2012 Tech Track 100
Rank: 17 Skyscanner.net
Its mobile apps have been downloaded 9m times since launching in 2011
Travel website Skyscanner compares prices on millions of flights, hotels, holidays and car hire options each month. The site receives 26m visits a month of which more than three-quarters are from overseas, and its mobile apps have been downloaded 9m times since they were launched last year. Co-founders Gareth Williams, Barry Smith and Bonamy Grimes started the Edinburgh-headquartered company in 2001, and Scottish Equity Partners invested £2.5m of venture capital in 2007. Sales grew 118% a year, from £2.1m in 2008 to an annualised £21.7m in 2011.
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Travel website Skyscanner compares prices on millions of flights, hotels, holidays and car hire options each month. The site receives 26m visits a month of which more than three-quarters are from overseas, and its mobile apps have been downloaded 9m times since they were launched last year. Co-founders Gareth Williams, Barry Smith and Bonamy Grimes started the Edinburgh-headquartered company in 2001, and Scottish Equity Partners invested £2.5m of venture capital in 2007. Sales grew 118% a year, from £2.1m in 2008 to an annualised £21.7m in 2011.
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Company facts
Skyscanner.net
Flight comparison website
Company website
| Sales growth | 118.20% pa |
| 2011 sales | ‡*£21.7m |
| 2008 sales | £2.1m |
| 2011 staff | 127 |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Location of HQ | Edinburgh |
| If applicable: * = annualised figures ‡ = draft accounts |
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