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| Aug 13, 2009 | DreamIt Ventures Demo Day 2009: our awards | Demo Day marked the end of the second session of DreamIT Ventures, with the box score showing growth: one company sold, several pledging to retain ties to Philadelphia and six already moving on user acquisition.
A collegial crowd of 200 — t... |
| Jun 25, 2009 | Yapta lands $2M to track airfare and hotel prices | Yapta.com, a site that monitors airfare and hotel prices to get users bargains, has raised $2 million in a second round of funding to further product development and expand its marketing strategy. The company says it’s not enough anymore to... |
| Apr 22, 2008 | 2008 Webware 100: How did Microsoft fare? | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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| Apr 17, 2008 | Microsoft buys travel site Farecast for $115M | Microsoft has acquired travel website Farecast for a rumored $115 million. The Seattle startup’s technology will likely be incorporated into the software giant’s site MSN Travel — even before the deal, Farecast had already partnered with MS... |
| Apr 17, 2008 | Microsoft Acquires Farecast For $115M | Rumors about the acquisition of Farecast are accurate – in a very brief blog post CEO Hugh Crean says they’ve been acquired by Microsoft.
SeattlePI, which first broke the rumor last week, says the price tag was $115 million. While the two c... |
| Apr 14, 2008 | Farecast: Travel Nerds Rumored to Have Been Bought | Seattle PI tech beat reporter and frequent news breaker John Cook is
reporting
that the math-heavy travel price prediction service
Farecast
has been bought by parties unknown for $75 million. The Seattle company has refused comment on the a... |
| Feb 8, 2008 | Farecast Now Offers International Flight Price Predictions | Seattle based Farecast, a service that predicts and guarantees airline prices, has expanded its reach outside of the United States, with international coverage in key markets.
Farecast, which launched in May 2006, tries to predict flight pr... |
| Dec 20, 2007 | Breaking: Kayak Raises $196 Million, Buys Rival SideStep | Discount travel site Kayak has acquired rival SideStep for $200 million. This story was set to be announced tomorrow but word is leaking all over the place after Sidestep CEO Rob Solomon told his company employees the news at an all hands m... |
| Dec 18, 2007 | Kango makes travel search personal and raises $4mm | Kango, a travel search engine that finds lodging and activities that match your personal preferences, is launching a closed testing version and announcing that it raised $4 million from Shasta Ventures earlier this year.
This area is extrem... |
| Aug 29, 2007 | Farecast Now Provides Data On Fairness Of Hotel Pricing | Seattle based Farecast, a startup that launched about 18 months ago to focus on predicting flight prices and guaranteeing users against increases, just expanded to help people find deals on hotel rooms as well.
The hotels area of the site h... |
| Jul 9, 2007 | Yapta, airfare tracker, raises $2.3 million | Seattle-based Yapta, a service that informs you when the price of plane tickets you want drops, has raised $2.3 million.
The company is one of many trying to provide ways for people to save money on airfare, but its approach is a bit differ... |
| May 10, 2007 | The Art of Chart – Bringing Wall Street Ideas to the Masses | In this post we analyze how web 2.0 companies are bringing price trending tools, traditionally found on Wall St, to the masses. We take a look at these latest consumer internet innovations, and try to understand if they are useful and if th... |
| Mar 23, 2007 | CrunchGear Tips for Airplane Trips | Booking flights is one of the most depressing parts of traveling. Those big adventure plans always seem great until you see how much it’s going to cost. But all is not lost. There are several ways to significantly reduce your airline expend... |
| Mar 12, 2007 | Farecast Deals Engine Launches | Seattle based Farecast is turning into quite a good way to find cheap airline tickets.
The core service predicts if airline prices will increase or decrease in the near future from the current prices. They added a price guarantee in late 20... |
| Feb 6, 2007 | SideStep raises $15M to do battle in online travel search | SideStep, the travel search engine, has raised $15 million in a third round of funding to help it stay competitive and to venture into other areas.
