Certares

Certares

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Investment Firm

Overview

Certares is a group of seasoned private equity and operating executives with extensive industry, investment, transaction, and management experience. Certares investment activities are concentrated in several key sectors, including travel and tourism, hospitality, business and consumer services.

Highlights

Founded

2012

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

11-50

Investment

11

Lead Investment

6

Exits

3

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Location

New York, New York, United States, North America

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Certares, established in 2012 and headquartered in New York, New York, United States, North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Late Stage Venture investments across Travel, Aerospace, Air Transportation, Service Industry, Transportation, Advertising, Digital Media, Telecommunications, Broadcasting, Banking. The organization boasts a portfolio of 11 investments, with an average round size of $162.3M and 3 successful exits. Their recent investments include Wheels Up, Delta Air Lines, Cox Enterprises, Knighthead Capital Management, Boatsetter. The highest investment round they participated in was $53.5B. Among their most notable exits are Wheels Up and Delta Air Lines. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Dhiren Fonseca

Partner

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Colin Farmer

Senior Managing Director and Head of Management Committee

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Amy C. Stuart

Managing Director & Head of Capital Formation

imagePlace Jennifer Zhao

Jennifer Zhao

Director, Capital Formation

Investment portfolio

Certares has made 11 investments. Their most recent investment was on Aug 15, 2023, when Wheels Up raised $500.0M.

Certares has made 1 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Aug 01, 2022, when Boatsetter raised $38.0M.

investments

11

Diversity investments

1

Lead investments

6

Number of exits

3

Investments

11

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Apr 20, 2022--16.0M
May 04, 2022
Sensible Weather Sensible Weather
Software12.0M
Aug 01, 2022
Boatsetter Boatsetter
Tourism38.0M
Aug 15, 2023
Wheels Up Wheels Up
Travel500.0M

Exits

3

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

11

Investors

0

Funds

1

Funding Rounds

11

Certares has raised 11 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Aug 15, 2023 from a Post-IPO Debt - Wheels Up round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Apr 20, 2022
Series A - Wheelhouse Series A - Wheelhouse
-16.0M-
May 04, 2022
Series A - Sensible Weather Series A - Sensible Weather
-12.0M-
Aug 01, 2022
Series B - Boatsetter Series B - Boatsetter
-38.0M-
Aug 15, 2023
Post-IPO Debt - Wheels Up Post-IPO Debt - Wheels Up
-500.0M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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