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Selfbook
Payments software for hotels
- 21-100 employees
- Fintech
- Hospitality
- B2B
- Payments
- SaaS
- Tribeca, New York, NY
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Company mission
To supercharge direct bookings, increase conversions, and eliminate chargeback disputes for hotels, by offering the most intuitive payment experience for guests.
-19% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Slick, minimal-click payments interfaces like Apple Pay have become the norm in most industries. However, the hospitality industry, especially independent properties, are lagging behind in this respect and losing out to online travel agents and large aggregators as a result. Selfbook is changing that by providing payments software that enables more seamless booking flow, merchandising, and one-click payments for hotels.
Until now, Selfbook has been focused on boutique or independent hotels or small groups that would represent anywhere from five-25 properties. The company is now in a position to serve larger chains through partnerships with more established fintech providers.
The difficulty for Selfbook will be upgrading an industry that is characterised by the use of inefficient, analogue systems which do not easily allow modern integrations. Overcoming these hurdles will guarantee the long-term value of Selfbook as a company.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- 401K Match
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Monthly reimbursement towards cell phone bill
- Unlimited PTO
- Remote/virtual work environment
- Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental, vision and life
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2022
$15m
SERIES A
Oct 2021
$25m
SERIES A
Total funding: $40m
Leadership
Khalid Meniri
(CEO)Studied Applied Data Science at Stanford before working as a Data Architect at Siemens. Thereafter, founded SIXAGENCY prior to co-founding Selfbook in 2018.
Ilyas Djeddou
(CTO)Worked at Unilever in Mobile payments from 2015 to 2017. Also worked as CTO for SIXAGENCY.