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SideStep is a metasearch engine for travel which makes money through advertising and referral fees. It searches more than 200 websites looking for the best travel deals.

SideStep has recently been aggressive in building up its offerings. They acquired TripUp (a social network focused on travel) and TravelPost.com (a hotel ratings site) with

the goal of becoming "the leader in online travel related information." In addition, they have launched two Facebook applications. The Trips Facebook application provides a trip planning service that currently has over 150,000 users. The Extended Info application allows users to add fields and categories of their own choice to a Facebook profile. SideStep is also developing a Facebook App for TripUp that should be launched later in the year.

SideStep was acquired in December 2007 by their nearest competitor Kayak for roughly $180,000,000.

Other popular travel metasearch sites and SideStep competitors include Cheapflights, Farechase, Mobissimo and Qixo.

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SideStep was acquired by KAYAK for $200M on Dec 20, 2007. This deal was done in Cash.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is SideStep's headquarters? SideStep is located in Santa Clara, California, United States.Who invested in SideStep? SideStep has 5 investors including Norwest Venture Partners and Saints Capital.How much funding has SideStep raised to date? SideStep has raised .When was the last funding round for SideStep? SideStep closed its last funding round on Feb 1, 2007 from a Series C round.Who are SideStep's competitors? Alternatives and possible competitors to SideStep may include SEER InteractiveIndeed, and Uptake.