DealBase Corporation
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| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| investor investor investor | €0.0 | round | |
| N/A | N/A | Series B | |
| Total Funding | 000k | ||
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DealBase Corporation operates as a search engine for travel deals, founded in 2008 by Howard Love and David Hehman. Based in San Francisco, the company focuses on aggregating hotel and flight deals from a multitude of sources, including airline websites, hotel newsletters, and online travel agencies, to present them to consumers. The firm secured $1 million in an angel funding round on May 4, 2009, with investors including Founder Collective and Amicus Capital.
The founders brought significant entrepreneurial experience to the venture. Howard Love has been involved in the founding of over 15 businesses, including LovetoKnow and GolfLink. David Hehman is also a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded and sold five technology companies and serving as a board member for several firms like FlexJobs and Webvanta. Another key figure, Sam Shank, also a founder of DealBase, went on to create HotelTonight and previously founded TravelPost.com, which was acquired by SideStep and then Kayak.
The company's core service is a platform that allows travelers to find and compare travel packages. A distinctive feature is its "Deal Analyzer," which itemizes the contents of a hotel package, assigns standard prices to each component, and calculates the approximate savings for the user. This approach is designed to provide transparency and help consumers determine the actual value of a deal. DealBase does not accept payments from hotels for preferential placement in its search results, ensuring unbiased listings. Initially focused on hotels in the US, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America, the platform has expanded to include a vast collection of flight deals as well. For air travel, it organizes fare sales and discounts by destination and departure city, sourcing information from major travel sites like Expedia, Orbitz, and Hotwire.
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