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| name = Withlocals |
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| type = [[Besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid|Dutch limited liability company]] (B.V.) |
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| type = [[Tour guide]] |
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| industry = [[sharing economy]], [[tour guide]] |
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| foundation = 2013 |
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| location |
| location = [[Eindhoven]], [[Netherlands]] |
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| key_people = Matthijs Keij (CEO) |
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| products |
| products = Private tours, local travel experiences |
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| homepage = {{url|withlocals.com}} |
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Revision as of 22:10, 17 October 2019
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| Company type | Dutch limited liability company (B.V.) |
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| Industry | sharing economy, tour guide |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Eindhoven, Netherlands |
Key people | Matthijs Keij (CEO) |
| Products | Private tours, local travel experiences |
| Website | withlocals |
Withlocals is an online personalised tours and activities company which operates a sharing economy platform to connect tourists to local guides ("hosts").[1] CEO Matthijs Keij describes Withlocals product as "personalised travelling at scale"[2] and "mass personalisation".[3]
Founded in 2013 by brothers Marijn and Willem Maas, the company obtained $500,000 seed funding from Greenhouse group, and began operations by specifically targeting home-cooked meals across seven countries across Southeast Asia.[4][5] It later received received Series A funding of €3.5 million ($4.3M) in 2017, at which time it reported to offer 1,200 tour options with 900 local hosts in 24 cities – having changed focus to personalised tour guides.[6] In 2019 it secured Series B funding of a further €8 million at which time it was active in 30 cities.[7][8] Both rounds were supported by Dutch investment company INKEF Capital[9] and the latter by Keen Investment.[10] A priority of the latest round of investment is to improve the Software localisation and range of tours offered in languages other than English.[11]
The organisation is headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands[12] and has approximately 50 employees.[13]
External links
References
- ^ "Withlocals lets you travel like a local in Kuala Lumpur, with personalised tours". Australian Financial Review. 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ "Bye-bye mass tourism, hello healing touch". www.eyefortravel.com. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ "Serie-ondernemer Marijn Maas scoort 3,5 miljoen voor Withlocals, om in te spelen op het einde van massatoerisme". Sprout (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ "With $500K in Seed funding secured, Withlocals wants to localize the travel experience in Asia". StartUp Beat. 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ "Withlocals Co-founder Marijn Maas Aims for 10,000 New Home Dining Spots Across Asia". Siam Startup. 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ "Travel experiences marketplace Withlocals picks up $4.2M in Series A funding". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ "Withlocals walks away with €8M to support peer-to-peer experiences service". PhocusWire. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ "Withlocals haalt €8 miljoen aan groeigeld op". Innovation Origins (in Dutch). 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ "Withlocals". Inkef capital. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ "Withlocals". Keen. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ "Withlocals, a Dutch travel scaleup raises €8M to expand into more cities". Silicon Canals. 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ "Reisplatform Withlocals uit Eindhoven haalt 8 miljoen euro groeikapitaal op". ed.nl. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ Taylor, Chloe (2019-09-04). "These are the top 10 start-ups to work for in the Netherlands, according to LinkedIn". CNBC. Retrieved 2019-10-17.