Hopper Raises $8M to Reinvent Travel Search

Hopper Raises $8M to Reinvent Travel Search

MONTREAL, CANADA — (Marketwire) — 08/22/11 — Hopper, a stealth startup founded by a team of former Expedia employees, announced today that it has raised $8M in new funding from Atlas Venture and Brightspark Ventures.Jeff Fagnan, partner at Atlas Venture, will join the Hopper board of directors. "The online travel planning experience is due for an upgrade," he explained, "and Hopper has the technology and the team to bring about a fundamental shift in the way we search for tra

PhoCusWright Founder Philip Wolf Elected to Hopper Board of Directors

PhoCusWright Founder Philip Wolf Elected to Hopper Board of Directors

MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 07/20/11 — Hopper, a technology company pioneering a new approach to travel search, today announced the election of Philip C. Wolf, chairman of PhoCusWright, to the company-s board of directors."Philip is one of the smartest and most knowledgeable people in the travel industry," said Frederic Lalonde, Hopper-s CEO. "Hopper is facing rapid growth in the coming months, and Philip-s experience and guidance will no doubt prove instrumental to our