Despegar
Latin America's travel marketplace, now scaling performance marketing across 1700+ active sellers.
Founded
1999
Team size
500+
Funding
$10.5M Series A
Famous for
What Despegar is known for
- Built the first multi-service travel booking platform in Latin America, connecting flights, hotels, and packages at scale.
- Raised $331M from General Atlantic, positioning as the region's largest travel commerce network.
- Operates across LATAM with 1717 active sellers, generating consistent transaction volume in a price-sensitive market.
For growth marketers
What it's like to work at Despegar
Mature marketplace (founded 1999) with 500+ employees and General Atlantic backing. Growth team owns performance marketing across seller acquisition and marketplace conversion. You're optimizing for unit economics in a fragmented LATAM travel market where CAC discipline and retention matter as much as top-line volume. Expect cross-functional work with product and seller operations.
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Despegar is an acquired company based in Miami (United States), founded in 1999 by Roberto Souviron, Alejandro Tamer and Martin Rastellino. It operates as an App-based platform to book multiple travel services. Despegar has raised $331M in funding from General Atlantic. The company has 1717 active.
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Paid Acquisition Manager
Run paid ads at scale. Own CAC, ROAS, and the LTV math.
Growth Marketing Manager
Run growth experiments. Own a channel. Move the needle.
Head of Growth
Own the growth function end-to-end. Strategy, channels, hiring.
Demand Generation Manager
Pipeline, MQLs, ABM. Where marketing meets the sales number.
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