Gareth Williams - Cofounder & Chairperson @ Skyscanner

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Primary Job Title Cofounder & Chairperson
Primary Organization
Skyscanner

Location Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
Gender Male

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Gareth Williams co-founded Skyscanner Limited in 2001 and has been its CEO through to 2018. Chairman to Jan 2020. We spent $6m of primary capital raised through to $1.8bn sale to Trip.com. Now ‘funemployed’ and learning.

Personal Investments

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Gareth Williams

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Venture Round - Jump Ship Brewing

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Jump Ship Brewing

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Jump Ship Brewing	—	Venture Round - Jump Ship Brewing	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Swurf	Yes	Seed Round - Swurf	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Flock Mobility	Yes	Seed Round - Flock Mobility	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Wordsmith AI	—	Seed Round - Wordsmith AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Ember	—	Series A - Ember	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Maison Sport	—	Series A - Maison Sport	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Swurf	Yes	Angel Round - Swurf	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Pommelhorse	—	Pre Seed Round - Pommelhorse	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Machines With Vision	—	Venture Round - Machines With Vision	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Boundary	Yes	Seed Round - Boundary	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Kindaba	Skyscanner	Yes	Seed Round - Kindaba	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

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Gareth Williams

is the

Cofounder & Chairperson

Skyscanner

Skyscanner Cofounder & ChairpersonMay 2018

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