Tripoto

Tripoto.com
Type Private, Startup company
Traded as Tripoto
Founded October 2013
Headquarters New Delhi, India
Area served Worldwide
Founder(s) Anirudh Gupta, Michael Pargal Lyngdoh[1]
Industry Travel, Travel technology, Travel services
Products Metasearch, Travel Guide, Travel Itinerary, Virtual Travel Assistant
Services Travel Community, Travel Blog
Employees 30+
Parent Tripoto Travel Private Limited
Slogan(s) The Global Travel Community
Website tripoto.com
Written in PHP, HTML5, JavaScript,Java (programming language)
Type of site Travel search engine
Registration Optional
Users 1.5 Million
Available in English
Current status Online
Native client(s) on iOS, Android

Tripoto is a travel community and travel search engine portal based on user-generated content .[1][2][3] The platform was launched on October 2013 by founders Anirudh Gupta and Michael Pargal Lyngdoh. Tripoto allows users to write travel stories and discover those written by other travelers.

History

Tripoto Founders, Anirudh Gupta and Michael Pargal Lyngdoh
Tripoto Logo

Michael and Anirudh came up with the idea of Tripoto while pursuing MBA from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad [4] Before this, Gupta, who is an Indian Institute of Technology Delhi alumnus, had co-founded another Startup company called Notion Ink. He had also been the Entrepreneur in Residence at Rocket Internet in Dubai for a year. Lyngdoh has a Master of Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, and had earlier founded a start-up in the Space-based solar power.

Funding

In 2014, Tripoto raised a Seed money from prominent Angel investor that include the founders of Snapdeal, Makemytrip institutional investors, Outbox Ventures and Palaash Ventures.[5][6][7] In March 2015, the company raised another round of investment from IDG Ventures.[8][9] In October 2015 Tripoto raises its third round of funds from IDG Ventures and 500 Startups.[10][11][12][13][14]

Partners

Some of the company’s current partners and clients include Airbnb, Wildcraft, Canon Inc., Expedia, Inc., Booking.com, Agoda.com and TUI Group.

Platforms

Tripoto.com is running on two platforms as web/mobile website and Android/iOS mobile app.

Web & Mobile Website

Mobile App

In January 2015, Tripoto launched its iOS and Android app. As of August 2015, it has approximately 250,000 downloads on the Google Play and App Store (iOS).

Achievements and Awards

See also

External links

References

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