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Mobissimo

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Mobissimo
Type of businessPrivately held company
Type of site
Travel Metasearch engine
Available inEnglish (US, UK, Indian), French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Indian, Japanese, Portuguese (BR)
Founded2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Headquarters,
U.S.
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s)Béatrice Tarka
Lucia Carniglia

Svetlozar Nestorov
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IndustryTravel, Internet
RevenuePrivate
Employees10 (2010)
URLwww.mobissimo.com
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedJanuary 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

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

Recognition

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  • In 2010, the Chicago Tribune quoted it as one of the “3 Leading Search Engines” for travel.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "This Travel Search Site Could Go Far". Bloomberg News. October 19, 2004.
  2. ^ Schaal, Dennis (February 2, 2011). "Mobissimo launches in China". Phocuswire.
  3. ^ Gardner, Terry (April 16, 2010). "3 leading search engines put to the test". Chicago Tribune.
  4. ^ Arrington, Michael (May 23, 2008). "Mobissimo Has Raised 1/223 The Capital Of Kayak". TechCrunch.
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