Routehappy is a New York-based product differentiation platform for air travel that provides airlines and distributors with data, content and tools to improve flight shopping. Its Scores & Amenity API rates flights worldwide and supplies amenity details such as seat, entertainment, Wi‑Fi, power, and fresh food by flight. Routehappy Hub is a SaaS platform that enables airlines to create, target, and deliver product attribute content wherever flights are displayed to better monetize their products. Led by CEO Robert Albert, the company secured $3M in Series B funding. Backers included PAR Capital Ventures, iNovia Capital and Contour Venture Partners. The company will use the capital to launch Routehappy Hub for airline and distributor customers. Routehappy offers a product-differentiation platform for air travel that delivers data, content, and tools to improve flight shopping. Its Scores and Happiness Factors rate flights worldwide and surface amenity data such as seat, entertainment, Wi‑Fi, and power outlets on a per‑flight basis. Routehappy Hub is a SaaS platform that enables airlines to organize and distribute product-attribute content wherever flights are sold. Led by CEO Robert Albert, the company targets airlines and distribution partners as primary customers. Routehappy recently raised $3.3M to expand the team and accelerate development, trialing, and sales to airlines and distributors worldwide. The funding is intended to speed product development and commercial rollout globally. Routehappy is developing a “flight experience search engine” that combines hundreds of third-party data sources with user-contributed content to surface aircraft quality, seat types, plugs, WiFi and other in-flight amenities. The product also allows frequent flyers and experts to share tips about airports and specific flights. Routehappy launched its beta in March and released an iPhone app the following month. Since launch users have contributed more than 90,000 ratings, tips, photos and other content, with nearly 60% of user sentiment reported as positive. The company publishes derived insights such as airline seat-comfort rankings and plans to distribute subsets of its data via content deals with other flight search sites. Financially, Routehappy has secured seed funding to support product development and distribution efforts.

Total raised

$8M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Sep 2015