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By Olivia Oran

NEW YORK, April 7 (Reuters) - Marketing software company Yodle has selected banks for an initial public offering that is expected to come later this year and could raise $100 million, according to people familiar with the matter.

The New York-based company, backed by investors including Draper Fisher Jurvetson, has chosen Credit Suisse AG MLPN.P and Deutsche Bank DBKGn.DE to lead the process, the people said on Monday.

A Yodle spokesperson and the banks declined to comment.

Yodle, which runs software that helps local businesses with online advertising and marketing, generates over $160 million in annual revenue, according to the company's website. Founded in 2005, Yodle has over 1,100 employees and 40,000 local business customers.

It has raised around $40 million in venture capital funding.

If Yodle goes public, it would be the latest in a string of IPOs from online advertising companies. Recent public offerings in the sector have included Tremor Video Inc TRMR.N , YuMe Inc

YUME.N , Rocket Fule Inc FUEL.O and Criteo SA CRTO.O , while the Rubicon Project has filed for an IPO.

(Reporting by Olivia Oran in New York; Editing by Jonathan Oatis and Alden Bentley)

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