Yocal

Like Yelp but for Local. Marketing platform banding together small businesses.

https://wefunder.com/yocal

Total raised on Wefunder: 57650

Total investors: 92

Quick facts

  • πŸš€ 2,000+ businesses on Yocal platform in the first 2 pilot cities launched.
  • πŸ† Experienced CEO. Cofounded 3 tech startups with 2 successful exits
  • πŸ”₯ Fastest growing "support local" campaign ever. Paving the way for Yocal in 80+ cities
  • πŸ“Ί Featured 28+ times on local news stations around the country
  • 🎯 Proprietary tech at work identifying 10K+ locally-owned, independent businesses across America
  • πŸ“ˆ Over 30M small businesses in US market and growing

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Yocal

Like Yelp but for Local. Marketing platform banding together small businesses.

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Last Funded April 2022

$57,650

raised from 92 investors
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Investor Panel

Peter interviewed Yocal on February 4, 2022. Play Video
Peter Harris
Peter Harris
Founding Partner at University Growth Fund, an early and growth-focused venture fund with $90M AUM. Over the last 15 years I've invested in over 100 private companies including OpenAI, Carta, Airbnb, Spotify, Instructure, Workfront, Postmates, & Wefunder.
Strengths
says, "I love the fact that they started by building a community passionate about helping local businesses. That has resulted in a much lower customer acquisition cost and helped solve the chicken and egg issue most marketplaces face."
Advice
says, "Building marketplaces are hard and there is a lot of noise in this space from incumbents and other new entrants that are trying to solve this problem in different ways. Succeeding will likely require that they create an amazing customer experience that keeps users and businesses coming back day after day."

What Investors Say

LEAD INVESTOR
Invested $5,000 this round
I've known and followed the founders of Yocal since its inception. Their community-first attitude and ability to create innovative technology truly set them apart. The world has plenty of neat technology and creative apps, but it needs technology and apps that have a conscience, a purpose, and a community behind them from the very beginning. Yocal has an amazingly passionate community which, in combination with the experience and drive of the founders, will propel them towards massive success in a short period of time.
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