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Orbitz
eCommerce & Marketplaces · Chicago, United States · Founded 2000 · IPO 2003 Unicorn
Orbitz mafia
Startups founded by Orbitz alumni
Former Orbitz employees who went on to start their own companies. Sorted by Dealroom signal score.
Gary DoernhoeferUnited States
Ryan MchaleUnited States
Brian PontarelliUnited States
Ed BellisUnited States
Steve HafnerUnited States
Nicolas ChuAustralia
Jared SimonUnited States
Yaron SelaUnited States
Geoff HammUnited States
Mark HodesUnited StatesGlobal footprint
Where Orbitz has talent and traffic
Patent intelligence
$269k patent portfolio · 3 active families
Where Orbitz concentrates vs peers
Each axis is a top-10 topic across Orbitz and its closest peers. #1 = 100, #10 = 10, absent = 0.
Source: Dealroom Patent Intelligence · Patsnap. Request a demo for the full per-sub-category breakdown, individual records, and quality-score history.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Orbitz
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Orbitz on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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