	Rogo	$19.0M Series A	—	Aglae Ventures, Alt Capital, Jana Messerschmidt, C2 Investment, Earl Grey Capital, Factor[e] Ventures, foobar.vc, Global Founders Capital, Gradient Ventures, Hyper, Innovation Endeavors, IVP, Khosla Ventures, KRM Interests LLC, Lerer Hippeau, monashees, Northzone, Pareto Holdings, Placeholder, Redpoint Ventures, Saga, Sarona Ventures, ScOp Venture Capital, Seven Seven Six, Silicon Badia, The Hit Forge, Union Square Ventures, Volt Capital, Weekend Fund, Y Combinator, Arash Ferdowsi, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Davenport, Ben Porterfield, Casey Neistat, Drew Houston, DROdio - Daniel R. Odio, Dylan Field, Eric Wu, Florian Huber, Fredrik Hjelm, Gokul Rajaram, Mathilde Collin, Paul Yacoubian, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky, Stanley Tang, Tim Griffin, Tony Xu, Varsha Rao, William Hockey
May 1, 2024	Yupp	$33.0M Seed	—	42CAP, 468 Capital, AAF Management Ltd., Alchemy Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Jana Messerschmidt, Begin Capital, Blockchange Ventures, Creandum, Daffy, Factor[e] Ventures, Founder Collective, Goat Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Hanabi Capital, Haun Ventures, HOF Capital, Infinity Ventures Crypto, IVP, Khosla Ventures, LEA Partners, Mischief Venture Capital, Multicoin Capital, Pantera Capital, Pareto Holdings, Pi Labs, Polychain Capital, Robot Ventures, Rocketship.vc, Sherpalo Ventures, The Hit Forge, Anthony Pompliano, Balaji Srinivasan, Baris Gultekin, Ben Uretsky, Biz Stone, Cory Levy, Dylan Field, Eric Wu, Girish Mathrubootham, Gokul Rajaram, Immad Akhund, Josh Elman, Kunal Shah, Mario Götze, Othman Laraki, Tony Xu, Vivek Patel, Youcef Es-skouri
May 1, 2024	DatologyAI	$46.0M Series A	—	10100, 8VC, Amplify Partners, Felicis Ventures, Insight Partners, Madrona Ventures, Obvious Ventures, Picus Capital, Race Capital, Radical Ventures, Summit Partners, Theory Ventures, Brian Distelburger, Gokul Rajaram, Immad Akhund, Jack Boren, Jonathan Swanson, Kyle Porter, Max Mullen, Mike Krieger, Oliver Cameron, Scot Wingo
Apr 1, 2024	Momentic	$500K Seed	—	Accel, Browder Capital, General Catalyst, Greylock, UpHonest Capital, Y Combinator, Tom Blomfield
Mar 1, 2024	Orchard Robotics	$3.0M Seed	—	AirAngels, Banana Capital, Benchmark, Browder Capital, Cyberlaunch, General Catalyst, Greylock, Initialized Capital, Long Journey Ventures, Makers Fund, Otherwise Fund, Pareto Holdings, Ride Ventures, Roosh Ventures, TQ Ventures, Winklevoss Capital, Y Combinator, Arash Ferdowsi, Cory Levy, Manuel Bronstein, Mattia Astori, Paul Graham
Feb 1, 2024	Antithesis	$47.0M Seed	—	Amplify Partners, Felicis Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, SuperAngel.Fund
Oct 1, 2023	candidate.fyi	$1.0M Seed	—	Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Felicis Ventures, KRM Interests LLC, Obvious Ventures, SparkLabs Global Ventures, SuperAngel.Fund, Untapped Capital, Brian Distelburger, Kyle Porter, Luke Sherwin, Neil Parikh, Scot Wingo
Sep 1, 2023	Roam	$1.0M Seed	—	#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS), Blockchain Capital, Blockchain Coinvestors AngelList Syndicate, Broadway Angels, Craig Shapiro, Daffy, Dragonfly Capital Partners, Electric Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Factor[e] Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, IVP, Khosla Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Pareto Holdings, Robot Ventures, Slow Ventures, Summit Partners, The Hit Forge, Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, Charles Goldman, Dylan Field, Eric Wu, Fidji Simo, Gokul Rajaram, Henry Kravis, Julie Zhuo, Stani Kulechov, Stanley Druckenmiller, Tony Xu
Aug 1, 2023	FWD Creatives	$2.0M Seed	—	2048 Ventures, Authentic Ventures, BoxGroup, Chemistry VC, Company Capital, CRV, Hanabi Capital, RRE Ventures, RTP Ventures, Saga, Sequoia Capital, South Park Commons, Stellar Capital, Adam D'Angelo, Alexander Sacerdote, Drew Houston, Frederic Kerrest, John Collison, Joshua Reeves, Tien Tzuo
Aug 1, 2023	Atmosfy	$12.0M Seed	—	Felicis Ventures, Obvious Ventures, Brian Distelburger, Kyle Porter, Scot Wingo
Jul 1, 2023	Hightouch	$38.0M Series B	—	Amplify Partners, Spark Capital, V3 Ventures
May 1, 2023	Firmbase	$12.0M Seed	—	Awesome Ventures, Aya, B Capital Group, btov Partners, C2 Investment, Cherry Ventures, Crane Venture Partners, Cyberstarts VC, Entrée Capital Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Meron Capital, MMC Ventures, Mouro Capital, Next47, NFX, Sapphire Ventures, S Capital VC, Sequoia Capital Israel, Team8, Viola Ventures, Adam Wiggins, Ariel Maislos, Assaf Hefetz, Charlie Songhurst, Doron Alter, Gil Shai, Matthias Hilpert, Nir Eyal, Ofir Ehrlich, Omer Kaplan, Shai Morag, Tom Blomfield, Yair Weinberger, Yevgeny Dibrov, Yuval Shahar
