Zeef is a European crowdsourced content curation platform that presents human‑curated link directories instead of algorithmic search results. Its core product lets individual curators create topic‑specific pages of vetted links and displays curator profiles, page views and clicks to help users assess quality. The company monetizes through affiliate links and shares commissions with curators (50:50 for on‑platform links; 75:25 when lists are embedded elsewhere). Zeef plans to use new funding to invest in product development, including mobile and location‑based search, and to expand its commercial operations in the U.S. by opening a New York office. Financially, it closed a $1.55M Series A and had previously raised around $830,000 in FFF and seed funding. The startup argues that transparency and competition among multiple curators per subject will safeguard quality, though the affiliate model creates potential conflicts of interest.

Total raised

$2M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Sep 2014