Idealo - About the company
Idealo is an acquired company based in Berlin (Germany), founded in 2000 by Martin Sinner. It operates as a Price Comparison site in Germany. Idealo has raised $143K in funding. The company has 228 active competitors, including 30 funded and 31 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Skroutz, Price and Milo.
Company Details
Idealo is a price comparison site in Germany. It claims to attract 7M unique users each month. The company has price comparison portals in the UK, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Spain and Poland. It also operates price comparison engines for travel sector with flug.idealo and hotel.idealo.
- Website
- www.idealo.de/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@idealo.in
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2000
Location
Berlin, Germany
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$143K in 3 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
6th among 228 active competitors
Employee Count
752 as on May 31, 2026
Exit Details
Acquired by Axel Springer (Jun 01, 2006)
Legal entities associated with Idealo
Idealo is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
idealo internet GmbH CIN: HRB76749 , Germany, Active | - | 918 (As on Dec 31, 2020) |
Idealo's acquisition details
Idealo got acquired by Axel Springer on Jun 01, 2006.
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Idealo's funding and investors
Idealo has raised a total funding of $143K over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on 2000. Idealo has 1 institutional investor.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Idealo:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | 8702 | Conventional Debt | 3614 | 9294 | 4406 | 5302 |
2000 | 2360 | Grant (prize money) | 8616 | 1102 | 8156 | |
2000 | 7322 | Seed | 7182 | 7313 | 4454 | 6293 |
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Idealo's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Idealo is Martin Sinner.
Here are the details of Idealo's key team members:
- Martin Sinner: Founder of Idealo. They are also an angel investor in 10 startups.
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Idealo's employee count trend
Idealo has 752 employees as of May 26. Here is Idealo's employee count trend over the years:
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Idealo's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Idealo include Skroutz, Price and Milo. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Idealo, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Online price comparison platform for consumer goods | - | 68/100 | ||
2nd |  Price 2016, San Francisco (United States), Series A | Online price comparison tool for consumer products | $12M | 64/100 | |
3rd | Milo 2008, Palo Alto (United States), Acquired | Global online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of diverse goods | $4.97M | 54/100 | |
4th | Price comparision website for products as well services | $6M | 54/100 | ||
5th | Pricecomparing shopping engine. | - | - | 53/100 | |
6th | Price Comparison site in Germany | $143K | 52/100 | ||
7th | Heureka 2009, Liberec (Czech Republic), Acquired | Online price comparison platform for consumer products | - | 52/100 | |
8th | Online price comparison platform for multi-category products | $26.1M | 51/100 | ||
9th | Product search and price comparison platform | - | 49/100 | ||
10th | Pronto 2005, New York City (United States), Public | Shopping comparison search engine | - | 49/100 |
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Idealo's Investments and acquisitions
Idealo has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Idealo
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News related to Idealo
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Price comparison rivals urge EU regulators to take action against GoogleCity A.M.•Nov 28, 2019•Google, Axel Springer, Idealo, PREISVERGLEICH.de and 2 others
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