Skyscanner

About

Skyscanner operates as a trips meta-search engine company.

Edinburgh,Edinburgh, City of,United Kingdom
1001 - 5000
http://skyscanner.net

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series A
Last Funding Money Raised: £2.50M
Industries: Internet,Service Industry,Transportation,Travel,Travel Agency
Founded date: May 16, 2003
Number Of Employee: 1001 - 5000
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Skyscanner Ltd

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.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

4

£2.50M $192M

Skyscanner has raised a total of £2.50M $192M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jan 11, 2016 from a Series Unknown round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
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

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

16

1

Skyscanner has made 16 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 7, 2022, when Setpoint.io raised $43M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Dec 7, 2022 Setpoint.io	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	—

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

3

8

Skyscanner is funded by 8 investors. Future Fifty and Sequoia Capital are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
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

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

29

Skyscanner has 29 current employee profiles, including Employee Stuart Middleton

Employee

Executive

Employee

Employee

Employee

Acquisition

Skyscanner has acquired 6 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Zoombu on Jan 1, 2011. They acquired Zoombu for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
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