Hopper (company)

Hopper
Industry Big Data, Travel
Founded 2007
Founder Frédéric Lalonde (CEO), Joost Ouwerkerk (CTO), Sébastien Rainville (Development)
Headquarters Cambridge, Massachusetts
Area served
 North America
Website Hopper.com

Hopper provides insightful, data-driven research to help travelers make better decisions about where to go, and when to fly and buy.[1]

History

Hopper is a big-data start-up[2] that was founded in Montreal, Canada, in 2007 by CEO Frédéric Lalonde, CTO Joost Ouwerkerk, and developer Sébastien Rainville with the goal of becoming "the Google of travel."[3]

The company is currently headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the Kendall Boiler and Tank Company building, and also maintains an office in Montreal.[4]

Funding

In 2008, the company secured $2 million in funding. In 2011, a second round of funding secured $8 million from Atlas Venture and Brightspark Ventures.[5] The next year, Hopper secured $12 million from OMERS Ventures.[6]

Hack/reduce

In May 2012, Hopper CEO Frédéric Lalonde and entrepreneur Christopher P. Lynch founded Hack/reduce, a non-profit hacker space designed to attract and foster big-data talent in the Boston area.[7] Hack/reduce, which is located in the same building as Hopper's offices, has partnered with MIT, CSAIL, and Harvard,[8] and has received a grant from Governor Deval Patrick as part of his Massachusetts Big Data Initiative.[9]

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Hopper's About page". Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Alspach, Kyle. "Hopper raises $12M to pioneer data-powered travel planning". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  3. ↑ Kirsner, Scott. "Website hopes to add retro to travel planning". Boston.com. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Hopper's "About" page". Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Hopper Raises $8M to Reinvent Travel Search". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  6. ↑ Ogg, Erica. "Hopper gets another $12M to organize the web’s travel data". GigaOM. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  7. ↑ Latamore, Bert. "Hopper Brings Big-Data-as-a-Service to Online Travel Planning". Services Angle. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  8. ↑ Rousmaniere, Dana. "Harvard Business Review interview with Lelonde". Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  9. ↑ "Governor Patrick Announces New Initiative To Strengthen Massachusetts’ Position As A World Leader In Big Data". The Official Website of the Governor of Massachusetts. Retrieved 27 March 2013.