Jan 1, 2023	Arch	$3.0M Seed	—	Jana Messerschmidt, Battery Ventures, Connect Ventures, Emerge, Factor[e] Ventures, FinTech Collective, IVP, Khosla Ventures, MKT1 Capital, Pareto Holdings, Picus Capital, Y Combinator, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Chris Murphy, Chris Schagen, Dylan Field, Emily Kramer, Eric Wu, Gokul Rajaram, Mike Hudack, Ron Pragides, Tony Xu, Zack Kanter
Nov 1, 2022	Roam	$41.0M Series A	—	20VC, Jana Messerschmidt, Anti fund, Astir Ventures, Banana Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Buckley Ventures, Dragonfly Capital Partners, Factor[e] Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Insight Partners, IVP, Kepler Operator’s Fund, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Long Journey Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Dylan Field, Eric Wu, Gokul Rajaram, Jaan Tallinn, Josh Mohrer, Kunal Shah, Louis Beryl, Scott Banister, Shervin Pishevar, Tony Xu
Aug 1, 2022	GreenPlaces	$4.0M Seed	—	Amplifyher Ventures, Angular Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Jenny Fielding, Felicis Ventures, INT3, Obvious Ventures, S3 Ventures, Volition Capital, Kyle Porter, Nitay Joffe, Scot Wingo, Yair Weinberger
Jul 1, 2022	Pogo	$12.0M Seed	—	1/1 Capital, 20VC, 7percent Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Accel, Adverb Ventures, AirAngels, Alchemy Ventures, Altair Capital Management, Alt Capital, Amplifyher Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angel investor, AngelList, AngelList Syndicator, Anti fund, Audrey Capital, Bain Capital, BITKRAFT Ventures, Bombas, Brainchild, Buckley Ventures, C2 Investment, CapitalX, Casa Verde Capital, Climate Capital, Coalition Operators, Craft Ventures, Daffy, Matt Ocko, DNX Ventures, Double Down, DST Global, Earl Grey Capital, Jenny Fielding, Firework Ventures, FirstMark Capital, First Round Capital, Five Sigma, FJ Labs, Flex Capital, Flexsteel Industries Inc., Flucas Ventures, Footwork, Founders Fund, F Prime Capital, Fuel Capital, Geek Ventures, General Catalyst, Global Founders Capital, Greylock, GSV Acceleration, Gutter Capital, Heavybit, Heretic Ventures, Index Ventures, Infinite Niches, IVP, K2 Global, KAAN Ventures, LAUNCH, LGF, Logos Labs, Long Journey Ventures, Mantis VC, Monarch Collective, Musha Ventures, NextView Ventures, Not Boring Capital, NXTP Labs, Offline Ventures, Operator Ventures, Outcast Ventures, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Passion Capital, Pear VC, Point Nine Capital, Positive Sum VC, Precursor Ventures, Proton Enterprises, Prototype Capital, Quiet Capital, Reach Capital, Renegade Partners, Reshape Ventures, Resolute Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Shasta Ventures, Shrug Capital, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, Sound Ventures, SRB Ventures, Stripe, SV Angel, T-Bird Capital, The Hit Forge, Thomas Pentz, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, Trust Fund, Uncork Capital, Unusual Ventures, Uprising, Version One Ventures, Vibe Capital, Alex Rodriguez, Volition Capital, Weekend Fund, XFactor Ventures, Y Combinator, Yes VC, Abe Burns, Abhinav Asthana, Adam Blitzer, Ahmir Khalib Thompson, Akshay Kothari, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Amit Jhawar, Anthony Pompliano, Babak Nivi, Baron Davis, Barr Moses, Chris Fanini, Christian Reber, Christina Cacioppo, Claire Hughes Johnson, Cory Levy, Cristina Cordova, Daniel Kan, David Jeske, Elad Gil, Fareed Mosavat, Farhad Mohit, Gee Roberson, George Ruan, Gokul Rajaram, Gwyneth Paltrow, Henry Davis, James Beshara, James Corden, Jan Deepen, Jason Citron, Job Van Der Voort, Joe Greenstein, John Collison, Johnny Boufarhat, Julian Shapiro, Karim Atiyeh, Kevin Hart, Kintan Brahmbhatt, Koen Bok, Kyle Vogt, Leore Avidar, Louis Beryl, Manik Gupta, Marc Benioff, Marcelo Sampaio, Marcy Simon, Mathilde Collin, Matt Brezina, Matthew Dellavedova, Max Mullen, Melissa Tan, Moshe Lifschitz, Neil Parikh, Nik Sharma, Odell Beckham Jr., Oliver Jung, Paul George, Paulo Silveira, Paul Yacoubian, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Rafael Larragoiti Lucas, Roger Ehrenberg, Ron Pragides, Ryan Tedder, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Shane Neman, Siqi Chen, Stefan Jeschonnek, Steve Aoki, Tom Blomfield, Tony Hawk, Tyler Willis, Vinay Hiremath, Vindi Banga, William Hockey, Zehan Wang
May 1, 2022	Privyr	$6.0M Series A	—	Defy Partners, Innovation Endeavors, MassMutual Ventures, Team8, Oliver Jung, Omer Kaplan, Yuval Shahar

