Expedia to Buy Rail Distributor SilverRail Technologies
Photo Credit: SilverRail co-founder and CEO Aaron Gowell spoke at the Skift Global Forum in New York City in September 2016. Skift
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Expedia recognized some time ago that it needed to wire up rail providers, particularly in Europe and Asia, and now it is securing a technology leader in the space for its portfolio of transportation solutions.
Expedia Inc., which began a distribution partnership last year with London-based SilverRail Technologies, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the rail-service distributor.
Expedia would take a majority stake in SilverRail. No details on the financials were announced, but one person in a position to know said it was a decent outcome for both investors and SilverRail's management team.
Founded in 2009, SilverRail had raised more than $70 million in funding from venture firms, including Mithril Capital Management and Canaan Partners.
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