Ireland’s MTT Raises $5 Million Series A From DFJ Esprit

Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher is the European Editor for TechCrunch. A former grunge rock drummer, he became a long time journalist, and has since written for UK national newspapers and magazines including The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The New Statesman. Mike is also a co-founder and shareholder of TechHub, a co-working space/service/community with several locations... → Learn More

Thursday, June 7th, 2012
mobiletravel_190112

Running out of Ireland, Mobile Travel Technologies has raised a $5 million Series A investment from DFJ Esprit’s new third fund. In case you hadn’t heard, MTT is a large mobile platform aimed at the travel industry which includes easyJet and Qantas Group’s Jetstar amongst its customers.

The financing will support MTT’s expansion into new markets and strengthen the team at its headquarters in The Digital Hub in Dublin, at its offices in London and Manila, and as it enters new territories.

MTT produces a platform geared for fast use by consumers, allowing its app for Easyjet, for instance, to earn high user rating on Apple’s App Store.

MTT competes with the more generic mCommerce platform providers who sell to corporates for white labelling. We’re told they are the only provider specialising in travel, but we don’t have any proof of that so take that with a grain of salt.


Financial-organization: DFJ Esprit
Website: dfjesprit.com
Launch Date: 2006

DFJ Esprit is a European venture capital fund that invests in technology, media, telecoms, medtech and cleantech. More information on Esprit’s background can be found here.

→ Learn more