Jeffery M. Jackson
Director @ BookingPal
Dallas, United States
Jeffery M. Jackson is a Series A investor at BookingPal in Dallas focused on Travel and SaaS. In addition to a large reservoir of solid business skills and judgment, Jeff brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and connections in the transportation and distribution space where he spent the bulk of his career.Located in Dallas, Jeff spent 14 years with American Airlines, managed the legal separation of Sabre, Inc. from AA and left tobecome EVP and Chief Financial Officer of the stand-alone company in 1998.Over his 13 years at Sabre, both as Chief Financial Officer and as EVP Corporate Development, Jeff managed the Sabre initial public offering, completed over 25 acquisitions and divestitures of over $8 billion in value, served on the Board of Travelocity, managed the globalization of the Sabre organization, and completed sale of the company to a group of private equity firms, thereby taking Sabre, Inc. private.Currently Jeff serves on the Boards of Rent-A-Center, a $2.8 billion public rent-to-own retail space company and of Getty Images.Jeff is a graduate of Dartmouth College and has an MBA from the Northwestern’s Kellogg Business School. He serves as Chair of Parents Advisory Committee of Carleton College and as an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 36%
Last updated:
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Industries Jeffery M. Jackson invests in
Stages Jeffery M. Jackson invests in
Countries Jeffery M. Jackson invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Travel 6 (55%)
- SaaS 2 (18%)
- Leisure 2 (18%)
- Loyalty Programs 2 (18%)
- Tourism 1 (9%)
Stage
- Series A 4 (36%)
- Series B 3 (27%)
- Series C 1 (9%)
- Series D 1 (9%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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NoiseAware
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NoiseAware is a noise protection service for short term and vacation rentals. The only way to prevent a noise complaint is through proactive incident management. NoiseAware ensures that you are the first to know of noise violations at your properties, not the last to find out. Think of NoiseAware as a smoke detector for noise. | $8M / Series A / Apr 05, 2021 | |
BookingPal
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BookingPal provides a global distribution system and a centralized booking platform for vacation rental properties. It allows owners and managers of vacation rental properties, timeshare resorts, campgrounds, and RV parks worldwide to increase their online presence and number of bookings. BookingPal offers Vacation Rental Managers and PropertyOwners superior revenue opportunities by utilizing proprietary products to optimize distribution capabilities including myOptimize which calculates listing quality and provides key feedback to achieve optimal channel placement and conversion and myInquiry which provides a qualified team of reservation agents to handle guest reservation communications.It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. | $12M / Series D / Mar 04, 2019 | |
Groupize
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Groupize helps the hotel industry attract group travelers by providing automated shopping, booking, collaboration, and planning. It has developed technology for the hotel industry to take control of its online group revenues. The company's technology allows hotels to capture more groups and lessens the burden on hotels and group travelplanners by automating tedious tasks associated with automated shopping, booking, collaborating, and modifications. Groupize’s technology is currently being licensed and used by one of the world’s largest hotel chains to power the online groups and meetings section of several of their brands. Groupize is also actively forming relationships with other major hotel chains and travels web sites to license white label groups and meeting software. | $3.3M / Series A / Oct 12, 2017 | |
Traxo
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Traxo develops a traveler data capture and visibility platform designed to eliminate blind spots and enhances the duty of care. The platform provides itinerary data aggregation services, it also offers online booking tools to capture off-platform bookings, thereby, enabling corporate travel managers and managed travel agencies to easily track andproactively manage complete omnichannel travel activity in a single, real-time, system of record.The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. | $5.2M / Series B / Dec 13, 2016 | |
Options Away
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Options Away revolutionize the way people research, plan, and book travel by providing a level of flexibility not yet available in today's travel booking life cycle. Options Away leverage the concepts and technologies of the financial options markets and apply them to the travel industry; giving consumers the ability to hold a flight for aperiod of time while they finalize their travel plans. Backed by multiple patents in the airline options space, Options Away will market directly to travel planners with a low-cost item (Option) that can help inspire travel and motivate a buying decision. Partner airlines can sell an option on their main product (Airline Seat), thus leading with a much lower cost item than the traditional airline reservation process. Finally, partners such as Online Travel Agencies, meta-search, travel technology providers, and travel planning sites can offer value add value via integration with the Options Away pricing and options management system. | $3.5M / Series A / Mar 03, 2015 | |
