Captain Train

The easiest way to buy train tickets in Europe. Acquired by Trainline for 200m

Overview

Captain Train provides an online booking platform and mobile apps to book train tickets without any hassles and at the best price. Combining the offers of a large number of rail companies, Captain Train already covers 19 European countries which allows travelers to book a huge variety of train tickets. The company was acquired by Trainline in March 2016

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History

2009 Cofounded by Jean-Daniel Guyot, Martin Ottenwaelter and Valentin Surrel

2012 Raised €1.4m in Seed funding

2013 Raised €2.5m in Series A funding

2014 Joined the Alven Family

2014 Raised €5.5m in Series B funding

2016 Acquired by Trainline

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