General Catalyst

TravelPerk is a comprehensive platform that streamlines business travel management by integrating booking, reporting, and support into a single tool. It enables users to easily book flights, hotels, and car rentals while ensuring adherence to company policies. The platform offers a wide range of travel options and features, including automated policies, expense integrations, and customer service support. With its user-friendly interface and advanced technology, TravelPerk helps organizations manage their travel needs efficiently, control costs, and simplify the overall booking process for employees. By combining various travel services into one solution, it aims to enhance the travel experience for businesses and reduce the complexities associated with managing business trips.

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Joy is a wedding company that gives couples a smarter way to plan their big day. Using Joy, couples can create a beautifully-designed wedding website and mobile app, build their All-in-One Registry, manage guest lists and RSVPs, send online or printed Save the Dates, invitations, and eCards, provide travel and accommodations options for guests, host virtual wedding events, create a shared virtual wedding album and virtual guest book, and more. Wedding guests can purchase registry gifts, book travel plans and accommodations, get directions to wedding events via a Google Maps integration, order a ride to wedding events via ride-sharing integrations, add wedding events to their calendars with a click, and more. Based in San Francisco, Joy launched in 2016 through Y Combinator.

Bounce, Inc., operating as Get Bounce, offers a luggage storage platform that allows users to securely store their belongings at local businesses, such as cafes and shops, while they explore the city. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, the company provides both hourly and daily storage options, partnering with local establishments to designate specific areas for secure luggage storage. Bounce caters primarily to travelers and tourists, facilitating convenience and peace of mind during their urban excursions.

TravelPerk is a comprehensive platform that streamlines business travel management by integrating booking, reporting, and support into a single tool. It enables users to easily book flights, hotels, and car rentals while ensuring adherence to company policies. The platform offers a wide range of travel options and features, including automated policies, expense integrations, and customer service support. With its user-friendly interface and advanced technology, TravelPerk helps organizations manage their travel needs efficiently, control costs, and simplify the overall booking process for employees. By combining various travel services into one solution, it aims to enhance the travel experience for businesses and reduce the complexities associated with managing business trips.

Local experiences empowered by you. Mount is an experience marketplace. We connect the local experience providers with the short term rentals to then enable those guests to be able to book the very best experiences.

Wanderlog is a trip planning application designed to streamline the travel planning process by consolidating various tools and resources into a user-friendly interface. It allows users to organize their travel plans and itineraries, displaying destinations on an interactive map while providing access to essential information such as business hours, activities, and restaurant recommendations. The application sources data from blog itineraries, guidebooks, and online lists, enabling travelers to efficiently create personalized itineraries without the hassle of managing multiple platforms. By enhancing the travel planning experience, Wanderlog aims to simplify the process and serve as a comprehensive resource for travelers.

30SecondsToFly Inc. is a travel management company based in San Carlos, California, established in 2015. The company specializes in developing a travel management platform that centralizes travel policies and automates corporate travel processes, enhancing efficiency for travel management companies (TMCs). Utilizing artificial intelligence, its platform offers a unique workflow automation system that significantly reduces the time travel agents spend on repetitive tasks. This system, known as Claire, operates in two modes: Autopilot, which automates routine tasks, and Copilot, which assists agents by sharing insights on traveler patterns. This dual functionality allows agents to focus on high-value customer interactions while providing travelers with a superior self-service experience. The company's innovative approach has been recognized with the General Catalyst Award for Travel Innovation, highlighting its status as a leading disruptor in the travel sector.

Lola.com is an easy-to-use travel management tool that helps companies book, report, and save on business travel. Life becomes simpler with employee friendly business travel policies, fun travel tracking tools, and transparent spend reporting for business travel managers. For the business travelers, it enables easy flight and hotel booking, team destination sharing, loyalty points from the actual hotels and airlines, and 24/7 agent support. Its book on behalf feature lets executive assistants, easily book travel like a boss. Founded on 2015, Lola.com works for both employers and employees. It is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Freebird is a mobile rebooking tool designed to assist travelers in the event of flight disruptions, such as cancellations, significant delays, or missed connections. The platform allows users to instantly book a new ticket on any airline at no additional cost, facilitating the rebooking process with just a few taps on their mobile devices. Freebird provides immediate notifications regarding flight changes, enabling travelers to bypass long lines and secure alternative arrangements quickly. This service not only enhances the traveler experience but also offers efficiency for travel agencies and corporations by saving time and resources while maintaining a commitment to traveler care.

Joy is a wedding company that gives couples a smarter way to plan their big day. Using Joy, couples can create a beautifully-designed wedding website and mobile app, build their All-in-One Registry, manage guest lists and RSVPs, send online or printed Save the Dates, invitations, and eCards, provide travel and accommodations options for guests, host virtual wedding events, create a shared virtual wedding album and virtual guest book, and more. Wedding guests can purchase registry gifts, book travel plans and accommodations, get directions to wedding events via a Google Maps integration, order a ride to wedding events via ride-sharing integrations, add wedding events to their calendars with a click, and more. Based in San Francisco, Joy launched in 2016 through Y Combinator.

