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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Founding Date: 2004. How They Make Money: Majority of Kayak’s revenue actually comes from advertising on their site (55%), not lead generation or referral fees to travel suppliers as you might think (more on this below). round closed in June 2004. 1.65M extension round closed Nov 2004. Series A Preferred.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

And that’s how I started my private equity business where I acquire both online and offline assets such as lead generation websites and physical real estate. After a successful exit, I wanted to invest in and build assets for myself as opposed to growing someone else’s company. Thanks to Daniel Javor, Next Luxury ! #4-