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| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
Website type | Travel Metasearch engine |
| Available in | English (US, UK, Indian), French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Indian, Japanese, Portuguese (BR) |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founders | Béatrice Tarka Lucia Carniglia Svetlozar Nestorov [1] |
| Industry | Travel, Internet |
| Revenue | Private |
| Employees | 10 (2010) |
| Website | www |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | January 1st, 2004 |
Mobissimo was a travel metasearch engine website based in San Francisco, California. It allows consumers to compare prices on flights, hotels, and car rentals. The company offers country-specific websites in North America, Brazil, Mexico, France, Italy, Poland, Spain, Germany, the UK, India and Japan.[2]
History
[edit]The site was founded in 2004 with $1 million of seed money from Benhamou Global Ventures, Cambrian Ventures and Index Ventures.
Recognition
[edit]- In 2010, the Chicago Tribune quoted it as one of the “3 Leading Search Engines” for travel.[3]
- TechCrunch said it would “out execute” Kayak.com.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "This Travel Search Site Could Go Far". Bloomberg News. October 19, 2004.
- ↑ Schaal, Dennis (February 2, 2011). "Mobissimo launches in China". Phocuswire.
- ↑ Gardner, Terry (April 16, 2010). "3 leading search engines put to the test". Chicago Tribune.
- ↑ Arrington, Michael (May 23, 2008). "Mobissimo Has Raised 1/223 The Capital Of Kayak". TechCrunch.
