Holidayme
ActiveB2B travel-booking platform (formerly consumer OTA)
Online travel agency founded in Dubai in 2014, known for customizable holiday packages and Muslim-friendly/Umrah travel; it merged with Malaysia's Tripfez alongside a $16M Series C led by Gobi Partners in November 2018. The business now operates under parent Traveazy Group: Umrahme (backed by Certares and Global Ventures with $7M in 2023) handles B2C pilgrimage bookings, while Holidayme was relaunched in May 2024 as the group's B2B platform offering hotel distribution, dynamic packaging, white-label and API solutions.
Founders
Funding Rounds
Lead: Al Sanie Group
Investors: Al Sanie Group
Mentioned retrospectively: Wamda dates it 2014, Global Venturing 2015. Company site does not list it. Also: https://globalventuring.com/holidayme-takes-hold-of-series-b-funding/ Confidence: confirmed (round 13, Wamda).
Investors: Certares, Global Ventures
No round label given by any primary source. Investors: Certares, Global Ventures.
Lead: Gobi Partners
Investors: Gobi Partners, Accel Partners, Global Ventures, Algebra Ventures, B&Y Venture Partners
Announced with the merger with Malaysia's Tripfez. Company About page dates the round 2019. Also: https://www.menabytes.com/holidayme-series-c/ https://traveazy.com/about/ Confidence: confirmed (round 13, Wamda).
Company timeline: 'Series B $10 million' in 2017. Press in March 2018 reported $12M (Skift; Global Venturing said 'likely sized at $12m', total to date $23M). Investors undisclosed; Tracxn credits Accel as lead. Announced date is the March 2018 press date; company dates the round to 2017. Also: https://globalventuring.com/holidayme-takes-hold-of-series-b-funding/ https://skift.com/2018/03/30/dubai-based-holidayme-raises-12-million-travel-startup-funding-this-week/ Confidence: confirmed (round 13, Traveazy Group (company website)).
Lead: Accel Partners
Investors: Accel Partners, F&C Overseas Investment, Al Sanie Group
Company's current About page gives $7.2M (2016); the release at the time said $7M and total raised of $11M. Also: https://www.menaherald.com/en/money/finance-investment/holidaymecom-secures-7-million-funding-accel-partners-others/ https://traveazy.com/about/ Confidence: confirmed (round 13, Wamda).
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