Vodafone Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of UK-listed mobile phone operator Vodafone, has invested €3.5m ($4.7m) in Qype, a Germany-based website for people to review places in Europe.
Vodafone was a new member of Qype’s syndicate, with a further €3m invested by its previous venture capital backers, Advent Venture Partners, Partech International and Wellington Partners.
The three VCs had previously invested €8m in Qype’s series A round in September 2008 after €5m of seed funding since its launch in 2005…