Freebird is a mobile rebooking tool designed to assist travelers in the event of flight disruptions, such as cancellations, significant delays, or missed connections. The platform allows users to instantly book a new ticket on any airline at no additional cost, facilitating the rebooking process with just a few taps on their mobile devices. Freebird provides immediate notifications regarding flight changes, enabling travelers to bypass long lines and secure alternative arrangements quickly. This service not only enhances the traveler experience but also offers efficiency for travel agencies and corporations by saving time and resources while maintaining a commitment to traveler care.

Freebird is a mobile rebooking tool designed to assist travelers in the event of flight disruptions, such as cancellations, significant delays, or missed connections. The platform allows users to instantly book a new ticket on any airline at no additional cost, facilitating the rebooking process with just a few taps on their mobile devices. Freebird provides immediate notifications regarding flight changes, enabling travelers to bypass long lines and secure alternative arrangements quickly. This service not only enhances the traveler experience but also offers efficiency for travel agencies and corporations by saving time and resources while maintaining a commitment to traveler care.

Lola.com is an easy-to-use travel management tool that helps companies book, report, and save on business travel. Life becomes simpler with employee friendly business travel policies, fun travel tracking tools, and transparent spend reporting for business travel managers. For the business travelers, it enables easy flight and hotel booking, team destination sharing, loyalty points from the actual hotels and airlines, and 24/7 agent support. Its book on behalf feature lets executive assistants, easily book travel like a boss. Founded on 2015, Lola.com works for both employers and employees. It is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Lola.com is an easy-to-use travel management tool that helps companies book, report, and save on business travel. Life becomes simpler with employee friendly business travel policies, fun travel tracking tools, and transparent spend reporting for business travel managers. For the business travelers, it enables easy flight and hotel booking, team destination sharing, loyalty points from the actual hotels and airlines, and 24/7 agent support. Its book on behalf feature lets executive assistants, easily book travel like a boss. Founded on 2015, Lola.com works for both employers and employees. It is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Freebird is a mobile rebooking tool designed to assist travelers in the event of flight disruptions, such as cancellations, significant delays, or missed connections. The platform allows users to instantly book a new ticket on any airline at no additional cost, facilitating the rebooking process with just a few taps on their mobile devices. Freebird provides immediate notifications regarding flight changes, enabling travelers to bypass long lines and secure alternative arrangements quickly. This service not only enhances the traveler experience but also offers efficiency for travel agencies and corporations by saving time and resources while maintaining a commitment to traveler care.

Hello Scout aims to enhance the travel experience by offering a text message and app-based concierge service tailored for boutique hotels. The company connects hotel guests with local experts who provide personalized assistance in discovering unique attractions and activities. Through a combination of human expertise and automated responses, Hello Scout facilitates seamless communication, enabling guests to access information and recommendations while exploring their destination. This innovative platform is designed to make travel more relaxing and spontaneous by ensuring that guests can easily find hidden gems and book experiences during their stay.

L2, Inc. is a business intelligence firm that offers a subscription-based service focused on benchmarking the digital performance of brands. The company provides the Digital IQ Index, which serves as a global benchmark for assessing the digital competencies of consumer brands across various industries, including automotive, beauty, fashion, retail, and travel. By analyzing data from multiple dimensions such as e-commerce, digital marketing, and social media, L2 identifies brands' digital strengths and weaknesses. The firm assists executives in developing strategic plans related to timelines, budgets, and metrics. With a portfolio that tracks over 5,000 global brands, L2 collaborates with some of the largest and most recognized enterprises in the prestige and consumer sectors. Established in 2009 and based in New York City, L2 operates as a subsidiary of Gartner, Inc.

Trover is a photo-sharing platform designed for travelers, enabling users to contribute location-tagged images and experiences from various destinations worldwide. Accessible through both a website and an iPhone app, it fosters a community where individuals can share their discoveries, gain recognition, and seek inspiration for future travels. The platform features hundreds of thousands of annotated photos across 175 countries, showcasing diverse activities, sights, and culinary experiences. Founded by Jason Karas and Rich Barton, Trover operates out of Seattle and has received funding from notable investors including Concur, Benchmark Capital, General Catalyst Partners, and Ignition Partners.

ViajaNet is an online travel agency based in São Caetano do Sul, Brazil, founded in 2009 by Alex Todres and Bob Rossato. The company specializes in providing a comprehensive range of travel services, including the sale of airline tickets, hotel accommodations, vacation packages, and travel insurance. ViajaNet's platform is designed to offer a user-friendly search experience, enabling customers to easily book their travel arrangements online. With a focus on competitive pricing, the agency caters to travelers across Brazil and Latin America, allowing them to access various travel options such as flights, hotels, cruises, and pre-assembled travel packages.

Room 77, Inc. is a hotel metasearch platform based in Sunnyvale, California, founded in 2009. The company offers travelers an advanced hotel shopping experience by allowing them to compare prices across major online travel agencies and book from over 200,000 hotel rooms worldwide. Users can explore various room types, preview views from each room, and utilize interactive floor plans to assess room locations. Additionally, Room 77 provides access to a complimentary Room Concierge for guests booking 4- or 5-star hotels or stays exceeding $400, leveraging its proprietary RoomMatch technology to identify optimal room selections tailored to individual preferences. As of March 2019, Room 77 operates as a subsidiary of HotelPlanner.com.

