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Norwalk, CT

The combined company will have 60ish employees once the merger is completed and the 60 day transition period ends. The company is very profitable on the combined revenues. In addition to affiliate fee from sales, SideStep does a large display advertising and email marketing business, which Kayak lacks. Total ticket sales for Kayak are around $2.5 billion/year. SideStep is around $1 billion. <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/20/breaking-kayak-raises-196-million-buys-rival-sidestep/">Breaking: Kayak Raises $196 Million, Buys Rival SideStep</a> – TechCrunch 12/20/07 Kayak charges travel providers on a per-click basis (click on that American Airlines flight to London, and Kayak will send you to AA.com—in exchange for a click fee). This should be a high-margin business. Assuming Kayak and SideStep continue to grow, the combined company should generate at least $100 million of revenue in 2008. We apply a multiple of 10X, to arrive at an estimated valuation of $1 billion. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/companies/kayak">Kayak</a> – Silicon Alley Insider 4/22/08

http://blog.kayak.com/

$224.27M

Steve Hafner

2009-05-01T21:39:07Z

Kayak is a free meta search engine dedicated to travel. Kayak allows a user to go to one destination, kayak.com, to find travel booking options from hundreds of sites throughout the world. Once a user finds a flight of interest, the user clicks through to a third party site to complete the booking process. Kayak derives lead generation revenue from clicks on travel search results as well as when users click on advertisements within the site, and also offers display advertising. Kayak has been named "Best of the Web" by BusinessWeek, "Best of the Web" by Forbes.com, "50 Coolest Websites" by TIME Magazine, "Best Travel Search Engine" by the Associated Press, "Best Search Aid" by Travel + Leisure Magazine and "Best of the Web" by US News & World Report. Kayak has reportedly received more than $223 million in funding from General Catalyst, America Online, Sequoia Capital, and Accel Partners. The company used some of that funding to buy its rival Sidestep for a rumored price of between $150-$180 million.

Kayak is a free meta search engine dedicated to travel. Kayak allows a user to go to one destination, kayak.com, to find travel booking options from hundreds of sites throughout the world. Once a user finds a flight of interest, the user clicks through to a third party site to complete the booking process. Kayak derives lead generation revenue from clicks on travel search results as well as when users click on advertisements within the site, and also offers display advertising. Kayak has been named “Best of the Web” by BusinessWeek, “Best of the Web” by Forbes.com, “50 Coolest Websites” by TIME Magazine, “Best Travel Search Engine” by the Associated Press, “Best Search Aid” by Travel + Leisure Magazine and “Best of the Web” by US News & World Report. Kayak has reportedly received more than $223 million in funding from General Catalyst, America Online, Sequoia Capital, and Accel Partners. The company used some of that funding to buy its rival Sidestep for a rumored price of between $150-$180 million.

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Kayak.com

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Travel advertising

Delaware

2009-10-22T00:40:02Z

General Catalyst, America Online, Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners

General Catalyst, America Online, Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners