Kayak.com, the world's largest travel search engine, today announced the completion of a $11.5 million Series C financing round led by Accel Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm with offices in London and Silicon Valley. Kayak.com will use this investment to fund extensive offline and online marketing campaigns launching this June and European expansion scheduled for the fall.

"Kayak.com is eager to reshape the European online travel market in the same way we have improved how Americans search and book travel," said Paul English, Kayak.com CTO and co-founder. "We are delighted to add two stellar London-based Accel executives to our team. Already our product plans have seen the benefit of their expertise in mobile applications and community/social networking, and their on-the-ground leadership and relationships in European markets will be essential to Kayak.com's global growth."

Judy Gibbons, Accel Partner Advisor added, "Accel Partners always looks to work with genuinely innovative entrepreneurs, especially in the fast-moving consumer Internet space. Kayak.com has come a long way in a short time and we look forward to working with its experienced management to take the business to the next level with their expansion into Europe."

Accel's Harry Nelis joins the Kayak.com Board of Directors and Judy Gibbons, formally corporate vice president in Microsoft MSN's Division, joins as Advisor. Current Kayak.com Board of Directors include: Chairman Terry Jones, founder and former CEO of Travelocity; Greg Slyngstad, founder and former senior vice president at Expedia.com; Joel Cutler, managing director at General Catalyst Partners; Steve Hafner, Kayak.com co-founder and CEO and former executive vice president at Orbitz; and Paul English, Kayak.com co-founder and CTO and former vice president at Intuit, Inc.

Accel Partners joins existing investors General Catalyst Partners, Sequoia Capital and America Online. Kayak.com has raised a total of $30 million since the company launched in January 2004.

About Kayak.com Kayak.com, the world's largest travel search engine, scours more than 100 travel sites providing prices and itineraries for hundreds of airlines, more than 115,000 hotels and all leading rental car companies. Kayak.com has been named "Best Search Aid" by Travel + Leisure Magazine and "Best of the Web" by US News & World Report. Launched on February 7, 2005 by the co-founders of Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia, Kayak.com's investors include General Catalyst Partners, Sequoia Capital, America Online, Inc. and Accel Partners. For more information, please visit www.kayak.com.

About Accel Partners Founded in 1983, Accel Partners has a long legacy of excellence and innovation in the venture capital business. The firm is dedicated to partnering with outstanding entrepreneurs to build world-class Internet, software and networking companies. Accel Partners has more than $4bn under management from its offices in Palo Alto and London, and its portfolio companies have completed IPOs that have created well over $150 billion in market capitalisation. Representative current and former investments include Brightcove, Comscore, Double Fusion, Facebook, Glam, Macromedia, RealNetworks, and The Cloud. For more information visit the Accel Partners web site at www.accel.com