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The website Kelkoo is a European price comparison service founded in France in 1999, allowing customers to find information on products they want to purchase, including price and seller information.〔http://www.privateequityonline.com/Article.aspx?article=32455&hashID=AFB0D0B34E33B4044A7ADEF3381482A02E58D183〕 It was bought by Yahoo! in 2004.〔http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3570775.stm〕 It operates in 10 countries, including UK, France, Spain, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, and Belgium.〔 On 21 November 2008, Yahoo sold Kelkoo to Jamplant, a private equity company.〔 ==History== Kelkoo was founded in 1999 by Pierre Chappaz and Mauricio Lopez.〔http://news.cnet.com/Yahoo-says-bienvenue-to-Kelkoo/2100-1038_3-5179775.html〕 Initial funding of $3 million was provided by Banexi Ventures and Innovacom. Once Kelkoo merged with 3 other European businesses, it absorbed those founders into one single collective, consisting of Per Siljubergsåsen, William Klippgen, Philip Wilkinson, and Jorge Garcia〔http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jorge-juan-garcia-alonso/10/372/328〕 In April 2000, within days of each other, Kelkoo merged with Spanish-based Dondecomprar.com〔(Spain's Dondecomprar.com merged with Kelkoo.com )〕 and UK based competitor ShopGenie, founded by Philip Wilkinson.〔(European Merger Creates E-Commerce Giant )〕 In September of the same year, Kelkoo merged with Norway-based Zoomit.com,〔(Consumer Releases: Zoomit Merger )〕 paying the Zoomit-shareholders in shares amounting to a third of Kelkoo's total equity making Zoomit.com the largest entity within "new" Kelkoo. In June 2003, it partnered with the European arm of the Microsoft site MSN to provide shopping listings.〔(Kelkoo seals MSN deal )〕 A similar deal was announced in June 2004 with Ask.com (formerly Ask Jeeves). In April 2004, Kelkoo was bought by Yahoo! Inc for €450 million.〔 Yahoo explained this move as providing advertisers with the ability to target individual products.〔(Yahoo! to Acquire Kelkoo )〕 In October 2005 a book on Kelkoo appeared in French called ''Ils ont réussi leur start-up! La success-story de Kelkoo''.〔(Amazon.fr : Ils ont réussi leur Start-up ! : La Success Story de Kelkoo: Livres: Julien Codorniou,Cyrille de Lasteyrie,Pierre Chappaz )〕 written by Julien Codorniou and Cyrille de Lasteyrie. In November 2008, Kelkoo was sold by Yahoo! Inc to the private equity firm Jamplant Ltd.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kelkoo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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