Libersy Raises Funding For Distributed Booking Service

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Monday, April 19th, 2010

Libersy, an Amsterdam-based startup that helps small businesses handle bookings and payments online, has raised a new round of investment from HenQ Invest and a group of existing investors. The funding amount was not disclosed. Libersy had previously raised €1.6 million in funding. You can find our coverage of Libersy here and here.

Libersy’s web-based bookings technology allows small businesses to operate online booking and appointments instead of just over the phone. The startup’s ‘Click-to-Book’ technology, which can be customized to match any brand, allows customers to click on the ‘book now’ button on a business’ existing website or on a yellow pages business directory. In turn, Libersy takes a small cut of every transaction and booking.

Founded in 2006 by entrepreneur Karin Loeffen, Libersy’s booking platform is being used by over 18,000 businesses. The startup faces competition from Rearden Commerce, Genbook and others.

Company: Libersy
Website: libersy.com
Launch Date: August 29, 2006
Funding: €1.6M

Libersy’s mission is to save small business owners time by handling bookings and payments online. Hair dressers, beauty parlors, physiotherapists, bed & breakfasts, restaurants and sport centers can add a book button or any of the other booking widgets to their website to take online appointments. To directory services and telco’s Libersy offers a white label Click-to-book solution (a generic book button to be added to profile pages and business listings) and time based search. Their ‘database of available...

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