Goeuro
GoEuro.com is a travel metasearch engine which allows users to compare the price and journey time of air, rail and bus travel options in a single search. It is operated by the GoEuro Corporation of New York, NY
Company background
History
GoEuro was conceived after a European trip where the founder found it difficult to book in multiple websites trains and buses. Founded in 2013, by Harvard University graduate, Narem Shaam, the objective was to be able to search trains, buses, flights and auto in one search.
The start-up launched in May 2013 after announcing $4m in seed funding from Hasso Plattner Ventures and Battery Ventures .
By Summer 2013 a Beta version went live in Germany, by January 2014 they had expanded to the United Kingdom and Spain. In mid January the company announced a multi-million round of funding by Lakestar.
Founder
Naren Shaam, born in India and educated in the US, worked as a Global product Manager managing multi-million dollar business projects in auto industry before getting his Business degree at Harvard. After his Harvard education, he worked in financial services in NY.
In April 2012, he moved to Berlin to found GoEuro.