Skyscanner operates as a trips meta-search engine company.
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.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Jan 11, 2016 | Series Unknown | $192M | 5 | — | — | Detail |
Oct 17, 2013 | Non-Equity Assistant | — | 1 | Future Fifty | — | Detail |
Oct 3, 2013 | Series Unknown | — | 1 | Sequoia Capital | — | Detail |
Nov 1, 2007 | Series A | £2.50M | 1 | Scottish Equity Partners | — | Detail |
Date
Company Name
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Round | Money Raised | Industry | Lead Investor |
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Dec 7, 2022
Setpoint.io
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Series A | $43M | Information Technology | — |
May 17, 2022
Arrived Homes
|
Series A | $25M | Financial Services | — |
Apr 22, 2022
Afterparty
|
Seed | $4M | Content Creators | — |
Feb 9, 2022
EasyKnock
|
Series C | $57M | Financial Services | — |
Sep 27, 2021
Syndio
|
Series C | $50M | Analytics | — |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
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Future Fifty | Yes | Non-Equity Assistant |
Sequoia Capital | Yes | Series Unknown |
Scottish Equity Partners | Yes | Series A |
Artemis | — | Series Unknown |
Baillie Gifford | — | Series Unknown |
Khazanah Nasional | — | Series Unknown |
Vitruvian Partners | — | Series Unknown |
Yahoo! Japan | — | Series Unknown |
Skyscanner has acquired 6 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Zoombu on Jan 1, 2011. They acquired Zoombu for 0.
Date
Company Name
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Industry | Acquisition Type | Price | |
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Jan 1, 2011
Zoombu
|
Search Engine | acquisition | — | Detail |
Sep 5, 2013
Fogg
|
Hotel | acquisition | — | Detail |
Jun 25, 2014
Youbibi
|
Hospitality | acquisition | — | Detail |
Oct 22, 2014
Dorsai Travel
|
Travel | acquisition | — | Detail |
Oct 22, 2014
Distinction Ltd.
|
Apps | acquisition | — | Detail |