SideStep

company

About

SideStep is a travel search engine that generates revenue via advertising and referral fees.

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Details

Last Funding Type
Series C
Last Funding Money Raised
$15M
Industries
Advertising,Facebook,Search Engine,Travel
Founded date
Nov 1, 1999
Number Of Employee
51 - 100
Operating Status
Active

SideStep is a metasearch engine for travel which makes money through advertising and referral fees. It searches more than 200 websites looking for the best travel deals.

SideStep has recently been aggressive in building up its offerings. They acquired [TripUp](http://crunchbase.com/organization/tripup) (a social network focused on travel) and TravelPost.com (a hotel ratings site) with the goal of becoming "the leader in online travel related information." In addition, they have launched two [Facebook](http://crunchbase.com/organization/facebook) applications. The Trips Facebook application provides a trip planning service that currently has over 150,000 users. The Extended Info application allows users to add fields and categories of their own choice to a Facebook profile. SideStep is also developing a Facebook App for TripUp that should be launched later in the year.

SideStep was acquired in December 2007 by their nearest competitor Kayak for roughly $180,000,000.

Other popular travel metasearch sites and SideStep competitors include [Cheapflights](http://www.cheapflights.com), [Farechase](http://www.Farechase.com), [Mobissimo](http://www.Mobissimo.com) and [Qixo](http://www.Qixo.com).

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
$15M
SideStep has raised a total of $15M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Feb 1, 2007 from a Series C round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Feb 1, 2007 Series C $15M 1 Norwest Venture Partners Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
1
SideStep is funded by 1 investors. Norwest Venture Partners are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Norwest Venture Partners Yes Series C