Overview
Location
United States, New York
Employees
51-200
Total raised
$1.5M
Founded date
2011
Investors 2
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| Startup Leadership | startupleadership.com |
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 25
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| Sep 18, 2013 | Groupon Buys SideTour To Add Local, Bespoke Activities To Its GrouponLive Events Business | A little over a week after Groupon announced the acquisition of hotel booking service Blink, today comes one more purchase that moves Groupon further yet out of the realm of daily deals. Groupon has bought SideTour, a marketplace where peop... |
| Sep 18, 2013 | Groupon Acquires SideTour | Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) has acquired SideTour, an online platform for consumers to book and host activities. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Founded in 2011, led by Vipin Goyal, CEO, and backed by Foundry Group and RRE Ventu... |
| Sep 18, 2013 | Groupon acquires experiential marketplace SideTour | Is the company finally giving its coupons business a makeover? Looks like Groupon has put on its shopping shoes. The company has made its second acquisition in little more than a week in the form of SideTour, a local event and activity mark... |
| May 15, 2013 | Startup News: JackThreads Gets an iPad App, SoundCloud Opens a NYC Office and BitPay Expands | JackThreads Gets an iPads App Purveyor of men’s clothes and accessories JackThreads is attempting to seal up its lucrative mobile market. The company, described as ‘urbo-hipster’ by TechCrunch, is currently generating about 40 percent of re... |
| Mar 11, 2013 | SideTour: use this online events marketplace to explore Philadelphia | SideTour launches in Philadelphia today and it wants to help you explore the city. Already in New York City (its headquarters), Chicago and Washington, D.C., SideTour offers a variety of events — from tasting dinners to walking tours to mur... |
| Jan 17, 2013 | SideTour: Experiential Currency in your Hometown | In today’s digital age, we often speak of social currency and the impact it has on our personal networks, but what about experiential currency? Those priceless moments, once in a lifetime opportunities, a feeling, not an intangible object. ... |
| Oct 28, 2012 | NYC Startups Batten Down the Hatches for Sandy | With mass transit closed and dangerous storm surges set to wallop the city, New York startups aren’t messing around when it comes to hurricane prep. Most, like Usablenet, Kickstarter, HowAboutWe and SideTour, are urging employees to work fr... |
| Oct 15, 2012 | New York’s SideTour brings its engaging real-world ‘experiences’ to Chicago | New York startup SideTour has finally launched its marketplace for fun and wide-ranging experiences in Chicago, giving the young company a chance to test its concept in a second city. SideTour has offered hundreds of “experiences” to New Yo... |
| May 21, 2012 | Gary Sharma’s Internet Week 2012 Highlights (Nerd Proms, Rooftop Parties, Will Arnett DJ’ing, Michael Stipe Sightings ‘n more!) | Aol’s Andrea Hong, GroupMe/Skype’s Steve Cheney, TechStars’ Justin Overdorff, Shelby.tv’s Chris Kurdziel and Lauren Appelwick, American Express’ Meghan Paul, Acquaintable’s Joel Rodriguez and Greycroft Partners’ Alisa Richter posing at the ... |
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FAQ about SideTour
When was SideTour founded?
SideTour was founded in 2011.
How much funding has SideTour raised?
SideTour has raised $1.5M in total across 1 funding round.
Who has invested in SideTour?
Parsers VC lists 2 investors of SideTour, among them Startup Leadership.
What has the press written about SideTour?
Parsers VC has collected 25 articles mentioning SideTour, among them “Groupon Buys SideTour To Add Local, Bespoke Activities To Its GrouponLive Events Business” (Sep 18, 2013) and “Groupon Acquires SideTour” (Sep 18, 2013).
Is SideTour still active?
SideTour is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 18, 2013.