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Skyscanner
eCommerce & Marketplaces · Edinburgh, United Kingdom · Founded 2002 Unicorn
Skyscanner mafia
Startups founded by Skyscanner alumni
Former Skyscanner employees who went on to start their own companies. Sorted by Dealroom signal score.
Ross McnairnUnited Kingdom
Neal LathiaUnited Kingdom
Raul Lozano MartinUnited Kingdom
Jaume P.Spain
Filip Stoll RUnited States
Richard MunassiUnited States
Hilde FrydnesUnited Kingdom
Paul VidalFranceGlobal footprint
Where Skyscanner has talent and traffic
(77 of 1,652 staff)
team presence
across markets
Capital deployed
Skyscanner's 7 investments and acquisitions.
Every disclosed deal where Skyscanner appeared as a backer or acquirer, 2011–2018. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
7 deals across Skyscanner's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
02 · Portfolio market map
Skyscanner's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Skyscanner
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Skyscanner 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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