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BookingPal
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BookingPal provides a global distribution system and a centralized booking platform for vacation rental properties. It allows owners and managers of vacation rental properties, timeshare resorts, campgrounds, and RV parks worldwide to increase their online presence and number of bookings. BookingPal offers Vacation Rental Managers and PropertyOwners superior revenue opportunities by utilizing proprietary products to optimize distribution capabilities including myOptimize which calculates listing quality and provides key feedback to achieve optimal channel placement and conversion and myInquiry which provides a qualified team of reservation agents to handle guest reservation communications.It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. | $5M / Series B / Feb 19, 2015 | |
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Groupize
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Groupize helps the hotel industry attract group travelers by providing automated shopping, booking, collaboration, and planning. It has developed technology for the hotel industry to take control of its online group revenues. The company's technology allows hotels to capture more groups and lessens the burden on hotels and group travelplanners by automating tedious tasks associated with automated shopping, booking, collaborating, and modifications. Groupize’s technology is currently being licensed and used by one of the world’s largest hotel chains to power the online groups and meetings section of several of their brands. Groupize is also actively forming relationships with other major hotel chains and travels web sites to license white label groups and meeting software. | $2M / Series A / Aug 12, 2014 | |
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Groupize
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Groupize helps the hotel industry attract group travelers by providing automated shopping, booking, collaboration, and planning. It has developed technology for the hotel industry to take control of its online group revenues. The company's technology allows hotels to capture more groups and lessens the burden on hotels and group travelplanners by automating tedious tasks associated with automated shopping, booking, collaborating, and modifications. Groupize’s technology is currently being licensed and used by one of the world’s largest hotel chains to power the online groups and meetings section of several of their brands. Groupize is also actively forming relationships with other major hotel chains and travels web sites to license white label groups and meeting software. | $2M / Series A / Jul 10, 2013 | |
Switchfly
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Switchfly is a global technology company that powers travel commerce, loyalty program engagement and ancillary product offerings for some of the world’s most recognizable brands. Leading airlines, hotels, online travel agencies and financial service providers depend on Switchfly to power their omni-channel travel experiences because it uniquelycombines a highly scalable and secure architecture with deep product and content inventory. | $2.8M / Series C / Oct 12, 2012 | |
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Traxo
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Traxo develops a traveler data capture and visibility platform designed to eliminate blind spots and enhances the duty of care. The platform provides itinerary data aggregation services, it also offers online booking tools to capture off-platform bookings, thereby, enabling corporate travel managers and managed travel agencies to easily track andproactively manage complete omnichannel travel activity in a single, real-time, system of record.The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. | $4.2M / Series A | |
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Co-Investors
About BookingPal
BookingPal provides a global distribution system and a centralized booking platform for vacation rental properties. It allows owners and managers of vacation rental properties, timeshare resorts, campgrounds, and RV parks worldwide to increase their online presence and number of bookings. BookingPal offers Vacation Rental Managers and PropertyOwners superior revenue opportunities by utilizing proprietary products to optimize distribution capabilities including myOptimize which calculates listing quality and provides key feedback to achieve optimal channel placement and conversion and myInquiry which provides a qualified team of reservation agents to handle guest reservation communications.It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
BookingPal Contacts
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Agustin Fiori
Managing Director Europe at Channel Connector
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Alex Aydin
Founder & CEO
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Brian Brown
VP Business Development
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Jeffery M. Jackson
Director
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Mark E. Farrell
Director
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What does Jeffery M. Jackson invest in?
Jeffery M. Jackson invests primarily in Travel, SaaS and Leisure startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Jeffery M. Jackson last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jeffery M. Jackson closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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