Airbnb, Inc. operates a global online platform that connects hosts with guests seeking short-term accommodations and unique experiences. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company facilitates bookings for a diverse range of lodging options, including private rooms, luxury villas, and boutique hotels. As one of the largest alternative accommodation travel agencies in the world, Airbnb's marketplace model allows over 5 million hosts to list their properties, resulting in more than 8 million active accommodation listings across nearly every country. The company generates revenue primarily through transaction fees on online bookings, with a significant portion of its earnings coming from the North American region.

Founded in 2011, today Ostrovok.ru is ranked by Similarweb as Russia’s leading domestic online hotel booking site offering over 2,200,000 different types of accommodation in hotels, hostels, and apartments. This inventory is sourced directly from accommodation providers or via world’s leading third-party suppliers. This combination of direct and third-party supply helps us deliver on the brand’s main strengths: excellent availability, competitive prices, transparent pricing policy, and a constantly growing number of unique customer reviews. Ostrovok.ru runs its own customer service center working 24/7. Ostrovok.ru is an official partner of both Aeroflot and Pobeda airlines. Ostrovok.ru is recognized as an advertising platform by leading brands and advertising agencies in Russia and abroad. Its head office is in Moscow.

Room 77, Inc. is a hotel metasearch platform based in Sunnyvale, California, founded in 2009. The company offers travelers an advanced hotel shopping experience by allowing them to compare prices across major online travel agencies and book from over 200,000 hotel rooms worldwide. Users can explore various room types, preview views from each room, and utilize interactive floor plans to assess room locations. Additionally, Room 77 provides access to a complimentary Room Concierge for guests booking 4- or 5-star hotels or stays exceeding $400, leveraging its proprietary RoomMatch technology to identify optimal room selections tailored to individual preferences. As of March 2019, Room 77 operates as a subsidiary of HotelPlanner.com.

ViajaNet is an online travel agency based in São Caetano do Sul, Brazil, founded in 2009 by Alex Todres and Bob Rossato. The company specializes in providing a comprehensive range of travel services, including the sale of airline tickets, hotel accommodations, vacation packages, and travel insurance. ViajaNet's platform is designed to offer a user-friendly search experience, enabling customers to easily book their travel arrangements online. With a focus on competitive pricing, the agency caters to travelers across Brazil and Latin America, allowing them to access various travel options such as flights, hotels, cruises, and pre-assembled travel packages.

KAYAK helps millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions. As one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. KAYAK offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast. In addition, KAYAK also manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including: SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined that together process 6 billion queries across our platforms each year. KAYAK is part of Booking Holdings Inc. and operates sites in more than 60 countries and territories. KAYAK was launched in the US in 2004 by a team of industry leaders including Steve Hafner (CEO) a co-founder of Orbitz, Paul English (CTO) a former VP of technology at Intuit, Terrell Jones (Chairman), founder of Travelocity, and Greg Slyngstad (Director), a co-founder of Expedia.

Going, formerly known as Scott’s Cheap Flights, is a flight ticketing platform that specializes in discovering affordable international and domestic flight deals. The company actively searches for and compiles the best prices on airline tickets by comparing numerous options, ensuring that travelers can secure the most economical fares available. By providing daily updates on flight deals, Going aims to help customers avoid overpaying for their travel arrangements, making it easier for them to plan their trips without financial strain.

Going, formerly known as Scott’s Cheap Flights, is a flight ticketing platform that specializes in discovering affordable international and domestic flight deals. The company actively searches for and compiles the best prices on airline tickets by comparing numerous options, ensuring that travelers can secure the most economical fares available. By providing daily updates on flight deals, Going aims to help customers avoid overpaying for their travel arrangements, making it easier for them to plan their trips without financial strain.

KAYAK helps millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions. As one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. KAYAK offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast. In addition, KAYAK also manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including: SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined that together process 6 billion queries across our platforms each year. KAYAK is part of Booking Holdings Inc. and operates sites in more than 60 countries and territories. KAYAK was launched in the US in 2004 by a team of industry leaders including Steve Hafner (CEO) a co-founder of Orbitz, Paul English (CTO) a former VP of technology at Intuit, Terrell Jones (Chairman), founder of Travelocity, and Greg Slyngstad (Director), a co-founder of Expedia.

KAYAK helps millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions. As one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. KAYAK offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast. In addition, KAYAK also manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including: SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined that together process 6 billion queries across our platforms each year. KAYAK is part of Booking Holdings Inc. and operates sites in more than 60 countries and territories. KAYAK was launched in the US in 2004 by a team of industry leaders including Steve Hafner (CEO) a co-founder of Orbitz, Paul English (CTO) a former VP of technology at Intuit, Terrell Jones (Chairman), founder of Travelocity, and Greg Slyngstad (Director), a co-founder of Expedia.