Aug 23, 2013

By FinSMEs ZOZI , a San Francisco, CA-based startup for active lifestyles, recently acquired TripFlavor, a provider of a real-time Software as a Service reservation system for tours and activities. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Launched in 2011 by CEO Sam Edelson and CTO Gene Drabkin, Tripflavor provides a reservation system serving a large number of activity merchants across many categories. The company raised a seed round of financing in late 2011 from angel investors and entrepreneurs including: – Nathan Blecharczyk (co-founder & CTO of Airbnb); – Mark Leslie (founder, chairman and CEO of Veritas Software); and – Ken Keller (co-founder of IGN Entertainment). Led by TJ Sassani, CEO, ZOZI connects people with local experiences, getaways, and adventures curated by a team of in-house experts. Experiences include – for example – kayaking, vineyard touring by bike, surfing, relaxing in a coastal villa, lifetime experiences with category leading celebrities in dozens of cities across the US and Canada. The recently launched ZOZI Advance™ provides a real-time booking, scheduling, payments, and customer relationship management Saas platform for activity merchants. The company also has offices in New York City and Vancouver, Canada. FinSMEs