Zizoo

Zizoo
Private
Founded 2014
Headquarters Vienna, Austria
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Anna Banicevic (Founder, CEO), Sinan Masovic (Co-founder, CFO), Benito del Valle (Co-founder, CIO) and Ivan Miletic (Co-founder, CTO)[1][2][3]
Services Boat rentals
Website www.zizoo.com

Zizooboats GmbH, commonly referred to as Zizoo, is an Austrian boat rental service founded in May 2014, based in Vienna with offices in Berlin, Germany.[4][5][6][7][8] Zizoo provides boats listed by individuals and charter companies from 30 countries including Croatia, Spain, Italy, France, India (Mahé), Thailand, Turkey, Portugal, Norway, Caribbean and Australia. Users can rent catamarans, motorboats, sailboats and gulets.[9][10]

In February 2015, Zizoo partnered with the Turkish airline company SunExpress, allowing customers to book a connecting boat holiday via Zizoo’s website.[11] In October 2015, Zizoo started its services in the UK.[12]

In July 2015, Zizoo won a TechCrunch pitch-off award.[13]

Funding

Zizoo started as a bootstrap-funded company with backing by angel investors.[14] In August 2015, Zizoo got an investment sum of 700,000 euros from Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator, Austrian State Development Fund, and other angel backers from the U.S. and Europe.[15]

In July 2016, Zizoo received €1.7 million in funding from Mairdumont Ventures, AWS Founder Fund, Russmedia, Axel Springer Digital Ventures and Plug and Play along with other European and US angel investors.[16][17][18]

References

  1. ↑ "Zizoo continues course to bring boating holidays to the masses".
  2. ↑ "Startup pitch: Zizoo motors into charter boat rental and skipper reviews".
  3. ↑ "Vienna should take Berlin as a model". Die Presse.
  4. ↑ "Zizoo simplifies the process of booking a boat while you are on holiday".
  5. ↑ "Boat holidays go mainstream as Zizoo partners with SunExpress".
  6. ↑ "BudapestCrunch II Was A Great Success". TechCrunch.
  7. ↑ "Austrian Startup Zizooboats is sponsored by Axel Springer".
  8. ↑ "How to rent a boat anywhere in the world". Condé Nast Traveler.
  9. ↑ "5 New Travel Startups That Help Tourists Explore the Outdoors".
  10. ↑ "How to rent a boat anywhere in the world". Condé Nast Traveler.
  11. ↑ "Boat holidays go mainstream as Zizoo partners with SunExpress".
  12. ↑ "New boat booking website, wine-making experiences, and Cycle Southern England: Travel agenda". Independent Online.
  13. ↑ Biggs, John. "BudapestCrunch II Was A Great Success". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  14. ↑ "Startup pitch: Zizoo motors into charter boat rental and skipper reviews".
  15. ↑ "Zizoo simplifies the process of booking a boat while you are on holiday".
  16. ↑ "Europe's leading boat rental platform Zizoo secures €1.7 million to make boat holidays easy and affordable for everyone | EU-Startups". www.eu-startups.com. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  17. ↑ "Boat rental platform Zizoo closes 1.7m. euros round". Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  18. ↑ "Zizoo looks to US for growth, brings in HotelTonight founder". Retrieved 2016-07-19.
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