Skyscanner

Skyscanner

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Overview

Skyscanner is a leading global travel search site, a place where people are inspired to plan and book direct from millions of travel options at the best prices.

They are unbiased and free, which means that the 60 million people who use us every month can trust their comprehensive range of flight, hotel and car hire options.

Their secret is in their unique proprietary technology that connects people directly to everything the travel industry has to offer. They also power travel search for over 1200 partners through their Skyscanner for Business products.

Their highly-rated free mobile app has been downloaded over 70 million times. They’re global but local and their products are available in over 30 languages and 70 currencies.

Founded in 2003, they employ over 900 staff, with offices in Barcelona, Beijing, Budapest, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Miami, Shenzhen, Singapore and Sofia. Skyscanner is part of the Ctrip group.

Skyscanner is always free for travellers and they never charge travellers commission. They work with their airline and online travel agent partners in a number of ways: some partners agree to give Skyscanner a commission for every booking made through us or for every time travellers visit a partner’s website. Other partners advertise on the Skyscanner website and app. They always make sure any adverts are labelled or separate from any search results so users know exactly what’s what.

Highlights

Founded

2003

Industry

Internet

Employees

1001-5000

Investment

1

Lead Investment

1

Exits

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Stages

Seed

Investor Type

N/A

Location

Europe

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Skyscanner, established in 2003 and headquartered in Europe., specializes in Seed investments across . Their recent investments include . Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Gareth Williams

Gareth Williams

Cofounder & Chairperson

imagePlace Marc Llado

Marc Llado

Principal Product Manager

imagePlace Guy Templeton

Guy Templeton

Principal Software Engineer

imagePlace Ruth Chandler

Ruth Chandler

Chief People Officer

imagePlace Stuart Middleton

Stuart Middleton

Chief Commercial Officer

imagePlace Karan Thakkar

Karan Thakkar

Senior Software Engineer

Investment portfolio

N/A

investments

1

Diversity investments

0

Lead investments

1

Number of exits

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Investments

1

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Oct 22, 2018--null

Exits

0

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

1

Investors

8

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

1

Skyscanner has raised 1 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Oct 22, 2018 from a Seed Round - Kindaba round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Oct 22, 2018
Seed Round - Kindaba Seed Round - Kindaba
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Investors

8

Skyscanner is funded by 8 investor(s). Baillie Gifford and Yahoo! Japan Kantor are the most recent investors.

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
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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