Duffel (company)

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Type

| Travel technology
Industry| Technology
Founded| 2017; 8 years ago (2017)
Founder|

* Steve Domin
* Tom Bates

Headquarters|

London

United Kingdom

Services|

* Booking
* Pricing
* Payments
* Other processing services for flights in real-time to travel sellers through its Flights API
* Payments API

Website| duffel.com

Duffel Technologies Ltd is a travel technology company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Duffel primarily provides search, booking, pricing, payments and other processing services for flights in real-time to travel sellers through its Flights API and Payments API.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Awards and Recognition
* 3 Services
* 3.1 Flights API
* 3.2 Payments API
* 4 Funding
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## History[edit]

Duffel was founded in 2017 by Steve Domin and Tom Bates. The founders previously worked together as early employees at GoCardless in engineering and design, respectively.[1]

Duffel was created when Steve set out to launch a weekend getaway generator and found that accessing inventory for travel supplies such as hotels, flights, and car rentals was difficult. Duffel was intended as an alternative to a larger Global Distribution System (GDS) to level the playing field for new types of travel sellers.[2]

The London-based start-up, nicknamed the “Stripe for Travel”, aimed to simplify the process for individual travel agencies, large online travel agencies and travel management companies and improve the overall travel experience for end-users.[3]

From 2018-2019, Duffel raised $56.2 million in funding from Index Ventures[4], Kima Ventures[5], Blossom Capital[6], Benchmark[7], and Y Combinator.[8]

In November 2020, Duffel expanded operations to the United States with an office in New York.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

In summer 2021, Duffel announced its 25th direct airline connection expanding access to Low-cost carrier(LCC) inventory alongside New Distribution Capability (NDC) content.[15][16][17][18][19]

In November 2021, Duffel announced an agreement with GDS supplier, Travelport to provide travel sellers with access to 300+ airlines[20] across the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and beyond.[21]

Duffel partners with airlines, travel sellers, regulators, and technology providers.

* Duffel is a certified partner with airlines such as Qantas[22] and Emirates[23]
* Alternative Airlines[24][25][26][27], Pelikin[28][29][30][31], and BizAway have announced partnerships with Duffel[32][33][34][35]
* Duffel is on the NDC Matchmaker list by International Air Transport Association (IATA)[36]
* Duffel is part of the Partner Network for Accelya[37]

## Awards and Recognition[edit]

* YC Top Companies List 2022 - February[38]

* Emerging Startups 2021: Top Online Travel Startups - August[39]

* 10 Travel Startups to Watch in 2022 - February[40]

* TechRound 100 2021 - #37 - November[41]

* TechRound SaaS 66 2021 - #30 - April[42]

* 25 Most Exciting Fast-Growing Technology Companies in the UK 2020 - September[43]

## Services[edit]

### Flights API[edit]

The Duffel Flights API gives merchants access to 300+ airlines around the world.[20]

In 2021, Duffel announced “self-serve”, aimed at broadening the ecosystem, streamlining processes, and reducing integration time.[44][45][46][47]

The Duffel Flights API is used by businesses such as Alternative Airlines[24][25][26][27], Pelikin[28][29][30][31], and BizAway.[32][33][34][35]

### Payments API[edit]

The Duffel Payments API allows travel sellers to charge their customers for flights and ancillaries directly through the API and add a markup to bookings.[48]

Duffel announced the launch of Duffel Payments in January 2022 as a payments product for the travel industry, powered by Stripe.[49]

Duffel Payments enables travel sellers to charge their customers without the need for upfront capital. Duffel Payments includes that ability to add a mark-up to fares or bundle travel products together such as flights and travel insurance.[50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]

It supports 135+ currencies and all major credit cards.[48]

## Funding[edit]

Duffel was started in 2017 and has raised $56.2M. Duffel was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2018 cohort.[8] In August 2018, Duffel raised its seed round of $4.7 million from Blossom, Index, Kima Ventures and Y Combinator.[63][64]

In June 2019, Duffel announced a Series A round of $21.5 million. The funding round was led by Blossom Capital and included Index, Kima Ventures and Y Combinator.[65][66][67][68][69][70]

In October 2019, Duffel raised a $30 million Series B with continued investment from former backers Blossom, Index, and Kima Ventures, along with Benchmark joining as a new investor.[71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79]

Round  | Date  | Amount Raised  | Investors

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Seed  | August 2018  | $4.7M  | Blossom, Index, Kima Ventures, Y Combinator
Series A  | June 2019  | $21.5M  | Blossom, Index, Benchmark
Series B  | October 2019  | $30M  | Blossom, Index, Benchmark, Kima Ventures

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5. ↑ "Our awesome family". Kima Ventures. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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