The travel industry is packed. Other players offer search. But they also make money from sel... |
| Jan 30, 2007 | Farecast, the airfare prediction site, raises $12.1M more | Farecast.com, the young Seattle start-up that now owns the niche of predicting airfares, and which continues to roll out new features (like letting you guarantee low fares), has raised $12.1 million more.
The round was led by Sutter Hill Ve... |
| Jan 21, 2007 | Farecast rolls out service to lock into low airfare | Farecast, the web site which lets you see if airfares are headed lower or higher, has introduced a new, useful feature: A way to lock into a low price.
VentureBeat reported on the company’s test of this feature two months ago. Tomorrow (Mon... |
| Nov 13, 2006 | Farecast introduces way to lock into a low fare | Farecast, the web site which lets you see if airfares are headed lower or higher, has introduced another very useful feature: A way to lock into a low price.
VentureBeat is one of the few places you can try this out (see details below).
Let... |
| Nov 13, 2006 | Farecast Selling Airline Ticket Price Guarantees | Seattle based airfare prediction service Farecast is testing what the company calls its first retail product beyond basic price forecasts; the company is now offering to lock in ticket prices against an increase for one week for $1. When th... |
| Sep 29, 2006 | Watch Out Google, Vertical Search Is Ramping Up! | Written by Alex Iskold and edited by
Richard MacManus.
This week at DEMOfall I saw two vertical search applications that made me think that
this area is getting mature and ready for prime time. Pluggd and Retrevo
launched technologies that ... |
| Sep 24, 2006 | Farecast expands airfare predictions; just know when to use them. | Updated
Farecast, the start-up that predicts whether airfares are about to go up or down (earlier coverage here), has expanded predictions for 20 more airport destinations, bringing the total to 75 airports.
Until now, Farecast has offered ... |
| Aug 20, 2006 | Farecast launches for 55 US cities | Seattle startup Farecast is taking their airfare prediction technology nation wide today, flights departing from 55 US cities are now available for price history, predictions and buy/wait recommendations. The site also offers RSS feeds for ... |
| Aug 20, 2006 | Farecast, the airfare predictor, launches nationwide | Farecast, the start-up that predicts whether airfares are about to go up or down, has launched nationwide.
We wrote about this useful service in late June, when the company launched a test version covering flights originating from Seattle o... |
| Aug 7, 2006 | TripHub brings structure to travel plans | Seattle based TripHub is launching a beta version of its integrated trip planning service on Tuesday. Users can co-ordinate group events, travel plans, lodging and activities. It’s a good service for centralizing lots of information in a st... |
| Jun 27, 2006 | Farecast, the airfare prediction company, can save you $$ | From time to time a new product arrives that we know we can really use.
Farecast is one of them. Farecast helps predict whether prices for flight tickets are about to go up or down. With this information, you can make easier, more informed ... |
| Jun 1, 2006 | Two Parties In Two Weeks – Seattle and London | We’ve had two TechCrunch parties in the last two weeks. Last week a bunch of us got together for a few pints in London and last night we had a packed house at Conworks in Seattle.
It’s wonderful to meet new people, or people I know online b... |
| May 31, 2006 | Redfin To Change the Rules of Real Estate Sales | Seattle based Redfin is making two major announcements today.
First, they’ve closed an $8 million Series B round of financing, from Vulcan Capital, BEV Capital and Madrona Venture Group. This follows a (roughly) $1m Series A round in Januar... |
| May 26, 2006 | Use Farecast To Find Flight Deals (or just fly Southwest) | Seattle-based Farecast, now in private beta, is an airfare pricing comparision tool that also uses a predictive algorithm to recommend when you buy your ticket. So the idea is to show the user not just who has the cheapest ticket, but wheth... |
| May 25, 2006 | TechCrunch Seattle Web 2.0 Party Next Week | We had a very successful TechCrunch party in London last Monday. Next up – a party in Seattle co-produced with Redfin. And its just a few days away, next Wednesday, May 31, 2006. The party is being held at ConWorks, which is an artsy wareho... |