-
Lincoln-based Travefy acquires TripScope
Lincoln-based Travefy, an itinerary management and client communication platform for travel professionals, has acquired Los Angeles-based travel agent itinerary platform TripScope. The deal expands Travefy’s footprint in the travel professional space. “For us, there are lots of wonderful outcomes from this transaction,” said David Chait, Travefy Founder and CEO. “The biggest one is that it…
-
Pipeline announces their 10th year anniversary with a new module in Ireland
For almost a decade now Pipeline has supported some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the region. At its St. Louis module last week Pipeline announced they are accepting applications for their 10th class, which will include a module in Ireland next September. Over the last nine years Pipeline has gained a reputation for being the premiere…
-
Get to know the five finalists for Startup of the Year
This is the one everyone’s talking about. They’re making headlines, headed toward long-term success. And the finalists are…
-
Prairie Portrait: Scott Rutz of Travefy
Prairie Portraits is a weekly set of questions intended to help the community get to know someone from the Silicon Prairie startup scene a little bit better. Prairie Portraits feature a fixed set of questions ranging from career background and personal preferences to, perhaps, off-the-wall questions on YouTube videos and entrance music. Name: Scott Rutz Title/Occupation: Marketing…
-
Group travel planner Travefy acquires San Francisco’s Tripeese
Travefy, the startup out of Lincoln that wants to make group travel easier, has acquired San Francisco competitor Tripeese. Travefy made the announcement Monday morning. Tripeese was founded in 2013 by Wharton and Harvard Business School students Rodrigo Boscolo and Matheus Riolfi. Their trip planner was released in mid-2013 via partnerships with Expedia and HomeAway.
-
When it comes to finding your next co-founder, don’t settle
(Guest post by David Chait & Chris Davis) Any entrepreneur can attest that a startup is all-consuming. From endless hours working to infinite hours thinking through your company, startup life is life. As such, there is nothing more important than a strong team that motivates, complements and challenges each other—and, of course, has fun …
-
Travefy unveils new features, lets users plan trips without accounts
Travefy, a site dedicated to simplifying group travel planning, announced changes for the site Wednesday. Among the new features …
-
EyeVerify knocks out Get in the Ring win, Travefy grabs second
Two Silicon Prairie startups entered the Get in the Ring finals Monday night along with six other companies. They ended the night tops in the country. EyeVerify CEO Toby Rush, presenting in the smartphone biometrics startup’s hometown of Kansas City, had the crowd behind him from the first bell, winning the overall competition and fan…
-
EyeVerify, Travefy make final cut for national Get in the Ring competition
Two Silicon Prairie startups have seen 275 others from around the United States get knocked out. Now Kansas City, Kan.-based EyeVerify and Lincoln, Neb.-based Travefy are part of the final eight startups that lasted for the “Get in the Ring: The American Startup Clash” pitch competition. The final eight will be judged by a panel…
-
Lincoln-based Travefy launches redesign, closes $320K seed round
After launching their public beta back in January, co-founders David Chait and Chris Davis have been working to make Travefy the go-to option for planning a group trip. Since then, they’ve introduced a major redesign and distilled the user experience to a dead-simple interface …