Via.com

Via.com formerly known as Flightraja.com is a Travel Agency based in Bangalore, India. Via networks with more than 20,000 partners across 1000 cities in India. Via was founded in July, 2006 and was incorporated in May 2007. Vinay Gupta is the Founder and CEO and Amit Aggarwal is the CTO and Co-Founder of Via.
==Background==
Via started in a small garage on 9th A Main Road, 2nd Block Jayanagar, Bangalore in the early 2006. Via was striving hard to figure out the solution for the problem of how to make travel easier for the consumers. As per the research done by Via they came to a conclusion that a very fragmented travel market in India, which was primarily driven by cash, was lacking quality products and services. The idea of selling travel FMCG style was born there. The company’s main focus was to sell and promote their Via partner more efficiently to his customer and to discover new sales tools to serve the customer better. The feedback from all their partners helped Via to create a platform where the word of mouth fetched more and more travel agents joining and doing business with Via.
== Financing ==
In 2007, Via received a funding of 5 million dollars from NEA IndoUS Ventures. This funding assisted Via in expanding themselves beyond airline services. 
VIA partnered with TravelDaily to present the 2009 China Travel Distribution Summit, where Vinay Gupta made a keynote presentation providing valuable insights as to how the travel industry will be benefiting from VIA’s innovative technology to increase ancillary revenues and improve profitability, which is particularly relevant in today’s business climate. As per Eva He, the Event Director of TravelDaily said “VIA’s involvement in the China Travel Distribution Summit will bring significant value to attendees and working together with Via, we are confident we will make this conference a great success.” 
In 2010, Sequoia Capital had closed a $10 million infusion of funds into Via’s holding company FlightRaja Travels.
==References==
==External links==
*Via.com
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