Mobissimo

Travel metasearch engine

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Mobissimo
Type of business	Privately held company
Type of site	Travel Metasearch engine
Available in	English (US, UK, Indian), French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Indian, Japanese, Portuguese (BR)
Founded	2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Headquarters	San Francisco, California , U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Founder(s)	Béatrice Tarka Lucia Carniglia Svetlozar Nestorov ^[1]
Industry	Travel, Internet
Revenue	Private
Employees	10 (2010)
URL	www.mobissimo.com
Registration	Optional
Launched	January 1st, 2004

Mobissimo is 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

The site was founded in 2004 with $1 million of seed money from Benhamou Global Ventures, Cambrian Ventures and Index Ventures.

Recognition

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

^ "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.