Yope

Brand · Non-profit Organizations

Company overview

Founded by Michael Baum, founder of Splunk ($28B exit), Yope runs an annual Awards and Fellowship Program with $100K funding for young and early stage founders from US & European universities and research labs. Yope has backed 80 startups that have raised over $3.5B in capital to build solutions in industries like AI, climate tech, health/medical, space, transportation, and robotics.

Founded in 2013

San Francisco, California, USA

20 employees (1 in marketing)

Salaries

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People

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount -4.8% year over year

Audience

Monthly website visitors

2.7K

Month over month+67.8%

Quarter over quarter+23.5%

Top sourceDirect (66.9%)

Ad budget per month$0.0

Average search rank38.5

Traffic source mix

Direct

66.9%

Search

15.9%

Social

10.7%

Referral

5.2%

Paid referral

1.2%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

3.5K

12-mo growth

+11.1%

Monthly growth

+0.1%

News

Yope Raises $12.3M for Private, Algorithm-Free Social Networking App

Jul 24, 2026 • Global Dating Insights

Yope Raises $12.3 Million Pre-Series A Led By Northzone For AI-Native Private Social Platform

Jul 24, 2026 • Pulse 2.0

Yope Secures $12.3M to Challenge Snapchat Market Dominance

Jul 24, 2026 • N24 Haber

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Open positions

Campus Ambassador – Creator Recruitment (Paid, Remote)

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USA (Remote)

In-houseContractIntern/new grad

1 open marketing positions

Campus Ambassador – Creator Recruitment (Paid, Remote)

Yope

USA (Remote)

In-houseContractIntern/new grad