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CEO:
Steve Hafner
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HQ:
Norwalk, CT
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Kayak
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”… moreSeller Posts
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Company Overview
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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CEO:
Steve Hafner
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HQ:
Norwalk, CT
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Capital Raised:
$224.27M
Financings
- Series: D
- Type: Debt/Non-Eq - Debt
- Date: December-2007
- Total Investment: $30,000,000.00
- Investors:
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- Silicon Valley Bank
- Series: D
- Type: ACQ Financing
- Date: December-2007
- Stock: Preferred
- Total Investment: $166,000,000.00
- Investors:
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- Accel Partners
- General Catalyst Partners
- Gold Hill Capital
- Norwest Venture Partners
- Oak Investment Partners
- Sequoia Capital
- Silicon Valley Bank
- Tenaya Capital
- Trident Capital
- Funds:
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- Oak Investment Partners Xii
- Series: C
- Type: Later Stage - 4th
- Date: May-2006
- Total Investment: $11,500,000.00
- Investors:
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- Accel Partners
- General Catalyst Partners
- Norwest Venture Partners
- Oak Investment Partners
- Sequoia Capital
- Silicon Valley Bank
- Tenaya Capital
- Trident Capital
- Funds:
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- Accel London Ii Lp
- Series: B1
- Type: Later Stage - 3rd
- Date: May-2006
- Total Investment: $2,970,000.00
- Investors:
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- Accel Partners
- General Catalyst Partners
- Sequoia Capital
- Series: B
- Type: Second Round
- Date: December-2004
- Stock: Preferred
- Total Investment: $7,000,000.00
- Investors:
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- America Online
- General Catalyst Partners
- Sequoia Capital
- Type: Corp Strategic
- Date: November-2004
- Total Investment: $0.00
- Investors:
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- America Online
- Series: A
- Type: First Round
- Date: March-2004
- Stock: Preferred
- Total Investment: $6,800,000.00
- Investors:
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- General Catalyst Partners
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