ixigo

ixigo
Type	Online Travel, OTA
Industry	Travel, Internet, OTA
Founded	Gurugram, India June 3, 2006
Founders	Aloke Bajpai ; Rajnish Kumar
Headquarters	Gurugram, India
Key people	Aloke Bajpai, (CEO) ; Rajnish Kumar, (CTO)
Website	www.ixigo.com

ixigo (pronounced "ik-si-go") is an Indian AI-based travel e-commerce website founded in 2007. Headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana, the company has a user base of over 170 million travellers.[1] It aggregates and compares real-time travel information, prices and availability for flights, trains, buses, and hotel availability.[2]

History

ixigo (Le Travenues Technology Pvt. Ltd.) was started by Rajnish Kumar and Aloke Bajpai. The duo started the company in June 2007 with the launch of the flights product. BAF Spectrum (Singapore) participated in the seed round in 2008.[3]

In August 2011, ixigo received $18.5 M investment from SAIF Partners and MakeMyTrip in a landmark deal for online travel in India. In June 2015, smartphone maker Micromax Informatics[4] invested an undisclosed amount in ixigo. In March 2017, ixigo closed a funding of $15 million in Series B round by venture capital firm Sequoia Capital India and Fosun RZ Capital[5]

Products and services

In 2007, the company launched its flights booking product.
In 2008, apps for hotels and buses were launched.
In early 2014 ixigo launched trains app.[6]

References

{{Cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/ixigo-launches-ixigo-assured--offers-full-refund-on-all-domestic-flight-bookings-starting-just-rs399/1843694}
Kumar, Saurabh (27 October 2015). "Building a meta-search engine for travel needs". Livemint. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
"ixigo investors". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
"Micromax invests in mobile travel search engine ixigo". @businessline. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
"ixigo investors". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
Gooptu, Biswarup (10 September 2018). "Travel meta-search company Ixigo's next bet is on rail ticket sales". The Economic Times. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

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[1] {{Cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/ixigo-launches-ixigo-assured--offers-full-refund-on-all-domestic-flight-bookings-starting-just-rs399/1843694}

[2] Kumar, Saurabh (27 October 2015). "Building a meta-search engine for travel needs". Livemint. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

[3] "ixigo investors". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[4] "Micromax invests in mobile travel search engine ixigo". @businessline. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[5] "ixigo investors". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[6] Gooptu, Biswarup (10 September 2018). "Travel meta-search company Ixigo's next bet is on rail ticket sales". The Economic Times. Retrieved 5 May 2020.