Ixigo


ixigo 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. It aggregates and compares real-time travel information, prices and availability for flights, trains, buses, and hotel availability.

History

ixigo 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 participated in the seed round in 2008.
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 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

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