Kiwi.com

company

About

Kiwi.com is online travel tech company that consists of an extensive database of more than 800 air and ground carriers worldwide.

Details

Last Funding Type
Seed
Last Funding Money Raised
$500K
Industries
Leisure,Tourism,Travel
Founded date
Apr 1, 2012
Number Of Employee
501 - 1000
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Kiwi.com s.r.o.

Founded by Oliver Dlouhý and Jozef Képesi in 2012, Kiwi.com is an online search engine allowing users to combine transportation from non-cooperating carriers. It is powered by its proprietary algorithm (Virtual Interlining) that allows users to combine flights and ground transportation from over 800 carriers, accompanied by industry-leading Kiwi.com Guarantee. Today, the company sees more than 100 million searches every day and employs over 2,000 people worldwide.

Kiwi.com ranked seventh in the 2017 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA list, becoming the highest-ever rated Czech company. Following the previous success, Kiwi.com ranked fifth in the very same program in 2018. In November 2019, the company announced a change in its vision of becoming the first Virtual Global Supercarrier and won the People’s Choice Award at Phocuswright Conference in Miami. In March 2020, Kiwi.com was selected as part of the FT1000; Europe’s fastest-growing companies, ranking first among companies from the Czech Republic.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
7
$518K €100.90M
Kiwi.com has raised a total of $518K €100.90M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 22, 2022 from a Debt Financing round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Jun 22, 2022 Debt Financing €100M Detail
Jun 5, 2019 Private Equity(PE) 1 General Atlantic Detail
Aug 19, 2015 Series Unknown 1 Touzimsky Kapital Detail
Feb 5, 2015 Series A 1 Impulse Ventures Detail
Feb 1, 2015 Series Unknown €0.90M Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
6
2
Kiwi.com has made 6 investments. Their most recent investment was on Sep 6, 2022, when GroMo raised $11M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Sep 6, 2022 GroMo
Series A $11M Banking
Aug 29, 2022 ApniBus
Pre-seed Information Technology
Nov 9, 2021 Battery Smart
Seed $7M Automotive
Apr 11, 2019 Zuri
Seed €200K Aerospace Yes
Sep 18, 2015 UNIFER
Series Unknown Advertising Yes

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
4
4
Kiwi.com is funded by 4 investors. General Atlantic and Touzimsky Kapital are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
General Atlantic Yes Private Equity(PE)
Touzimsky Kapital Yes Series Unknown
Impulse Ventures Yes Series A
Jiri Hlavenka Angel

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
11
Kiwi.com has 11 current employee profiles, including Executive Oliver Dlouhý
Executive
Executive
Employee
Executive

Acquisition

Kiwi.com has acquired 2 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was WhichAirline on Jan 1, 2014. They acquired WhichAirline for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Jan 1, 2014 WhichAirline
Transportation merge Detail
Jan 22, 2016 Trinerdis
Information Technology acquisition Detail