South India's Leading Bus Ticketing Web-Portal, TicketGoose.com Secures INR 3 Crores Funding

Online, July 18, 2012 (Newswire.com) - TicketGoose.com, a leading web ticketing portal in South India, promoted by Efficsys InfoTech India Pvt Ltd, today announced it has raised INR 3 crores from angel investors based out of US. The valuation of the company is now, US $ 7 million. The new funding will enable the company to consolidate its position in the B2B market space and also work aggressively on customer acquisition for its B2C platform.

Commenting on this Arun Athiappan, Co-Founder and CEO, TicketGoose.com, said "The funding will enable us to strengthen and expand our technical infrastructure and to launch innovative features which will add a lot of value to the online booking experience of our customers. The enhancements will address the pain points of online booking experienced by users on any bus ticket booking website. Once we roll out our next version, tentative scheduled for October, we believe our customers will have the best in class experience while booking online bus tickets which will be significant differentiator with regards to competition. We value our customers' time very much and aim to provide them a very convenient way to book their bus tickets through a host of differentiated features."

TicketGoose.com, launched in 2007, currently provides services like price, availability and booking facility for buses to more than 4500 destinations in South India. It has a strong presence in Tier II cities of Tamil Nadu. Ticketgoose.com, online bus booking has become a most viable trend for the common voyager. It makes economical sense and saving money which is very significant while you are planning for a holiday, where research shows online travel contributes to 70% of all e-commerce activities globally. With the proliferation of the internet, rising income, secure payment mechanisms, the online travel market it bound to go northwards.

About TicketGoose.com:
TicketGoose is promoted by Efficsys InfoTech India Pvt. Ltd. Efficsys, established in 2007. It is a leading technology driven organization. TicketGoose.com, launched in August 2007 is a ticketing web portal launched with a goal to provide online services to everyone travelling by bus. TicketGoose provides information like price, availability and booking facility for buses to more than 4500 destinations in South India and currently have more than 350 bus travel partners. Customers can also book the return tickets with TicketGoose and they can cancel the tickets online.
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