Checkfront was initially conceived by co-founders Jason Morehouse and Grant Jurgeneit to help frustrated service operators better manage their bookings online.
While large companies had (arguably antiquated) systems for centralizing reservations and taking payments, many tourism and rental companies were still struggling to manage bookings with e-mail forms, spreadsheets, and clunky software - hardly an ideal solution for a business owner looking to create a seamless and professional online experience.
While large companies had (arguably antiquated) systems for centralizing reservations and taking payments, many tourism and rental companies were still struggling to manage bookings with e-mail forms, spreadsheets, and clunky software - hardly an ideal solution for a business owner looking to create a seamless and professional online experience.
Location: Canada, British Columbia, Victoria
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +1 250-999-2209
Total raised: $10.3M
Founded date: 2010
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Tiny Capit... | tinycapita... |
| - | Framework ... | framework.... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 09.03.2020 | Series A | $9.3M | - |
| 12.03.2015 | - | $1M | - |
Mentions in press and media 8
| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.04.2022 | 4 tips for attracting and hiring women in tech | Whether in tech leadership, entrepreneurship, talent acquisition or engineering, women are disproportionately underrepresented in the tech sector. VanHack hosted a virtual panel discussion called Breaking the Bias: Hiring and Attracting Wom... |
| 31.03.2022 | 4 tips for attracting and hiring women in tech | Whether in tech leadership, entrepreneurship, talent acquisition or engineering, women are disproportionately underrepresented in the tech sector. VanHack hosted a virtual panel discussion called Breaking the Bias: Hiring and Attracting Wom... |
| 22.01.2021 | Digital.com Announces Best Reservations Software of 2021 | SEATTLE (PRWEB) January 22, 2021 Digital.com, a leading independent review website for small business online tools, products, and services, has announced the best reservations software of 2021. The top systems were selected based on booking... |
| 13.03.2020 | Checkfront Raises $9.3M in Series A Funding | Checkfront, a Victoria, BC, Canada-based independent booking management platform for travel experiences, closed a $9.3M Series A funding round. The round was led by Framework Venture Partners, with participation from PenderFund Capital Mana... |
| 09.03.2020 | Booking management platform Checkfront closes $9.3 million Series A | Victoria-based Checkfront, a B2B SaaS booking management platform for tours and activities, has closed a $9.3 million CAD Series A round of financing. The firm has raised $10.6 million CAD to date, which includes $1.3 million CAD in seed fu... |
| 28.04.2016 | Tour booking software startup Xola scores $5M Series A led by Rakuten Travel | Xola, a software platform that manages booking and marketing for tour providers, is venturing deeper into international markets after closing a $5 million Series A. The funding was led by Rakuten Travel, Japan’s largest online travel agency... |
| 13.03.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 3/13/15 | Do, Zuroa, Lingua.ly, Greenhouse, Memebox, Elastica, Looker, Bento, VaporChat, ClassKick, mySugr Seed stage Meeting management startup Do raised a $2 million seed round from NEA, Dave Morin, Kevin Colleran, Mark Pincus, Aayush Phumbhra, Jim... |
| 12.03.2015 | Checkfront Raises $1M in Funding | Checkfront Inc., a Victoria, British Columbia, Canada-based provider of online cloud booking solutions, raised $1m in its first round of funding. The round was led by Rasool Rayani (co-founder Metalogix) with participation from Geordie Hend... |