PeekYou is a search company focused on indexing the public web around people. The company’s primary goal is to index people with their public web URLs. To date, over 250 million people have been indexed.
PeekYou.com is a Quantcast Top-1,000 people search site serving over 4 million visitors every month.
PeekYou’s Enterprise Search APIs return PeekYou’s search index to help partner companies determine the who, where, and what of their user/client base for research, analytics and marketing purposes.
The company was founded in 2006 by Michael Hussey, who created the globally recognized network of “RateMy” sites such as RateMyTeachers, RateMyProfessors, RateMyFace and more.
PeekYou is headquartered in New York, NY.
Financials
| Date | Type | Amount | Investors | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/01/06 | Seed | Unknown | Duggal Dimensions | Unknown |
People
Chris Klipple (VP of Operations)
Pavel Baranov (CTO)
Raj Ajrawat (GM of PeekYou.com)
Josh Mackey (GM of Business and Product)
Kim Partoll (Board Member)
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