Revealed: Zillow's $26 million secret. Online realty startup fills its coffers

January 19, 2006

Zillow.com -- http://www.zillow.com the highly secretive Seattle online real estate startup -- will have a decent war chest when it launches its service later this year. According to a filing with the state, the year-old Internet company recently raised $26 million in venture capital financing. That's on top of the $6 million that the company pulled in from board members and employees last summer.

In October, the company announced an investment from Benchmark Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures -- two deep-pocketed Silicon Valley investors. However, at the time of the announcement, the company did not disclose how much it had raised.

By JOHN COOK SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

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