Hipmunk - About the company
Hipmunk is an acqui-hired company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2010 by Steve Huffman and Adam Goldstein. It operates as a Travel metasearch platform for travelers. Hipmunk has raised $55.4M in funding from investors like IVP, Ignition Partners and Oak Investment Partners, with last known valuation of $*****. The company has 436 active competitors, including 13 funded and 31 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Kayak, Wego and Skyscanner.
Company Details
Travel metasearch platform for travelers. Users can discover and book services by providing location, user details, payment details, preferred dates, and more.
- Website
- hipmunk.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2010
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Acqui-Hired
Total Funding
$55.4M in 8 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Last Known Valuation
$***** as on Aug 17, 2010
Ranked
9th among 436 active competitors
Employee Count
8 as on Sep 30, 2026
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Hipmunk's funding and investors
Hipmunk has raised a total funding of $55.4M over 8 rounds. Its first funding round was on Aug 17, 2010. Hipmunk has 12 institutional investors and 3 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Hipmunk:
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Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 31, 2016 | 6570424 | Series C | 9768582 | 1070283 | 9758344 | 6936983 |
Oct 21, 2014 | 3230838 | Series C | 4551776 | 8167275 | 9303116 | |
Jul 17, 2014 | 1706383 | Series C | 6664559 | 3979647 | 2285777 | 9324514 |
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Hipmunk's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Hipmunk are Steve Huffman and Adam Goldstein.
Here are the details of Hipmunk's key team members:
- Steve Huffman: Co-Founder of Hipmunk and founder of 3 other companies, Reddit, BioXcel and Reddit. They are also an angel investor in 11 startups.
- Adam Goldstein: Co-Founder of Hipmunk. They are also an angel investor in 3 startups.
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Hipmunk's employee count trend
Hipmunk has 8 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Hipmunk's employee count trend over the years:
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Hipmunk's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Hipmunk include Kayak, Wego and Skyscanner. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Hipmunk, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Kayak 2004, Norwalk (United States), Acquired | Online metasearch platform for travel services | $223M | 86/100 | |
2nd | Online platform for discovering multiple categories of travel services | $65M | 74/100 | ||
3rd | Skyscanner 2003, Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Acquired | Online meta-search platform for booking multiple categories of travel services | $203M | 73/100 | |
4th | SideStep 1999, Santa Clara (United States), Acquired | Meta-seasrch for flights, hotels & rental cars | $32.2M | 64/100 | |
5th | App-based meta-search platform for booking travel services | $43M | 56/100 | ||
6th | Online meta-search engine for travel bookings | - | 54/100 | ||
7th | Online travel metasearch | $3.81M | 53/100 | ||
8th | Wing On Travel 1964, Kwun Tong (China), Unfunded | App-based meta-search platform for multiple travel service booking | - | - | 47/100 |
9th | Hipmunk 2010, San Francisco (United States), Acqui-Hired | Travel metasearch platform for travelers | $55.4M | 47/100 | |
10th | Rejseplanen 2004, Copenhagen (Denmark), Public | Discovery platform for intercity travel | - | - | 45/100 |
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Hipmunk's Investments and acquisitions
Hipmunk has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Hipmunk
Here is the latest report on Hipmunk's sector:
News related to Hipmunk
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Hipmunk founders launch Flight Penguin to take on Kayak in metasearchPhocusWire•Apr 06, 2021•http://flightpenguin.com, Hipmunk
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Hipmunk iOS Update Gives Travelers Everything They Need to Plan for Upcoming TripsPR Newswire•Dec 13, 2017•Hipmunk
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Concur Taps Small Business Sector with Concur Hipmunk SolutionBusiness Travel News•Sep 07, 2017•Concur, Hipmunk
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Concur buys Hipmunk to add search to its travel and expense management platformTechCrunch+•Sep 14, 2016•Concur, Hipmunk, PitchBook, SAP and 2 others
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Facebook’s Seth Rosenberg on bots, business, and the future of MessengerVentureBeat•Sep 07, 2016•Facebook, Hipmunk, Kayak
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A Microsoft chatbot is insulting people again, and that’s a good thingVentureBeat•Sep 01, 2016•Microsoft, Hipmunk
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Skype taps StubHub and IFTTT to create chatbots for ticket sales and IoTVentureBeat•Aug 04, 2016•Skype, StubHub, IFTTT, Microsoft and 1 other
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