SmartGuide
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| Industry | Technology, Travel and Tourism |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | Prague, Czech Republic |
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| 🌐 Website | https://www.smart-guide.org/ |
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SmartGuide s.r.o is a Czech company founded in Prague, Czech Republic, in July 2018. It's main technology is the SmartGuide app which provides users with a multilingual digital guided tour services on their mobile devices. It is only available on App Store, Google Play Store and Huawei app store. EU Startups reported the company as one of the promising Czech startups in 2022.[1]
History
In 2018, the idea for SmartGuide was started by a Harvard alumni at the Harvard alumni startup competition in the same year.[2]
In 2019, the project was awarded by Seedstars as winner for Best Czech Startup.[3] In that same year, SmartGuide was also awarded by Deutsche Bahn's startup competition out of 90 startups[4]
In 2020, the project participated in the Singapore Tourism Board Accelerator and emerged one of the winners in global startups[5]
In 2021, SmartGuide launched a crowdfunding campaign on the equity crowdfunding platform, Seedrs, with a target to raise £400,000. They closed their funding round in April 2021 raising £685,030 from 378 investors, despite COVID-19's impact to the travel and tourism industry.[6][7] This project was also recognised as top 3 Global innovators in Covid recovery by the World Travel Forum Lucerne 2021[8] Switzerland Tourism partnered with SmartGuide and published 24 Swiss City self guided walking tours on the platform.[9][10][11]
References
- ↑ Allen, Patricia (2022-01-28). "10 exceptionally promising Czech startups to keep an eye on in 2022". EU-Startups. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ↑ "ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup - Alumni - Harvard Business School". www.alumni.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ↑ "Prague". www.seedstarsworld.com. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ↑ "Bergstraße und Pfälzer Weinstraße im Vorbeifahren entdecken: Kostenloser Audioguide der Deutschen Bahn". www.deutschebahn.com (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ↑ Singapore Tourism Board. "Singapore Tourism Accelerator | STB". www.stb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ↑ "SmartGuide". www.seedrs.com. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ↑ "Start-up Smartguide closes crowdfunding bid after raising $930,000". Travolution. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ↑ "World Tourism Forum Lucerne". World Tourism Forum Lucerne. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ↑ "Switzerland Next in Line to Digitize Tourist Guides". www.newswire.com. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ↑ admin. "Digital Tourist Guides Coming to Switzerland – CzechCham上海捷克商会". Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ↑ "Start-up Smartguide closes crowdfunding bid after raising $930,000". Travolution. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
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