Håvar Bauck | |
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Alma mater |
BI Norwegian Business School Lycee Francais Rene Cassin d'Oslo |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Known for | Co-founder of HotelOnline, Savanna Sunrise, Nairobi Airport Hotel |
Website | https://www.bauck.com/ |
Håvar Bauck is a Norwegian-born entrepreneur, living in Nairobi, Kenya. [1]
Bauck grew up in Norway and Belgium. After graduating from high school at Lycee Francais Rene Cassin d'Oslo, he attended BI Norwegian Business School, where he completed a Master's degree in 2002. [2]
Bauck is one of the two founders of HotelOnline, [3] a Nairobi-based, pan-African travel technology company that he co-founded with Endre Opdal in 2013. [4] [3] Before HotelOnline, Bauck was noted for his earlier venture, Nairobi Airport Hotel, the first known short-term apartment rental services in East Africa, [1] [2] [5] [6] and Savanna Sunrise, an early digital marketing service provider in East Africa. He later combined Savanna Sunrise with a Polish competitor to form HotelOnline in a cross-border merger in 2017. [1] [5] [7] [8]
In 2017, Bauck completed the what is thought to have been the first equity crowdfunding in Sub-Saharan Africa, [2] [9] [10] [6] raising USD 250,000 for HotelOnline. [9] [2] In 2019, he facilitated the merger between Kenyan traveltech startup and Cloud9XP and tour operator Heartbeat Adventures, and was appointed the chairman of the merged company. [11] In 2020, he merged Cloud9XP with HotelOnline. [12] [13]
In 2020 and 2021, Bauck was noted for acquiring several competitors during Covid-19 pandemic [13] [6] and for the acquisition of Kenyan competitor HotelPlus in 2022, [14] [15] [16] while raising an investment round from Korean travel technology unicorn [17] and Softbank portfolio investee Yanolja in the same year. [14] [15] [16] [18]
He is a public speaker and writer, delivering frequent talks and articles on tourism, investment and entrepreneurship in Africa. [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]
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Håvar Bauck | |
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Alma mater |
BI Norwegian Business School Lycee Francais Rene Cassin d'Oslo |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Known for | Co-founder of HotelOnline, Savanna Sunrise, Nairobi Airport Hotel |
Website | https://www.bauck.com/ |
Håvar Bauck is a Norwegian-born entrepreneur, living in Nairobi, Kenya. [1]
Bauck grew up in Norway and Belgium. After graduating from high school at Lycee Francais Rene Cassin d'Oslo, he attended BI Norwegian Business School, where he completed a Master's degree in 2002. [2]
Bauck is one of the two founders of HotelOnline, [3] a Nairobi-based, pan-African travel technology company that he co-founded with Endre Opdal in 2013. [4] [3] Before HotelOnline, Bauck was noted for his earlier venture, Nairobi Airport Hotel, the first known short-term apartment rental services in East Africa, [1] [2] [5] [6] and Savanna Sunrise, an early digital marketing service provider in East Africa. He later combined Savanna Sunrise with a Polish competitor to form HotelOnline in a cross-border merger in 2017. [1] [5] [7] [8]
In 2017, Bauck completed the what is thought to have been the first equity crowdfunding in Sub-Saharan Africa, [2] [9] [10] [6] raising USD 250,000 for HotelOnline. [9] [2] In 2019, he facilitated the merger between Kenyan traveltech startup and Cloud9XP and tour operator Heartbeat Adventures, and was appointed the chairman of the merged company. [11] In 2020, he merged Cloud9XP with HotelOnline. [12] [13]
In 2020 and 2021, Bauck was noted for acquiring several competitors during Covid-19 pandemic [13] [6] and for the acquisition of Kenyan competitor HotelPlus in 2022, [14] [15] [16] while raising an investment round from Korean travel technology unicorn [17] and Softbank portfolio investee Yanolja in the same year. [14] [15] [16] [18]
He is a public speaker and writer, delivering frequent talks and articles on tourism, investment and entrepreneurship in Africa. [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]
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