European business angel investors Javier Pérez-Tenessa (founder of online travel agency eDreams), Michael van Swaaij (former CEO of Skype) and other angels have invested in travel shopping club HipClub.ru, reports Russian blog Quintura.
Like other “private sales” clubs, HipClub.ru offers discounted tours and hotel stays in Russia and abroad to members. It’s a natural fit for the founders as they launched travel site HipWay.ru in 2009.
Michael van Swaaij has also invested in Crunch, the UK-based online accountancy business and Assured Labor