# Skyscanner funding: rounds and investors

> Skyscanner has raised $197M across 3 rounds since 2007. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Scottish Equity Partners and n.a. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/skyscanner (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United Kingdom · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Skyscanner*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 4 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Travel & Hospitality Internet

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$197M** raised across 3 rounds since 2007, from 3 sources

**$5.2M** Series A **$192M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $192M Jan 2016
- **Led by:** n.a
- **Step-up i:** 36.9×
- **Investors:** 4 (1 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2009 2011 2013 2015

**$5.2M** Series A

**?** Round

**$192M** Round

- **First round:** Series A, $5.2M
- **Biggest round:** $192M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 5.9 years

## The rounds

- **Jan 2016** Round **$192M** *2 new* *2 returning* [n.a](https://millionrounds.com/fund/n-a) Lead [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Scottish Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scottish-equity-partners) Yahoo! Japan Source recorded
- **Oct 2013** Round **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) Reported by techcrunch.com
- **Nov 2007** Series A **$5.2M** *1 new* [Scottish Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scottish-equity-partners) Reported by growingbusiness.co.uk

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series A** 2007 **Round** 2013 **Round** 2016 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Scottish Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scottish-equity-partners) [n.a](https://millionrounds.com/fund/n-a) L Yahoo! Japan

## Everyone who backed them

[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[Scottish Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scottish-equity-partners) Private equity **2** rounds

[n.a](https://millionrounds.com/fund/n-a) Investment firm **1** round, led 1

Yahoo! Japan no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Skyscanner as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[HPR Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hpr-capital) Private equity Per its own site

[Upscale](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fintech-for-all) Accelerator Per its own site

## Quick answers about Skyscanner

### Who invested in Skyscanner?

Skyscanner's investors include Sequoia Capital, Scottish Equity Partners, n.a and Yahoo! Japan. n.a led its latest round.

### How much has Skyscanner raised?

Skyscanner has raised $197M across 3 rounds since 2007. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Skyscanner last raise?

Skyscanner's most recent round, $192M, was in Jan 2016, led by n.a.

### What was Skyscanner's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $192M in Jan 2016, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Skyscanner first?

Skyscanner's first round on record, in Nov 2007, was backed by Scottish Equity Partners.

### What stage is Skyscanner at?

Skyscanner's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Oct 2013.

### Where is Skyscanner based?

Skyscanner is based in the United Kingdom.

### Who led Skyscanner's rounds?

n.a led the funding round in 2016.

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