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FareHarbor

Booking solutions for tour operators

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501-1000 employees
  • Hospitality
  • B2B
  • Travel
  • Internal tools
  • Ticketing
  • SaaS
Grachtengordel-Zuid, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Company mission

To make experiences better for everyone.

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8% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Most holidaygoers in the US prefer to book their activities and experiences online - but when it comes to local operators, this isn’t always possible. FareHarbor has been developing software to help digitize the booking process for these smaller businesses, and over a decade, has brought more than 5,000 of them onto the books.

Along the way, FareHarbor also built up some strong momentum in the reservation management and distribution areas of the sector, which drove up the company’s valuation - making it a prime candidate for acquisition. Whilst TripAdvisor reportedly made multiple bids, FareHarbor ultimately went to Booking Holdings, the US’ largest vendor of tour company booking software.

This puts FareHarbor in a strong position. Booking Holdings is acquiring companies at a steep rate (ten in the last ten years), and good ones too - Kayak and Venga number among them. This will help FareHarbor with customer acquisition, and insulate it somewhat from any wobbles in the hospitality sector.

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Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Funding (1 round)

May 2015

$0.2m

SEED

Total funding: $0.2m

Leadership

Matt Broten

(Software Engineer)

Worked in various Software Engineering roles at Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Open Systems International, Instant Automatic, and Artery- which they also co-founded.

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