mycityvenue

mycityvenue
Founded 2011
Founder William Sachiti
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Owner Secret Escapes
Number of employees
 28
Slogan Liven up your life”
Website www. mycityvenue.com

mycityvenue is a UK-based experiences website offering things to do across the UK and other cities in Europe. mycityvenue initially launched as an events site, working on a pay-per-click (PPC) model with its partners. The website switched to a pay per reservation structure in 2013 with over 1200 UK venues see.[1] mycityvenue publishes a weekly newsletter which is circulated to is 1.4 million subscribers.

History

mycityvenue was launched in 2011 as UK-based event search which lets users find and book a night out, pitching itself as a kind of ‘digital concierge service’ by consolidating the whole process and moving it online. [2] After travel company Secret Escapes raised $13 million from Google, Index Ventures, Octopus Ventures and Atlas mycityvenue was acquired in an all-cash-and-stock deal [3][4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ [ http://www.thetechbulletin.com/secret-escapes-secures-60m-from-google-ventures-27551 Secret Escapes secures $60M from Google Ventures ]
  2. ↑ [ http://performancein.com/news/2015/07/28/secret-escapes-claims-38-million-investors-including-google/ Secret Escapes Claims £38 Million from Investors Including Google ]
  3. ↑ http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/24/secret-acquisition A Secret Acquisition
  4. ↑ Dan Primack (25 July 2014). "Term Sheet – Friday, July 25". Fortune.
  5. ↑ "Secret Escapes acquires My City Venue to strengthen events arm". Young Guns by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business.

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