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FLYR Labs Lands $150 Million in Series C Funding Led by WestCap
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

-- Software Pioneer of The Revenue Operating Systemâ„¢ Accelerates Growth to Meet 
Strong Demand and Expand Its Product and Service Offerings; WestCap Joins 
FLYR's Board

FLYR Labs, pioneer of the data and AI-driven Revenue Operating System for 
airlines, travel, and transportation, today announced it has secured $150 
million in Series C funding led by WestCap ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3298062-1&h=7229239&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westcap.com%2F&a=WestCap 
), a growth equity firm founded by Laurence Tosi, former CFO of Airbnb and 
Blackstone, with participation from Silver Lake Waterman, and WndrCo, along 
with insiders Peter Thiel, Streamlined Ventures, JetBlue Technology Ventures, 
and Gopher Asset Management. This funding will be used to expand the company's 
product offerings, scale delivery capacity, support strategic acquisitions, and 
develop world-class customer teams to meet growing demand. 

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"Too many leading travel companies have relied on static or manual forecasts 
and pricing methodologies that do not adapt to today's dynamic real-time 
environment, creating inefficiencies and missed opportunities," said WestCap 
founder Laurence Tosi. "As long-time travel industry investors and operators, 
we continue to be impressed by the vision of FLYR founder Alex Mans and his 
team for partnering with global travel leaders and transport businesses to give 
them the control and informed insights they need to optimize their businesses. 
FLYR has executed that vision by developing proprietary real-time data 
analytics built with engineering, product excellence, and innovation that 
produces intuitive data presentation and decision tools. The FLYR technologies 
and products have not only driven FLYR's rapid growth and have produced 
measurable scale benefits for FLYR's industry clients and, in turn, the 
millions of travelers they serve every day. This is just the beginning for the 
FLYR team and WestCap is proud to join them on their inspiring journey to 
transform the travel industry for the benefit of all its stakeholders."

Current legacy systems fail to provide the insights and automation needed to 
adapt to the modern challenges that transportation leaders face. FLYR's 
approach leverages advanced AI that captures and contextually analyzes massive 
amounts of data, enabling airlines to more accurately forecast demand and 
automatically set revenue-optimal fares. FLYR's Revenue Operating System has 
been shown to deliver an overall 7% increase in revenue while reducing forecast 
errors by 10x as compared to legacy vendors. By the end of this year, FLYR will 
manage over $14 billion of revenue for its dozens of airline customers.

"Over the last 18 months, massive fluctuation across airline networks has 
validated the need for modern, AI-powered real-time solutions," said Alex Mans, 
CEO and founder of FLYR Labs. "This funding will ensure that we continue to 
scale and provide advanced, intuitive technology that addresses the dynamic 
needs of our transportation customers."

FLYR Labs has drawn seasoned talent from PROS, American Airlines, General 
Electric, IBM, and Southwest Airlines to key product and operational roles. 
FLYR recently acquired Faredirect and xCheck ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3298062-1&h=4288077526&u=https%3A%2F%2Fflyrlabs.com%2Fresource-hub%2Fflyr-labs-acquires-faredirect-and-xcheck%2F&a=acquired+Faredirect+and+xCheck 
), an AI-powered ancillary revenue optimization system and airfare tracking and 
marketing technology, respectively, to further address capabilities requested 
from its customer base. With new offices in Los Angeles, Dallas, and Amsterdam, 
FLYR anticipates growing its workforce to over 200 team members by year-end. 
While serving the needs of airlines is FLYR's primary focus, it is extending 
its technology across other travel and transportation industries through 
various strategic partnerships across rental cars, events, cargo, rail, and 
more.

About FLYR Labs

FLYR Labs, the pioneer of the Revenue Operating Systemâ„¢, is focused on the 
relentless application of advanced and intuitive technologies that help 
transportation leaders unlock their ultimate potential. Its cloud-based 
software solution leverages deep learning technology, a cutting-edge form of 
AI, to provide ultra-accurate forecasting and actionable insights within one 
comprehensive user interface. With FLYR, travel and transportation companies 
can exponentially improve revenue performance, unify decisions across 
commercial teams, and build a more efficient experience for their customers. 
FLYR is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Los Angeles, Dallas, 
Krakow, and Amsterdam. To learn more about FLYR, visit flyrlabs.com ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3298062-1&h=1321173531&u=https%3A%2F%2Fflyrlabs.com%2F&a=flyrlabs.com 
) or follow @flyrlabs on Twitter ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3298062-1&h=1613214913&u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fflyrlabs&a=Twitter 
) and LinkedIn ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3298062-1&h=3926550261&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F2906214%2Fadmin%2F&a=LinkedIn 
).

About WestCap

The WestCap Group is a growth equity firm founded by Laurence A. Tosi, who, 
together with the WestCap team, has founded, capitalized, and operated 
tech-enabled, asset-light marketplaces for over 20 years. With over $4 billion 
of assets under management, WestCap has made notable investments in technology 
businesses such as Airbnb, StubHub, iPreo, Skillz, Sonder, Addepar, Hopper, 
iCapital, and Bolt. For more information about WestCap, visit www.WestCap.com.

About Silver Lake Waterman

Silver Lake Waterman is part of Silver Lake, the global leader in technology 
investing with more than $88 billion in combined assets under management and 
committed capital and a team of professionals based in North America, Europe 
and Asia. Silver Lake Waterman focuses on providing flexible growth capital to 
later-stage growth companies in the technology and technology-enabled 
industries. For more information about Silver Lake Waterman and Silver Lake, 
please visit: www.silverlake.com. 

SOURCE:  FLYR Labs 


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