Led · Equity · May 2015

Flat4Day operates a vacation rental website that lists nearly 30,000 properties, the vast majority of which are entire homes in Turkey and Southern Europe. The platform supports multiple languages (Turkish, Arabic, English, Russian and German) and provides flexible payment options, including integration with Arabic travel agencies for guests without online payment methods. Its 35-strong team conducts in-person verification for the majority of listed properties. A pre-existing partnership means HomeAway already lists most of Flat4Day’s properties on its sites. Founded in 2012, the company has raised over $6 million in venture capital to date and recently secured an additional $2M in funding. Flat4Day intends to use the new funds to continue to expand operations and growth.

Led · Series C · Nov 2014

Gogobot operates a website and mobile apps that help users discover places and activities by matching recommendations to their interests and travel style via "Tribes." The service has amassed more than 780,000 reviews and 4 million user-contributed photos. The team is small—about 20 people, mostly engineers—but plans to recruit aggressively to scale sales and marketing. Gogobot monetizes through lead generation for third-party travel services (including hotels and vacation rentals) and advertising on its site. Revenue has doubled year-over-year for two consecutive years, according to founder Travis Katz. The company intends to use new funding to expand marketing and distribution and to increase monetization of its site and mobile apps, aided by deeper integrations with strategic partners. Gogobot operates a social travel platform that enables users to browse reviews from friends, share photos, reviews and details about places they stayed, dined, and visited. The site leverages users' social network connections to exchange travel advice and to share trip plans and visual memories. Launched in November 2010 and led by co-founder and CEO Travis Katz, the company recently released a mobile app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The product mix includes both the web site and mobile applications to help users discover and document travel experiences. Gogobot intends to use new capital to expand globally by increasing marketing and partnership efforts. The company is positioning itself for broader user acquisition and international partnerships as it scales. Gogobot is building an online travel service that leverages the social graph to improve discovery and make planning trips easy and fun. The founders are Travis Katz (formerly GM International at MySpace) and Ori Zaltzman (former Yahoo chief architect). The team says current travel services focus on price comparisons and reviews and that adding social features will surface better destination and accommodation recommendations. Launch is still months away and the company is running a private beta signup. Gogobot is aggressively hiring as it prepares to go live. The company recently secured venture funding to support its product development and launch plans.