User:LennartRuff/sandbox/recorrido.cl

"recorrido.cl" is a price comparison and online booking website for intercity buses in Chile and Argentina. The company was founded in Santiago de Chile in 2013 by the co-founders Lennart S. Ruff, Julian V. Deutschle, Simon J. Narli, Tilmann A. Heydgen and Jan Nietfeld.

recorrido.cl is currently selling bus tickets of 1,600 buses in Chile and Argentina. Users can buy bus tickets using the desktop sites or downloading a mobile app available for the Google Android or iOS operating system in Chile. In Chile alone, recorrido.cl offers customers over 5,000 routes between cities.

History
After receiving an Angel investment in February 2014, recorrido.cl became part of Start-Up Chile Generation 10 in May 2014. Short before launching in January 2015, recorrido.cl closed a Seed financing round with Mountain Partners and IGneous, becoming the first investment in Chile for Mountain Partners. Recorrido.cl successfully launched their platform on January 12th 2015 and was widely covered by local and international media. In May 2015 recorrido.cl was selected as one of the first start-ups in Chile receiving additional funding from the follow-on fund Start-Up Chile SCALE. To further extend activities in Chile, recorrido.cl received an additional investment from Wayra Chile and previous investors in June 2015.

Platform
Recorrido.cl offers tailored technological solutions for the different needs of bus companies. Bus companies already using sales software are integrated via API or WebService, bus companies without sales software are integrated through a cloud-based SaaS-backend. The platform is designed to aggregate bus travel information and to enable users to buy their bus ticket on any device. The platform has integrated the Chilean payment gateway WebPay and the global payment gateway PayPal. As WebPay does not support foreign debit and credit cards and bus companies do not have integrated PayPal, recorrido.cl is enabling foreigners for the first time to buy their bus ticket in advance from abroad using PayPal. The platform is fully responsive and users also have the possibility to install mobile applications for Android and iOS devices.

Integrated bus companies
The platform currently has integrated 33 bus companies, of which 20 are directly bookable on the platform (indicated by a * sign).


 * 1) TurBus
 * 2) Pullman Bus*
 * 3) Cruz del Sur
 * 4) Buses ETM
 * 5) Condor Bus
 * 6) Ciktur
 * 7) Bus Norte
 * 8) JAC
 * 9) Buses Romani
 * 10) Buses BioBio
 * 11) Igillaima/Narbus
 * 12) Buses JM
 * 13) Libac
 * 14) Jota Ewert
 * 15) Atacama VIP*
 * 16) Cidher*
 * 17) Los Corsarios*
 * 18) Los Conquistadores*
 * 19) Fichtur VIP*
 * 20) Elqui Bus*
 * 21) Los Libertadores*
 * 22) Thaebus*
 * 23) Andesmar*
 * 24) Andesmar Chile*
 * 25) El Pingüino*
 * 26) El Rápido Internacional*
 * 27) Moraga Tour*
 * 28) Petro Bus*
 * 29) San Martín*
 * 30) Tramat*
 * 31) Transamericano*
 * 32) Atacama 2000*
 * 33) Frontera del Norte*

Alliances
Recorrido.cl is officially supported by the Chilean Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications and by the Chilean Tourism Ministry SERNATUR. Together with SaferTaxi, Ally and Kappo, Recorrido.cl is part of the campaign #muevetesmart, that aims to improve inner- and intercity transport in Chile through technology.