BookNow have secured USD 75K Funding from Angel investors that include Local business men Ravi Shah, Ritesh Doshi, Mahendra K.D. Shah and four investors from an incubator 88mph. The funds are to be used to accelerate their growth in Kenyan Market by improving the product and hiring customer support. They had previously raised seed funding in 2013 when they were part of 88Mph’s 2013 accelerator program.
BookNow is Kenya’s Number one online bus tickets ordering service. They provide travelers convenience of pre-booking their bus travel tickets online, on their computers at the office or anywhere using their mobile phone. They are currently offering services in major towns in Uganda and Kenya.
Booknow.co.ke helping ensure that their customers get accurate real time updates on bus seats available and prices while booking on the site. The Founding team is striving to make the user experience more simple and fun, cover more towns and bring more bus operators to their platform.
The company is founded by Michael Nguru and Francis Gesora in August 2013, they aggregate bus tickets from different bus operators, travelers access the information on the tickets, purchase and make payments using mobile payments like Mpesa. The company is currently estimated to be worth USD 150M and will be the first startup to introduce web and mobile apps the will revolutionize the industry especially on how we travel in Kenya.
You don’t need to wake up early to get stuck in a queue, booking a ticket in some cases it can take the whole day especially when travelling during peak seasons, now one can book their ticket, seat at their comfort of their house, this also offers guarantee to bus operators to get seat booked early enough hence improving their customer service.
“This service brings advantages in speed, information, cost and savings to travelers and the entire industry”- Francis Gesora, Founder and CEO.