Spark and Highland Capital invest in GetYourGuide

The company's total funding to date amounts to $16m, having raised $2m from PROfounders Capital and other investors in March. The company intends to accelerate its expansion into new markets.

GetYourGuide has also been backed by Zürcher Kantonalbank and the Swiss government's innovation promotion agency CTI since 2009.

Company
GetYourGuide is an internet booking platform for tours, attractions and activities, offering 16,900 activities in 1,680 destinations worldwide.

The company, led by CEO Johannes Reck, originally span out of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 2008. It currently employs 75 staff in its offices in Zurich, Berlin and Las Vegas.

People
Spark Capital general partner Alex Finkelstein and Highland Capital Partners Europe general partner Fergal Mullen will join GetYourGuide's board of directors following the transaction.

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