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Leadership Team

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Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Yext, Inc. is a leading digital presence platform designed primarily for multi-location brands across industries such as healthcare, hospitality, retail, food services, and financial services. Its cloud-based platform enables businesses to manage and control their digital knowledge—such as store locations, business hours, professional profiles, FAQs, and customer reviews—across a wide network of digital channels including maps, search engines, social media, and digital assistants. Yext leverages AI and machine learning to automate workflows, deliver consistent and accurate brand information, and provide actionable insights that help brands improve customer engagement and local SEO performance. The platform helps businesses turn their digital presence into a competitive differentiator, driving increased visibility, customer satisfaction, and conversion rates[1][2][3][5].

Origin Story

Yext was founded in 2006 by Howard Lerman and Brian Distelburger, initially starting as a lead generation service operating from a small office in New York City’s Columbus Circle. The company evolved its business model over time, shifting to a pay-per-call model by 2009. After selling off the pay-per-call segment, Yext refocused on digital listings and brand presence management, moving its headquarters to the historic Met Life Tower in New York City by 2012. This pivot laid the foundation for Yext’s current platform that centralizes and automates digital knowledge management for brands with multiple locations[3].

Core Differentiators

Comprehensive Digital Knowledge Management: Yext centralizes control over a wide range of business information fields, including location data, professional profiles, FAQs, and more, ensuring accuracy across hundreds of digital platforms.
AI and Machine Learning: The platform uses advanced AI to power knowledge behind customer engagements, automate updates, and provide data-driven insights for decision-making.
Direct Integrations: Yext integrates directly with major platforms such as Google, Apple Maps, Bing, Facebook, and Amazon Alexa, enabling real-time updates and duplicate suppression.
All-in-One Solution: Beyond listings, Yext offers tools for reputation management, review monitoring and response, localized social content, and SEO optimization.
Customer Success and Expert Services: Yext provides personalized support, strategic guidance, and custom development services to maximize client results and operational efficiency[1][3][5][6][7].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Yext operates at the intersection of digital transformation, local SEO, and AI-driven customer engagement. As consumers increasingly rely on digital search, voice assistants, and location-based services to find and interact with businesses, Yext’s platform addresses the critical need for brands to maintain accurate, consistent, and AI-readable information across all digital touchpoints. The timing is favorable due to the rise of AI search technologies and the growing complexity of managing digital presence at scale for multi-location enterprises. Yext’s influence extends beyond simple listings management by shaping how brands engage customers in an omnichannel digital ecosystem, thereby impacting marketing strategies and customer experience standards across industries[1][3][5].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Yext is poised to deepen its AI capabilities and expand its integrations to keep pace with evolving search technologies and consumer behaviors. Trends such as voice search, AI-powered chatbots, and hyper-local marketing will likely shape Yext’s product roadmap and market relevance. As digital presence becomes increasingly central to brand success, Yext’s role as a platform that ensures data accuracy and drives customer engagement will grow, potentially expanding into new verticals and geographies. Its continued focus on customer success and innovation positions it well to maintain leadership in the digital knowledge management space[1][3][5][6].

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Comprehensive Digital Knowledge Management: Yext centralizes control over a wide range of business information fields, including location data, professional profiles, FAQs, and more, ensuring accuracy across hundreds of digital platforms.
AI and Machine Learning: The platform uses advanced AI to power knowledge behind customer engagements, automate updates, and provide data-driven insights for decision-making.
Direct Integrations: Yext integrates directly with major platforms such as Google, Apple Maps, Bing, Facebook, and Amazon Alexa, enabling real-time updates and duplicate suppression.
All-in-One Solution: Beyond listings, Yext offers tools for reputation management, review monitoring and response, localized social content, and SEO optimization.
Customer Success and Expert Services: Yext provides personalized support, strategic guidance, and custom development services to maximize client results and operational efficiency[1][3][5][6][7].